I’m very pleased with my PAL VIC-20 replica, the Vicky-20. It’s almost a year old and the VIC-20 that sits on my desk all the time. I’ve wanted the absolute best video out of this thing I could muster. This board is fortunately VERY easy to modify. Connections Sure, you need an S-Video Cable for this. You can use a 5 Pin DIN to RCA jack from the Amazonies for a few bucks.

I’m a Commodore guy through and through. This isn’t tribalism, it’s what was in my room from 1983 to when I graduated High School in 1993. After my sorta failed attempt at spending the month of September with my Coco 2, I decided for October to try spending a week at a time with a particularly less familiar computer. So starting on October 1st, and ending on the 7th, I spent my free time with the Atari Systems that I have.

In the inside baseball realm of vintage computer enthusiasts, a few hashtags have emerged to support one’s favorite retro computers. The main one in September is #SepTandy While I’ve had this Tandy Color Computer 2 for many years, I’ve almost never used it. Out of all of my vintage systems, it’s the one I know the least about. I happened to have upgraded the video circuitry on it this year. It can now produce a composite signal.

A few months ago, I stumbled on a project that really caught my attention. Mr. Bernardo Kastrup, aka TheByteAttic finished a video series on a computer he designed and built “by hand.” It’s an impressive amount of information. Clocking in at more than 12 HOURS. Total time of his videos 3 Headed Dog Like the guardian of the gates of Hades, the board is a three-headed dog because it has 3 main processors.

I have several items from DIY Chris that we’ll review over the next week including a GAL PLA and flash-able ROM drop in that can hold kernal, character or BASIC ROMs. First on the list is the RAM tester. The problem child 128 I have a Commodore 128 which developed a bad RAM issue a few weeks ago. These old computers just sometimes sacrifice a part to the component gods.

Ahh, the quest for a better Vintage computer picture never ends. I’m having fun with it anyway. Side thought: At what point does a computer cross over from old: no one wants that 2007 Windows tower you built in your basement, to OMG, it’s Vintage, let’s drive up the eBay bids to the stratosphere!!!! How bad was it? Original picture from my 64C PAL Machine. Muddy with jailbars, but I’ve gotten used to this over the years