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It does require a 32k expansion which almost nobody had - I don’t remember pricing from the era but I would guess 32k of static ram (the VIC did not have a DRAM
by buescher 2y ago
It does require a 32k expansion which almost nobody had - I don’t remember pricing from the era but I would guess 32k of static ram (the VIC did not have a DRAM controller) would get you more than halfway to a c64
- harel 2y agoI was happy I had a tape drive. 32K was rich-kid stuff. However, restriction was a great enabler of creativity, and I'm grateful for it.
- mixmastamyk 2y agoI did too, and am. Unfortunately my dad bought two (another for sister) and so we had to "suffer" with black and white TV monitors. May be also why we didn't get a 64, although it may have been too early for that. I didn't learn that assembly language programming was a thing until maybe fifteen years later, and didn't know the 20 could be programmed that way until another decade later after that. Nor that it supported a modem, etc. So feel a bit cheated.
- rasz 2y agohttps://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/looking-for-old-prices-ideally-wholesale-but-retail-is-fine-from-1985.1243854/ https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/looking-for-old-pr... In 1985 8KB 6264 = $7, 1986 same chip $4. So ram alone would be $15-30, then add pcb case and margins and we are around $100, more than VIC-20 itself was worth at the time.