YetiSeti wrote:But the machines that carry a premium usually hold a certain place in the "pantheon". The Apple II (particularly early revisions) definitely holds a special place in the history of microcomputers. (A real Apple I being in a price class all by itself.)
There you go again insulting the Commodore gods
Heh. Nah, not really. Yes, the original Apple II is special
to me.. but it also held a number of of other significant milestones.
It really was the first (widely available) machine that had everything you need, right out of the box. Things that we take for granted these days. Colour Graphics (in fact a video output at all)... A keyboard. ROM's and BASIC built in... A tape + joystick port (ANY peripherals in fact.)... an open, easily extendible architecture... in 1977.
the VIC 20 is a later machine... And I wasn't suggesting it wasn't important... Just that it possibly didn't occupy THAT spot in commodore's history.
YetiSeti wrote:It seems it's the Vic-1540 drive that is the rarity. In summary, rare, was more expensive than the computer in the day, faster than later drives, boxed one worth around $400US.
I think the package as a whole certainly is impressive. It's nearly everything you might want for a VIC20, and in good nick.