Faster access than browser!
100 relations: Adventure International, Ahoy!, Apple II, Application software, Atari 2600, Atari 8-bit family, Atari joystick port, Berzerk (video game), Bulletin board system, Byte (magazine), CARDCO, Central processing unit, Centronics, Chuck Peddle, Color depth, Commodore 1540, Commodore 64, Commodore BASIC, Commodore bus, Commodore Datasette, Commodore International, Commodore PET, Commodore Power/Play, Compact Cassette, CompuServe, Compute!, Computer, Computer magazine, Consumer Electronics Show, D-subminiature, Daisy chain (electrical engineering), David Anthony Kraft, Doom (1993 video game), Dow Jones & Company, Family Computing, Fort Pierce, Florida, Freeware, Frogger, Function key, Gorf, Henry Morgan (humorist), Home computer, I've Got a Secret, IBM PC compatible, IEEE-488, Interactive fiction, Jack Tramiel, Joystick, KERNAL, Kilobit, ..., Kilobyte, Kmart, Light pen, List of Commodore VIC-20 games, Longwood, Florida, Michael Tomczyk, Modem, MOS Technology 6502, MOS Technology 6522, MOS Technology VIC, Noise, Octave, Omega Race, Online service provider, Overscan, Paddle (game controller), PEEK and POKE, Personal computer, PETSCII, Public domain, Pulse wave, Radar Rat Race, Random-access memory, Read-only memory, Robert Yannes, ROM cartridge, ROM image, RS-232, Run (magazine), Sargon (chess), Scott Adams (game designer), Special Interest Group, Speech synthesis, Sprite (computer graphics), Square wave, Star Trek: The Original Series, Static random-access memory, Tandy Pocket Computer, Texas Instruments, The Source (online service), Third-party software component, Transistor–transistor logic, TRS-80, TRS-80 Color Computer, Type-in program, VICE, VisiCalc, Volt, William Shatner, 8-bit. Expand index (50 more) »
Adventure International
Adventure International was an American video game publishing company that existed from 1978 until 1985.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Adventure International · See more »
Ahoy!
Ahoy! was a computer magazine published between January 1984 and January 1989 that focused on all Commodore International color computers, but especially the Commodore 64 and Amiga.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Ahoy! · See more »
Apple II
The Apple II (stylized as Apple.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Apple II · See more »
Application software
An application software (app or application for short) is a computer software designed to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities for the benefit of the user.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Application software · See more »
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 (or Atari Video Computer System before November 1982) is a home video game console from Atari, Inc. Released on September 11, 1977, it is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and games contained on ROM cartridges, a format first used with the Fairchild Channel F in 1976.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Atari 2600 · See more »
Atari 8-bit family
The Atari 8-bit family is a series of 8-bit home computers introduced by Atari, Inc. in 1979 and manufactured until 1992.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Atari 8-bit family · See more »
Atari joystick port
The Atari joystick port is a widely used computer port used to connect various gaming controllers to game console and home computer systems.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Atari joystick port · See more »
Berzerk (video game)
Berzerk is a multi-directional shooter arcade game, released in 1980 by Stern Electronics of Chicago.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Berzerk (video game) · See more »
Bulletin board system
A bulletin board system or BBS (also called Computer Bulletin Board Service, CBBS) is a computer server running software that allows users to connect to the system using a terminal program.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Bulletin board system · See more »
Byte (magazine)
Byte was an American microcomputer magazine, influential in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s because of its wide-ranging editorial coverage.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Byte (magazine) · See more »
CARDCO
CARDCO was a computer peripheral company during the 1980s in Wichita, Kansas, United States.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and CARDCO · See more »
Central processing unit
A central processing unit (CPU) is the electronic circuitry within a computer that carries out the instructions of a computer program by performing the basic arithmetic, logical, control and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Central processing unit · See more »
Centronics
Centronics Data Computer Corporation was an American manufacturer of computer printers, now remembered primarily for the parallel interface that bears its name, the Centronics connector.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Centronics · See more »
Chuck Peddle
Charles Ingerham Peddle (born 1937) is an American electrical engineer best known as the main designer of the MOS Technology 6502 microprocessor, as well as the KIM-1 SBC (single-board computer) and its successor the Commodore PET PC (personal computer), both based on the 6502.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Chuck Peddle · See more »
Color depth
Color depth or colour depth (see spelling differences), also known as bit depth, is either the number of bits used to indicate the color of a single pixel, in a bitmapped image or video frame buffer, or the number of bits used for each color component of a single pixel.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Color depth · See more »
Commodore 1540
The Commodore 1540 (also known as the VIC-1540) introduced in 1982 is the companion floppy disk drive for the Commodore VIC-20 home computer.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore 1540 · See more »
Commodore 64
The Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International (first shown at the Consumer Electronics Show, in Las Vegas, January 7–10, 1982).
