You'll hate me for saying this but I got my 128D, printer, monitor, etc and
a ton of software in swap for a Sound Blaster 16 card. I like it way more
than the old 64's...and the thremal color printer is nice other than
tracking down sources for ribbons.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Billy D'Augustine
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2001 11:52 AM
To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: VIC-20
I recently picked up a VIC-20 with Tape Recorder, Joystick, 5
games, etc.
on EBay for 11 bucks. It was my first purchase as
a classic comp
collector,
and I had a few questions concerning it and was
wondering if any of you
guys
could answer:
Whee, a VIC-20 was the first computer I actually owned. I spent my larval
stages on the 8-bit line starting from the VIC-20. OT, but I am really
interested in getting a 128D (specifically the D model), but they sell for
upwards $100 sometimes on ebay.
1. Are there any mods to improve that god-awful display???
I wouldn't consider it God-awful :P But from the shattered remains of my
memory, I seem to recall that there may have been 40 column cards for it.
There was also some software which replaced the character maps with
something that resembled 40 columns but it ran at the same
resolution, so it
was beyond difficult to read...
2. Are there any companies that still sell the memory upgrades for these
things?
Do some net searches. You probably won't find any company that still sells
them, but you may be able to find a DIY expansion...
3. Did i get a good deal for 11 bucks? was it worth it??
$11 ain't bad. "was it worth it" is objective - did you feel you it was
worth it? Some people will apperently pay $5k for a true IBM 5150
PC, but I
wouldn't want it unless you delivered it to me, and only then if you had a
pizza in the other hand :)