Task: Play Centipede on a Commodore VIC-20 Needed: VIC-20, Centipede cartridge, disk, ROM, or Penultimate 2/3 Cartridge Time: 5-10 minutes or more Introduction I grew up with Atari home computers and received the Centipede cartridge one year for Christmas. I loved playing this game and am pretty good at it
Read postChange the Color of the Text on a Commodore VIC-20 Using Keyboard Commands (5-10 mins)
Task: Change the Color of the Text on a Commodore VIC-20 Needed: Commodore VIC-20 Time: 5-10 minutes Introduction I have previously posted about purchasing a Commodore VIC-20 computer. I have two and have not had the opportunity to spend much time with them. I learned recently that you change the
Read postPurchase a Newly Made Power Supply for Your Commodore 8-Bit Computers (5-10 mins)
Task: Purchase a Newly Made Power Supply for Your Commodore 8-Bit Computers Needed: Web browser Time: 5-10 minutes Introduction Power supplies from the 1970s and 1980s are notoriously unreliable and can damage the computer upon failure. Atari had one particular power supply unit (PSU) nicknamed ‘the ingot‘ because it was
Read postPurchase the Penultimate+2 for Loading Software and Expanding RAM on Your Commodore VIC-20 8-Bit Computer (10-15 mins)
Task: Purchase the Penultimate+2 for Loading Software and Expanding RAM on Your Commodore VIC-20 8-Bit Computer Needed: Web browser, VIC-20 Computer Time: 10-15 minutes Introduction The Commodore VIC-20 computer could load software via cassette, floppy disk, or cartridge. The easiest and fastest way to load software today is using modern
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