VIC-20 (Was: Re: Sorry, I need to get this to PG Manney, there was) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

2 Nov 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 &lt;scott(a)saskatoon.com&gt;
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
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

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