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore 64 · See more »
Commodore BASIC
Commodore BASIC, also known as PET BASIC, is the dialect of the BASIC programming language used in Commodore International's 8-bit home computer line, stretching from the PET of 1977 to the C128 of 1985.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore BASIC · See more »
Commodore bus
No description.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore bus · See more »
Commodore Datasette
The Commodore 1530 (C2N) Datasette, later also Datassette (a portmanteau of data and cassette) is Commodore's dedicated magnetic tape data storage device.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore Datasette · See more »
Commodore International
Commodore International (or Commodore International Limited) was an American home computer and electronics manufacturer founded by Jack Tramiel.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore International · See more »
Commodore PET
The Commodore PET (Personal Electronic Transactor) is a line of home/personal computers produced starting in 1977 by Commodore International.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore PET · See more »
Commodore Power/Play
Commodore Power/Play was one of a pair of computer magazines published by Commodore Business Machines in the United States in support of their 8-bit home computer lines of the 1980s.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Commodore Power/Play · See more »
Compact Cassette
The Compact Audio Cassette (CAC) or Musicassette (MC), also commonly called the cassette tape or simply tape or cassette, is an analog magnetic tape recording format for audio recording and playback.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Compact Cassette · See more »
CompuServe
CompuServe (CompuServe Information Service, also known by its initialism CIS) was the first major commercial online service provider in the United States.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and CompuServe · See more »
Compute!
Compute!, often stylized as COMPUTE!, was an American home computer magazine that was published from 1979 to 1994.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Compute! · See more »
Computer
A computer is a device that can be instructed to carry out sequences of arithmetic or logical operations automatically via computer programming.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Computer · See more »
Computer magazine
Computer magazines are about computers and related subjects, such as networking and the Internet.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Computer magazine · See more »
Consumer Electronics Show
CES (formerly an acronym for Consumer Electronics Show but now the official name) is an annual trade show organized by the Consumer Technology Association.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Consumer Electronics Show · See more »
D-subminiature
The D-subminiature or D-sub is a common type of electrical connector.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and D-subminiature · See more »
Daisy chain (electrical engineering)
In electrical and electronic engineering a daisy chain is a wiring scheme in which multiple devices are wired together in sequence or in a ring.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Daisy chain (electrical engineering) · See more »
David Anthony Kraft
David Anthony Kraft (born 1952) also credited simply as David Kraft, is an American comic book writer, publisher, and critic.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and David Anthony Kraft · See more »
Doom (1993 video game)
Doom (typeset as DOOM in official documents and stylized as DooM in other media) is a 1993 first-person shooter (FPS) video game by id Software.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Doom (1993 video game) · See more »
Dow Jones & Company
Dow Jones & Company is an American publishing and financial information firm that has been owned by News Corp. since 2007.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Dow Jones & Company · See more »
Family Computing
Family Computing was a U.S. computer magazine published during the 1980s by Scholastic, Inc..
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Family Computing · See more »
Fort Pierce, Florida
Fort Pierce is a city in and the county seat of St. Lucie County, Florida, United States.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Fort Pierce, Florida · See more »
Freeware
Freeware is software that is available for use at no monetary cost.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Freeware · See more »
Frogger
Frogger is a 1981 arcade game developed by Konami.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Frogger · See more »
Function key
A function key is a key on a computer or terminal keyboard which can be programmed so as to cause an operating system command interpreter or application program to perform certain actions, a form of soft key.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Function key · See more »
Gorf
Gorf is an arcade game released in 1981 by Midway Mfg., whose name was advertised as an acronym for "Galactic Orbiting Robot Force".
