Officially in the club!

JohnnyRockets · Post by **JohnnyRockets** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 6:20 pm

Hey all, just got my BRAND SPANK'IN NEW (to me!) Commodore VIC-20!

No more emulation for me (unless I choose to).

I'm in the "cool kids" club now!!!

SkydivinGirl · Post by **SkydivinGirl** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 8:23 pm

Hurray!!!!

Congrats.

Heather

buzbard · Post by **buzbard** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 9:07 pm

Congratulations!!!

Now go here: http://www.mega-cart.com/

You won't regret it.

JohnnyRockets · Post by **JohnnyRockets** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:09 pm

buzbard wrote:Congratulations!!!

Now go here: http://www.mega-cart.com/

You won't regret it.

Thanks! I want one, but isn't the lead-time like a year?

JohnnyRockets · Post by **JohnnyRockets** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 10:09 pm

SkydivinGirl wrote:Hurray!!!!

Congrats.

Heather

Thanks! I'm so proud! (blush)

orion70 · Post by **orion70** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 4:14 am

Welcome to the Real VIC Club (tm). You will find how much more charming is the real thing compared to emulation!

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 6:21 am

I thought you already had one

Congrats!

JohnnyRockets · Post by **JohnnyRockets** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:05 am

Boray wrote:I thought you already had one Congrats!

Well I bought one with a broken key, so I saved it for parts and got an (new) one.

Now I have it! SA-WEET!

Pedro Lambrini · Post by **Pedro Lambrini** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:42 am

JohnnyRockets wrote:
buzbard wrote:Congratulations!!!

Now go here: http://www.mega-cart.com/

You won't regret it.
Thanks! I want one, but isn't the lead-time like a year?

Yep, so the sooner you join the queue, the better!

Congratulations to you for joining the Friendly club. Now, you too can join us in denial!

JohnnyRockets · Post by **JohnnyRockets** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 9:48 am

Pedro Lambrini wrote:
JohnnyRockets wrote:
buzbard wrote:Congratulations!!!

Now go here: http://www.mega-cart.com/

You won't regret it.
Thanks! I want one, but isn't the lead-time like a year?
Yep, so the sooner you join the queue, the better!

Congratulations to you for joining the Friendly club. Now, you too can join us in denial!

Ha, ha! Yes, I'd better get in line now! : )

Yes, I am also clearly in DENIAL!

Post by **Jeff-20** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 12:43 am

You'll never go back to emulation. I am very appreciative of VICE and use it often to preview programs. But nothing can beat typing on real vic keys!

JohnnyRockets · Post by **JohnnyRockets** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 7:35 am

Jeff-20 wrote:You'll never go back to emulation. I am very appreciative of VICE and use it often to preview programs. But nothing can beat typing on real vic keys!

Yeah, I agree, I just bought a (very cheap) Programmer's Aid Cartridge, so I am very excited to play with that. I still like programming in BASIC, although I am dipping my foot more and more into ASM programming.

Witzo · Post by **Witzo** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 8:33 am

Congrats!
I fixed mine a couple of months back, and it's sweet to see your own emulator-built things run on the real metal. Enjoy!

16KVIC20 · Post by **16KVIC20** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:06 am

Definitely worth joining the Mega Cart queue. I reckon it's the best add on ever released for the VIC 20. If you get one you won't be sorry.

Also very good if you get a uIEC or SD2IEC as it has built in Filebrowser etc.

JohnnyRockets · Post by **JohnnyRockets** » Thu Nov 15, 2012 11:35 am

16KVIC20 wrote:Definitely worth joining the Mega Cart queue. I reckon it's the best add on ever released for the VIC 20. If you get one you won't be sorry.

Also very good if you get a uIEC or SD2IEC as it has built in Filebrowser etc.

Thanks for those tips! I have a SD2IEC on order and am very much looking forward to that! The Mega-Cart I will get in time, but I need to raise the $100 Canadian first!