honestly its crazy that it is only 40 years old, people always say "40" is old but when we see the tech now its crazy how far we come in a little amount of time
Indeed it has! At 69, I remember these systems well. However, real leaps forward came over the last 20 years. Computer systems changed some and improved slowly but steadily in the '80s and '90s as micro-circuitry got smaller and faster. Leaps in cell-phone technology aided the development of faster, smaller and lighter laptop computers. Today's computers are much faster and more technologically sophisticated but not that dissimilar. It was exciting (at that time) to see all of the new technology. It has been an exciting time for techno-geeks and gadget nuts.
Man, those 2 not knowing how to operate a floppy disk hits me hard, I feel old, even though I feel like I was 11 years old like yesterday, but in reality I was 11 in 92 lol, I still remember the first time I played the original Prince of Persia, 2 floppy disks and you had to switch them like a million times to work, but it was the first time that I thought that games were like movies, it had credits and everything, it was a surreal experience, also extremely hard game to finish, but awesome.
As a kid from a country quite behind in technology(about 10 years) in 2008, these looks very familiar to me. I also helped my dad look after an Internet Cafe and a during Sundays, we would close the Cafe to clean the PCs and their funny mechanical mouse.
Same age as you, This C64 was my first gaming console and I will say PC, even though it was used mostly for games. We had a Atari 2600 right after this and then the NES that began my long console journey until today. I am pretty sure the selling point for this for my Dad was the fact that his friend as work could copy games, so I had a huge stack of floppies and maybe 3-4 bought games from the store. Watching these kids try to operate a floppy is funny. I worked for a long time in a semiconductor factory, making state of the art processors....a majority of the supporting measurement tools that I worked on, still used floppies, DOS and WIN 98. All built in the 90's and used proprietary industrial computers to operate. So...you had to know how to use directories and copy small files to floppies...a few of the "newer" machines, used Jazz drives...if you remember those.
I am 25 and I had a chance to mess around with floppy discs even though im not from that era they are simply putting on show for the views, nothing most youtubers do is actually genuine. they are pleasing an algorythm
I grew up with this thing! I had a cassette player instead of the floppy disk reader which was reserved for the rich kids - it took around 45 mins just to load a game and had it hooked to Stilandia 35cm CRT TV - it was f..cking amazing!
When we was kids in 1982 we did use a 26" Grundig 1972 color tv set, not monitor, monitors was small sized junk rare to see.. something perhaps for programmers. Or shops like car repair stores with software to use it in a workplace not for gaming, and yeah, they was used in a variety of companies because good priced computers :) We had cassette players with a turbo tape cassette for uncompressing the pirated games from recordable cassettes. and we did share and copy games on a dual deck cassette audio tape recorder. A Commodore cassette player and written down lists of where on the tape the game was located was more common but some had disc drives too, people with more money than time to spend on loading cassettes i guess because it took longer time on cassettes :) Spectravideo 318-102 (i think) was a great joystick with autofire and good hand fitting pistol-grip with index finger trigger (and thumb trigger if one did like that, same button function). It did not have micro-switches so it did wear out faster, but as long as it actually did work good it was better than the other joysticks :) There is versions of this joystick with micro-switches called Quickshot XII from 1987 but not black and red color like for the C64, i think it is beige, grey and red and made for other gaming systems like NES Nintendo. I think i has one of them bought to modify it to fit the C64 machine with the C64 cable from a black one, with some soldering skills and add the autofire micro-chip in it too will be great some year into the future :) The NES cable and plug is different so one got to solder to do it. The joystick is easy, it is ground and one lead each for up/down/left/right/fire, short one of them to ground and you get a function. The autofire chip is more complicate, i dont remember, but i willget it to work some day too :) C64, Vic-20 and Amiga had all compatible joysticks plug-wise so a Amiga joystick will work for the C64. Perhaps it does exist a black Quickshot joystick for the Amiga with a to me unknown number and brand, perhaps perhaps, possible. Many people did use the Competition pro 5000 black(or clear, often both of them) and red button joystick, it was a solid one, almost impossible to break, much like what was on arcade machines. But it did not have the pistol grip i did like so i rarely used it and that is why i am gonna make a hybrid of the NES converted to C64 joystick, then i get long lasting and changeable micro-switches and pistol grip too :) Ballblasta was a great game :) Also the many Boulder dash series of games was good and recommended to try :) and also Lode runner :)
This was my 3rd computer. Started my addiction with a Timex-Sinclair ZX81 followed by a Kaypro II. Bought the C64 for the kids to mess around with. We may have been the last family on the block with a VCR, but the first with a computer! The C64 was a great little computer in its day and no doubt introduced many people to the world of computing.
"Do they run floppies in SLI?" Yes, yes they do Also, you cant upgrade it to the 6502 because the 6510 is essentially a 6502 but it has some stuff to make it compatible with all of the features of the C64
Thanks for a trip down memory lane with this old school tech. We used to actually have a Commodore 128 when we were kids. It's amazing how far technology has come here in 2022 when you compare it to the 1980's. Maybe if you're interested or fairly inexpensive try out a Tandy computer ? I played around with one once for my aunt. Boy what an experiment. :)
Yeah, if they were to try out the Tandy 1000 it would be interesting to compare Deskmate/ MS DOS to modern operating systems as these are the predecessors . The Vic 20 would also be cool.
I wanted a Commodore 64 or even a 128. My dad got me a Texas Instruments 99-4A. Did what I could with it, but a 14 year old only has so much patience for cassette storage.
My mom had one of these and it still works. I was playing Pac-Man last time I had used it. I had no idea it was worth thousands of dollars. It has all the accessories and everything it mint condition.
The floppy disk drive is so big because it actually had its own CPU, they were almost miniature commodores. Most people would have used more than one so that you wouldn't have to swap disks so much. My grandpa had one and he used the tape drive instead of disks, great memories
Hey Adam, was just about to comment the same, pretty much another computer in there with a drive os in the rom , wasn't the interface to the c64 bugged or something, which is why the transfers speed was so slow. Turbo loaders were used to correct or use an up to date protocol.
The C64, my all time favorite PC ever. There was so much great software for it too, in some instances it was distributed in listings in magazines and publications. Also it had one of the best versions of BASIC ever. Its Engineers designed it to be what I call hacker friendly. Also had GEOS, which was its GUI once GUIs started to become popular, and it was a very nice one to use at that. They bundled that with their mouse that later released, but it worked fine with a joystick too. The mouse plugged into the same ports as the joysticks! People out there are still doing things with these.
My dad bought me a Vic 20 and a datasette back around 1981 or 1982 and I sold computer books, cartridges and a 16k expander for $125 then I bought the C64 when that came out.
