We’re large followers of retro computer systems right here at Tindie, and the fixed stream of wonderful new tweaks and hacks for these basic machines by no means ceases to amaze us. This S-Video and Composite Mod … Factor for the VIC-20 improves the output high quality of the composite video and provides an ultra-sharp S-Video output as well! Whereas the VIC-20 was a strong design, most televisions within the early Nineteen Eighties merely didn’t have the flexibility to resolve high quality edges and so the unique VIC chip didn’t have to generate top-tier video output, it simply needed to be ok to be usable.
As time wore on and TV know-how vastly improved, the shortcomings of the unique composite output stage from the VIC turned increasingly more apparent. Fuzzy output, ringing on excessive frequencies resulting in lack of definition, and poor distinction all added as much as make the image lower than stellar. On a contemporary tv, the VIC-20 seems to be… fairly unhappy, to be sincere. However this board treatments that by retroactively making use of high-quality circuit design and high quality elements to the output stage. The distinction actually is astounding:
Set up requires some soldering, however nothing too troublesome. If doubtful, simply wrangle the closest hacker by providing cake and cookies in change for soldering. It’s doable to put in the mod in such a method that it may be utterly undone in case you wish to return your VIC again to its authentic type, although we suspect few will wish to!
