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What (who) is VIC-20 - definition

HOME COMPUTER
Vic-20; VIC 20; Commodore VIC 20; Vic 20; VIC20; Commodore VIC20; Commodore Vic 20; Commodore VC-20; Commodore VIC-1001; VIC-1001; Vic20; Commodore Vic-20; VC-20; Commodore VIC-20
  • u=KB}} RAM expansion cartridge with BASIC extension ROM
  • u=KB}} RAM expansion cartridge with PCB view
  • VIC-20 mainboard
  • Datasette]] provided inexpensive external storage for the VIC-20
  • The side of the computer showing the joystick "control port"
  • The MOS Technology 6561 VIC chip
  • 16-color capability
  • The startup screen of the VIC-20
  • The ''Clowns'' game on a ROM cartridge

VIC-20         
<computer> A home computer made by Commodore with a 6502 CPU, similar in style to the Commodore 64 and {Commodore C16}. The VIC-20 was released before the C64, and after the Commodore PET(?). It was intended to be more of a low-end home computer than the PET. The VIC-20 had connectors for game cartridges and a {tape drive} (compatible with a C64). It came with five kilobytes of RAM, but 1.5 KB were used by the system for various things, like the video display (which had an unusual 22x20 char/line screen layout), and other dynamic aspects of the operating system (such as it was). The RAM was expandable with a plug-in cartridge which used the same expansion port as games. Port expander boxes were available to allow more than one cartridge to be connected at a time. RAM cartridges were available in several sizes: 3K, 8K, 16K and 32K. The internal memory map was re-organised with the addition of each size cartridge, leading to the situation that some programs would only work if the right amount of memory was available. The 32K cartridges were all third-party and had switches to allow the RAM to be enabled in sections so that any expansion size could be achieved. BASIC programs could use at most 24 KB of RAM. Any extra occupied the location usually used by ROM cartridges (i.e. games). This allowed people to copy ROM cartridges to tape and distribute them to their friends, who could load the tape into the top 8k of their 32k RAM packs. The name "VIC" came from the Video Interface Chip that was also used in the other, later, Commodore 8-bit computers. (2000-03-28)
Super Expander         
EXTENSION FOR THE COMMODORE VIC-20
Commodore VIC-20 Super Expander
The VIC-1211 Super Expander is a cartridge for the Commodore VIC-20 home computer. It was designed to provide several extensions to the BASIC interpreter on the computer, mostly to help with programming graphics and sound.
Avenger (1981 video game)         
1981 VIDEO GAME
Avenger (VIC-20 game); VIC Avenger
Avenger is a Space Invaders clone published on cartridge by Commodore in 1981 for the VIC-20. The game uses multicolor graphics and supports keyboard or joystick control.

Wikipedia

VIC-20

The VIC-20 (known as the VC-20 in Germany and the VIC-1001 in Japan) is an 8-bit home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980, roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PET. The VIC-20 was the first computer of any description to sell one million units. It was described as "one of the first anti-spectatorial, non-esoteric computers by design...no longer relegated to hobbyist/enthusiasts or those with money, the computer Commodore developed was the computer of the future."

Examples of use of VIC-20
1. Of course, these things go in cycles; video games have been my No. 1 hobby since I got a Commodore Vic–20 in third grade in 1'81.