Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site dalcs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!dartvax!dalcs!y7124 From: y7124@dalcs.UUCP (J Gerard Olszowiec) Newsgroups: net.micro.cbm Subject: Vic-20. Best micro on the market! Message-ID: <676@dalcs.UUCP> Date: Fri, 24-Feb-84 10:39:38 EST Article-I.D.: dalcs.676 Posted: Fri Feb 24 10:39:38 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 25-Feb-84 15:43:24 EST Organization: Dalhousie U, Halifax N.S. Lines: 36 -------------------------------------- I knew that would get your interest! -------------------------------------- I own a Vic. Boo! You own a C-64. Yeah! I don't have any problems with my Vic. Yeah! (No, really!) You seem to have countable problems with your C-64. Boo! I once thought about swapping my Vic for a C-64. Boo! I changed my mind. Yeah! Instead I bought enough expansion boards to make the space shuttle look like a third rate video game. It now looks and acts like a 64, as long as it keeps its mouth shut. (No SID) Have I lucked out? Is the Vic less prone to disaster than its big brother, the 64? The only trouble I have had, that is directly related to Vic hardware is a blown fuse and some minor loading problems, both easily fixed. Where are all the discontented Vic owners? Is there such an organism? Is this a case of a Volkswagon beating a Dodge at the 1/4 mile? Am I the only person left that owns a Vic? Is there really a Santa Claus? No picture interference. No thermal runaway. No locking keyboard on the last line of the display. No imcompatibility of versions. (least I don't think) No difference in video jacks. No extra help from joysticks. Why would I want a 64? Don't say memory and don't say sprites. J Gerard Olszowiec (like Bolshevik without the B)