Vic20 user guide manual

[Falkon215]

I never noticed that there was a non spiral bound copy of the original user guide Manual for the Vic20?Was this later in the Vic20 production? Only seen spiral bound versions.

[doug_in_nc]

I haven't seen any of those. Can you post a picture?

[Falkon215]

So I have one being shipped to me ill post a pic when I receive the Manual.

[Mike]

Given that I (still) had spiral-bound manuals with the C116 and C128 I got in 1985 and 1986, respectively - i.e. after production end of the VIC-20 - I would place my bet on a modern reproduction.

You should be able to tell by the sharpness of the diagrams and drawings. Unless they have been scanned with a very high dpi (>=600) they are bound to appear less sharp than in the original manual - unlike text, which easily can be 'reconstructed' in an optimal way by OCR.

[orion70]

Sorry, I completely missed this post. I have a non spiral bound French manual, which happens to be published by the mysterious Procep editor we talked about elsewhere. It's very peculiar because it's printed horizontally. See pictures.
As a sidenote, I've noticed only now that Procep was the exclusive distributor for Commodore in France. Clearly, it also printed stuff for the French market.

[Falkon215]

Bought a original vic20 complete in retail box this was the manual that was in it.Never seen one without plastic spiral.

[Falkon215]

Great find by the way almost prestine condition Vic20 all original in the box.

[Falkon215]

Posted pictures of the User Guide Manual without the spiral bindings looks original.

[ral-clan]

See Orion70's French manual, which seems to have been published for the France French market, made me think that in all my VIC-20 collecting time spent here in Canada I've never come across a French (Canada) manual. The cartridge games from Commodore Canada all came with bilingual instruction manuals (or a French language insert), so I wonder what the arrangement here was for the actual user manual?

I wonder if there was none, a French Canadian localized version, or if they made this France French version available here as a pack-in for the Quebec market or an after market purchase.

[orion70]

I guess in English speaking Canada VIC-20s were sold with the US manual, and in Quebec with the French one. I found this page about the peculiar Canadian box, and two pictures show it was sold with the US manual inside (different editions, too):
https://www.vic-20.it/box-canadese/

[ral-clan]

Yes, I've seen that box in Canada (sleeve box) and also the older corrugated hinged lid box.
However I think there was a specific Canadian box too, as I remember one with the Calgary Olympics logo on it (I'd have to check my collection). It might have been the C64 box though - can't remember.