my first computer! good memories!

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Nice!

This was my first computer as a kid. Had it on my bed for too long and it overheated and died. Found a blown fuse inside, replaced it. Was Back in business hahaha

@TheRetroRecall

2 ай бұрын

Nice ending to a not so good journey lol.

Of all the computers I’ve owned and own the VIC is the one I have genuine affection for. It wasn’t my first computer but it is still my favourite. I think a large part of it was due to the look, the futuristic use of silver on the packaging and the VIC’s sound generation. I never get bored of the sounds the VIC pumps out.

@TheRetroRecall

8 ай бұрын

Nice!! I owned one but later in life, my first real love was a 286, however thinking back, the vic20 really is a neat system.

Also my first computer and I loved it, I had a monitor, but might have just been a tv and I had the printer and everything

@TheRetroRecall

Күн бұрын

Nice!!

The Vic 20 was my first home computer as a teenager in the early 80s. It was not unique for it's games...you could play games on an Atari or go to the arcade. It was my introduction to programming in Basic. I thought it was fun to write very simple programs to convert to metric system.

@TheRetroRecall

5 ай бұрын

That's awesome! I had one of these setup on the table in the living room, Gorf all the way!

Great machine, and lovely games. Keep up the good work!

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Thank you!!!

This was the first computer my family owned, we had I believe a memory extender cartridge for the back and my Dad bought a collection of great games on cassettes. Good Times.

@TheRetroRecall

6 ай бұрын

Nice!! I was lucky to get this as a Collection. Will be good to preserve it along with cleaning up the cassette drives.

Ah.. Commodore VIC-20. Spent many hours with this back in the day, typing in programs and games by magazine and finding and fixing typos and saving to tape... Most painful was the 22-column screen, so many lines wrapped and hard to read, etc.

@TheRetroRecall

3 ай бұрын

Great memories. I owned one when I was a kid but it's all new again to me. I was happy I was able to get this system mostly complete. :)

I had a Vic in the day. I also had the floppy drive from a C64 that worked great on it. When I got the C128 and got rid of the Vic, I kept that floppy drive. I had a lot of Vic games I transfered to floppy from tape.

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Thats awesome!!!

Garden Wars was an amazing game!

@TheRetroRecall

7 ай бұрын

Nice! I have to take this system back out. I have a new RF adapter that arrived!

Great video. These games look lame now but were state of the art in their day. I never had a VIC 20 as they were too expensive so had to make to with Sega SC3000 computer.

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Thanks! It was pretty fun rediscovering what it was like back then. The Pac man type game was pretty cool, but the graphics were 'awesome' haha!

Nice get!! I have 2 of them and recommend getting the cable so that you get composite output. Why better than RF. Also look the the Pentium cartridge from The Future was 8 Bit. 200 games and apps plus diagnostics. It's the only thing you would ever need. Thanks for sharing

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

No problem and thank you for the amazing info!!

I need to dig my VIC 20 out of the loft and get it working again.

@TheRetroRecall

7 ай бұрын

They really are a lot of fun. I just found a replacement RF adapter so I should be good to go now!

You've got a lot of retro Commodore gear to try out & play with, have fun! 😉

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Haha, it's so simple yet so entertaining!

A Composite cable for the video is a good idea and also getting the Penultimate 2 cartridge for the VIC-20 is also a good idea as well. Tony K.

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Great suggestions, Will do!

I never see the original...as i call it white square tape box. It looks just like the ones back in school thousands of years a go. If I remember it even had a ground strap. great episode.

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

You are right it does have a ground! Thank you!

in jupiter lander, your vertical velocity has to be in the yellow zone in the bar on the right

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Thanks!!

Rudys Retro Intel was suggesting getting a Composite cable for the video, and he is also suggesting getting the Penultimate 2 cartridge for the VIC-20 . He is right on both accounts! ;) Tony K.

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Sounds good!

My first computer was a VIC-20 and it came with the cassette drive. I don't remember having any games on cassette just on cartridge. I think I just used the cassette drive for saving my own programs. The cartridge games I remember are Radar Rat Race and a Whack-a-Mole type game (Mole Attack?). There was a space invaders game but can't remember what it was called, maybe it was Galaxian, as Gorf doesn't look familiar. I only had it for about 2-3 years before upgrading.

@TheRetroRecall

9 ай бұрын

Awesome! I've never experienced a cassette system before, should be fun once I get the RF modulator repaired.

@jkmac625

9 ай бұрын

I upgraded to a Commodore 64, but unlike the VIC-20, all the games I had for the C64 were all on cassette. I think I only ever had one cartridge for it.

