Commodore Vic 20 (VC 20)

Here is my Commodore Vic 20, although the label says VC 20, I was under the impression these were only available in Germany? The serial label on the bottom of the unit does say Vic 20 however. This Vic 20 is in near immaculate condition

The machine came with only 5KB of RAM, although it could be expanded to 64KB. The display was odd as the pixels were wider than they are tall, so you got a resolution of 176x184 (22x23 characters)



It's the classic breadbin shape we all know and love



On the right side is one Atari compatible joystick port, a power switch, and the power socket, earlier versions of the VIC used a two prong connector
And on the back is a large expansion or cartridge socket, monitor port (there is no TV out here), serial port (for disk drives), cassette port, and serial port



I even got a dust cover as well



Standard issue Datassette, works with the C64 as do most of the VIC peripherals



Standard wedge PSU, this one works with the C64, but earlier versions had a different connector
I tested the voltages and they were 5.2V and 10.6V, these are within spec, but never trust these units, get a modern power supply or an in-line saver device



Standard Commodore joystick, I already have one of these



Remember I said earlier there's no RF out for a TV, well you had to use an external modulator instead



Despite trying, I could not manually tune it in, so I had to give in and do a full scan, which found the Vic outputting on CH36 as you would expect



Working perfectly, unlike most of my other Commodore machines!


Software

An Introduction To BASIC, I had a version of this for my original Commodore Plus/4



Please ignore the mark down the middle of the cover, it was right at the top of the box, and I cut the box open with a knife, I am not happy about this!



No idea what the plastic bit is for? It has Commodore written on it, I worked out it fits in the box, no idea what the other space is for though


Random bonus items



I also got these two other power supplies in the box, one is an Atari 2600 PSU (and tests within spec), but the other one I have no idea? What uses 3V at 250mA?

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