In Praise of the VIC

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ral-clan
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In Praise of the VIC

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Jim Butterfield's article on why a VIC-20 is still useful in 1985:

https://archive.org/stream/TPUG_Issue_1 ... 5/mode/2up

Warms my heart, and much of it is still applicable today!
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Thank you! I will enjoy reading that (as I debug RSS Reader on the VIC-20 :) )

EDIT: Fascinating snippet from the article. Apparently the terminal transfer train at Atlanta airport was originally operated by VIC20s, including control of the voice announcements. I wonder if this was actually true. Is there any other source for this claim?
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Bobbi wrote:Apparently the terminal transfer train at Atlanta airport was originally operated by VIC20s, including control of the voice announcements. I wonder if this was actually true. Is there any other source for this claim?
Googled it, and found reference to train schedules announced on a VIC screen here. Too much a vague reference to dig the Commodore magazine archives though :(. For more serious VIC interfacing, see this old thread (BTW, being a Meteo VIC, I'm still looking for someone who has the Vaisala meteo station :)).
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