A commodore 64 was my first computer back in like 1985. I think I paid $400 for it. You used a TV as your monitor and there was no mouse, and no hard drive. You played games off of the big floppy disks, and when you wanted to save your game, you had to take out the floppy disk with the game on it, and insert a blank floppy disk for your saved game. As my first upgrade, I bought the second floppy disk drive so you could play the game and save games without having to take out disks.(it worked the same on all programs, you had to remove the program disk and insert the empty floppy disk to save anything). The funny thing is games got 'bigger' and so while you were playing a game, you would reach a point in the map where you had to ' insert disk 2' to keep playing.. I think I remember one of my games came with 4 disks...so while playing, you were constantly changing out which disk was in the drive. The floppy's were huge, I think 5 1/4 inch. I remember being confused about the term ' hard drive' later on because the upgrade from the 5 1/4 floppy was a 3.5 disk, which was very 'hard' compared to 5 1/4 which were really really floppy. When people said they upgraded to a hard drive, I thought they just meant the 3.5 inch floppy disks (which weren't really floppy). I remember paying like $50 for any program, I bought a word processor very early which was about like notepad is today for $50, and then I had like 3-4 games. I remember Zork 1 was one of the first games I played, and then a game called 9 Princes in Amber.. I think wizardry 1 might have been the other first game. I remember convincing my grandmother that it was a good investment because with the word processor, I would 'easily' be able to write a book and sell it. I never had a printer.... I also never bought a cartridge game or the pac-man type game.
I had a Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1986, then a Commodore 16 in 1988, then a commodore 64 in 1989. Then I moved on to Amstrad CPC 464 before finally getting my 1st console. A NES in 1991
It was fun watching you n00bs mill about with the c64. C64 was one of my first computers as a young child in the 80s. Also, when you get a C64, be sure to chck the voltages of the power supplies as the PSU is known to break down and will destroy the C64/128. Reason being is there is DC and AC current flowing through there and a 40 year old PSU is not to be trusted these days. If the return key doesn't work, try hitting "Control M" (ASCII for Return/New Line), also, removing the keyboard from the C64 and cleaning the keyboard really good would help. you can check each individual key. I use PB blaster/wd40 on the keys to help with the cleaning. 8-bit guy on youtube may be able to help with a lot of your issues.
My first drive with the C64 was the tape drive that would load games from an audio cassette tape, including the turnover halfway. The 1541 was a dream. I played a game called Wizardry drop for 20+ minute loads to 1.5 minute loads using the fdd. Unreal. Time to go hit ebay!
Most owners of 8-bit computers who were lucky enough to own floppy drives (they weren't cheap) usually owned 2. When games came on multiple 96K floppies (170 K for Double sided), you wanted to reduce swapping as much as possible. (no one would ever use them for copying commercial releases of course) I'll never forget when I got my first 20MB hard drive. Wow that was SO huge! Cost me $600 in 1985 $'s ($1700 in 2022).
The C64 was my first computer, and I have incredible nostalgia for it. Not only was it my frist experience with computers, it was my first exposure to any kind of programming, and my first exposure to going online. It was also my first exposure to game piracy. I had hundreds of games for the C64. So many great memories of playing games with friends and by myself. Aliens Archon 1 & II Barbarian Boulder Dash Destroyer Elite Ghostbusters Gyruss Impossible Mission International Karate Leaderboard Golf (and all the variants) Lode Runner Realm of Impossibility Stealth
My first computer was an apple two plus and then later on it was an IBM "you really had to be up on your DOS commands", and that commodore 64 was all the rage back in those days.
This is real late, but I only now discovered this video. I'm an old-timer started out with a 48K Atari 800 in 1982, later got a Atari 130XE, and finally got a C64C and 1541II disk drive in 1988 or 89 when the Atari 8-bits were just about dead. One of the fist games I got for that C64 was Interplay's great CRPG Wasteland. I still have all three computers, all still working, but using 15" LCD Tvs as monitors. Some notes: Yes, the 6510 was just a variant of the 6502 that was in the Apple II and Atari 8-bit. If you ever use that C64 again, replace that power supply with a modern replacement. The Commodore "Brick Of Death" when it fails, doesn't just simply not work; the 12V regulator will fail, and the PSU will output more--usually way more--than 12V, and will fry the chips in the C64 in seconds. The C64 didn't have a disk autoboot feature (my Atari did), so you have to manually load and run disk programs with the usual command LOAD "*",8,1, followed by RUN
I was born in an era where you could do everything at the tap of a screen in your pocket. Seeing these things are like seeing ancient rocks that kids used to play with for fun.
It's great to see a Commodore 64 "working", my dad managed to get his (which was his first computer years ago) from my grandparents a few weeks ago, sadly it doesn't seem to work properly anymore, however seeing such a legendary and revolutionary computer in real life was incredible. Thanks for a great video (as always), please continue to create interesting and enjoyable videos, and I hope everyone in every part of the Toasty Bros community is doing good!
@@HappyBeezerStudios Thank you, my dad's going to try and get it working again when he gets a chance, but thanks for the advice, it could come in handy
Hey guys, cool video - I hope you read your comments! For your audio issue: I've got a VIC-20 with the same cable there and I found that I needed to plug the BLACK cable into the WHITE (left channel audio) port. Don't plug in the red or white, I think they may be a ground or some other type of signal. Just the yellow and black works fine. Hopefully it's the same for your C64 there. For your return key, I think your SHIFT LOCK is pressed down, does that interfere with pressing it? Maybe try toggling the button there. For floppy you'll definitely need a working return key, so if you get that far one day, running LOAD"*",8,1 is probably enough to get it working. It was a funny time and not very user friendly from what I can glean (I was born in '98 too). * = first file on disk/last used file 8 = device ID 1 = address offset
The Commodore64 was actually my second computer growing up, my first being the Vic20. It originally sold for $599 to authorized Commodore distributers, but after a short time made a deal with Walmart to sell them for $299. The Two floppy set up was almost needed in some cases because the games came on multiple 5 1/4 inch floppies and you would have to keep swapping back and forth. Commodore sold thousands of the units and moved to the Commodore128, which included full backward compatibility with the C64. They were a good company with what ended up poor leadership and even a merger/purchase of Amiga couldn't help them. BTW Radar Rat Race was a great game in it's time! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Same for me. My mom and dad bought the Vic20, I got a paper route and bought the Commodore64 used for $300. I never got a 1541, I had one of the clones. That and the datacassette were a test of patience, since they always took forever to run. Typing in code from a magazine also made for long wait for a crappy game, but by god it was fun. I'll take my Forza and PC now any day of the week, but when there was nothing else, this was great.