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Gorf · See more »
Henry Morgan (humorist)
Henry Morgan (born Henry Lerner Van Ost Jr.; March 31, 1915 – May 19, 1994) was an American humorist.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Henry Morgan (humorist) · See more »
Home computer
Home computers were a class of microcomputers entering the market in 1977, and becoming common during the 1980s.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Home computer · See more »
I've Got a Secret
I've Got a Secret is a panel game show produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS television.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and I've Got a Secret · See more »
IBM PC compatible
IBM PC compatible computers are computers similar to the original IBM PC, XT, and AT, able to use the same software and expansion cards.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and IBM PC compatible · See more »
IEEE-488
IEEE 488 is a short-range digital communications 8-bit parallel multi-master interface bus specification.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and IEEE-488 · See more »
Interactive fiction
Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Interactive fiction · See more »
Jack Tramiel
Jack Tramiel (born Idek Trzmiel; December 13, 1928 – April 8, 2012) was a Polish American businessman, best known for founding Commodore International.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Jack Tramiel · See more »
Joystick
A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Joystick · See more »
KERNAL
KERNAL is Commodore's name for the ROM-resident operating system core in its 8-bit home computers; from the original PET of 1977, followed by the extended but strongly related versions used in its successors: the VIC-20, Commodore 64, Plus/4, C16, and C128.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and KERNAL · See more »
Kilobit
The kilobit is a multiple of the unit bit for digital information or computer storage.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Kilobit · See more »
Kilobyte
The kilobyte is a multiple of the unit byte for digital information.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Kilobyte · See more »
Kmart
Kmart Corporation (simply known as Kmart and stylized as kmart) is an American big box department store chain headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Kmart · See more »
Light pen
A light pen is a computer input device in the form of a light-sensitive wand used in conjunction with a computer's CRT display.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Light pen · See more »
List of Commodore VIC-20 games
This is a list of games for the Commodore VIC-20 personal computer, sorted alphabetically.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and List of Commodore VIC-20 games · See more »
Longwood, Florida
Longwood is a city in Seminole County, Florida, United States.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Longwood, Florida · See more »
Michael Tomczyk
Michael S. Tomczyk was responsible for guiding the development and launch of the Commodore VIC-20, the first microcomputer to sell one million units; and for his early role as a pioneer in telecomputing.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Michael Tomczyk · See more »
Modem
A modem (modulator–demodulator) is a network hardware device that modulates one or more carrier wave signals to encode digital information for transmission and demodulates signals to decode the transmitted information.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Modem · See more »
MOS Technology 6502
The MOS Technology 6502 (typically "sixty-five-oh-two" or "six-five-oh-two") William Mensch and the moderator both pronounce the 6502 microprocessor as "sixty-five-oh-two".
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and MOS Technology 6502 · See more »
MOS Technology 6522
The 6522 Versatile Interface Adapter (VIA) is an integrated circuit that was designed and manufactured by MOS Technology as an I/O port controller for the 6502 family of microprocessors.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and MOS Technology 6522 · See more »
MOS Technology VIC
The VIC (Video Interface Chip), specifically known as the MOS Technology 6560 (NTSC version) / 6561 (PAL version), is the integrated circuit chip responsible for generating video graphics and sound in the Commodore VIC-20 home computer.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and MOS Technology VIC · See more »
Noise
Noise is unwanted sound judged to be unpleasant, loud or disruptive to hearing.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Noise · See more »
Octave
In music, an octave (octavus: eighth) or perfect octave is the interval between one musical pitch and another with half or double its frequency.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Octave · See more »
Omega Race
Omega Race is an arcade game designed by Ron Haliburton and released in 1981 by Midway.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Omega Race · See more »
Online service provider
An online service provider can, for example, be an Internet service provider, an email provider, a news provider (press), an entertainment provider (music, movies), a search engine, an e-commerce site, an online banking site, a health site, an official government site, social media, a wiki, or a Usenet newsgroup.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Online service provider · See more »
Overscan
Overscan is a behaviour in certain television sets, in which part of the input picture is shown outside of the visible bounds of the screen.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Overscan · See more »
Paddle (game controller)
A paddle is a game controller with a round wheel and one or more fire buttons, where the wheel is typically used to control movement of the player object along one axis of the video screen.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Paddle (game controller) · See more »
PEEK and POKE
In computing, PEEK and POKE are commands used in some high-level programming languages for accessing the contents of a specific memory cell referenced by its memory address.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and PEEK and POKE · See more »
Personal computer
A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Personal computer · See more »
PETSCII
PETSCII (PET Standard Code of Information Interchange), also known as CBM ASCII, is the character set used in Commodore Business Machines (CBM)'s 8-bit home computers, starting with the PET from 1977 and including the C16, C64, C116, C128, CBM-II, Plus/4, and VIC-20.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and PETSCII · See more »
Public domain
The public domain consists of all the creative works to which no exclusive intellectual property rights apply.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Public domain · See more »
Pulse wave
A pulse wave or pulse train is a kind of non-sinusoidal waveform that includes square waves (duty cycle of 50%) and similarly periodic but asymmetrical waves (duty cycles other than 50%).
