VIC-1001 Repair
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Success!
Fortunately, I also had a very early VIC motherboard here that is almost like the one in the VIC-1001. There are a few subtle differences, but the board I put in actually matches the photos in the VIC-1001 manual, so I guess that's OK.
I took photos of the boards for anyone who is interested in those kinds of esoteric details. And who knows if the motherboard in the 1001 was actually the original anyway.
So, after a quick swap of the Kernal and Character ROMs, I now have a working, legitimate VIC-1001!
Now I just need to to figure it out. The manual seems to indicate that there are *6* character sets/keyboard layouts to choose from. But the character ROM is still only 4K so I'm not sure how they manage that. And my Japanese is non-existent so I might not be reading the diagrams correctly.
Was there ever any software specifically for the VIC-1001? I suppose the type-in programs from the manual (complete with broken English) sort of count. Wasn't there a few games on tape included with a VIC-1001 auction a while back?
Fortunately, I also had a very early VIC motherboard here that is almost like the one in the VIC-1001. There are a few subtle differences, but the board I put in actually matches the photos in the VIC-1001 manual, so I guess that's OK.
I took photos of the boards for anyone who is interested in those kinds of esoteric details. And who knows if the motherboard in the 1001 was actually the original anyway.
So, after a quick swap of the Kernal and Character ROMs, I now have a working, legitimate VIC-1001!
Now I just need to to figure it out. The manual seems to indicate that there are *6* character sets/keyboard layouts to choose from. But the character ROM is still only 4K so I'm not sure how they manage that. And my Japanese is non-existent so I might not be reading the diagrams correctly.
Was there ever any software specifically for the VIC-1001? I suppose the type-in programs from the manual (complete with broken English) sort of count. Wasn't there a few games on tape included with a VIC-1001 auction a while back?
Does the VIC-1001 have Latin lower case letters, or are those replaced by Katakana or whichever writing system it uses? I would imagine it may have six different combinations of Latin, Japanese and graphic characters to choose from:
1. Reg-Latin + Shift-Graph + CBM-Graph
2. Reg-Latin + Shift-Graph + CBM-Jap
3. Reg-Latin + Shift-Jap + CBM-Graph
4. Reg-Jap + Shift-Graph + CBM-Graph
5. Reg-Jap + Shift-Latin + CBM-Graph
6. Reg-Jap + Shift-Graph + CBM-Latin
Admittingly 2=6 and 3=5, but it would offer different ways to input characters.
1. Reg-Latin + Shift-Graph + CBM-Graph
2. Reg-Latin + Shift-Graph + CBM-Jap
3. Reg-Latin + Shift-Jap + CBM-Graph
4. Reg-Jap + Shift-Graph + CBM-Graph
5. Reg-Jap + Shift-Latin + CBM-Graph
6. Reg-Jap + Shift-Graph + CBM-Latin
Admittingly 2=6 and 3=5, but it would offer different ways to input characters.
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Just out of curiosity, could you put a 901460-02 charachter generator ROM and a 901486-02 kernal ROM into a standard VIC-20 and turn it into a VIC-1001? Or is there more involved than just that? Obviously, it wouldn't have the cool keyboard with katakana charachters on it, but aside from that, would it work?
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That's exactly what I was thinking of trying...carlsson wrote:The ROM files can be found at Zimmers, so you can download and plug them into VICE.
But... Looks like orion70 beat me to it.
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