I remember when I finally had enough money to afford a Vic-20. I couldn't afford a tape drive, though. So, I'd type in programs from magazines like Compute!, run them, then have to watch the programs die as I turned off the machine.

I don't recall what ever happened to my Vic-20. It's probably buried underground somewhere in a landfill.

Kind of interesting to recall my path through game consoles and computers:

Atari 2600
Intellivision
Vic-20
Apple 2e
Loads of PC's starting with a 286
X-Box

And now I'm using a PocketPC to re-live my Apple 2e days. (Sorry, there's not much I care to re-live on my Vic-20, although the C-64 emulators have got me interested.)