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VIC-20 at a glance
The strongest research directions include History and Design. Use the connected concepts below as starting points, not as a keyword checklist.
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Explore the main themes, entities and connections around VIC-20. Start with the topic map, then use the sections below for research and deeper semantic analysis.
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History
35 related topics
Design
59 related topics
Applications
16 related topics
Marketing and retail
7 related topics
Key facts & relationships
High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.
- CPU
- MOS Technology 6502 @ 1.108 MHz (PAL) @ 1.02 MHz (NTSC)
- Discontinued
- January 1985; 41 years ago (1985-01)
- Display
- Commodore 1701; 176 × 184, 16-color composite palette
- Graphics
- MOS Technology VIC
- Introductory price
- US$299.95 (equivalent to $1,060 in 2025)
- Lifespan
- 5 years
Topics to explore
A structured outline of related entities, concepts and subtopics. Open any item to build a new map centered on it.Browse the full topic structure. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.
Overview
- 8-bit
- Home computer
- Commodore Business Machines Commodore International
- Personal computer
- PET Commodore PET
- Computer
History
- Apple II
- VisiCalc
- Jack Tramiel
- CES Consumer Electronics Show
- Chuck Peddle
- Radio Shack
- TRS-80 Model I
- Color Computer TRS-80 Color Computer
- Robert Yannes
- Operating system
- KERNAL
- BASIC interpreter
- PETSCII
- Atari CX40 joystick
- ROM cartridge
- IEEE-488
- CBM-488 Commodore bus
- FCC Federal Communications Commission
- RFI Electromagnetic interference
- Michael Tomczyk
- Typewriter
- Kbit Kilobit
- SRAM Static random-access memory
- Function keys Function key
- RS-232
- User-friendliness
- Scott Adams Scott Adams (game designer)
- Text adventure
- Longwood, Florida
- Adventure International
Design
- KB Kilobyte
- MOS 6502 MOS Technology 6502
- CPU Central processing unit
- VIC chip MOS Technology VIC
- Terminals Computer terminal
- Game consoles
- Garbage collection Garbage collection (computer science)
- Atari 8-bit computers
- PAL
- NTSC
- Run out the sides of the monitor Overscan
- Bitmap
- Super Expander
- Omega Race
- Scan-line Scan line
- Interrupts Interrupt
- Light pen
- Luma Luma (video)
- Chroma Chrominance
- Composite video
- RF modulator
- FCC
- Pulse wave
- White noise
- Octaves Octave
- RAM Random-access memory
- ROM Read-only memory
- Commodore BASIC
- Bytes Byte
- Variables Variable (computer science)
Applications
- Compute!
- Texas Instruments
- Third-party software
- Applications Software application
- Communication terminal programs Terminal emulator
- Public domain
- Freeware
- Online services Online service provider
- BBSs Bulletin board system
- Computer magazines Computer magazine
- Family Computing
- RUN Run (magazine)
- Commodore Power/Play
- Type-in programs Type-in program
- Fort Pierce, Florida
- IBM PC compatible
Marketing and retail
- K-Mart Kmart
- William Shatner
- Star Trek Star Trek: The Original Series
- Henry Morgan Henry Morgan (humorist)
- I've Got a Secret
- Volkswagen
- Volksempfänger
Reception
- TRS-80 Pocket Computer
- BYTE Byte (magazine)
Advanced semantic analysis
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How this topic connects Entity context
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VIC-20
Top relations
related to Further reading · 63
VIC-20 → Adding, An Insider's Account, April, Arnold, Bagnall, Beginning, Brian, Bruce Makoto, BYTE, Byte Memory Board, Chichester, Co, Cole, Coley, Commodore, Commodore Business Machines, Commodore VIC-20, COMPUTE, Connecting Serial RS-232C Peripherals, Ellis Horwood Ltd
related to Marketing and retail · 20
VIC-20 → Commodore, Germany, Henry Morgan, I've Got, It, K-Mart, PET, Secret, Star Trek, Television, The VIC-20, The Wonder Computer, TV, VC-20, VolksComputer, Volksempfänger, Volkswagen, While, Why, William Shatner
has application · 18
VIC-20 → Ahoy, BBSs, Because, Before, CBM-produced Commodore Power/Play, Commodore, CompuServe, Compute, Datasette, Family Computing, PET's, Productivity, RUN, Several, Texas Instruments, The VIC, The VIC-20's BASIC, This
related to Design · 17
VIC-20 → Al Charpentier, BASIC, Commodore, CPU, It, KB, KB BASIC, MOS, MOS Technology VIC, PET, PETs, RAM, ROMs, The VIC-20, The VIC-20's, There, While
related to Graphics · 17
VIC-20 → Additionally, At, BASIC, It, Just, Normally, NTSC, Omega Race, PAL, PET, RAM-based, Since, The, The Super Expander, The VIC, This, VIC
related to Reception · 17
VIC-20 → Apple II, Atari, But, BYTE, Compute, Describing, Even, KERNAL, Looking, Radio Shack TRS-80, RAM, The, This, TRS-80 Color Computer, TRS-80 Pocket Computer, VIC, While
related to Decline · 14
VIC-20 → Ahoy, Believe, C64, Commodore, In, Initial, January, KB, Perhaps, RAM, The VIC-20, VIC, VIC-Talker, We
related to Evolution · 13
VIC-20 → C64, C64 PSU, C64s, First-year, It, Older Revision, PET-style, PSU, Revision, The, The VIC-20, VIC's PSU, VIC-20s
related to Memory · 11
VIC-20 → BASIC, Commodore, KB, KB RAM, KERNAL, Only, PET, ROM-resident Commodore BASIC, The, The VIC-20, Unlike
related to Peripherals and expansion · 11
VIC-20 → Atari, Atari VCS, CBM-488, Centronics, PET's IEEE-488, PET-standard Datassette, RS-232, The VIC-20, There, TTL-level, VIC-1540
Important terminology Word statistics
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Important terminology
computer commodore vic memory used kb ram cartridge first basic 20 home design pet graphics chip port one also machine
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VIC-20 | CPU | MOS Technology 6502 @ 1.108 MHz (PAL) @ 1.02 MHz (NTSC) | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | Discontinued | January 1985; 41 years ago (1985-01) | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | Display | Commodore 1701; 176 × 184, 16-color composite palette | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | Graphics | MOS Technology VIC | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | Introductory price | US$299.95 (equivalent to $1,060 in 2025) | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | Lifespan | 5 years | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | Manufacturer | Commodore Business Machines | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | 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] | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | Operating system | Commodore KERNAL Commodore BASIC 2.0 | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | Released | Japan: 1980; 46 years ago (1980), Worldwide: 1981; 45 years ago (1981) | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | Sound | MOS Technology VIC; 1 noise and 3 square channels | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | Storage | Compact Cassette, floppy disk | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | Successor | Commodore 64, MAX Machine | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | Type | Home computer | 1.00 | infobox |
| VIC-20 | Units sold | 2.5 million | 1.00 | infobox |
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Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges
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Map overview Semantic statistics
Number of nodes, edges, triples, density and central hubs. Use it to gauge the size and connectivity of the map.VIC-20
Nodes132
Edges131
Triples231
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015152
Components1
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