Floppy Days 77 - The Commodore Vic-20, Part II

The Commodore Vic-20, Part II

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Links Mentioned in the Show:

New Acquisitions

• Vic-20 Final Expansion - http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65219&sid=967941d7fa89090f137792181226c3b3
• Vic-20 Cartzilla! - http://www.zimmers.net/anonftp/pub/cbm/vic20/Cartzilla.html
• Amiga mouse - new mint from MyAtari (B&C ComputerVisions, Atari Sales & Service) - http://myatari.com/
• Amiga power supply - Ray Carlsen - http://personalpages.tds.net/~rcarlsen/
• Amiga emulator - Amiga Forever 7 - https://www.amigaforever.com/

News

• VCF Midwest 12 - http://vcfmw.org/
• Evan Wright - http://mrwrightteacher.net/index.php
• Evan Wright's Cross Platform Text Adventure Generator - https://github.com/evancwright/Lantern
• Upcoming Shows
• • Tandy Assembly - October 7-8, 2017 - Chillocothe, OH - http://www.tandyassembly.com/https://www.facebook.com/events/671911082972172/
  • 35th Chicago TI International World's Faire - October 14, Evanston, IL Public Library, 9-4 - http://www.chicagotiug.com/tiki-index.php?page=Faire
  • World of Commodore - December 9-10, 2017 - Toronto, Ontario, Canada - http://www.tpug.ca/world-of-commodore-2017/about/

Feedback

• Museum of Computing History's Retrofest - http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/43210/Retro-Computer-Festival-2017-16th-17th-September-2017/
• Classic Game Fest - http://classicgamefest.com/

Magazines

• Commodore Free - http://www.commodorefree.com/

Books

• "Commodore, A Company on the Edge" by Brian Bagnall - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0973864966/?tag=flodaypod-20
• "The home computer wars: An Insider's Account of Commodore and Jack Tramiel" by Michael Tomczyk - http://www.amazon.com/dp/0942386752/?tag=flodaypod-20
• "The First Home Computer: 30 Years Later" by Michael Tomczyk - http://www.academia.edu/2242039/The_First_Home_Computer_30_Years_Later
• Commodore VIC 20: A Visual History by Giacomo Vernoni (Kickstarter)

Software

• (R) VIC-20 Cartridge Rarity & Gameplay listing by Ward Shrake and Paul LeBrasse - http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/funet/cbm/vic20/Cartlist.html
• (R) VIC-20 Cartridge Software Reviews a.k.a. Cartzilla! - http://www.commodore.ca/manuals/funet/cbm/vic20/Cartzilla.html

User Groups and Shows

• World of Commodore - World of Commodore - December 9 & 10 - Toronto - http://www.tpug.ca/
• CommVex - Commodore Vegas Expo v13 - July 29-30, 2017, California Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada - http://www.portcommodore.com/commvex
• Pacific Commodore Expo at the Living Computer Museum in Seattle on June 10-11 2017 - https://www.facebook.com/events/1171192169619276/

Modern Upgrades

• VIC-VODER (Raspberry Pi)
• Jim Brain's memory card - UltiMem VIC-20 Memory Expansion Cartridge - http://store.go4retro.com/ultimem-vic-20-memory-expansion-cartridge/
• Vic-20 Mega-Cart - https://www.commodoreserver.com/CommodorePhotoDetails.asp?PID=55CD0F98F23E440782584E4E6C807A82
• Behr-Bonz cart - http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56288
• Final Expansion cart - http://www.lemon64.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=65219&sid=967941d7fa89090f137792181226c3b3
• Penultimate Cart - https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/index.php/penultimatecart
• Vic-20 Midi cartridge (Jim Brain) - http://store.go4retro.com/vic-20-midi-cartridge/
• Commodore VIC-20 Expansion Port Cart Breadboard Breakout for Development - http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Commodore-VIC-20-Expansion-Port-Cart-Breadboard-Breakout-for-Development/332147938040
• Commodore VIC-20 VIC20 cartridge development board-Atmel/Microchip/Arduino - http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Commodore-VIC-20-VIC20-cartridge-development-board-Atmel-Microchip-Arduino/332146114579
• Commodore User Port Breadboard Breakout for C64 VIC-20 Development - http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Commodore-User-Port-Breadboard-Breakout-for-C64-VIC-20-Development-/332147938038
• Joystick Breadboard Breakout for C64 VIC20 Atari 2600 VCS Development - http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Joystick-Breadboard-Breakout-for-C64-VIC20-Atari-2600-VCS-Development-/332147938039

Connectivity to Modern Computers

• Chris Osborne Raspberry Pi 1541 Emulator - http://www.insentricity.com/a.cl/208/C64PiVideo
• Chris Osborne Teensy XUM1541 - http://www.insentricity.com/a.cl/201/turning-a-teensy-into-a-floppy-controller
• UNO2IEC - https://github.com/Larswad/uno2iec/wiki/About-Uno2IEC,-the-Arduino-1541-emulator-Wiki-and-HowTo
• C64HDD - https://www.64hdd.com/index_en.html
• X1541 - http://sta.c64.org/xcables.html

Emulation

• VICE - http://vice-emu.sourceforge.net/ - VICE is now considered by many to be the best VIC 20 emulator available. Windows, OSX, DOS
• Javascript Vic-20 by Matt Dawson - https://www.mdawson.net/vic20chrome/vic20.php
• MESS (Multi-Emulator Super System)/MAME - http://www.mess.org/
• Power20 - Mac - shareware - http://www.infinite-loop.at/Power20/index.html

Community

• Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/commodoreVIC20/
• Forums
• • AtariAge - http://atariage.com/forums/forum/172-commodore-8-bit-computers/
  • http://www.sleepingelephant.com/denial/ - forums, wiki, software
  • Lemon64 - http://www.lemon64.com/
  • Melon64 - http://www.melon64.com
  • Vintage Computing Forum - http://www.vcfed.org/forum
• Podcasts
• • Chicken Lips Radio - http://www.chickenlipsradio.org/
  • Press Play on Tape - https://pressplayontape.podbean.com/
  • The Immortal C64 - http://www.akumadesigns.com/ic64/

Web Sites

• YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=vic20
• Zimmers.net (pictures, software, list of all carts and tapes, tons of information) - http://www.zimmers.net/commie/index.html
• Vic-20 Listings - http://www.vic20listings.freeolamail.com/index.html
• "The Commodore Vic-20: A First Look", COMPUTE! ISSUE 11 / APRIL 1981 / PAGE 26 - http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue11/12_1_THE_COMMODORE_VIC-20_A_FIRST_LOOK.php
• Commodore Vic-20 Tribute Page by Rick Melick - http://www.geocities.ws/cbm/ - history, interviews, magazine indexes and companion disks, documentation and manuals
• Starring the Computer - http://www.starringthecomputer.com/computer.html?c=65 - The Vic-20 was in shows/movies like The Philadelphia Experiment, What Waits Below, Airplane II (running Mission Control), Knight Rider
• The Ultimate Vic-20 Website - http://vic-20.appspot.com/ - geared towards information about Vic-20 emulation

References

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20
• http://sleepingelephant.com/denial/wiki/index.php?title=VIC-20