How many of you still have your origional perchased new VIC?

IsaacKuo · Post by **IsaacKuo** » Sun Oct 07, 2012 8:44 am

I have my original, which was perfectly functional except for an annoying keyboard (PET style). I swapped the keyboard with an old dead C64. Some day, if I ever get my hands on an early model C64c, I'd like to replace its board with the VIC20.

vicist · Post by **vicist** » Thu Oct 11, 2012 8:28 am

I still have mine since '82. It's never let me down despite heavy use and periodic holidays in the loft!

fsporsche · Post by **fsporsche** » Wed Oct 17, 2012 8:32 am

I have my original and i bought a spare just in case...
Love my vic...

MadCommodore · Post by **MadCommodore** » Fri Oct 26, 2012 2:09 am

All my gear was lost when I returned to the UK after moving abroad for work in the 90s but I exchanged my VIC for a C64 in Mar 83 after just 3 months.

I do however have 5 VICs now and a couple of motherboards with issues. My favourite machine to use is my original PET keyed machine, love that keyboard it is much nicer than the later ones/C64 keyboard. If I had a spare I would put one in a C64 too

Dirk Vroomen · Post by **Dirk Vroomen** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 5:15 am

I bought mine exactly 30 years ago on November 11th 1982 and it's still working.

Best regards,
Dirk

lance.ewing · Post by **lance.ewing** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:53 am

I still have my VIC, although I didn't buy it new. I think we bought ours second hand around 1986. The VIC had been out for a while but there were still a few places around that sold games.

Over the years a few things stopped working, including the video chip, so we had to buy a second one for spare parts. My father was an electronics design engineer, so he fixed a few things on the original. Thanks to his efforts, it still works now.

Lance