That was my very first pc back in the day, I bought it from a family friend, it was around 1993 I belive. So much fun with it. Load runner, streets of London, the last v8 and Ghostbusters were very fun.
Fun facts. Over 20,000 games exist for Commodore 64, and great brand new games get released every year, many times quarterly or monthly. Over 20 million Commodore 64 computers were sold.
Fun fact: The DB9 port that the C64 used as a controller port was shared by the Sega Master System, Sega Genesis / Mega Drive and Atari 2600 and Texas Instruments 99/4a (all of which I grew up with since I was too poor for a C64) and sometimes joysticks would work with several consoles and PC's. Fun fact #2: The DB9 connection, also used for serial ports is a variant in a series, with the VGA connector technically being DB15.
LOL! You guys crack me up! I'm in my 50's now and this was my first computer back then! For the time this was a really cool setup and MOST people ran these off their TV's back then as there were NO dedicated 'monitors' back then. Most games with this were cartridges that plugged into the main keyboard base if you will. Back in the day there were MANY cool game cartridges you could 'plug-in' and if anyone out there remembers there was a racing game called Pitstop which I spent MANY hours playing with the ancient game controller even at that time. What was really COOL is you could write your own programs and store them on the GIANT floppy disk drive and load them and run them. At that time resolution was NOT a big thing and writing programs which are basically screen-savers today was pretty great at that time. You could write programs to do all sorts of things. I really learned ALOT from this system and of course graduated as tech progressed and went from there! I still have my C64 and components but have NOT fired it up in years and have them vacuumed packed and stored. The C64 was NOT a reliable platform as failure rates were REALLY high! I went through several base platforms and most were under warranty at that time. For me this is a time-capsule video and started my career of today! I've been building computers and doing IT for MANY years and am on top of todays 'tech' but this system started my career! So YES I have a soft-spot for this system! I laugh as times have changed quite drastically! I run a modest PC rig that I built myself and looking back at 'those' times is was Fred Flintstone era!
@@HappyBeezerStudios ; Yes! Some of those games and programs were pretty fun back in the day! I do not remember the name of that MAG. but I remember my DAD buying a subscription so I got 'new' stuff every month!
My first computer. Got it for Christmas 1989 in the "Hollywood Pack". Came with movie tie-ins for Top Gun, Rambo III, Miami Vice, Platoon and The Great Escape, all on cassette. Never had the 1541, too expensive for me.
85 here. I remember playing on the apple II floppy disk lol. Man that was some old school technology there. These were in our school too but they mainly had all apple computers till they started putting gateway PCs in the class rooms. Technology has sure come a long way
I think we already hat proper Macintoshs in our computer room, can't remember anything more about the machines, so no idea which ones they were, but we used to play Oxyd on them.
I feel old, I was born in 83 so I did grow up with these computers, though i didnt really use the Commodore 64, but I used Acorn with Risc OS, it felt far more advanced than the old Commodore considering it had a fairly modern style desktop similar to Windows 3.1 and Mac OS 7 having a full GUI. As a kid I mostly played console with my Atari 2600 with games like Space Invaders, Moon Patrol and Dungeons and Dragons. But we also had an IBM PC with a 80286 running DOS & Windows 3.11, so as a kid I got to play amazing games in the 80s like King Quest. As far as those 5.25" floppy drives, the cardboard was there, so you could flick the front lock which lowered the head. Essentially putting that cardboard in there allowed you to park the head so it was floating while you were moving it around.
Born in 89 and never had much contact with the C64 itself, but a family friend had an Amiga 500 and I spent countless hours on that. And now I'm looking to go back to that experience.
after everthingi have said all ready i will give you a hand out no one really buy games for the c64 they program there own games on the c64. back then that is how every one learnd how to program computers back then.
Commodore had superior sound back in the days -among the 8bit machines because of his SID sound chip. Had also very smooth scrolling. But came without monitor so the kids had to "borrow" serious amount of time from the family's tv set +the fact that it needed time to load games from the tapes. This was noticed by Amstrad, so when they released the Amstrad 6128, it came with a monitor and a built-in disk drive. Good days back then, many amazing games were released, had fun with the "8bit wars" and the glorious times when famous coin-op ports were released for those machines...we used to fool ourselves that we could play the arcades at home....
Hey Toastybros!....Going to help out if not already explored or received other input...First, I must say it is hilarious watching you guys go back and trying to figure out what you have and how to work it....In 1985 I set up a computer room in the local Boy's club and rolled kids in an out every hour learning to program and play games on the C64...before that my world was the Apple ][, TRS-80 I/III, and Commodore Vic20/Pet... So a few notes for you....1) Loading and running from the disk drive can be done at the READY prompt by typing LOAD"*",8,1. Then either the game will automatically load from there or you will have to type from the READY prompt "RUN"....Which may result in more reading from the drive. 2) If you want to see what is on the disk (from the READY prompt) you can type LOAD"$",8,1 to get the directory, then LIST to view it....But none of this can happen without that RETURN key....so 2 options: 2a) Easy option...Hold down the Control key and press the letter "M". This is ASCII 13 for "Carriage return" or RETURN; Second is 2b) The RETURN key issue is likely a result of dirt/corrosion inside the keyboard. In most cases not bad but takes an effort (time) to clean and a lot of screws...Oh, and what about PACMAN...That may be easy too...Some games work off of Port 1, others off of Port 2; this has to do with the historical evolution of the C64 and development of games. for more insight on keeping your C64 healthy, cleaning the keyboard, case, understanding mor about the history and things to do with it; I would recommend the following UA-cam channels; The 8-Bit Guy, Adrian's Digital Basement, Jan Beta, 8-Bit show & tell, Noel's Retro Lab, Retro Recipes, RMC - The Cave, and others. Each as a different flare and focus, and cover more than just the C64. The older (earlier) videos the better, because you will get their background and early explorations.
I realized recently how good my high school was. in 1985, I was learning to program Basic on a TRS-80 in high school. That is actually pretty impressive.
i had a commodore 64 in 1986. i had a cassette deck and a floppy drive with it. i used a red powercartridge. the powercartridge speeded up loading times on the floppy drive. one of my favorite games were the last ninja 2 and winter games....this is were gaming started :)
My first PC was a Texas Instruments TI99/4. Was just a kid but best I recall it was a bit older than the commodore 64. So long ago I don't remember what we even used it for lol. It had a separate plug-in module so it could actually talk
I had a commodore at age 21, in 1982 when I was 21, lol. I enjoyed it very much. I paid over $300 just for the floppy disk, it's like a brick, LOL. Also used a tape reader that looked like a tape recorder. I know some of you don't know what that is, I'm super old now, LOL!!!
