Commodore VIC 20 | TechMuseum
Year of manufacture: 1981-1985
Technical Specifications:
- Processor: MOS Technology 6502, 1.10 MHz
- RAM: 5 KB
- FDD: Floppy disk
- HDD: –
- Audio: Three voices or three channels mono sound, one white noise
- Connectors/Ports: Serial, cassette tape, cartridge, video, one joystick
- Case: Keyboard type
- Monitor: Color
- OS: Commodore BASIC 2.0
The Commodore VIC 20 has a MOS Technology 6502 processor at 1.10 MHz and memory of 5kB. Equipped with a floppy disk it ran with the operating system of the Commodore BASIC 2.0 version.
Commodore International was one of the largest computer manufacturers of all times. For three whole decades, between the 1970s up until 1990s, the corporation dominated the world market. One distinctive successful model marketed was the Commodore 64 back in 1982. With approximately 15 million units sold, the model made a staggering appearance in the market and became a point of reference for all other manufacturing companies.
Naturally, the main area of operations was the computer division. Many innovations on size, factor, portability were made during the years. Some companies even attempted to design and manufacture clones of this successful brand. Apart from the Commodore 64, other best selling models are the Commodore 128, the VIC-20, the SX-64 and many more.
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