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| Manufacturer | Commodore Business Machines |
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| Type | Home computer |
| Release date | Japan: 1980, Worldwide: 1981 |
| Lifespan | 5 years |
| Introductory price | US$299.95 (equivalent to $1,010 in 2023) |
| Discontinued | January 1985 |
| Units sold | 2.5 million[1] |
| Operating system | Commodore KERNAL Commodore BASIC 2.0 |
| CPU | MOS Technology 6502 @ 1.108 MHz (PAL)[2] @ 1.02 MHz (NTSC) |
| Memory | 20 KB ROM + 5 KB (3.5 KB free) RAM (expandable to 32 KB) 3.5 KB for BASIC (expandable to 27.5 KB)[a] |
| Storage | Compact Cassette, floppy disk |
| Display | Commodore 1701; 176 × 184, 16-color composite palette |
| Graphics | MOS Technology VIC |
| Sound | MOS Technology VIC; 1 noise and 3 square channels[3] |
| Successor | Commodore 64, MAX Machine |
The VIC-20 (known as the VC-20 in Germany and the VIC-1001 in Japan) is an 8-bit home computer that was sold by Commodore Business Machines. The VIC-20 was announced in 1980,[4] roughly three years after Commodore's first personal computer, the PET. The VIC-20 was the first computer of any description to sell one million units,[5] eventually reaching 2.5 million. It was described as "one of the first anti-spectatorial, non-esoteric computers by design...no longer relegated to hobbyist/enthusiasts or those with money, the computer Commodore developed was the computer of the future."[6]
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- ^ [email protected]. "Commodore VIC-20 History, Pictures & Time Line". commodore.ca. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ "OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum". old-computers.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2018.
- ^ Arnold, Bruce Makoto (June 2017). "Twenty-Two Columns of Lowbrow Revolution: The Commodore VIC-20 and the Beginning of the Home Computer Era". Journal in Humanities. 6 (1): 11–20.
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