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- Mon Aug 03, 2020 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: RetroTink and the VIC-20
- Replies: 12
- Views: 1904
Re: RetroTink and the VIC-20
I've mentioned this before but I think the acid test for a modern display is how it fares in game with something like Galaga - black background with red or blue colours. Are you seeing the blue/red clearly or are you struggling? A lot of people see the boot-up screen and think "Oh, wonderful!&q...
- Mon Aug 03, 2020 3:51 pm
- Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
- Topic: WTB: VIC-20 case and/or keyboard
- Replies: 5
- Views: 710
Re: WTB: VIC-20 case and/or keyboard
It seems a shame that there aren't any after-market cases available for the VIC like there are for the C64 and the Amiga. It's a simple thing that could help more people put a system together.
- Sun Aug 02, 2020 11:16 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Off topics section
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1700
Re: Off topics section
Where will all the non relevant posts go otherwise, better they do not clog up the rest of the forum. I don't think that's the best justification to keep OT. The idea is that non-relevant posts won't go anywhere because there won't be a place for them and the people who want to write them will eith...
- Sat Aug 01, 2020 10:40 pm
- Forum: Other Systems
- Topic: The Amiga Thread
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1133
Re: The Amiga Thread
I think in 1993, Amiga's OS was superior to anything else out there. Mac OS7? Gorgeous but a bit closed. Windows 3.1? Please. Linux? Not yet. It takes quite a bit of getting used to but it seems like there is a tool for everything on the Amiga once you know what to look for. I can see why many Amig...
- Fri Jul 31, 2020 6:44 pm
- Forum: Other Systems
- Topic: The Amiga Thread
- Replies: 13
- Views: 1133
The Amiga Thread
I've spent a good chunk of this summer on a personal mission to get more out of the Amiga. It's been a very frustrating system for me and I regard it as the most user-hostile system ever. I started by running Amibian on a Raspberry Pi 3B+. Amibian is a Linux distribution that focuses solely on runni...
- Fri Jul 31, 2020 4:24 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Off topics section
- Replies: 21
- Views: 1700
Re: Off topics section
One thing to remember is that the recent controversy started in the Buy/Sell/Trade section over the non-purchase of a VIC-20 cartridge. Quarrelsome people will create quarrels no matter what the subject is. A forum section is only as good or as bad as the people who use it. A lot of forums have a cl...
- Wed Jul 08, 2020 5:56 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: TheVIC-20 Welcome Pack
- Replies: 3
- Views: 528
TheVIC-20 Welcome Pack
Following discussion in the TheVIC-20 thread about the possibility of putting together a collection of software for new users, I thought I'd start a thread to get the ball rolling. It occurs to me that for many users the primary thing that defines the VIC-20 is the programming experience so it would...
- Mon Jul 06, 2020 1:53 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Denial Return to Print
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2401
Re: Denial Return to Print
For myself, I found out about the newsletter by doing an internet search on Yahoo! for VIC-20 related things on a VT-100 text-based terminal at the library. I then found a webpage that was announcing it, and I sent an email to Jeff with my home address. And then Jeff sent me a copy of the newslette...
- Sun Jul 05, 2020 7:17 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Denial Return to Print
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2401
Re: Denial Return to Print
I'm curious about the distribution of the Denial newsletter. How did people hear about it and order a copy?
- Sun Jul 05, 2020 4:31 am
- Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
- Topic: Megacart is back
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4363
Re: Megacart is back
OK, since you know more about this than the rest of us, kindly be *constructive* and post or message a suggestion to me about what you think I should do. I think that was clarified in the "It is what it is" statement. In my book, a username on a public forum where the person is registered...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 4:38 am
- Forum: Buy, Sell, and Trade
- Topic: Megacart is back
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4363
Re: Megacart is back
Dagnabbit, I'm definitely on the waiting list to buy a Mega Cart but my email changed after my divorce a few years ago. Anyone have any suggestions? Brian's username on this forum is 6502Dude. If you send a PM with your updated details, the forum will send him an e-mail notifying him that he has a ...
- Fri Jul 03, 2020 3:11 am
- Forum: Other Systems
- Topic: Exactly how NOT to make a multicart for the C64
- Replies: 113
- Views: 7965
Re: Exactly how NOT to make a multicart for the C64
Please keep the debate friendly and constructive, do you even know how tiresome this is to follow ? No, because I haven't been following. I just switch off from topics that don't interest me and this one has been going around for years; gold plated connectors = good, non-gold plated connectors = ba...
- Tue Jun 30, 2020 1:10 pm
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: The Vic-20 launching Oct 2020
- Replies: 78
- Views: 4974
Re: The Vic-20 launching Oct 2020
It's a slight disappointment, but to be expected with this kind of thing. I believe you can customise the carousel now, so not really an issue . I disagree. I like to think of these commercial emulation packages as a collector's piece and a tribute to the system it emulates; that means a fixed set ...
- Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:56 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: The Vic-20 launching Oct 2020
- Replies: 78
- Views: 4974
Re: The Vic-20 launching Oct 2020
I feel disappointed that they did this without consulting the Denial community. We could have brought so much more to the table; a better selection of games, a wealth of homebrews, documentation about the history of the system and we would have happily shared that information out of love for the sys...
- Fri Jun 26, 2020 4:15 am
- Forum: General Topics
- Topic: Denial Return to Print
- Replies: 32
- Views: 2401