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Friday, 22 February 2008 |
The world's first color computer marketed for the masses! 16 Colors - 4 Channel Sound - 5K Memory
 Ahhhhh! Color and Sound! This went through my mind as I first saw this computer at the local Computers Unlimited while I was out shopping for a home computer with my parents. I had seen other color computers before this, but at that time, you couldn't easily get all the extras, like software, without going to the store where you bought them. That's why I refer to the VIC-20 as the computer for the masses. Read More for details
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Last Updated ( Sunday, 02 March 2008 )
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Friday, 22 February 2008 |
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Between my job, family, and other responsibilities, I'm working as efficiently as I can to get some extra stories up here. I'm also going through items I have for sale for the electronics hobbyist and collector. I want to thank all of those that's visited so far. Meanwhile, if you are a serious collector or hobbyist, feel free to ask for something. If I have the item, we can try to make a deal. I will continue to post what I can, when I can, to my online store. I'm still working up the categories, so expect them to increase.
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What is Vintage Volts about? |
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Sunday, 17 February 2008 |
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I've been in the electronics hobby for quite some time, over thirty years. I've watched the hobby go from the open eyed wonder of new components and resources for the benchtop hobbyist to the modern era of electronic lifestyles. A lifestyle of conveniences society has been acclimated and accustomed to with cell phones, everyday computers, MP3 players, etc. Not that there is anything wrong with those, the intention of this website is to teach and promote the wonders (and interesting limitations) of earlier electronic resources. For example, the LED. LEDs are everywhere, and in most cases superseded by LCD displays these days with the LED mostly relegated to indicator lights. However, does anybody remember when LEDs were first popular? The early LED handheld games for example. Imagine, portable gaming with lights that last a long time on a few batteries, by the standards of those days. Electronic sounds and nothing mechanical allowed a game to be quick and sturdy due to the exclusion of mechanical parts. What about the hobbyist that could go into the local Radio Shack or Lafayette Electronics and pick up LED components, or a majority of other components, to design their own interesting devices. Vintage Volts is here as a forum to discuss these past wonders of a pre-modern age. There will be a potpourri of topics. I might post a review of something that used to be popular in the past, describe how things used to work, or discuss what can be done in modern days to keep the hobby alive. This is an open forum. Feel free to contribute any suggestions of your own. Please register as a new user and join in!
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Last Updated ( Monday, 18 February 2008 )
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