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