Back before the internet, local boards and hackers. Two disk drives because more detailed games came on more than one disk. Gi joe was the most advanced game that I saw for the system. Cool video
About the Commodore 6510, the 6510 was a upgraded MOS 6502. The 6510 was backwards compatible with the 6502 from MOS. Commodore Business Machines bought MOS and created the 6510 from the 6502. Just needed to get that out. Sorry if I'm acting like a smartaleck.
Couple of things - when the C64 came out it was cheap - a quarter of the price of an IBM, Apple II or anything else that was on the market. You guys bought a dud one - if the return button had worked you would have been able to load a lot more games and some really good ones like "Impossible Mission" and "Pirates". And it works right out of the box - you have BASIC. No operating system to load, no upgrades. You also have to remember the time - computers were inaccessible to the masses - and it was thanks to Jack Tramiel and Commodore that you could actually buy a computer - which was amazing. And the C64 was incredibly powerful. 64K RAM at the time was unheard of, and it had full colour as well as the incredible SID sound chip. Pity you couldn't get the sound going, as it sounds amazing. Commodore totally delivered on it's owner's promise of "computers for the masses, not the classes".
If you guys need a consultant to bring your C64 to life, I live in Indy, just a couple short hours away. I had a Vic20 as my first computer and bought my own C64 for $300 in paper route money. Could help in getting it up and running and getting the best games, etc. Wanna restore what you have? Do some retrobrighting (basically some sun, water and peroxide in a tub and the aging on the plastics will disappear. I'd love seeing you guys play "The Last V8", or "Spy vs Spy" a couple of my favorites.
If you also cover re-releases (like the mini consoles), there's a full sized TheC64. It runs VICE under the hood (emulator running on an ARM SoC), so you can't use original peripherals, but it's a full scale replica in terms of the form factor and working keyboard. The plus side is that you don't have to worry about failing chips or faulty power supplies, both are common problems with the age of these machines, and it handles emulating many of the hardware accessories / addons that were released. It's an option for people that don't want to spend the money on a full setup, but want to experience software and games from this era on something that looks the part.
The discoloring can come from UV exposure even from indoor lights. Sometimes the polymer just breaks down over time. But the most likely cause in extreme yellowing is the plastic is mixed with a fire retardant additive that wasn't mixed with the right ratio. For example I have an snes where the top half is completely yellow but the bottom half is the same original color. The mismatch was that the top and bottom half were made in a different mixing batch. Ironically you can restore the color using UV and peroxide gel.
It was also the #1 selling machine of all time for a single model #, also they made a c64 maxi. Look it up. A re-make with usb ports(emulation), but looks almost like the real thing a few years ago. Also the floppy pretty much is a computer itself, has a main board and all. A reason it was expensive
OMG!!! My first computer (bought new as a birthday present). I learned so much about programming and making computer-controlled devices because of that machine. It might be the best $400 my father ever spent on me. I had to start out with a tape drive and a 800 baud modem that I bought from a friend, but we found a used floppy drive and printer a year or so later.
I ran a BBS on one of these with a 300 baud modem. Played a lot of SSI Gold Box games and Chuck Yeager flight simulator for HOURS..and ten times as much time waiting for stuff to load! I upgraded to the 128c and a 1200 baud modem and it was glorious.
If you like ToastyBros then you should definitely check out Tech Yes City, Tech by Matt, OzTalksHW, ZachsTechTurf,RandomGaminginHD, and I think a channel called RBN Hardware? Tech Yes City is one of the best channels on UA-cam for tech stuff IMHO.
Glad to see you guys are enjoying a Commodore 64. But if if I were you I'd do 3 things. Number 1 get rid of that old power supply and replace it with a new one. It can damage your computer and probably will. Number 2 that joystick is called the Boss and its legendarilly horrible. A nice Atari 2600 joystick will do just fine. Number 3 consider getting an sd2iec SD card reader. This will allow you to get an unlimited selection of software on the net. 😉 enjoy
You have to remember that 40 years ago i got paid $3.35 an hour as a licensed auto mechanic. $600 was what I paid for a car ( used Datsun B210 that seven years old).
i remember in elementary school in the late 90's in school for computer class we would have exodus on floppy disk for when we were done with typing and education programs
My dad: "That computer was for the rich people back in my day I still had to walk 20 miles to school while starting a business with the other leg."
Up hill.. both ways 😂
During 1000 degree whether.
@@andrespaz989 Definitely uphill both ways! In the snow without a sweater!
On one foot
“I climbed over moutains
honestly its crazy that it is only 40 years old, people always say "40" is old but when we see the tech now its crazy how far we come in a little amount of time
In tech 10 years is old.
Indeed it has! At 69, I remember these systems well. However, real leaps forward came over the last 20 years. Computer systems changed some and improved slowly but steadily in the '80s and '90s as micro-circuitry got smaller and faster. Leaps in cell-phone technology aided the development of faster, smaller and lighter laptop computers. Today's computers are much faster and more technologically sophisticated but not that dissimilar. It was exciting (at that time) to see all of the new technology. It has been an exciting time for techno-geeks and gadget nuts.
Man, those 2 not knowing how to operate a floppy disk hits me hard, I feel old, even though I feel like I was 11 years old like yesterday, but in reality I was 11 in 92 lol, I still remember the first time I played the original Prince of Persia, 2 floppy disks and you had to switch them like a million times to work, but it was the first time that I thought that games were like movies, it had credits and everything, it was a surreal experience, also extremely hard game to finish, but awesome.
As a kid from a country quite behind in technology(about 10 years) in 2008, these looks very familiar to me. I also helped my dad look after an Internet Cafe and a during Sundays, we would close the Cafe to clean the PCs and their funny mechanical mouse.
If you were using these in 2008 then your country was about 20 years behind I think.
Same age as you, This C64 was my first gaming console and I will say PC, even though it was used mostly for games. We had a Atari 2600 right after this and then the NES that began my long console journey until today. I am pretty sure the selling point for this for my Dad was the fact that his friend as work could copy games, so I had a huge stack of floppies and maybe 3-4 bought games from the store. Watching these kids try to operate a floppy is funny. I worked for a long time in a semiconductor factory, making state of the art processors....a majority of the supporting measurement tools that I worked on, still used floppies, DOS and WIN 98. All built in the 90's and used proprietary industrial computers to operate. So...you had to know how to use directories and copy small files to floppies...a few of the "newer" machines, used Jazz drives...if you remember those.
@@Hughesburner PARAGRAPH ME INFOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@@raiznsisig same here in India, atleast now technology is a little on par.
