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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 9:30 am
by Schema
davidv_ wrote:Inow why would a music instrument store order a VIC-20 from Commodore Canada (Scarborough Ontario)? By curiosity? Thinking ahead about the link between computers and music no doubt, which would come only later with the MIDI interfaces for the C64 and the Atari ST.
In addition to Canadian Tire, etc. the other place that carried Commodore stuff in my hometown (Dauphin, Manitoba) was the mom&pop music supply store. Next time I'm back, I should stop in and see what they've got left in storage.
Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 6:12 pm
by ral-clan
That is totally awesome. I have been searching for a VIC-1020 for a hell of a long time....and you got one brand frikkin' spanking new. Congratulations! So very nice.
Oh, and those synths are pretty good. The FB-01 is a nice polyphonic synth (like having 8 DX100s in a box). The QY-10 is also really fun.
Great cache you've found!
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:30 am
by davidv_
ral-clan wrote:That is totally awesome. I have been searching for a VIC-1020 for a hell of a long time....and you got one brand frikkin' spanking new. Congratulations! So very nice.
Its for sale! Just dont know how much this is worth, But i wouldnt mind
some money for all my other hoarding habits (yes including synths)
Oh, and those synths are pretty good. The FB-01 is a nice polyphonic synth (like having 8 DX100s in a box). The QY-10 is also really fun.
Great cache you've found!
in fact a FB01 is nearly the same as a DX100, same YM2164 FM chip inside. just the sysex is crippled compared to the DX100.
Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:46 pm
by ral-clan
I couldn't afford to spend the amount your going to get for that VIC-1020 on eBay (even the old, opened ones go for a lot).
There is an FB-01 patch editor for the Amiga (free on Aminet) - it will even run in an Amiga emulator on a PC.
Re: Canadian VIC-1020
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:27 am
by Frank
Impressive...... Most impressive.
Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2011 11:55 am
by Frank
davidv_ wrote:Its of course german, but targeted for the Canadian market. if i trust "secret weapons of commodore", it was released only in Canada in North America, and a few places in Europe.
Centallica wrote:
Where did you ever find that boxed?
If you zoom in the first box pictures you'll notice "Le Palais de la Musique", which is a notable music instrument store south of Montreal, where i grew up. They had a closing sale recently and I bought lots of unsold 80s stuff from their attic, mostly cheap digital synthesizer boxes and drum machines that no one wanted (but me and my digital sound research).
Fun thing is in the late 90s I did visit that attic before, since I was friends with a clerk and I bought a new in box VIC-20, with starter pack, so I guess this VIC-1020 was probably ordered at the same time.... now why would a music instrument store order a VIC-20 from Commodore Canada (Scarborough Ontario)? By curiosity? Thinking ahead about the link between computers and music no doubt, which would come only later with the MIDI interfaces for the C64 and the Atari ST.
The vic had the ability to create some interesting sound effects like waves or telephones ringing. Perhaps this could have had something to do with that.
Posted: Sat Oct 08, 2011 8:53 pm
by eslapion
I had the priviledge of manipulating and testing the VIC-1020 of Davidv last week.
It works perfectly well.
Thank you Dave for this nice experience.
Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2011 8:03 am
by davidv_
eslapion wrote:I had the priviledge of manipulating and testing the VIC-1020 of Davidv last week.
It works perfectly well.
Thank you Dave for this nice experience.
My pleasure!
And thanks for testing the simultaneous BLK usage using 2 utility carts.
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2011 1:51 pm
by davidv_
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:53 am
by OBSysteme
Here is another one of these for sale, maybe a bit pricy given its esthetic condition ?
http://www.vendio.com/stores/compused/i ... id=4418237