VIC serial number registry

[Kakemoms]

Any way to add Vic-20's that belong to other people? E.g. there is a Vic-1001 on ebay now that is not in the registry.

[oldcomputr]

Any way to add Vic-20's that belong to other people? E.g. there is a Vic-1001 on ebay now that is not in the registry.

Not at the moment but I’ve saved many eBay VIC pictures myself on my hard drive.
I thought about making a “seen online” account, I will try to figure out a nice solution as soon as I have some free time.

[oldcomputr]

Now I remember why I didn't develop the option of adding VICs from eBay.

1) I must add a way to "claim" the eBay VIC if the buyer would like to add it himself;
2) The goal of the registry (I'm open to other opinions) is to have as more as possible information on a machine, especially datecodes. If for example you're unsure about the case type, what would you expect? An "unknown" option? or "generic tall" / "generic short" case?

Maybe the datecode is not that important, we just need a few datecodes and then we can connect the dots.

Opinions?

[Kakemoms]

Well, some ebay Vic-20's have pictures of the interior. And the Vic-1001 I noted above had that (unfortunately I didn't win the auction since I had to make dinner at the time it was finishing )..

[Kakemoms]

Well, I ended up buying this Vic1001 myself as the seller relisted it. So now its here, and I'm going to add it

[oldcomputr]

Well, I ended up buying this Vic1001 myself as the seller relisted it. So now its here, and I'm going to add it :mrgreen:

Well done! I saved all the pictures from the first auction just in case I had to add the 1001 myself :-)

[Floopy]

Yay! only about 1000000 to go!

[crock]

Finally got round to adding my 1001 and non-CR VIC's. They're under my full name of Rob Clarke

Rob

[oldcomputr]

Finally got round to adding my 1001 and non-CR VIC's. They're under my full name of Rob Clarke

Rob

Yesterday I added a VIC myself and today I noticed that the total number increased :-)

[Dynamic_Computing]

So is this database stored on an actual VIC-20 with a Datasette? Come on! It can handle it! Adding my two machines today.

[oldcomputr]

In my (very scarce!) free time I have completely rewritten the site that hosts the registry for the VIC 1001 and VIC 20. If you’re interested in the technical details, the previous site was written from scratch in php, while now it’s based on the Laravel framework.

Besides the different “engine”, the new site brings some improvements for the users and under the hood. Here’s what’s new:

• you can (finally!) edit your profile;

• a new page lets you view in a thorough way all the details of a single VIC;

• the registry table is now full width;

• revision of all the texts, some descriptions of the VIC details are more precise;

• rewritten some help text on the “add your VIC” page;

• added a page with some statistics for the data in the registry: VICs location, motherboard type, country of production;

• the filter you choose on the registry page is shown more clearly;

• added some information about privacy;

• added a contact me page;

• registration now needs a confirmation of the email address to avoid mistakes and spam.

The accounts have been migrated on the new site; all the users need to request a password reset (Login › Forgot Your Password?) and click the link in the email.

As for privacy, the summary is: registration data, VIC data and cookies are only used to make the site work; there is no tracking or profiling.

The new site is available at the same address of the previous one: cbmvic.net. If you didn’t already, register and add your VICs! The more, the better :-)

[chysn]

Hey, it looks sharp!

I registered my VIC-20 a while back. If you're looking for more features to add (in the scarce free time), it would be cool to be able to drill down into the statistics. Like, how many CR VIC-20s have PET keyboards? That kind of thing. And also, "Add a picture of your VIC." There are some cool setups out there, and some real Frankensteins, that the world needs to see!