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[[FILE:CBMVIC20P8.jpg|border|right|thumb|Commodore VIC-20 Computer <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CBMVIC20P8.jpg Image] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cbmeeks Cbmeeks], March 07, 2008, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Commodore VIC-20''',<br/>
a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-bit_computing 8-bit] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer home computer]
by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International Commodore International] first released in 1981, and predecessor of the [[Commodore 64]].
It featured a [[6502]] processor with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology MOS Technology] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_VIC Video Interface Chip] with up to 176×184 pixels, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_video composite video] for dedicated external monitor, or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_modulator RF modulator] for external [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television TV], 20 KiB [[Memory#ROM|ROM]] along with [[Basic|Commodore BASIC]] and 5 KiB [[Memory#RAM|RAM]], expandable up to 32 KiB.
The VIC-20 has an integrated [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_keyboard keyboard], card [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_connector edge connectors] for program/expansion [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROM_cartridge cartridges] and a PET-standard [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Datasette Datassette] tape drive.
[[Sargon#Sargon2|Sargon II]] by [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]] was available as cartridge.
=Chess Programs=
* [[:Category:VIC-20]]
=See also=
* [[Commodore PET]]
* [[Commodore 64]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20 Commodore VIC-20 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Commodore_VIC-20_games List of Commodore VIC-20 games | Wikipedia]
* [https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/VIC-20 VIC-20 - C64-Wiki]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120419041243/http://www.csbruce.com/~csbruce/cbm/ Craig's 8-bit Commodore Page] by [[Craig S. Bruce]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive Internet Archive])
=References=
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[[FILE:CBMVIC20P8.jpg|border|right|thumb|Commodore VIC-20 Computer <ref>[https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CBMVIC20P8.jpg Image] by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cbmeeks Cbmeeks], March 07, 2008, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Commons Wikimedia Commons]</ref> ]]
'''Commodore VIC-20''',<br/>
a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8-bit_computing 8-bit] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_computer home computer]
by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_International Commodore International] first released in 1981, and predecessor of the [[Commodore 64]].
It featured a [[6502]] processor with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology MOS Technology] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_VIC Video Interface Chip] with up to 176×184 pixels, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_video composite video] for dedicated external monitor, or [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RF_modulator RF modulator] for external [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television TV], 20 KiB [[Memory#ROM|ROM]] along with [[Basic|Commodore BASIC]] and 5 KiB [[Memory#RAM|RAM]], expandable up to 32 KiB.
The VIC-20 has an integrated [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_keyboard keyboard], card [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_connector edge connectors] for program/expansion [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROM_cartridge cartridges] and a PET-standard [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Datasette Datassette] tape drive.
[[Sargon#Sargon2|Sargon II]] by [[Dan Spracklen|Dan]] and [[Kathe Spracklen]] was available as cartridge.
=Chess Programs=
* [[:Category:VIC-20]]
=See also=
* [[Commodore PET]]
* [[Commodore 64]]
=External Links=
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20 Commodore VIC-20 from Wikipedia]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Commodore_VIC-20_games List of Commodore VIC-20 games | Wikipedia]
* [https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/VIC-20 VIC-20 - C64-Wiki]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120419041243/http://www.csbruce.com/~csbruce/cbm/ Craig's 8-bit Commodore Page] by [[Craig S. Bruce]] ([https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Archive Internet Archive])
=References=
<references />
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