I’m very pleased with my PAL VIC-20 replica, the Vicky-20. It’s almost a year old and the VIC-20 that sits on my desk all the time.

I’m a Commodore guy through and through. This isn’t tribalism, it’s what was in my room from 1983 to when I graduated High School in 1993.

In the inside baseball realm of vintage computer enthusiasts, a few hashtags have emerged to support one’s favorite retro computers.

A few months ago, I stumbled on a project that really caught my attention. Mr. Bernardo Kastrup, aka TheByteAttic finished a video series on a computer he designed and built “by hand.”

I have several items from DIY Chris that we’ll review over the next week including a GAL PLA and flash-able ROM drop in that can hold kernal, character or BASIC ROMs.

Ahh, the quest for a better Vintage computer picture never ends. I’m having fun with it anyway.