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On 04/03/11 20:04, Dale wrote: |
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> Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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>> On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 21:09:56 -0500, Dale wrote: |
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>>> I wonder if we could put Linux on a old Vic-20? I think I got one out |
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>>> in the old shed somewhere. |
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>> It's been done on a C-64, but I think a 3.5KB box with no mass storage |
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>> might be a little too challenging. |
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> I had the little cassette thing to store my stuff on. I think the OS |
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> in on a ROM which would be hard to get around unless the ROM was |
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> changed. Then it may not really be a Vic-20 anymore. I'm not sure |
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> about the C64 since I got me a 20Mhz oscilloscope to work on TVs and |
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> stuff. I still got the scope tho. |
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> My biggest use for my old Vic-20 was a alarm clock. Worked fine |
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> unless the power went out. Well, that sounds like todays alarm |
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> clock. lol I guess some things never change. |
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> Dale |
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> :-) :-) |
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The ol' Vic-20 was my first computer as well. I remember you had two |
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choices; boot from a cartridge (usually a game, Radar Rat Race was one |
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of my favourites), or boot from the internal O/S. if you chose the |
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latter, you could (IIRC) issue a "load <program_name>" and it would go |
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to the cassette tape drive and start reading, so very very slowly, the |
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tape from the beginning and try to find a program with the name you |
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specified. I had a subscription to "Compute" magazine, and entered the |
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programs from there in either Basic or binary, and was amazed at what it |
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could do. I even tried to do some of my own programs in Basic, but at |
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about 6-8 years old, it was a bit beyond me. :-P |
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Jake |
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