[Petri]’s first computer was the venerable Commodore VIC-20, predecessor to the Commodore 64. With only 5kB of RAM, a very simple graphics chip, and BASIC, it’s a bare-bones system that’s perfect for ...

History and [Bil Herd] teaches us that Commodore begged, borrowed, or stole the engineers responsible for the Speak & Spell to add voice synthesis to a few of the computers that came after the C64.

The Vic-20 is a great little 8-bit computer that never seems to get the love it deserves. In addition to boasting plenty of fantastic original games, it also has a host of impressive arcade ...

Our first brush with Bill Gates and we didn't even know it... Let's be honest. I wasn't the one drawn to the Vic-20. It was my dad, wallet in hand, who didn't like the idea of a rubber, 'dead flesh' ...