I am a veteran Commodore 64 computer user, and WOW, it is so freaky to see guys admit that they weren't BORN during it's peak! Very cool!
i to was a commodore 64 / amiga 600 user ..... good times
I am 25 and I had a chance to mess around with floppy discs even though im not from that era they are simply putting on show for the views, nothing most youtubers do is actually genuine. they are pleasing an algorythm
wow I was 14 when I got my C64 which was my 2nd PC. Vic-20 was my first PC
@@Towersfam43232 Wow! I can see that! The agenda seems to do what pays the bills, and then sincerity of the content suffers!
@@Qugie Sweet! Atari 400 was my first!
I grew up with this thing! I had a cassette player instead of the floppy disk reader which was reserved for the rich kids - it took around 45 mins just to load a game and had it hooked to Stilandia 35cm CRT TV - it was f..cking amazing!
Extreme respect to all the PC veterans in this comment section, I was born much after the C64's release and i am amazed by old computers.
When we was kids in 1982 we did use a 26" Grundig 1972 color tv set, not monitor, monitors was small sized junk rare to see.. something perhaps for programmers. Or shops like car repair stores with software to use it in a workplace not for gaming, and yeah, they was used in a variety of companies because good priced computers :)
We had cassette players with a turbo tape cassette for uncompressing the pirated games from recordable cassettes. and we did share and copy games on a dual deck cassette audio tape recorder.
A Commodore cassette player and written down lists of where on the tape the game was located was more common but some had disc drives too, people with more money than time to spend on loading cassettes i guess because it took longer time on cassettes :)
Spectravideo 318-102 (i think) was a great joystick with autofire and good hand fitting pistol-grip with index finger trigger (and thumb trigger if one did like that, same button function). It did not have micro-switches so it did wear out faster, but as long as it actually did work good it was better than the other joysticks :)
There is versions of this joystick with micro-switches called Quickshot XII from 1987 but not black and red color like for the C64, i think it is beige, grey and red and made for other gaming systems like NES Nintendo.
I think i has one of them bought to modify it to fit the C64 machine with the C64 cable from a black one, with some soldering skills and add the autofire micro-chip in it too will be great some year into the future :)
The NES cable and plug is different so one got to solder to do it. The joystick is easy, it is ground and one lead each for up/down/left/right/fire, short one of them to ground and you get a function.
The autofire chip is more complicate, i dont remember, but i willget it to work some day too :)
C64, Vic-20 and Amiga had all compatible joysticks plug-wise so a Amiga joystick will work for the C64.
Perhaps it does exist a black Quickshot joystick for the Amiga with a to me unknown number and brand, perhaps perhaps, possible.
Many people did use the Competition pro 5000 black(or clear, often both of them) and red button joystick, it was a solid one, almost impossible to break, much like what was on arcade machines.
But it did not have the pistol grip i did like so i rarely used it and that is why i am gonna make a hybrid of the NES converted to C64 joystick, then i get long lasting and changeable micro-switches and pistol grip too :)
Ballblasta was a great game :) Also the many Boulder dash series of games was good and recommended to try :) and also Lode runner :)
This was my 3rd computer. Started my addiction with a Timex-Sinclair ZX81 followed by a Kaypro II. Bought the C64 for the kids to mess around with. We may have been the last family on the block with a VCR, but the first with a computer! The C64 was a great little computer in its day and no doubt introduced many people to the world of computing.
"Do they run floppies in SLI?"
Yes, yes they do
Also, you cant upgrade it to the 6502 because the 6510 is essentially a 6502 but it has some stuff to make it compatible with all of the features of the C64
Thanks for a trip down memory lane with this old school tech. We used to actually have a Commodore 128 when we were kids. It's amazing how far technology has come here in 2022 when you compare it to the 1980's. Maybe if you're interested or fairly inexpensive try out a Tandy computer ? I played around with one once for my aunt. Boy what an experiment. :)
Why not a Tandy Sensation?
Yeah, if they were to try out the Tandy 1000 it would be interesting to compare Deskmate/ MS DOS to modern operating systems as these are the predecessors . The Vic 20 would also be cool.
I wanted a Commodore 64 or even a 128. My dad got me a Texas Instruments 99-4A.
Did what I could with it, but a 14 year old only has so much patience for cassette storage.
Imagine testing a Commodore 64 and not running the best game ever made Dallas Quest ...
This was my first computer. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
My mom had one of these and it still works. I was playing Pac-Man last time I had used it. I had no idea it was worth thousands of dollars. It has all the accessories and everything it mint condition.
The floppy disk drive is so big because it actually had its own CPU, they were almost miniature commodores. Most people would have used more than one so that you wouldn't have to swap disks so much. My grandpa had one and he used the tape drive instead of disks, great memories
Hey Adam, was just about to comment the same, pretty much another computer in there with a drive os in the rom , wasn't the interface to the c64 bugged or something, which is why the transfers speed was so slow. Turbo loaders were used to correct or use an up to date protocol.
The Operating System for the 1541 was bigger than the one for the C64.
The C64, my all time favorite PC ever. There was so much great software for it too, in some instances it was distributed in listings in magazines and publications. Also it had one of the best versions of BASIC ever. Its Engineers designed it to be what I call hacker friendly. Also had GEOS, which was its GUI once GUIs started to become popular, and it was a very nice one to use at that. They bundled that with their mouse that later released, but it worked fine with a joystick too. The mouse plugged into the same ports as the joysticks! People out there are still doing things with these.
I bought the c64 terminator 2 special edition in 1992 can't remember how much I paid was a littlewoods catalogue purchase
My dad bought me a Vic 20 and a datasette back around 1981 or 1982 and I sold computer books, cartridges and a 16k expander for $125 then I bought the C64 when that came out.
you guys helped me build my very first pc and can run most games at 100 fps thankyou!
*Red Dead Redemption 2 has entered the chat*
@@maxygok7073 He only said most games not all lol.
@@teamofone1219 lol
If you could get a deal on a non working one and make a awesome sleeper out of it. That would be cool
There is a company that is making C-64 cases to house a modern motherboard.
if someone can make a sleeper out of a c64 with the keyboard still functioning i will eat a hat
A commodore 64 was my first computer back in like 1985. I think I paid $400 for it. You used a TV as your monitor and there was no mouse, and no hard drive. You played games off of the big floppy disks, and when you wanted to save your game, you had to take out the floppy disk with the game on it, and insert a blank floppy disk for your saved game. As my first upgrade, I bought the second floppy disk drive so you could play the game and save games without having to take out disks.(it worked the same on all programs, you had to remove the program disk and insert the empty floppy disk to save anything). The funny thing is games got 'bigger' and so while you were playing a game, you would reach a point in the map where you had to ' insert disk 2' to keep playing.. I think I remember one of my games came with 4 disks...so while playing, you were constantly changing out which disk was in the drive. The floppy's were huge, I think 5 1/4 inch. I remember being confused about the term ' hard drive' later on because the upgrade from the 5 1/4 floppy was a 3.5 disk, which was very 'hard' compared to 5 1/4 which were really really floppy. When people said they upgraded to a hard drive, I thought they just meant the 3.5 inch floppy disks (which weren't really floppy).