@k.h.1587

5 ай бұрын

Avenger

PS: That White Commodore cover you have for the VIC-20 is an original Factory made Commodore Dust Cover....rather scarce today... Tony K. ;)

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting me know! It's great to have.

@nefaurora

10 ай бұрын

@@TheRetroRecall Yep, It's rather rare. You hardly ever see them today.

Oh, And one last thing that I couldn't help notice. Strangely, Your Vic-20 is missing all 4 of its black rubber feet! They go inside All 4 of the embossed circles on the bottom of the VIC. They are the same identical Black Rubber Feet that the C64 uses....and best of all...they are still being made! They are made by 3M. You can find them online.. Tony K.

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

This is great to know!! Thanks!!

Yup! I still have my cassette drive for the C64 somewhere in my storage closet. You could eat some lunch and take a nap while you waited for some programs to finally load and start up! Good times! 😂😂👍👍 Oh...by the way, I am not sure about the Vic's power supply being dangerous to use like the C64 and 128's when they age. It DOES look exactly like the C64's from what I can see in the video! They have been known to completely fry the 64s and 128s by spiking them with too much voltage, I believe. Tons of warnings and videos about making your own new power supplies for them. I wanted to try out my C64 & my two 128s but even though the power supplies test good on them I am still a little reluctant to use them. The fuse on one of the 128 power supplies blew, but I don't remember why as it happened some time back, but I think it may have happened by me playing around inside one and not being careful enough. Takes a 1.5 amp fuse that I haven't replaced yet. Just keep an eye on yours and maybe use a multimeter to check the voltages on it to be safe! 👍👍

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for this, I will definitely check! I also found a second power supply for it just in case.

@arthurmann578

10 ай бұрын

@@TheRetroRecall Your welcome bro! I can't believe that I'm still up! It's 6:40am down here! I guess that I should try to catch a few zeees! My insomnia is TERRIBLE! Catch you later.....👍👍

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Yes, get some sleep! :)

I just scored one of these off eBay. I will need a #9 key and spring. Also needs a psu and av cable. Hopefully someone can help me. I was just given some vintage computers and included 2 commodore disk drives.

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Nice!! I really have to test out those drives.

You were right. That specific Commodore - "One to grow on" Consumer Division Price List guide is indeed a rare piece. at 19:02sec to 19:12sec Can you please scan all of its pages and upload it to the biggest archive website on the web.... Much Thanks! :o) Tony K. Commodore Collector/Restorer. Thanks again.

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Wil do!

@nefaurora

10 ай бұрын

Much Thanks! :o) Tony K. Commodore Collector/Restorer. Thanks again. @@TheRetroRecall

@nefaurora

9 ай бұрын

@@TheRetroRecall Hey, Did you ever scan and upload the rare "One to grow on" Consumer Division Price List guide? I've never seen your version.. ;) By the way. How is your VIC? Any issues? :o) Tony K.

@TheRetroRecall

9 ай бұрын

Hey there, not yet as I've been working on many projects. It was working great - however it is out away at the moment. Only so much room for all of these systems lol. I will try to get to scanning in the next week or two.

That IS the actual manual

@TheRetroRecall

5 ай бұрын

:)

Nice Eurostile keyboard, not very common.

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Eurostile? Never heard of that. It wasn't common on these?

@AndyHewco

10 ай бұрын

@@TheRetroRecall yea, not that common. Early Vic 20's had the Pet style keys which were square and a larger font on the keys. These look nice but not great to type on. Then there were a small number with Eurostile which have the updated shape and the font of the same name on the keys (this is my favourite). Finally, the majority of keyboards have the updated font which is very narrow. You will see it on all C64's and most Vic 20's.

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

This is great info, thank you!

@nefaurora

10 ай бұрын

Yes, You have a Eurostile (Eurostile type Font) keyboard. Not common. It is not the standard VIC, C64 Mitsumi keyboard and was sporadically produced for NorthAmerican machines. Though rather rare here in the US and Canada, They were very common on European made machines hence the typefont name. Only the PET Keyboard is rarer. @@TheRetroRecall

Middle schoolers be complaining their school issued chromebooks are potatos. Nah man, THIS is a potato!

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Hahah yes!

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Ps are you subscribed??

@qwertykeyboard5901

10 ай бұрын

@@TheRetroRecall I plead the fifth!

@TheRetroRecall

10 ай бұрын

Hahahaha!

Promo*SM

@TheRetroRecall

9 ай бұрын

Sorry?