My First Commodore VIC-20 | Unboxing & Test

I am very excited to have finally acquired my first Commodore VIC-20!
This machine passed me by back in the day as by the time I was able to get a micro in the home it had been replaced by the Commodore 16 so I was very keen to get one. It needs a bit of TLC and was sold "untested" so will it even work? Find out! :)

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[RetroRecollections]

Took me a while but I finally have a Commodore VIC-20 in my possession. This machine isn't one I had much experience with but I remember a school friend having one. I am looking forward to exploring this machine and what it can do! 👍😀

[ItsCrapContent]

my first ever computer and i still love the Vic 20 ....its just a brilliant machine

[AndrewLittleboy]

That specific datasette there I believe is the US version. I have one and it's more reliable than any others I've ever tried. It seems to use a different head than the majority of others and seems to load very difficult tapes with some ease.

There is a pot inside the rf demod which you can adjust to brighten up the picture when using the din output as it maybe quite dark if not. Adrian Black has mentioned and shown this a few times.

Yes, the din port closest to the cart slot is the video out.

[pedrogoncalves]

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[wimwiddershins]

I don't remember anyone owning a VIC20 when I was a kid? A few friends had C16s, most had C64s, one had a C128D (posh git).

[blackterminal]

I wouldn't say yellowing is a sorry state. Thats plastic maturity.