I remember paying like $50 for any program, I bought a word processor very early which was about like notepad is today for $50, and then I had like 3-4 games. I remember Zork 1 was one of the first games I played, and then a game called 9 Princes in Amber.. I think wizardry 1 might have been the other first game. I remember convincing my grandmother that it was a good investment because with the word processor, I would 'easily' be able to write a book and sell it. I never had a printer.... I also never bought a cartridge game or the pac-man type game.
Bruh u had it tuff growing up I have a whole box full of 💾 disks and I was born 2001
All came from my dad
A storage
I spent countless hours on the Commodore 64. Oh boy the memory's. 😊😊
wow it still runs love the channal
I had a Sinclair ZX Spectrum in 1986, then a Commodore 16 in 1988, then a commodore 64 in 1989. Then I moved on to Amstrad CPC 464 before finally getting my 1st console. A NES in 1991
It was fun watching you n00bs mill about with the c64. C64 was one of my first computers as a young child in the 80s. Also, when you get a C64, be sure to chck the voltages of the power supplies as the PSU is known to break down and will destroy the C64/128. Reason being is there is DC and AC current flowing through there and a 40 year old PSU is not to be trusted these days. If the return key doesn't work, try hitting "Control M" (ASCII for Return/New Line), also, removing the keyboard from the C64 and cleaning the keyboard really good would help. you can check each individual key. I use PB blaster/wd40 on the keys to help with the cleaning. 8-bit guy on youtube may be able to help with a lot of your issues.
My first drive with the C64 was the tape drive that would load games from an audio cassette tape, including the turnover halfway. The 1541 was a dream. I played a game called Wizardry drop for 20+ minute loads to 1.5 minute loads using the fdd. Unreal. Time to go hit ebay!
Most owners of 8-bit computers who were lucky enough to own floppy drives (they weren't cheap) usually owned 2. When games came on multiple 96K floppies (170 K for Double sided), you wanted to reduce swapping as much as possible. (no one would ever use them for copying commercial releases of course)
I'll never forget when I got my first 20MB hard drive. Wow that was SO huge! Cost me $600 in 1985 $'s ($1700 in 2022).
Used to love the COMMODORE 64 ! waiting a couple of hours for a game to load - someone's never loafing and then hearing the ICONIC RETRO SOUNDS !
My dad bought a C64 when I was a wee lad. Such good times with this old beauty.
The C64 was my first computer, and I have incredible nostalgia for it. Not only was it my frist experience with computers, it was my first exposure to any kind of programming, and my first exposure to going online. It was also my first exposure to game piracy. I had hundreds of games for the C64. So many great memories of playing games with friends and by myself.
Aliens
Archon 1 & II
Barbarian
Boulder Dash
Destroyer
Elite
Ghostbusters
Gyruss
Impossible Mission
International Karate
Leaderboard Golf (and all the variants)
Lode Runner
Realm of Impossibility
Stealth
My first computer was an apple two plus and then later on it was an IBM "you really had to be up on your DOS commands", and that commodore 64 was all the rage back in those days.
This is real late, but I only now discovered this video. I'm an old-timer started out with a 48K Atari 800 in 1982, later got a Atari 130XE, and finally got a C64C and 1541II disk drive in 1988 or 89 when the Atari 8-bits were just about dead. One of the fist games I got for that C64 was Interplay's great CRPG Wasteland. I still have all three computers, all still working, but using 15" LCD Tvs as monitors. Some notes:
Yes, the 6510 was just a variant of the 6502 that was in the Apple II and Atari 8-bit.
If you ever use that C64 again, replace that power supply with a modern replacement. The Commodore "Brick Of Death" when it fails, doesn't just simply not work; the 12V regulator will fail, and the PSU will output more--usually way more--than 12V, and will fry the chips in the C64 in seconds.
The C64 didn't have a disk autoboot feature (my Atari did), so you have to manually load and run disk programs with the usual command LOAD "*",8,1, followed by RUN
“Some people want the mouse that it came with “ that comment made me laugh really hard
I was born in an era where you could do everything at the tap of a screen in your pocket. Seeing these things are like seeing ancient rocks that kids used to play with for fun.
It's great to see a Commodore 64 "working", my dad managed to get his (which was his first computer years ago) from my grandparents a few weeks ago, sadly it doesn't seem to work properly anymore, however seeing such a legendary and revolutionary computer in real life was incredible. Thanks for a great video (as always), please continue to create interesting and enjoyable videos, and I hope everyone in every part of the Toasty Bros community is doing good!
Some stuff just ages. Time to open it up and see if any caps or batteries have puked all over the thing.
@@HappyBeezerStudios Thank you, my dad's going to try and get it working again when he gets a chance, but thanks for the advice, it could come in handy
Can u guys do a $1400 full setup?
Commodore 64 was my first computer. All my friends would gather my place until someone got 386 pc. Then another friend got 486... Good old days
To load from a floppy: type LOAD “filename”,8 and hit return
As someone that grew up with the C64 it was fun to see people clueless with the tech ;)
Hey guys, cool video - I hope you read your comments! For your audio issue:
I've got a VIC-20 with the same cable there and I found that I needed to plug the BLACK cable into the WHITE (left channel audio) port. Don't plug in the red or white, I think they may be a ground or some other type of signal. Just the yellow and black works fine. Hopefully it's the same for your C64 there.
For your return key, I think your SHIFT LOCK is pressed down, does that interfere with pressing it? Maybe try toggling the button there.
For floppy you'll definitely need a working return key, so if you get that far one day, running LOAD"*",8,1 is probably enough to get it working. It was a funny time and not very user friendly from what I can glean (I was born in '98 too).
* = first file on disk/last used file
8 = device ID
1 = address offset
The Commodore64 was actually my second computer growing up, my first being the Vic20. It originally sold for $599 to authorized Commodore distributers, but after a short time made a deal with Walmart to sell them for $299. The Two floppy set up was almost needed in some cases because the games came on multiple 5 1/4 inch floppies and you would have to keep swapping back and forth. Commodore sold thousands of the units and moved to the Commodore128, which included full backward compatibility with the C64. They were a good company with what ended up poor leadership and even a merger/purchase of Amiga couldn't help them. BTW Radar Rat Race was a great game in it's time! Thanks for the trip down memory lane.
