 The VIC-20 was the first real hit for Commodore. They named it Vic-20 for its Vic chip inside the computer. Some people think that the 20 stands for its memory like the Commodore 64, but instead it?s a round up of the text resolution that the machineuses. Although while programming with this machine usually you end up without memory to continue, it was a boom for Commodore.
Another interesting point of this machine is that it was faster than the Commodore 64.It seemed that the Vic-II chip in the C64 slowed down the system because of its refresh time.
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| VIC-20 |
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$299.95 (USA)
£195.00 (UK)
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| Boxed : WGC56814 |
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| 1981 |
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| 6502 8 BIT CPU running at a frequency of 1.01 MHz |
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| 16 Kbytes ROM & 5 Kbytes Ram expandable to 64K. The Ram is fully accessible in Machine Code or Assembly Language. In Basic only 3.5K bytes are available. |
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| White creamy Plastic Case with a shade of brown Keys, and four light brown function keys on the right hand side. Non-Standard ASCII QWERTY Keyboard, 66 normal keys. Two Cursor Control keys (UP/Down and Left/Right). Other special Keys Like the Commodore Key, Run/Stop, Clear/Home, Restore, etc. |
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Vic-I 6561 Chip with 16-Colours and a text resolution of
22 x 23 using 8 Colours for text and all 16 Colours for background.
176 X 184 Graphics Resolution which allows a character matrix of 8 x 8. |
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| 3 Channel sound, 1 Channel of white noise with controlled volume. The sound was also produced by the Vic chip. |
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1x Cartridge Expansion Slot.
1x Joystick Ports.
1x RGB/ Composite Monitor Connector with sound output and 6V output for Ext RF
1x Serial port for Connecting Printers and floppy drives.
1x Tape interface @ 300 baud. |
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| External Power Supply with an output voltage of 9V AC |
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| Weight & dimensions for the Vic 20 are 1.5kg, 410x207x75 (W x L x H). |
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| More than 1 Million Units sold |
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