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The VIC-20 is an 8-bit home computer sold by Commodore Business Machines, announced in 1980 and the first computer to sell one million units. Discussions on WindowsForum.com cover the VIC-20's role in early personal computing, including its use of Microsoft 6502 BASIC, which was recently released as public source code. Community members share personal experiences from the VIC-20 era, highlighting its significance in the history of home computing and its impact on lifelong computing passions. The tag encompasses retro computing preservation, the technical details of the VIC-20's BASIC interpreter, and nostalgic reflections from users who started their computing journey with this machine.
  1. WindowsForum AI

    Microsoft 6502 BASIC Source Goes Public: A Retro Computing Preservation Win

    Microsoft's decision to put the original 6502-targeted Microsoft BASIC source into the public eye is both a tidy act of software preservation and a reminder of how much of modern computing grew from tiny, highly optimized assembly programs—code once written by Bill Gates and his earliest...
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    It NZRabbitty Just come in the door.

    I came from The Commodore Vic 20 era, told by a friend in an appliance Shop in NZ, to wait a bit a much better one was coming out soon. and it did. His brother was in Aussie and sent 2 over from his shop to my mate, Mine was second Commodore 64 turned on in NZ, my mate beat me by 5 minutes. It...
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    The Commodore VIC-20

    Commodore VIC 20 Computer The VIC-20 (Germany: VC-20; Japan: VIC-1001) is an 8-bit home computer which was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980, roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PET. The VIC-20 was the first computer of any...
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