Sorry, I need to get this to PG Manney, there was

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat Nov 1 22:56:36 1997

>> I'm new at collecting classics. What is a VIC-20?
>
>The VIC-20 was Commodore's first computer...2K of RAM (I think), did sounds
>and color TV screen stuff.

Actually it's far from thier first. There was several models of the PET,
and another earlier one whose name escapes me (KIT?). Unexpanded it has a
whopping 3583 bytes. I know for a fact it could be expanded to 16k, and I
think there was eventually a larger one than that. The VIC-20 was my only
computer from '82-'86 unfortunatly I gave it away in '90, and I finally got
one to replace it today!

> I have a TV screen, I even have one in the guest
>>bedroom that's used once in a blue moon. Didn't the older Apples up to the
>>IIGS have attached monitors?
>
>I don't think so. I'm no Apple expert, though.

No, none of the Apple II's or III's had attached monitors. The Lisa's, and
the Macintoshes up until the Macintosh II came out did have attached
monitors.

>>>have a TV screen, you can save on the cost of shipping a monitor for an
>>>Apple/Commodore/anything else. (The IBM will work a TV screen with the
>>right
>>>card, but colors are funny).

I believe TV's in Bahrain are PAL instead of NTSC, or maybe I'm thinking of
the United Arab Emirates. A monitor might be advisable, but spendy.

                        Zane


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