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Jan BetaQuestion for the <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VIC20</a> savvy human beings: can I just desolder the TIP29 transistor from one of my C64 spares boards and use it to replace Q4 on the VIC-20 (originally an 2SD880)? I believe they originally used the 2SD880 on the C64, too? (Too tired to dig out another C64 board to have a look currently…)

Kroc CamenFor those of you <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VIC20</a> users, or potential future ones, the only VIC20 cartridge you will ever need has arrived: RAM expansion (280K!), SD-card interface, and 271 in-ROM games and programs: <a href="http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2025/07/vic20-penultimate-3-dcr.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2025/07/vic20-penultimate-3-dcr.html</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a>

Rod Hull - www.tfw8b.com<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/GOODNEWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOODNEWS</a>! The Best VIC20 Cartridge Just Got Better! Penultimate+3dcr 0-280k, Full Sized SD2IEC + TurboLoader & DOS Wedge. And not forgetting a shed load of games!! 😎<a href="https://www.tfw8b.com/product/penultimate/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.tfw8b.com/product/penultimate/</a><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VIC20</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/KoolKidz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KoolKidz</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/MoonOnAStick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoonOnAStick</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroGaming</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8bit</a>

Quazar🚨 2nd limited edition batch of my "VIC-20 Cartridge Interface" for the SAM Coupe are on the way.Use a selection of VIC-20 cartridges on the SAM Coupe computer. 14 supported games so far:All 5 of the Scott Adams adventures: Adventure Land, Voodoo Castle, The Count, Pirates Cove, Mission Impossible.Arcade Games: Radar Rat Race, Raid on Fort Knox, Rally X, Frogger, Q*Bert, Menagerie, Slot, Monster Maze, Space BattleOrder: <a href="https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.samcoupe.com/quickshop.htm</a>More info - see '16th April 2023' news entry for info (when the first batch was released) <a href="https://www.samcoupe.com" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.samcoupe.com</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/samcoupe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#samcoupe</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/vic20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vic20</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogames</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/indie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indie</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commodore</a>

Thomas CherryhomesTesting the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/FujiNet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FujiNet</a> Weather program for unexpanded <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Vic20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vic20</a> before the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VCFSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VCFSW</a> show. Changes in both API and FujiNet firmware required some last minute fixes.<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Charlie BaloghVIC-20 image quality comparison with and without the TheRetroChannel video mod. The improvement is quite dramatic in most cases. Although the comparison here shows SVideo, the improvement over composite is almost as substantial.Note: this post was NOT sponsored by <a href="https://oldbytes.space/@futurewas8bit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@futurewas8bit</a> 😅 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commodore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8bit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vic20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vic20</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

Charlie BaloghLast night I installed the TheRetroChannel 🇦🇺 VIC-20 SVideo/Composite board in my "VC-20". It went relatively easily, although I should probably clean up and add some fresh solder to the pins around the video socket sometime. But it works for now. Comparison screenshots coming up next! 🧵👇<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commodore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/8bit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#8bit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vic20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vic20</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a>

DanielBesides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The latest issue 170 features numerous reviews and news items about games for other retro systems, as well as reviews of Cybernetix for the Amiga and Apprentice for the Atari ST, which is largely identical to the Amiga version.<a href="https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-05-00126-EN.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-05-00126-EN.html</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amiga</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Atari" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atari</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#magazine</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/pdf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pdf</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Oric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Oric</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vic20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vic20</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Amstrad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amstrad</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/NES" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NES</a>

Jason Dyerin which I embark on the VIC-20 game Nosferatuwhich, unusually, has us not here to kill the vampire, but steal an artifact and escapealso, I give the story of Terminal Software and how fibbing to a reporter led to their most famous game<a href="https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/26/nosferatu-1982-1983/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bluerenga.blog/2025/05/26/nosferatu-1982-1983/</a><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrogaming</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/adventuregame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#adventuregame</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videogames</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/textadventure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#textadventure</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/interactivefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#interactivefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/vic20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vic20</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commodore</a>

