I remember getting one for Christmas...then my family stayed with it for a long time and we have been in the dark ages of computing ever since. My parents wont even upgrade their cell phones because they are too complicated!
Even the most stripped down version of the IBM-PC was over $1,500... the VIC-20 sold for less than $300. The Apple II+, sold at the same time, sold for $1,200... there's a reason why the VIC-20 was the first computer to sell over a million units.
The computer had only 3k built in but all the cartridges had a built in 16k. So the ram wasn't all that limited. 3,8,16, and 24k cartridges were also available.
I remember getting one for Christmas...then my family stayed with it for a long time and we have been in the dark ages of computing ever since. My parents wont even upgrade their cell phones because they are too complicated!
drdrew7d 2 months ago
So able to run Crysis!
tyler5310 1 year ago
I like the last two vic ads i watched, you dont really see computers competing with game consoles now
damnbenski 3 years ago
3k of RAM. It is a joke today but back then it was really only commofore and apple. Unless you wanted to spend $5000 for an IBM.
brazomatic 3 years ago 2
Even the most stripped down version of the IBM-PC was over $1,500... the VIC-20 sold for less than $300. The Apple II+, sold at the same time, sold for $1,200... there's a reason why the VIC-20 was the first computer to sell over a million units.
amadeusyaoi 2 years ago
@brazomatic
The computer had only 3k built in but all the cartridges had a built in 16k. So the ram wasn't all that limited. 3,8,16, and 24k cartridges were also available.
summer20105707 2 months ago
the "crude versions of computers" brought on many answers to the great videogame crash.
NixonTech2071 4 years ago
yeah people need to know what goes on underneath the GUI
jasoninertia 4 years ago
Yes.
"TRUE COMPUTING" back when you had to know what the hell you were doing in order to make use of it.
"BRAIN DEAD COMPUTING"...pushing a mouse around and clicking on pretty pictures.
19psi 5 years ago
"games like you have never seen before" That was so true!
insoc789 5 years ago
Wow.
"TRUE COMPUTING".
jpowell180 5 years ago