Some Vic's are much hotter than others!!!!

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 4:51 pm

Pedro Lambrini wrote:I have 5 working Vics 2 of which are the older 9v versions. Although they do get hotter than the 3 CR versions I find them both to be more stable and have better composite video and audio output. All in all, I think they're the better machine.

I agree that the graphics are better on the 2 prong model... But I don't know if that's because older vic chips are better than new ones or if it's the surrounding electronics.

PaulQ · Post by **PaulQ** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 8:34 am

The 2 pronged Vic was, at the time, Commodore's only home computer, using chips that were meant for commercial video arcade machines. I would imagine that the quality of those chips would have been higher at this time than when the Vic 20 was the cheapest colour computer with a real keyboard on the planet.

Barney · Post by **Barney** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:32 am

Well, I went ahead and put heatsinks on every single chip in my VIC. The heatsinks I used are the exact ones that PaulQ used in this thread. They sure make a difference big time. Thanks.

Barney