Hi!
I am new to this forum (first post) and you could say I am new to the VIC 20 aswell, though that is not quite true..
20 years ago i remember banging on my brothers door in the basement yelling "I wanna play! i Wanna PLAY!!" sometimes he opened just to throw things at me like pencils and stuff. Yes I know, I was a pain in the ass.
He was 15 and I was 7.
Sometimes he let me in, and when he did I was SO excited!
It was mysterious and cozy there.. Dark..only the light from a TV picturing a fantastic universe where I could fly helicopter and even Spaceships!!!
Yes, my first encounter with a computer was this VIC thing.. Since then we had other machines aswell. I had a C-64 (still do) But now I want to find out more about this very special machine.
When I search the internet I find that much of the resources on the VIC 20 is specialized and involving much technical details. like the people in that community are programmers and so on.. I am willing to learn and right now i try to figure out ML commands for the 6502.. (I have a basic understanding of basic) So to the subject:
Where do I start and is there any beginners-guide to the VIC you would reccomend?
Allso: Can I use a C-64 powersupply for the VIC? how about the datasette or diskdrive?
Is there any very newbeeforums on the net i should post Q on? instead of bugging you people?
Thank's alot!!!
Comet
A Newcommer's story.
Moderator: Moderators
Re: A Newcommer's story.
If your VIC has the round power plug you can use a C64 PSU (older VICs use a different power supply). The datassette and disk drive work on both computers. You can even make the disk drive work a little faster on the VIC than on the C64 by sending this command to the drive:Comet wrote:Can I use a C-64 powersupply for the VIC? how about the datasette or diskdrive?
OPEN 15,8,15,"UI-":CLOSE 15
Bug us all you want!Is there any very newbeeforums on the net i should post Q on? instead of bugging you people?
Bacon
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Das rubbernecken Sichtseeren keepen das cotton-pickenen Hands in die Pockets muss; relaxen und watschen die Blinkenlichten.
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Das rubbernecken Sichtseeren keepen das cotton-pickenen Hands in die Pockets muss; relaxen und watschen die Blinkenlichten.
My brother was a little nicer!
PRG Starter - a VICE helper / Vic Software (Boray Gammon, SD2IEC music player, Vic Disk Menu, Tribbles, Mega Omega, How Many 8K etc.)
Thank you Jeff-20, Bacon and Boray
Comet
Great!! Makes it all so much easier!If your VIC has the round power plug you can use a C64 PSU (older VICs use a different power supply). The datassette and disk drive work on both computers.
Clever!OPEN 15,8,15,"UI-":CLOSE 15
I would love to! I'll do that from now.Bug us all you want!
Comet