Vic 20 Computer
July 29th, 2006
Design: Jack Tramiel
Manufacturer: Commodore, Toronto ON
Date: 1981
This was the first computer that I ever saw in someone’s house. My parents bought my family one to use (I played Frogger). We used them in elementary school computer labs and in the offices. This computer was the first wave of cheap home computers coming into popular use.
“The VIC-20 was the first inexpensive color computer available, costing less than $300. The VIC-20 is also the first computer ever to sell over 1 million units, with sales reaching $305 million”.
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-Todd Falkowsky
Entry Filed under: Best of the CDR,Electronics
2 Comments Add your own
1. Steve Portigal | July 30th, 2006 at 14:02
This was my first computer. For being an early adopter, I paid the price of being overshadowed by the C64 which everyone else bought (with the great games and all that) shortly after (although if I was really an early adopter I would have got that PET I was into after playing with them at school – even today I remain too cheap to be a true early adopter).
I sat there for hours typing in games from Compute! magazine; at least 1/4 of the time the computer would lock up as I went to save (using a tape deck, not shown in the picture).
2. b. chen-tam | December 1st, 2006 at 15:28
I’m pretty sure the first computer we had was a commodore 64. What kills me about this isn’t the low tech games and how we could spend hours in front of these brightly colored pixellated screens shooting dots, what kills me are the graphics and depictions of the families playing on the front of the box. nobody that perfectly coiffed and clean plays videogames looking like that. well. nobody hardcore does at least.
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