VIC Only?

[Jeff-20]

A generous Denialer just offered me a new C64, but I turned it down. I keep accumulating VIC variations. I have three different keyboards. I just can't seem to make room for a C64.

I have way too many systems. I remember giving away whole collections for Colecovision, N64, Intellivision, C64, and several other systems. Somehow the Intellivision came back. I rarely touch it and remember why I got rid of it. I worry the C64 will be the same lesson.

[Vic20-Ian]

I had a huge collection 12-15 years ago before it was popular to go retro. All bought for a few pounds from car boot sales.

It filled a double garage. Coleco Adam and all sorts of stuff.

Now I have just a few Vic20's in use.

In storage and rarely used is C64, Plus 4, Jupiter Ace, Atari Portfolio ala Terminator 2, a Vectrex and a Virtual Boy.

I will be planning to build myself an mame machine and set it up for emulators also when I find some time.

[JohnnyRockets]

I had a huge collection 12-15 years ago before it was popular to go retro. All bought for a few pounds from car boot sales.

It filled a double garage. Coleco Adam and all sorts of stuff.

Now I have just a few Vic20's in use.

In storage and rarely used is C64, Plus 4, Jupiter Ace, Atari Portfolio ala Terminator 2, a Vectrex and a Virtual Boy.

I will be planning to build myself an mame machine and set it up for emulators also when I find some time.

Hi Vic20-Ian! What is a "car boot sale"? Is it like a garage sale in your car trunk? I am just curious, we have lots of garage sales and yard sales in the States, but I have never heard that term.

[Witzo]

I have a 2003 PPC eMac. Should I keep it for future retro nostalgia?
I regret having lost my original C128 and that we had to sell the VIC.
Since I have still a couple of PPC Mac games I'd like to play maybe, I may need to keep it. But I don't find time in between the other hobbies.
Choices choices...

[adric22]

I have a 2003 PPC eMac. Should I keep it for future retro nostalgia?..

Good question. I'd say the original iMac with the colored plsatic will probably be collectible. Not sure about the eMac, though. That is a much less well-known machine. Of course last time I checked those machines with the built in CRT are basically worthless, especially online where there are high shipping costs due to the size and weight.

On the other hand, the old Apple II and original Macintosh with the black and white built in screens seem to be fetching good money on eBay now.

[16KVIC20]

I had a huge collection 12-15 years ago before it was popular to go retro. All bought for a few pounds from car boot sales.

It filled a double garage. Coleco Adam and all sorts of stuff.

Now I have just a few Vic20's in use.

In storage and rarely used is C64, Plus 4, Jupiter Ace, Atari Portfolio ala Terminator 2, a Vectrex and a Virtual Boy.

I will be planning to build myself an mame machine and set it up for emulators also when I find some time.

Hi Vic20-Ian! What is a "car boot sale"? Is it like a garage sale in your car trunk? I am just curious, we have lots of garage sales and yard sales in the States, but I have never heard that term.

A Car boot sale is where lots of people turn up in a field or a car park on a Saturday or Sunday Morning (for a fee), and then set out all that they wish to sell on a trestle table, or sometimes on a tarpaulin on the floor.

The stuff being sold is usually the same type of stuff you'd see at a garage sale.

They are quite good fun. I usually by Vinyl LPs, preferably by groups from the 60s or 70s. I never see much computer stuff these days though.

I have bought two VIC 20s from boots sales before, one of them worked for a weekend, the other one never worked.

[Mayhem]

Car boot is the UK equivalent of a US flea market...

[JohnnyRockets]

Car boot is the UK equivalent of a US flea market...

Oooooh, gotcha! That makes sense! Thanks, cool to know!

[Ghislain]

Hi!

I know that this is a VIC-20 forum, but do some here actively use the C64?

If so, how do you split your time? I like them both very much, so it is hard to really pick a favorite.

I think it's safe to say that a lot of VIC-20 users also use the C64.

I can switch between both quite easily -- the video output to the video input on my designated flat screen TV uses an AV splitter. And after getting 2 SD2IEC devices (both for my VIC-20 and C64), I hardly use a floppy disk drive anymore except for those C64 games and programs that use non-compatible non-kernal fastloading routines.

In fact, both also share the same wireless bridge ethernet adapter because I have 2 Comet64's (for both machines) connected to a switch.

They both fit on the same computer desk--the C64 sits at the top of it while the VIC-20's designated spot is on the panel that slides out for a regular PC keyboard.

[JohnnyRockets]

Wow! NICE setup! Thanks for sharing!

[fsporsche]

i have both my vic-20 and c128. I use my vic almost everyday and once a while i use the c128.

[JohnnyRockets]

I recently took the 64 and stored it.

I decided to focus my small efforts (so little time) to my VIC.


Right now I have a nice 20" crt, with a direct RCA connection (nice!), original Commodore joystick, SD2IEC solution, using a combo of my Programmer's Aid Cartridge and HesMon cartridge. I also recently required a "reset" switch for my VIC also and this is a nice edition.

[Jeff-20]

So, now I have a new C64 (thanks to rhurst!). I haven't used one in many many years. My first reaction: eye strain. Goodness those characters are small and the contrast is not the greatest for my eyes. I'm still looking forward to messing around with it!

[ral-clan]

The VIC-20 is the only retro-computer I have set up. It's a rather complete setup though (right down to a Commodore made desk).

I actually was eager to upgrade from VIC to C64 in the 1980s for the better games, but now as a retro computer hobbyist I prefer the VIC.

Why? Because it's more like the PET to me - which was the first computer I ever used (at school): greater use of the datasette, the white colour of the machine's case, the screen font is the same as the PET, no sprites. To me, it feels like a mini-colour-PET for the home market (which is kind of what it was). The VIC was also the first computer I ever owned.

Like others have mentioned - it is also more limited, which I am drawn to. It is also a more unexplored system.

I have non-functional C64 in storage - basically because I couldn't sell it - and a DTV joystick. But I find C64 emulation is sooo advanced that it provides an almost 64 perfect gaming experience (even down to the CRT pixel blur).

[Jeff-20]

It's a rather complete setup though (right down to a Commodore made desk).

Pics!