A VIC-20 with no VIC
[DrMattRegan] has started a new video series to show his latest recreation of a Commodore VIC-20. The core of the machine is [Ben Eater’s] breadboard 6502 design. To make it …read more Continue reading A VIC-20 with no VIC
Category Archives: VIC-20
Learn Forth On The Commodore VIC-20
Although BASIC was most commonly used on home computers like the Commodore VIC-20, it was possible to write programs in other languages, such as Forth. Conveniently, all it took to …read more Continue reading Learn Forth On The Commodore VIC-20
New Commodore VIC-20 Build
In a recent episode of [The Retro Shack], a new Commodore VIC-20 is built, using a ‘Vicky Twenty’ replacement PCB by [Bob’s Bits] as the base and as many new …read more Continue reading New Commodore VIC-20 Build
Commodore C64: the Most Popular Home Computer Ever Turns 40
This year marks the anniversary of the most popular selling home computer ever, the Commodore 64, which made its debut in 1982. Note that I am saying “home computer” and …read more Continue reading Commodore C64: the Most Popular Home Computer Ever Turns 40
Classic 80s Text-To-Speech on Classic 80s Hardware
Those of us who were around in the late 70s and into the 80s might remember the Speak & Spell, a children’s toy with a remarkable text-to-speech synthesizer. While it …read more Continue reading Classic 80s Text-To-Speech on Classic 80s Hardware
Commander X16: A Dreamy 8 bit Computer Comes Closer To Reality
Imagine the ultimate homage to 1980s 8-bit home computers. It might look like [David Murray] aka The 8-Bit Guy’s Commander X16. As a core group of geeks, hackers, and developers …read more Continue reading Commander X16: A Dreamy 8 bit Computer Comes Closer To Reality
Inside the VIC-20
Commodore machines are well-loved around here, but usually when you think Commodore, you think about the Commodore 64, or maybe the PET or Amiga. But the Commodore 64 had an …read more Continue reading Inside the VIC-20
Finding a Secret Message From a Gaming Legend
Satoru Iwata is perhaps best remembered for leading Nintendo through the development of the DS and Wii, two wildly successful systems which undeniably helped bring gaming to a wider and more mainstream audience. But decades before becoming the company’s President in 2002, he got his start in the industry as …read more
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3D-Printed Rotary Dial Keypad Is Wonderfully Useless
Right up front, let us stipulate that we are not making fun of this project. Even its maker admits that it has no practical purpose. But this 3D-printed Commodore-style rotary dial keypad fails to be practical on so many levels that it’s worth celebrating.
And indeed, celebrating deprecated technology appears …read more
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Bringing a VIC-20 Back from an Oily Grave
No matter which platform you’re into, retrocomputing is usually a labor of love. The obsolete, the unpopular, the downright weird – old computers of every stripe are found, restored to something like their former glory, and given a new lease on life. It’s heartwarming, in a way. But when a computer has obviously been abused, it takes a little extra effort, of a lot in the case of this oil-submerged VIC-20 restoration.
In the two-part video below, [The 8-Bit Guy] goes through the gory details of bringing this classic Commodore back from the grave. The first video shows the cosmetic …read more