Commodore VIC-20 - Has a decent built in BASIC in ROM Only 3.5K or programming RAM (well, a little more if you know where to POKE... heh) Has a 22 column by 2

Commodore VIC-20 - Has a decent built in BASIC in ROM Only 3.5K or programming RAM (well, a little more if you know where to POKE... heh) Has a 22 column by 23 row screen (composite or RF) - Uses Atari 2600/8-bit standard joysticks, paddles. - Either use cassette tape or Disk or get one of the current compact flash Drive options to do storage (CF can allow you more easily get things from the internet connected world to the VIC and visa versa) - Very well documented on programming and hardware - http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/ http://www.bombjack.org/commodore/ - Still an active community for VIC-20 enthusiasts. - If not a VIC-20 I'd suggest a Commodore-16, then you have 16K and much expanded BASIC as well as a built-in machine language monitor assembler/disassembler. Still can use the Disk Drive CF, but you may need an adapter to use the more common Commodore tape drives... and adapter for Atari Style joysticks. - Commodore 64 prices are getting a bit high, but if you prefer something more 80s mainstream the Commodore 64 or 128 are way more popular. But for uniqueness and fun at budget VIC-20/C16 are it... Maybe Plus/4.