VIC-20 (Was: Re: Sorry, I need to get this to PG Manney, there was)

From: Hotze <photze_at_batelco.com.bh>
Date: Sun Nov 2 09:35:03 1997

Thanks. I need a good BASIC machine. (This new C++ 5.0 suff's really
complicated....)
        Ciao,

        Tim D. Hotze

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From: Scott Walde <scott_at_saskatoon.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Subject: VIC-20 (Was: Re: Sorry, I need to get this to PG Manney, there
was)
Date: Sunday, November 02, 1997 5:31 PM

On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, Zane H. Healy wrote:

> >> 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.

The VIC-20 had 5.5k of RAM (3583 Bytes Free for BASIC) and could be
expanded with three banks of 8k for a whopping 27.5k of BASIC RAM.
 
> Actually it's far from thier first. There was several models of the PET,
> and another earlier one whose name escapes me (KIT?).

KIM-1

ttfn
srw
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