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Adam
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I'm an Apple guy, but I bought a VIC20 on a whim. And it works! Now what?
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Mac84
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New Jersey, USA
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Likes: 431 		Oct 27, 2021 - #2
I'm too busy drooling over that little Sony Trinition! [drooling-face]
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Drake
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Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Tiny Sony five inch screeny!

this is it folks, Our first tiny tv shootout!
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ScutBoy
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Northfield, MN USA
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This one doesn't work - yet. Severely needs caps. Big bad tuna smell. Hope things aren't too corroded in there.
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OzRetrocomp
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Australia
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Likes: 14 		Oct 28, 2021 - #5
>> Adam said:
I'm an Apple guy, but I bought a VIC20 on a whim. And it works! Now what? View attachment 288 Click to expand...
Congrats!

The default answer to the VIC-20 "now what?" question is the Penultimate+ cartridge. Switchable RAM expansion (3K-35K), about 70 game ROMs and a dead test. Of course if 70 games isn't enough for you, you can always get yourself an SD2IEC or similar 1540/1541 compatible SD card drive.
>> Mac84 said:
I'm too busy drooling over that little Sony Trinition! Click to expand...
I am just a tiny bit jelly rn. I love that monitor too!
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Branchus
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>> Drake said:
this is it folks, Our first tiny tv shootout! Click to expand...
Challenge accepted!
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DeChief
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Likes: 39 		Oct 28, 2021 - #7
>> ScutBoy said:
This one doesn't work - yet. Severely needs caps. Big bad tuna smell. Hope things aren't too corroded in there. View attachment 296 Click to expand...
These Indextrons are notorious for that, hopefully it's not too late to save. They're so tightly packed inside that the capacitors have zero room to breathe, they all fry each other.

Drake
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>> Branchus said:
Challenge accepted! View attachment 299 Click to expand...
Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Tiny Aussie Three? Inch Screeny!?
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Adam
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Likes: 53 		Oct 30, 2021 - #9
Well, I got a Penultimate+ cart for the machine, and it works great! I was also able to verify my old Atari joystick works too. Here's Choplifter running from the cart, displayed on my little Sony 4x3 8" LCD studio monitor!!
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Adam
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This thing has diagnostics on it. Neat.
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