Rachel Wil Singh ~ Moos-a-deeMy Vic-20 videos on YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Kj-MdBMaPDESBMVBzUSYiaM8Ir2FtSI" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9Kj-MdBMaPDESBMVBzUSYiaM8Ir2FtSI</a>And my PeerTube / SpectraVideo channel: <a href="https://spectra.video/c/moosadee/videos?s=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://spectra.video/c/moosadee/videos?s=1</a><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Vic20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vic20</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a>

Rachel Wil Singh ~ Moos-a-deeMy videos about playing thru Vic-20 games don't do that well views-wise but that's kind of the main thing I feel like recording. Like playing thru most of the Vic-20 games available on <a href="https://www.commodoregames.net/vic-20/play.asp" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.commodoregames.net/vic-20/play.asp</a><a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.gamedev.place/tags/Vic20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vic20</a>

DanielBesides the Italian original issue, the PDF magazine REV'n'GE ("Retro Emulator Vision and Game") is also available in English. The magazine's reviews compare, if available, the different ports of classic games to the various platforms of their time. Furthermore a focus is on rather unknown retro games.The latest issue 169 includes tests of "Archon" and "Murder Makes Strange Deadfellows" for CDTV. <a href="https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-04-00112-EN.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2025-04-00112-EN.html</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amiga</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/retro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retro</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#magazine</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AtariST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AtariST</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/vic20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vic20</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AmstradCPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmstradCPC</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/MSX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MSX</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZXSpectrum</a>

nivsSummarising what I got up to over the long weekend. A little delve into the state of modern development for a few 8-bit retro machines.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RetroDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroDev</a> Delve 1:<a href="gemini://s73.girv.in/glog/2025/2025-04-22-retrodev-delve-1.gmi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">gemini://s73.girv.in/glog/2025/2025-04-22-retrodev-delve-1.gmi</a><a href="https://s73.girv.in/glog/2025/2025-04-22-retrodev-delve-1.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://s73.girv.in/glog/2025/2025-04-22-retrodev-delve-1.html</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GameBoy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GameBoy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VIC20</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ZXSpectrum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZXSpectrum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmstradCPC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AmstradCPC</a>

Everything C64 :verified:❤️ Let's show some Love for the Incredible Commodore VIC-20!<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VIC20</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/1980s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#1980s</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/80s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#80s</a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/RetroComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RetroComputing</a>

BernieFrom left to right: - <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Sun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sun</a> SparcStation 4 - <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Amiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Amiga</a> 4000 + CV64, A4091, Ariadne - Amiga 500 classic (currently missing) - MPS 1270 printer - ZX Spectrum (over the printer) - Datasette (under the printer) - <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a> - <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VIC20</a> - <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Plus4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plus4</a><a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.io/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vintagecomputing</a>

PolykitAlmost missed it again. Happy Pi day! <a href="https://makertube.net/w/oihVEkaKT2UGEtuQeg4QBi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://makertube.net/w/oihVEkaKT2UGEtuQeg4QBi</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/piday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#piday</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/vic20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vic20</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/basic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#basic</a>

Retro Rewind :rr:You asked, we delivered! 🎉 Replacement springs for your <a href="https://retrorewind.social/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a>, <a href="https://retrorewind.social/tags/Plus4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plus4</a>, <a href="https://retrorewind.social/tags/C16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C16</a>, and <a href="https://retrorewind.social/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VIC20</a> are now available! 🔧✨ Perfect for those springs that mysteriously vanished across the room—never to be seen again. 😆 Grab yours here: <a href="https://retrorewind.ca/c64-keyboard-spring" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://retrorewind.ca/c64-keyboard-spring</a>

electron.gregChanged the order of my <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> Trinity to accommodate the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VIC20</a> modem sticking out the back, so it's now on bottom level.

electron.gregGot versions working on <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C16</a> / <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Plus4" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Plus4</a> I need to sort out the game save/load on the <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> machines however.My sights are also on the humble <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VIC20</a>

electron.greg<a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Elite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Elite</a> loaded up on my <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Commodore</a> Trinity; <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C64</a>, <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#C16</a> and <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/VIC20" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VIC20</a>

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