You can see the two identical power plugs in this picture:
http://home.worldonline.se/boray/datorm ... ic20-2.jpg
I found more pictures here: http://emulazione.multiplayer.it/cbmita ... vario5.htm
There is also a picture of the vic1010. It also seems to have 6 expansion ports... And also pictures of other strange Commodore equipment...
/Anders
a really good expansion interface for the vic
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You are right, Anders! And there also seems to be a little gap in that picture between the vic20 and the lid of the expansion box. Is the "new" vic20 a little thinner than the old one?
Jeff, It's not for switching between cartridges, it's for using them at the same time. For example using two 8k RAM cartridges to get 16k ram and in the same time use programmers aid cartridge.... etc...
/Anders
Jeff, It's not for switching between cartridges, it's for using them at the same time. For example using two 8k RAM cartridges to get 16k ram and in the same time use programmers aid cartridge.... etc...
/Anders
Yes, I believe the cost-reduced (newer) case is slightly, but just slightly different. The Universal RAM/ROM adapter by Nicolas Welte claims not to fit in an old-style VIC, only the newer VIC-20CR. This seems odd given your observation, as one would think the otherwise, but maybe the cartridge expansion hole is wider although the case is smaller on the CR.
Anders Carlsson
The reason Nicolas Welte's expansion won't fit is because of the gigantic heat sink inside inside the "old" VIC. The expansion consists of a small PCB that's placed in the VIC's 6502 socket, but in order for the expansion to clear the heat sink you have to get it up above it with the help of a couple of sockets which means that it won't clear the keyboard when you close the case. There's a picture of this on http://people.freenet.de/x1541/hardware/petram-p.html.
I just compared my two VIC's. The CR is about 5mm thinner than the old VIC, but because of the heatsink the expansion will only fit inside the CR.
I just compared my two VIC's. The CR is about 5mm thinner than the old VIC, but because of the heatsink the expansion will only fit inside the CR.
Bacon
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Das rubbernecken Sichtseeren keepen das cotton-pickenen Hands in die Pockets muss; relaxen und watschen die Blinkenlichten.