I suppose I should have done this when I first got on here. (Wasn't that long ago, but still..)
There is a really interesting story about my username, desiv...
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OK, No there isn't.
My first name is Desi. Last name starts with a V.
So much for intrigue.
Anyway, like a lot of you, my first computer was a Vic-20 back in the day.
I remember us getting lucky because we didn't have a lot of money, and my parents were preparing to get me a Vic-20. The C64 had come out, but we were nowhere near being able to afford that.
So my parents knew what it was called and supposed to cost, and they went out to get it for my birthday (I think).
When they came back, they were worried they got me the wrong thing.
It was a Vic-20, but apparently Commodore had just had (another) price drop and it cost a lot less than it did just a bit before. So my parents thought maybe they got something wrong.
Good news for me is that when they found out, they later went back out and got me a tape drive.
The Vic-20 and tape drive together still costs less than we thought the Vic-20 was going to cost.
I then went C64, SX64, Amiga 500, Amiga 1200 (and PC also for some side work I was starting to pick up).
Today, I am in I.T.
So apparently William Shatner was right after all.
I was glad about the tape drive, because we couldn't afford carts and I didn't have any friends with Vic-20s. So most everything I had was self-written (badly in BASIC) or typed in from magazines.
I currently have 2 Vic-20s (both older 9VAC 2 wire models).
I do have a C2N datasette.
I have a breadboarded, but working Pi1541 (pi0 powered) waiting for me to finish it and print/put it in a case and the parts for a Tapuino and Userport WiFi modem that I will also need to put together at some time.
And I did get a Dorktronic RAM expansion, which is nice. Back in the day, it was just the unexpanded Vic.