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Next on All the Adventures, come for the tale of ill-fated Rabbit Software and the equally ill-fated "Knives of Eternity" series
includes dumping a van full of faulty tapes on a London street
5-1=4 Random VIC20 Games - Alien Blitz - The Pit - Tut Tut - Cyclon - #Penultimate 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=senDOSmNSEw
#RetroGaming #Retrocomputing #8bit #VIC20 #Commodore #commodorevic20
5-1=4 Random VIC20 Games - Alien Blitz - The Pit - Tut Tut - Cyclon - #Penultimate
https://youtu.be/senDOSmNSEw
#RetroGaming #Retrocomputing #8bit #VIC20 #Commodore #commodorevic20
Last night we tested a newly built diag cartridge on a normally working #Commodore #VIC20: after a while, it fails with "ROMCHECK xyBAD", where xy changes on each run: EB, 7C, 32...
Is there an issue with the VIC board or with the cartridge?
Why wait when you can do things faster'er!
We made a
And it works with SD2IEC & real Disk Drives, which is nice
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNyVqyjFWds
#RetroComputing #RetroGaming #Commodore #VIC20
@retrorewind@retrorewind.socialYou asked, we delivered! 
Perfect for those springs that mysteriously vanished across the room—never to be seen again. 
next on All the Adventures, a ludicrously tiny version of The Hobbit made for VIC-20 by a "schoolboy" in the UK, including a special bonus ending and catching an eagle in a cage (??)
Here's an updated picture of my Commodore VIC-20 running my bulletin board system (DeepSkies BBS).
In the back of the VIC is a VIC-1011A RS-232 card that connects the VIC via a null modem cable to a Mac mini that's in behind the VIC (on the right). The Mac is running tcpser that connects the VIC to the Internet.
There's also an SD2IEC drive plugged into the datasette port with a 32GB micro SD card in it that holds all the files for the BBS.
In the cartridge port is a VIC-2407 cartridge that supplies the VIC with 35KB of RAM expansion and a real time clock chip. The VIC also has a JiffyDOS ROM in it, and I added a toggle switch to the back so I can turn it off and use the stock ROM when I want (for compatibility with some stuff).
The VIC-2407 is a bespoke cartridge made for me by JaystoniansRetroShop on Etsy! He is fantastic to work with!
Over to the left, you can see my Ray Carlsen power supply with cold-war spec toggle switch that goes "KA-CHUNK!" when you flip it. It's awesome!
You can fire up your VIC-20 and dial into my BBS 24hrs a day, 7 days a week:
bbs.deepskies.com:6400
I reorganized my #homepage by creating a new category, wholly dedicated to #retrocomputing. I put there all my games for the #C64 #VIC20, #ZXSpectrum and other retro computers. I also put there other resources as well: http://davbucci.chez-alice.fr/index.php?argument=retroc/retroc.inc
It should be easier to reach. I hope you'll enjoy. #website
#Elite loaded up on my #Commodore Trinity; #C64, #C16 and #VIC20
OMG! I would have cried out for a year in joy having this back when having my VIC20!!! #game #games #gaming #retro #retrogaming #commodore #vic20 https://www.indieretronews.com/2025/01/elite-for-vic-20-32k-3k-ram-as.html?m=1
Aleksi Eeben's conversion of #Elite for the #VIC20 has just been released, and it is absolutely fantastic!
Find out more at https://vic20elite.wordpress.com
When I annotated the #C64 source, this was exactly the kind of thing I hoped would happen. Right on, Commander! 
Elite for VIC-20 is now available!
https://vic20elite.wordpress.com
Yes, you read that right.
Word processing on the VIC-20? This makes me cringe as much I love the VIC. Regardless, there is a nice review of the different options https://techtinkering.com/articles/word-processors-on-the-commodore-vic-20/ #commodore #vic20 #retrocomputing #wordprocessing
#VIC20 Cartridge Interface for the #SAMCoupe
Due to a sale falling through I can now offer the last remaining limited edition interface for sale again.
Run VIC-20 carts on the SAM Coupe! Currently supports 14 real cartridges, including all five Scott Adam's adventure games and some arcade games such as Raid On Fort Knox, Frogger, Radar Rat Race.
#Poll Heads up VIC-20 owners (past and present)! Please let me know which logo your VIC-20 had/has (see image in previous post). Thank you!
Heads up VIC-20 owners (past and present)! I'm about to start a poll regarding the type of logo you had on your childhood VIC-20. For the record, my VICs have always had the silver and black logo (I've owned four VIC-20's in my life so far!).
Thanks to a replacement box by Plakativ Druck and other stuff I already had (like the manual and warranty card), the #Commodore VIC-20 I got from @inlovewithpda is now again complete-in-box. 
New question. My VIC-20 powers up, and I can see signal activity on the pins of the CPU, and I can see various waveforms coming out of the VIC chip, but the screen is black.
I'm assuming this is a normal failure mode but this could really be anything(?). Is there a common chip to check or other quick diagnostic? I can't use a dead-test cartridge because no display.