Same for me. My mom and dad bought the Vic20, I got a paper route and bought the Commodore64 used for $300. I never got a 1541, I had one of the clones. That and the datacassette were a test of patience, since they always took forever to run. Typing in code from a magazine also made for long wait for a crappy game, but by god it was fun. I'll take my Forza and PC now any day of the week, but when there was nothing else, this was great.
That was my very first pc back in the day, I bought it from a family friend, it was around 1993 I belive. So much fun with it. Load runner, streets of London, the last v8 and Ghostbusters were very fun.
C64 is not a PC :P
@@aleksazunjic9672 yeah it is
Fun facts. Over 20,000 games exist for Commodore 64, and great brand new games get released every year, many times quarterly or monthly. Over 20 million Commodore 64 computers were sold.
Fun fact: The DB9 port that the C64 used as a controller port was shared by the Sega Master System, Sega Genesis / Mega Drive and Atari 2600 and Texas Instruments 99/4a (all of which I grew up with since I was too poor for a C64) and sometimes joysticks would work with several consoles and PC's.
Fun fact #2: The DB9 connection, also used for serial ports is a variant in a series, with the VGA connector technically being DB15.
LOL! You guys crack me up! I'm in my 50's now and this was my first computer back then! For the time this was a really cool setup and MOST people ran these off their TV's back then as there were NO dedicated 'monitors' back then. Most games with this were cartridges that plugged into the main keyboard base if you will. Back in the day there were MANY cool game cartridges you could 'plug-in' and if anyone out there remembers there was a racing game called Pitstop which I spent MANY hours playing with the ancient game controller even at that time. What was really COOL is you could write your own programs and store them on the GIANT floppy disk drive and load them and run them. At that time resolution was NOT a big thing and writing programs which are basically screen-savers today was pretty great at that time. You could write programs to do all sorts of things. I really learned ALOT from this system and of course graduated as tech progressed and went from there! I still have my C64 and components but have NOT fired it up in years and have them vacuumed packed and stored. The C64 was NOT a reliable platform as failure rates were REALLY high! I went through several base platforms and most were under warranty at that time. For me this is a time-capsule video and started my career of today! I've been building computers and doing IT for MANY years and am on top of todays 'tech' but this system started my career! So YES I have a soft-spot for this system! I laugh as times have changed quite drastically! I run a modest PC rig that I built myself and looking back at 'those' times is was Fred Flintstone era!
When magazines had games in them. No not on CD or floppy, but the code printed on the pages and you copied it over by hand.
@@HappyBeezerStudios ;
Yes! Some of those games and programs were pretty fun back in the day! I do not remember the name of that MAG. but I remember my DAD buying a subscription so I got 'new' stuff every month!
Great video, my first computer was a Commodore 128! Loved EA and Epyx games on it back then.
Rambo was great
My first computer. Got it for Christmas 1989 in the "Hollywood Pack". Came with movie tie-ins for Top Gun, Rambo III, Miami Vice, Platoon and The Great Escape, all on cassette. Never had the 1541, too expensive for me.
85 here. I remember playing on the apple II floppy disk lol. Man that was some old school technology there. These were in our school too but they mainly had all apple computers till they started putting gateway PCs in the class rooms. Technology has sure come a long way
I think we already hat proper Macintoshs in our computer room, can't remember anything more about the machines, so no idea which ones they were, but we used to play Oxyd on them.
@@HappyBeezerStudioslol we use to play Oregon trail some carnival shooting game and a few others
97 and 98, wow you guys looks fantastic for almost 100 years old
I feel old, I was born in 83 so I did grow up with these computers, though i didnt really use the Commodore 64, but I used Acorn with Risc OS, it felt far more advanced than the old Commodore considering it had a fairly modern style desktop similar to Windows 3.1 and Mac OS 7 having a full GUI.
As a kid I mostly played console with my Atari 2600 with games like Space Invaders, Moon Patrol and Dungeons and Dragons.
But we also had an IBM PC with a 80286 running DOS & Windows 3.11, so as a kid I got to play amazing games in the 80s like King Quest.
As far as those 5.25" floppy drives, the cardboard was there, so you could flick the front lock which lowered the head. Essentially putting that cardboard in there allowed you to park the head so it was floating while you were moving it around.
Born in 89 and never had much contact with the C64 itself, but a family friend had an Amiga 500 and I spent countless hours on that. And now I'm looking to go back to that experience.
That discoloration combined with the era this computer was popular I'd have to venture it was in a house of someone that was a heavy smoker.
They change color like that just from age, but smoking and sunlight do enhance the effect.
the guy on the left looks like the substitute teacher that can't get a hold of the class
after everthingi have said all ready i will give you a hand out no one really buy games for the c64 they program there own games on the c64. back then that is how every one learnd how to program computers back then.
Commodore had superior sound back in the days -among the 8bit machines because of his SID sound chip. Had also very smooth scrolling. But came without monitor so the kids had to "borrow" serious amount of time from the family's tv set +the fact that it needed time to load games from the tapes. This was noticed by Amstrad, so when they released the Amstrad 6128, it came with a monitor and a built-in disk drive. Good days back then, many amazing games were released, had fun with the "8bit wars" and the glorious times when famous coin-op ports were released for those machines...we used to fool ourselves that we could play the arcades at home....
Faark. That beauty put the personal in PC. Mad props to you both.
Hey Toastybros!....Going to help out if not already explored or received other input...First, I must say it is hilarious watching you guys go back and trying to figure out what you have and how to work it....In 1985 I set up a computer room in the local Boy's club and rolled kids in an out every hour learning to program and play games on the C64...before that my world was the Apple ][, TRS-80 I/III, and Commodore Vic20/Pet... So a few notes for you....1) Loading and running from the disk drive can be done at the READY prompt by typing LOAD"*",8,1. Then either the game will automatically load from there or you will have to type from the READY prompt "RUN"....Which may result in more reading from the drive. 2) If you want to see what is on the disk (from the READY prompt) you can type LOAD"$",8,1 to get the directory, then LIST to view it....But none of this can happen without that RETURN key....so 2 options: 2a) Easy option...Hold down the Control key and press the letter "M". This is ASCII 13 for "Carriage return" or RETURN; Second is 2b) The RETURN key issue is likely a result of dirt/corrosion inside the keyboard. In most cases not bad but takes an effort (time) to clean and a lot of screws...Oh, and what about PACMAN...That may be easy too...Some games work off of Port 1, others off of Port 2; this has to do with the historical evolution of the C64 and development of games. for more insight on keeping your C64 healthy, cleaning the keyboard, case, understanding mor about the history and things to do with it; I would recommend the following UA-cam channels; The 8-Bit Guy, Adrian's Digital Basement, Jan Beta, 8-Bit show & tell, Noel's Retro Lab, Retro Recipes, RMC - The Cave, and others. Each as a different flare and focus, and cover more than just the C64. The older (earlier) videos the better, because you will get their background and early explorations.
