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Title: Commodore eVic 20GB
Post by: Popmarter on June 19, 2004, 10:18:49 AM
With a firm-upgrade so i can record wav, this could be a new toy worth testing, right?
Available in august..

http://www.commodore.net/site/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabindex=5&tabid=45&itemid=2&sitemid=9&prod=13&cat=1&specs=1&#stopspecs

Remember the C64 'pc'? wow..  ;)
Title: Re: Commodore eVic 20GB
Post by: Brian Skalinder on June 19, 2004, 10:42:25 AM
With a firm-upgrade so i can record wav, this could be a new toy worth testing, right?  Available in august.

IF they release firmware upgrades to:

[1] support WAV recording
[2] provide level meters (since there's field-usable digi-in I can see)

Then...absolutely.
Title: Re: Commodore eVic 20GB
Post by: AT853rxwh on June 19, 2004, 04:47:41 PM
With a firm-upgrade so i can record wav, this could be a new toy worth testing, right?  Available in august.

IF they release firmware upgrades to:

[1] support WAV recording
[2] provide level meters (since there's field-usable digi-in I can see)

Then...absolutely.

Interesting.  Virtually no mention of the specs on the audio section... Does it suck so bad they can't mention it?
Title: Re: Commodore eVic 20GB
Post by: leehookem on June 19, 2004, 07:47:06 PM
I had a Commadore 128
Title: Re: Commodore eVic 20GB
Post by: John Kelly on June 20, 2004, 12:29:19 AM
I didn't see anything about a digi-in...  Seems like you can get the same functionality out of devices already out. ;)
Title: Re: Commodore eVic 20GB
Post by: Sean Gallemore on June 20, 2004, 03:39:20 AM
what is this?

USB Host (DSC/Card Readers)

does this mean it can accept and record a USB signal on the fly?

Also, it has the 5V DC we all love so much.
Title: Re: Commodore eVic 20GB
Post by: John Kelly on June 20, 2004, 10:29:33 AM
what is this?

USB Host (DSC/Card Readers)

does this mean it can accept and record a USB signal on the fly?

Also, it has the 5V DC we all love so much.

I believe it means you can upload your pictures from a memory card directly to the device without a reader.

And BTW, you'll probably never find a device that will connect to a pre or a/d over USB and be able to record the audio without a computer.  It would have to be made specifically for that purpose (drivers and OS would need to be written) and there is just no market for that...
Title: Re: Commodore eVic 20GB
Post by: AT853rxwh on June 20, 2004, 10:56:27 PM
what is this?

USB Host (DSC/Card Readers)

does this mean it can accept and record a USB signal on the fly?

Also, it has the 5V DC we all love so much.

I believe it means you can upload your pictures from a memory card directly to the device without a reader.

And BTW, you'll probably never find a device that will connect to a pre or a/d over USB and be able to record the audio without a computer.  It would have to be made specifically for that purpose (drivers and OS would need to be written) and there is just no market for that...

John Kelly not Kelley, like the new description, but it is a manbag damnit!  ;D
Title: Re: Commodore eVic 20GB
Post by: John Kelly on June 21, 2004, 01:19:39 AM
what is this?

USB Host (DSC/Card Readers)

does this mean it can accept and record a USB signal on the fly?

Also, it has the 5V DC we all love so much.

I believe it means you can upload your pictures from a memory card directly to the device without a reader.

And BTW, you'll probably never find a device that will connect to a pre or a/d over USB and be able to record the audio without a computer.  It would have to be made specifically for that purpose (drivers and OS would need to be written) and there is just no market for that...

John Kelly not Kelley, like the new description, but it is a manbag damnit!  ;D

Yeah well, I didn't come up with the saying.  I just put it under my name. ;D
Title: Re: Commodore eVic 20GB
Post by: BobW on June 22, 2004, 07:09:03 PM
I had a Commadore 128
I had a Vic20, with a cassette tape storage device...hee-hee !  ;D
Title: Re: Commodore eVic 20GB
Post by: jpschust on June 22, 2004, 08:22:00 PM
think you can play pong on it?
Title: Re: Commodore eVic 20GB
Post by: Chapper on June 25, 2004, 01:47:21 AM
I'm holding out for the TRS-80 recorder.   
Title: Re: Commodore eVic 20GB
Post by: BobW on June 27, 2004, 09:20:05 PM
think you can play pong on it?

I used to program Basic (arghhh !) and assembler on the Vic20 and had a few cartridge games, Gorf was my favorite, sort of Space Invaders rip-off. 1979 was the last time that I played a video game, and Gorf was it.  :D

I have pong in the attic. Not the collectable original, the four-game-pack later version.
It's physically huge.