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Post by spannernick on Aug 9, 2020 12:37:59 GMT
VIC stands for Video Interface Chip(and the team that made the VIC20 was called the "VIC" Team, like the "A" Team). The C64 has a VIC chip too but its version 2(its was called VIC40 as a codename then changed to Commodore 64 before launch in 1982, Jack Trammel wanted the Commodore name in its name and then used the 64kibs it had for ram, becoming Commodore 64, the C64 was designed by the "VIC" Team too), its the chip in the middle and to the right with a shield metal box around it on the C64 Motherboard that its VIC chip, and it gets hot too so that properly why its in a shield and to stop inference, if it didn't have a VIC chip or it was faulty you would not see any thing on its screen or the characters would be scrambled on the screen. That's where the name came from... But they do use Versatile Interface Adapters(VIAs) chips(ICs) too in the PET, VIC20 and C64(MOS 6502), that's why VICE is called Versatile (I?) Commodore Emulator, but "I" don't stand for anything, It can't be Versatile cause that not how its abbreviated on the Commodore VIA chips, it not 2 words.. its really V.C.E... and added "I" to make the word VICE... its there to make it easier to remember is name, Versatile Commodore Emulator is harder to keep in your head, that why names are shortened or abbreviated. I never noticed it before.. , it all good.. I like to see why things are called something.
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Post by shaunbebbers on Aug 11, 2020 7:27:38 GMT
Because the VIC-20 was the Volks Computer 20, or VC-20 in Germany, the VIC-II chip is known as the VIC chip, just to confuse matters.
Regards,
Shaun.
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