SAC.55SRW-SE@E.ISI.EDU (09/18/87)
GENTLEMEN... WHERE CAN I FIND INFORMATION ON MODEMS FOR THE OLD COMMODORE VIC20? THANKS...ART
mikef@hpspdla.HP.COM (Mike Fischer 5M) (09/29/87)
The original (300 bps)modem for the VIC-20 was the Commodore Model 1600 VicModem. These and clones were going for ~$20 at swap meets, the last time I saw one, which was months ago. A more general way would be to buy an RS-232 interface for the User Port, same as for C-64 and 128, <$50 and a currently stocked item at most stores selling Commodore (I've even seen them at K-Mart, tho not recently), then use a standard external modem. You'll need terminal software...good luck; however a completely dumb terminal emulator can be written in about 20 lines of VIC-20 BASIC, if you can find either a Programmer's Reference Manual or a general book on the VIC-20 with a telecommunications chapter. A really old Commodore user's group library should have some better public domain terminal emulators. BTW the good-ole' VIC can easily support 1200 bps with a machine-language program. Good Luck!