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Nathan
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by Nathan »
I need help, when starting carts for the vic 20, i insert the cart in and it comes up to the ready prompt, any cart commands to start it up?
Commodore 128D < mine
Vic 20 < mine
12 floppy disks worth of games
C2N datasette
C64 < mine now haha!
One does not throw out his old stuff! - me
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buzbard
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by buzbard »
Which cartridge?
If it's one of the Scott Adams Adventure games:
AdventureLand
Pirate's Cove
Mission Impossible
Voodoo Castle
or The Count
then you need to type:
SYS32592
then press enter to stat.
Ray..
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Jeff-20
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by Jeff-20 »
If it's any game other than the above text adventures, then you probably need to clean the contacts on the cart.
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Nathan
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by Nathan »
Never mind, finally got my carts to work, I wasn't inserting them properly o.o
Commodore 128D < mine
Vic 20 < mine
12 floppy disks worth of games
C2N datasette
C64 < mine now haha!
One does not throw out his old stuff! - me
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Jeff-20
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by Jeff-20 »
Welcome to the world of notoriously difficult cartridge insertion that is the VIC 20.

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Nathan
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by Nathan »
I'll have to get a better t.v tho
Commodore 128D < mine
Vic 20 < mine
12 floppy disks worth of games
C2N datasette
C64 < mine now haha!
One does not throw out his old stuff! - me
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16KVIC20
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by 16KVIC20 »
Must admit, the only cart I ever had trouble fitting was Choplifter. I honestly thought I was going to break it or my VIC, or both!
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buzbard
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by buzbard »
Yeah, I remember when my VIC was a virgin. I took it back to the store 'cause I couldn't get it in.
A 3K RAM cart that is.
Ray..
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Nathan
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by Nathan »
LOL she's tight!!!
Commodore 128D < mine
Vic 20 < mine
12 floppy disks worth of games
C2N datasette
C64 < mine now haha!
One does not throw out his old stuff! - me