For new users - make a post or say hello

Lechuck · Post by **Lechuck** » Thu Dec 10, 2020 6:14 am

orion70 wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 5:49 am Very good setup, congratulations! I also like the desk very much, the VIC 20 fits perfectly

Thanks!. A combination of old (datasette) and new (SD2IEC) stuff

Cheers

grondinm · Post by **grondinm** » Thu Dec 10, 2020 12:32 pm

Hello,

My Name is Marc from New-Brunswick Canada. I recently picked up a VIC-20. Before now i had never used one. I have used a C64 but the only reason i know that is from pictures. Don't remember anything about it. What i picked up is a VIC-20, Cassette deck, Joystick and a 16k switchable RAM expansion. I plan on getting a 32k expansion at some point. I also plan to get a SD2IEC drive/adapter but i also want to get the full experience of cartridges and tapes.

The reason i pick up this system is simply to play around with it. Learn some BASIC play some games and just have some fun. I have always been into tech in general. I'm no programmer but have dabbled in some. Being my first time with a system like this i have some questions and I'm not sure the best place to turn to (here?). I'll ask them here...

My initial questions are around saving programs to tape. Is it ok to save more than one program per tape? Does the VIC leave space between each save operation? How can i ensure i don't overwrite something accidentally?

Other questions are around the conversion/transfer of .prg/.tap files to .wav then recording to a cassette. Is this something i should expect to work. I have found some software to do the conversion and while it works in an emulator i have not had the chance to try and record to a cassette yet. Plan on doing that tonight.

I plan to edit this post later and add some pics of the VIC i got. It's in very good condition. Still white and everything. Got the original box as well.

EDIT: Pics Here https://cloud.gcfam.net:8099/index.php/ ... YwodrJcCEj. Was going to upload them but did not want to take the space on the board.

Anyways. Thank you for having me here that is all for now. Guess this is more than just a hello...

Post by **joshuadenmark** » Thu Dec 10, 2020 11:44 pm

Welcome Marc

Lechuck · Post by **Lechuck** » Fri Dec 11, 2020 1:59 am

Hi Grondinn,

Welcome to the Community!

grondinm wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 12:32 pm Being my first time with a system like this i have some questions and I'm not sure the best place to turn to (here?). I'll ask them here...

I think it is better if you place your questions in the corresponding categorie (it is more likely you'll get a proper answer if you ask there).

grondinm wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 12:32 pm My initial questions are around saving programs to tape. Is it ok to save more than one program per tape? Does the VIC leave space between each save operation? How can i ensure i don't overwrite something accidentally?

Yes, you can save more than one program in a tape but youll need to forward the tape to the point where last program ends. For that, it is a good practice to write down start/end cassete counter every time you save a new program to a tape.

grondinm wrote: ↑Thu Dec 10, 2020 12:32 pm Other questions are around the conversion/transfer of .prg/.tap files to .wav then recording to a cassette. Is this something i should expect to work. I have found some software to do the conversion and while it works in an emulator i have not had the chance to try and record to a cassette yet. Plan on doing that tonight.

You can get information about that topic in following post:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7094&p=76946

Cheers

DistantStar001 · Post by **DistantStar001** » Mon Dec 21, 2020 5:55 pm

Hello out there!!! DistantStar001 here.

I got my first VIC-20 a couple of years ago, after having the hardest time getting a working C64 (lots of boards that would work for a few days then conk out on me). My VIC-20 is an older model (two-prong with a PET style keyboard and gold label). I honestly didn't know what to expect from it (I had been an Apple II user before). Heck, I wasn't even sure I would like it. But now, I love it! Didn't even take me long. I got a datasette and soon found what's now my second favorite version of Tetris (after the Gameboy version. But with a far better screen).

I've since gotten a few working C64 bread-bins, and they're nice and all, but the VIC-20 is still my favorite Commodore machine! In fact, I just received a second motherboard (minus the VIC, VIA's, CPU, and all the ROMs) that I'm hoping to make into a PAL machine! Just need to find the ROMs...

Post by **joshuadenmark** » Thu Dec 24, 2020 2:35 am

Hello DistantStar001

Welcome to our community, glad to have you onboard

shannick · Post by **shannick** » Sat Jan 16, 2021 3:02 pm

Hello and thank you for letting me sign up.

I'm a new commodore user and I have a cbm 4032 and a Vic 20 both in really good condition.

Looking forward to finding out more what you guys and girls talk about on here.

Based in the Isle of man, UK

Lechuck · Post by **Lechuck** » Sun Jan 17, 2021 8:39 am

Hi Shannick,

Welcome to the community!. I hope you find what you need about your VIC 20 here.

Cheers

radventure · Post by **radventure** » Sun Feb 07, 2021 11:36 pm

Hi

I ended up here as part of the tumble down the Commodore rabbit-hole ( as part of reacquainting myself with the C64 )..... perhaps it's starting a new bad-habit as it's exposed me to the VIC 20 ( never seen one in person ). A late version, PAL unit is sourced and hopefully crossing oceans as I type this.

Radventure

crusti · Post by **crusti** » Mon Feb 08, 2021 4:45 pm

Hello
i had a VIC around 82 to 84 and now i have bought 2 in the last month, a 2 pin and CR.
Hoping to get some M/L coding done once I find me feet.

Post by **joshuadenmark** » Wed Feb 10, 2021 11:17 pm

Welcome to our friendly community

doug_in_nc · Post by **doug_in_nc** » Sun Aug 15, 2021 2:57 pm

Hi

I fairly recently decided to recreate as well as I could, my VIC 20 system circa 1983 as well as I can remember it, just before my parents sold it

The biggest challenge being I grew up with a PAL machine and now live in NTSC-land. I'm on the way to my target, with a few compromises (a couple of games on cartridge instead of cassette for example), and picked up a few things I would have loved to get my hands on at the time, but didn't - (eg a VIC-1541 and Programmers' Reference Guide)

Doug_in_nc

thegg · Post by **thegg** » Mon Aug 30, 2021 8:14 am

Hello,
A few lines to introduce myself.

I am fairly recently retired having spent 30+ years working as a Computer Systems Engineer in the UK. Like others on this forum perhaps, I have returned to my first computer (the VIC-20) as a way of entertaining myself and keeping the grey matter stimulated.

It is a while since I cut any 8 bit code and am slowly reminding myself of what a joy the VIC-20 was to a novice coder. My main interest is assembler and creating computer versions of numeric puzzles and other oddities. I no longer have any VIC-20 hardware and I am trying out my ideas using the excellent VICE emulator.

Looking forward to some interesting and informative exchanges on this forum.

JonBrawn · Post by **JonBrawn** » Sun Sep 12, 2021 12:59 pm

Hi, I'm Jon, and I tinker with hardware in Austin, TX.

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Sun Sep 12, 2021 1:04 pm

Welcome to the one and only forum for the VIC, Jon! Please, feel free to post whatever you're tinkering with

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