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Pulse wave · See more »
Radar Rat Race
is a 1981 game made by HAL Laboratory.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Radar Rat Race · See more »
Random-access memory
Random-access memory (RAM) is a form of computer data storage that stores data and machine code currently being used.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Random-access memory · See more »
Read-only memory
Read-only memory (ROM) is a type of non-volatile memory used in computers and other electronic devices.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Read-only memory · See more »
Robert Yannes
Robert Yannes (born 1957) is an American electronic engineer who designed the SID audio generator chip for the Commodore 64 and co-founded digital synthesizer company Ensoniq.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Robert Yannes · See more »
ROM cartridge
A ROM cartridge, sometimes referred to simply as a cartridge or cart, is a removable enclosure containing ROM designed to be connected to a consumer electronics device such as a home computer, video game console and to a lesser extent, electronic musical instruments.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and ROM cartridge · See more »
ROM image
A ROM image, or ROM file, is a computer file which contains a copy of the data from a read-only memory chip, often from a video game cartridge, a computer's firmware, or from an arcade game's main board.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and ROM image · See more »
RS-232
In telecommunications, RS-232, Recommended Standard 232 is a standard introduced in 1960 for serial communication transmission of data.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and RS-232 · See more »
Run (magazine)
Run was an American computer magazine published monthly by IDG Communications with its first issue debuting in January 1984.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Run (magazine) · See more »
Sargon (chess)
Sargon (or SARGON) is a line of chess-playing software for personal computers.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Sargon (chess) · See more »
Scott Adams (game designer)
Scott Adams (born July 10, 1952) is the co-founder, with ex-wife Alexis, of Adventure International, an early publisher of games for home computers.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Scott Adams (game designer) · See more »
Special Interest Group
A Special Interest Group (SIG) is a community within a larger organization with a shared interest in advancing a specific area of knowledge, learning or technology where members cooperate to affect or to produce solutions within their particular field, and may communicate, meet, and organize conferences.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Special Interest Group · See more »
Speech synthesis
Speech synthesis is the artificial production of human speech.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Speech synthesis · See more »
Sprite (computer graphics)
In computer graphics, a sprite is a two-dimensional bitmap that is integrated into a larger scene.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Sprite (computer graphics) · See more »
Square wave
A square wave is a non-sinusoidal periodic waveform in which the amplitude alternates at a steady frequency between fixed minimum and maximum values, with the same duration at minimum and maximum.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Square wave · See more »
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Star Trek: The Original Series · See more »
Static random-access memory
Static random-access memory (static RAM or SRAM) is a type of semiconductor memory that uses bistable latching circuitry (flip-flop) to store each bit.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Static random-access memory · See more »
Tandy Pocket Computer
A Tandy Pocket Computer or TRS-80 Pocket Computer is one of a line of 1980s small pocket computers—calculator-sized programmable computing devices—sold by Tandy Corporation under the "Tandy" or "Radio Shack TRS-80" brands.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Tandy Pocket Computer · See more »
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) is an American technology company that designs and manufactures semiconductors and various integrated circuits, which it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers globally.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Texas Instruments · See more »
The Source (online service)
The Source (Source Telecomputing Corporation) was an early online service, one of the first such services to be oriented toward and available to the general public.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and The Source (online service) · See more »
Third-party software component
In computer programming, a third-party software component is a reusable software component developed to be either freely distributed or sold by an entity other than the original vendor of the development platform.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Third-party software component · See more »
Transistor–transistor logic
Transistor–transistor logic (TTL) is a logic family built from bipolar junction transistors.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Transistor–transistor logic · See more »
TRS-80
The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, later renamed the Model I to distinguish it from successors) is a desktop microcomputer launched in 1977 and sold by Tandy Corporation through their Radio Shack stores.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and TRS-80 · See more »
TRS-80 Color Computer
The RadioShack TRS-80 Color Computer (also marketed as the Tandy Color Computer and sometimes nicknamed the CoCo) is a line of home computers based on the Motorola 6809 processor.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and TRS-80 Color Computer · See more »
Type-in program
A type-in program, type-in listing, or sometimes just type-in, is a listing of source code printed in a computer magazine or book, meant to be entered on the computer's keyboard by the reader and then saved to cassette or disk.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Type-in program · See more »
VICE
The software program VICE, standing for VersatIle Commodore Emulator, is a free and cross platform emulator for Commodore's 8-bit computers.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and VICE · See more »
VisiCalc
VisiCalc (for "visible calculator") was the first spreadsheet computer program for personal computers, originally released for the Apple II by VisiCorp.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and VisiCalc · See more »
Volt
The volt (symbol: V) is the derived unit for electric potential, electric potential difference (voltage), and electromotive force.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and Volt · See more »
William Shatner
William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, author, producer, and director.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and William Shatner · See more »
8-bit
8-bit is also a generation of microcomputers in which 8-bit microprocessors were the norm.
New!!: Commodore VIC-20 and 8-bit · See more »
Redirects here:
Commodore VC-20, Commodore VIC 20, Commodore VIC-1001, Commodore VIC20, Commodore Vic 20, Commodore Vic-20, VC-20, VIC 20, VIC-1001, VIC-20, VIC20, Vic 20, Vic-20, Vic20.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20
