Hi Everyone. This time Retro Relix reviews and tests the 1981 VIC-1010 expansion module from Commodore. Afterwards, we play a recently created 35K game using multiple RAM cartridges. Enjoy...
@@RetroRelixRestorer I’ve tried the vic20 side kick but compatibility is so so, also I’d love to use my penultimate cartridge but composite through my vic is poor, also looked at copper dragon but that’s sold out. Struggling to find a decent output solution
Neat! I distinctly remember back in '82 talking about these kinds of expansions and having them referred to as "Motherboards"... Later in the 80's and 90's I was thinking I misremembered that name for them... But I guess my memory was correct!
If you have the right hardware it is actually possible to get a full 32K available to BASIC. I have a Protecto 80 column video card, and using that, which has its video memory in the cartridge ROM space up at $B800, with a couple of pokes you can turn off the normal video RAM and start BASIC at the bottom of the 3K RAM expansion space. Of course you can only use it for a very limited amount of software but it can be useful if you want to run PET BASIC program.
My neighbour had something like this, but inside a metal case the Vic-20 fitted into and the monitor could go ontop. It also gave the Vic 40 or 80 column text too? It this a possibility with this device?
I had to chuckle at "Massive 19967".. Specifically "massive". The Vic-20 was my first "PC" machine, but the only thing I considered "massive" about it was the font size. I wasn't a fan of the Vic, but I love all things Commodore. I wasn't aware of this 1010, but glad it was around regardless.
Hmm, kind of ridiculous to have to have the cartridge port EU be so big. You can't even have the monitor straight behind the computer without a huge riser shelf, and then that riser needs to be fairly tall just to accommodate the cartridges under itself and the monitor. With the EU so big without a cable between it and the computer, this is quite a wonky setup.
@@antoniopala8135: Not necessarily. Most often not, actually. I've never heard of anyone doing that, and most TVs back then weren't very big, so it would be ridiculous to do. Most often a TV used for a computer then would be used in the same way as a plain monitor also was back then or is now: on the desk. (And some people even use a smaller modern TV as a monitor on their desks now, just as I am.)
Hi Everyone. This time Retro Relix reviews and tests the 1981 VIC-1010 expansion module from Commodore. Afterwards, we play a recently created 35K game using multiple RAM cartridges. Enjoy...
really insightful, been on a bit of a VIC20 journey myself. By the way how do you get such clean video output?
Thanks, re video I use a direct video capture.
@@RetroRelixRestorer I’ve tried the vic20 side kick but compatibility is so so, also I’d love to use my penultimate cartridge but composite through my vic is poor, also looked at copper dragon but that’s sold out. Struggling to find a decent output solution
Neat! I distinctly remember back in '82 talking about these kinds of expansions and having them referred to as "Motherboards"... Later in the 80's and 90's I was thinking I misremembered that name for them... But I guess my memory was correct!
Excellent video!! That VIC1010 is a great addition to the VIC20. Love your memory program too, grear job! Thanks for sharing
never seen one of those before, cool!
Ok, that thing is Super Cool, Basically Commodore invented the USB Hub.
Hooray for Uncle Jack!!!
Very very cool
If you have the right hardware it is actually possible to get a full 32K available to BASIC. I have a Protecto 80 column video card, and using that, which has its video memory in the cartridge ROM space up at $B800, with a couple of pokes you can turn off the normal video RAM and start BASIC at the bottom of the 3K RAM expansion space. Of course you can only use it for a very limited amount of software but it can be useful if you want to run PET BASIC program.
Thanks, I’d never heard of that. Here’s a link for everyone else’s reference. sleepingelephant.com/denial/wiki/index.php/40_and_80_column_boards
got 2 of them in my collection
My neighbour had something like this, but inside a metal case the Vic-20 fitted into and the monitor could go ontop. It also gave the Vic 40 or 80 column text too? It this a possibility with this device?
Hi, unfortunately not - but think this is the device you mean? sleepingelephant.com/denial/wiki/index.php/40_and_80_column_boards
@@RetroRelixRestorer Maybe it was the card, but the unit enveloped the vic, only the keyboard was visible, it had multiple slots and its own PSU too?
I had to chuckle at "Massive 19967".. Specifically "massive". The Vic-20 was my first "PC" machine, but the only thing I considered "massive" about it was the font size. I wasn't a fan of the Vic, but I love all things Commodore. I wasn't aware of this 1010, but glad it was around regardless.
Hahaha, that font comment made me laugh. I had a Spectrum 48K when my mate’s parents bought them a VIC20 and I said the same 🤣
I picked one of these up for ~10 $/€ last week, I havent opened it and I cannot test it. Are these sought after?
Nice purchase. To the right person, absolutely yes !
Next video: What happens when you turn more than one of those switches to "on"?
If you mean the RAM cart switches, it will duplicate and corrupt the memory where the RAM overlaps.
@@RetroRelixRestorer: Heh, interesting.
Hmm, kind of ridiculous to have to have the cartridge port EU be so big. You can't even have the monitor straight behind the computer without a huge riser shelf, and then that riser needs to be fairly tall just to accommodate the cartridges under itself and the monitor. With the EU so big without a cable between it and the computer, this is quite a wonky setup.
Back in the time, you would usually have it connected to your family TV via a long cable.
@@antoniopala8135: Not necessarily. Most often not, actually. I've never heard of anyone doing that, and most TVs back then weren't very big, so it would be ridiculous to do. Most often a TV used for a computer then would be used in the same way as a plain monitor also was back then or is now: on the desk. (And some people even use a smaller modern TV as a monitor on their desks now, just as I am.)
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Interesting topic but too slow storytelling for me. Sorry.
Play the video at x1.25 or higher speed and it sounds better
Watch a different video. Or better yet buy one and make your own👍