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From: Jason MacInnes <76345.3726@CompuServe.COM>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Some VIC-20 questions
Date: 26 Aug 1995 03:29:34 GMT
Organization: CompuServe, Inc. (1-800-689-0736)
Message-ID: <41m4eu$3tp$1@mhadg.production.compuserve.com>
References: <kUQNwwyjtYHe084yn@mail.msen.com>
Greetings,
I haven't thought about this in years. However, there are
several versions of the Vic 20. The two commons ones are easily
distinguishable. The older version has a black and white metal
strip for the Vic 20 name on the keyboard, it has very large
letters on the keys, and uses a two-pin power supply (what it
requires, I don't remember any more, but I imagine a manual for
that model would indicate it in the port layout section, or
perhaps it's mentioned on the metal tag beneath the computer). If
you have that model you'll likely have to build your own power
supply, adapt a C64 one, or hunt through garage sales. If you're
lucky, however, you'll have the newer version which has a rainbow
colour metal strip for the Vic 20 name, has keyboard lettering
identical to the C64, and uses the 4 pin power supply for the
C64. (These can still bought new from software and hardware mail
order companies in the U.S. if you can't find them elsewhere).
I hope that's helpful in some way. :)
Jason MacInnes
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Jason MacInnes