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From: snyderw@pawl23.pawl.rpi.edu (Wilson P. Snyder II)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: My Amiga has a retarded brother...
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Date: 21 Apr 88 13:07:45 GMT
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In article <263@vedge.UUCP> lurch@vedge.UUCP (Lurch) writes:
>The VIC just sits in my parents attic collecting dust (at last, something
>the VIC does well!). My question is this: what can I do with my VIC?

If you have a printer you can use the VIC as a cheap printer buffer.
The VIC has the user port and keyboard connector which provide enough I/O
lines for a centronix input and output port.  You will probably want to
get more memory for the machine, you may be able to find someone with a 16K
cartridge for $10 or so, or you could just build a bank switched memory
board.

This use is being done by one of the members of my Computer Culb (Champlain
Valley Commodore User's Group.)  A added advantage it total programmability -
he has it set up to translate the graphics for his printer.


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