Re: black&white VC20

From: MagerValp (MagerValp_at_cling.gu.se)
Date: 2001-08-24 14:34:38

>>>>> "l" == loo  <loo@phys.leidenuniv.nl> writes:

l> Something completely different from the VC20 having no colors : I
l> found a weird basic version in my Vic.. It's an EPROM which says
l> 'Vic basic version 6' - anybody know what I've actually got here?

Yeah, a ROM that needs to be dumped ASAP :)

l> Also I opened up my 64 yesterday and messed around with the VIC a
l> bit... To my astonishment the VICII was golden. It had golden legs
l> and was completely different from all other VICII's I've ever
l> seen...

That's ceramic packaging, usually used for the first few production
runs of an IC. If you check the manufacturing date it'll probably say
1983. They are prettier than plastic ICs but functionally equivalent.

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