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by Schema
Tue May 26, 2015 8:32 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Vic 20 Cynthcart or similar?
Replies: 9
Views: 1264

Re: Vic 20 Cynthcart or similar?

Four! Very nice! Any idea when it will be available? Will it be possible to put our own programs on the midi cart? Will it be possible to change the voices while playing? Timing depends on Jim Brain now. The VIC's four voices are fixed (soprano, alto, tenor, and noise), although I've included some ...
by Schema
Mon May 25, 2015 10:16 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Vic 20 Cynthcart or similar?
Replies: 9
Views: 1264

Re: Vic 20 Cynthcart or similar?

alterus wrote:That midi interface does look really cool. I'd definitely be interested in one! How many voices would it allow you to play at a time?
Four. One MIDI channel for each voice. You can check out the preliminary code and documentation here:

https://github.com/LeifBloomquist/VICMIDI
by Schema
Tue May 19, 2015 11:09 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Vic 20 Cynthcart or similar?
Replies: 9
Views: 1264

Re: Vic 20 Cynthcart or similar?

There's a commercial VIC-MIDI incarnation coming "soon" from Retro Innovations:

http://www.go4retro.com/2013/05/22/newi ... -vic-midi/
by Schema
Tue May 12, 2015 5:14 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Elon Musk got his start with a VIC-20
Replies: 1
Views: 1019

Elon Musk got his start with a VIC-20

12 Things You Didn't Know About Elon Musk

"Age 10, he was given a Commodore VIC-20 with 5 kilobytes of memory. He took just three days of no sleep to learn BASIC and program it. [p. 38]"

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2484104,00.asp
by Schema
Wed Mar 04, 2015 11:31 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: C64C injection mould forms found
Replies: 6
Views: 1589

Re: C64C injection mould forms found

Yeah, you have to supply your own keyboard (and motherboard, etc.)

I was thinking the white one would be interesting to mod slightly to make a "VIC-20C" kind of thing...
by Schema
Fri Jan 02, 2015 6:33 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: VICMIDI release date?
Replies: 97
Views: 18287

Re: VICMIDI release date?

I'm waiting for news too!

The code is here if you want to browse...

https://github.com/LeifBloomquist/VICMIDI
by Schema
Sun Nov 30, 2014 12:10 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: World of Commodore 2014! December 6 in Toronto, Canada
Replies: 0
Views: 646

World of Commodore 2014! December 6 in Toronto, Canada

All set for another year, coming this weekend. Hope to see you there!

http://www.worldofcommodore.ca

https://www.facebook.com/events/1508783 ... 3805013983

Admiral Inn
2161 North Sheridan Way
Mississauga, Ontario

December 6, 2014 Doors open at 10 AM!
by Schema
Mon Nov 03, 2014 7:25 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: Cloud Storage
Replies: 3
Views: 1361

Re: Cloud Storage

I have a NAS that I want to do "cloud backup" with, and DropBox won't work on network drives. What are my options?
by Schema
Mon Sep 29, 2014 2:03 pm
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Share a Coke with Vic!
Replies: 3
Views: 1753

Re: Share a Coke with Vic!

I would love to get one with "Leif" on it - not likely here!!
by Schema
Wed Sep 10, 2014 11:08 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: ECCC Chicago Expo, Saturday and Sunday, September 13-14,2014
Replies: 3
Views: 1517

ECCC Chicago Expo, Saturday and Sunday, September 13-14,2014

This weekend!

http://starbase.globalpc.net/eccc/

Also VCFMW 9.0 at the same location: http://vcfmw.org/

It kind of snuck up on me, but I'll be there with the gang from Toronto. Anyone else? Ella? Jeff?
by Schema
Wed May 28, 2014 2:12 pm
Forum: Other Systems
Topic: New C64/128 MIDI interface planned
Replies: 2
Views: 1442

Re: New C64/128 MIDI interface planned

Looks like it got funded. Great!
by Schema
Thu Feb 27, 2014 12:24 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: VICTree for VIC Finally Spotted (on eBay)
Replies: 5
Views: 4169

VICTree for VIC Finally Spotted (on eBay)

I bid but lost! Any chance someone here snagged it? I've never seen the VIC version before, we discussed it ages ago in this thread.

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/131121429706

Looks like it's in rough shape - hope the ROM is readable (assuming the winner is so inclined!)
by Schema
Mon Jan 13, 2014 12:09 pm
Forum: Collecting and History
Topic: all I want for Christmas is gamebase 20 v3
Replies: 19
Views: 7481

Re: all I want for Christmas is gamebase 20 v3

So after all that, where can it be downloaded?
by Schema
Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:30 am
Forum: General Topics
Topic: Best Terminal Program for the Vic
Replies: 5
Views: 1208

Re: Best Terminal Program for the Vic

Ah, I have one of these MSD carts - is it considered rare?