commodore related

[foleyjo]

Not Amiga but commodore related this question.
Just got a Vic20 from the carboot for £3.
What Imn curious about is where the I is from the top of the machine. It says Commodore VC20.
Ive looked at others and they clearly say Commodore Vic20.
Can someone shed some light on the subject :-?

[Matt_H]

I think the Vic20 was sold under half a dozen different names, depending on the country. http://www.commodore.ca might be able to provide a definitive answer.

[Blade]

Well at least here in Germany the VIC 20 was sold as VC 20. One reason might be that Commodore Germany feared that "Vic" sounded too much like "fick" (f*ck)
Also IIRC it was marketed as "Volks Computer", the VIC 20 was meant to be what the "Volkwagen  beetle" was car wise.



Edited by TheMagicM:  Language ..use a * where needed.

[ajlwalker]

From my readings of Commodore history, blade is right on the money on both counts.

[Oliver]

"VC = Volks Computer": Reminds me of LG = Life's Good, instead of Lucky Goldstar.  Some names just can't transfer between languages and cultures.

[weirdami]

@Blade

So, in Germany, Ben Stiller's latest movie is called Meet the Fickers? :-O

[foleyjo]

So my new VIC 20 is german!!!

Thanks once again for the info.

You know before I started using this site it would take me weeks to get answers to my commodore related questions. You guys rock :-D