Commodore 64, VIC-20, TRS-80... so many great memories 😁
I realized recently how good my high school was. in 1985, I was learning to program Basic on a TRS-80 in high school. That is actually pretty impressive.
Wow, this brings back memories. Thanks for this video!
its funny seeing the next gen going back and trying to make heads or tales what we had as kids!
That rat race game was the first PC game i ever played in the 80s. The background music for the game was 3 blind mice IIRC
The C64 was my second computer. Before it I had a TI99/4A. I replaced the C64 with a C128D. Now THAT was a real powerhouse!
I was alive when that first came out. That was a fun set to play with back in the day when I was a kid.
Lol. Did you guys not ever watch War Games?
I still have mine out in my shed. I bought a C64 mini for messing around with it and playing games on it.
I was five when the C64 was released. Happy memories playing Little Computer People - a worthy prequel to The Sims
Great video! So good to see old stuffs still working nowadays!
i had a commodore 64 in 1986. i had a cassette deck and a floppy drive with it. i used a red powercartridge. the powercartridge speeded up loading times on the floppy drive. one of my favorite games were the last ninja 2 and winter games....this is were gaming started :)
My first PC was a Texas Instruments TI99/4. Was just a kid but best I recall it was a bit older than the commodore 64. So long ago I don't remember what we even used it for lol. It had a separate plug-in module so it could actually talk
I had a commodore at age 21, in 1982 when I was 21, lol. I enjoyed it very much. I paid over $300 just for the floppy disk, it's like a brick, LOL. Also used a tape reader that looked like a tape recorder. I know some of you don't know what that is, I'm super old now, LOL!!!
Back before the internet, local boards and hackers. Two disk drives because more detailed games came on more than one disk. Gi joe was the most advanced game that I saw for the system. Cool video
I can remember back in the days when I brought the Commodore 64, the disk drive & Commodore 1702 monitor for fire sale prices of $99 each.
About the Commodore 6510, the 6510 was a upgraded MOS 6502. The 6510 was backwards compatible with the 6502 from MOS.
Commodore Business Machines bought MOS and created the 6510 from the 6502. Just needed to get that out. Sorry if I'm acting like a smartaleck.
cracking 90's in fortnite with a 40 year old computer is a different level of gaming
I’m a 16 year old broke kid and I want to buy a pre built gaming pc for under $700 for my little brother. His birthday is in like two weeks
Couple of things - when the C64 came out it was cheap - a quarter of the price of an IBM, Apple II or anything else that was on the market. You guys bought a dud one - if the return button had worked you would have been able to load a lot more games and some really good ones like "Impossible Mission" and "Pirates". And it works right out of the box - you have BASIC. No operating system to load, no upgrades. You also have to remember the time - computers were inaccessible to the masses - and it was thanks to Jack Tramiel and Commodore that you could actually buy a computer - which was amazing. And the C64 was incredibly powerful. 64K RAM at the time was unheard of, and it had full colour as well as the incredible SID sound chip. Pity you couldn't get the sound going, as it sounds amazing. Commodore totally delivered on it's owner's promise of "computers for the masses, not the classes".
nice throwback tee shirts guys! i love both of them!
If you guys need a consultant to bring your C64 to life, I live in Indy, just a couple short hours away. I had a Vic20 as my first computer and bought my own C64 for $300 in paper route money. Could help in getting it up and running and getting the best games, etc. Wanna restore what you have? Do some retrobrighting (basically some sun, water and peroxide in a tub and the aging on the plastics will disappear. I'd love seeing you guys play "The Last V8", or "Spy vs Spy" a couple of my favorites.
If you also cover re-releases (like the mini consoles), there's a full sized TheC64. It runs VICE under the hood (emulator running on an ARM SoC), so you can't use original peripherals, but it's a full scale replica in terms of the form factor and working keyboard. The plus side is that you don't have to worry about failing chips or faulty power supplies, both are common problems with the age of these machines, and it handles emulating many of the hardware accessories / addons that were released. It's an option for people that don't want to spend the money on a full setup, but want to experience software and games from this era on something that looks the part.
totally worth it. this was a blast to watch!
All my C64 gaming was done back then on cassette tape-floppy drives where a luxury , Now that WAS the meaning of PAIN.!
Bro, that keyboard on the thumbnail, I WOULD USE THAT BRO THAT'S FIRE
Next: We tried playing on a microwave
The discoloring can come from UV exposure even from indoor lights. Sometimes the polymer just breaks down over time. But the most likely cause in extreme yellowing is the plastic is mixed with a fire retardant additive that wasn't mixed with the right ratio. For example I have an snes where the top half is completely yellow but the bottom half is the same original color. The mismatch was that the top and bottom half were made in a different mixing batch. Ironically you can restore the color using UV and peroxide gel.
It was also the #1 selling machine of all time for a single model #, also they made a c64 maxi. Look it up. A re-make with usb ports(emulation), but looks almost like the real thing a few years ago. Also the floppy pretty much is a computer itself, has a main board and all. A reason it was expensive
14:10 That's what he said
OMG!!! My first computer (bought new as a birthday present). I learned so much about programming and making computer-controlled devices because of that machine. It might be the best $400 my father ever spent on me. I had to start out with a tape drive and a 800 baud modem that I bought from a friend, but we found a used floppy drive and printer a year or so later.
Yeah, i was wondering where the tape drive was. That was basically what people used, because floppies were way too expensive.
I ran a BBS on one of these with a 300 baud modem. Played a lot of SSI Gold Box games and Chuck Yeager flight simulator for HOURS..and ten times as much time waiting for stuff to load! I upgraded to the 128c and a 1200 baud modem and it was glorious.
Also Jeff Minter is a legend, the father of games.
School: I'll take your entire stock.
i too love retro computing
I still have my C64 from the early 80's. Still works too.
Best tech channel 👍🏾
If you like ToastyBros then you should definitely check out Tech Yes City, Tech by Matt, OzTalksHW, ZachsTechTurf,RandomGaminginHD, and I think a channel called RBN Hardware? Tech Yes City is one of the best channels on UA-cam for tech stuff IMHO.
@@dynodope ok
Glad to see you guys are enjoying a Commodore 64. But if if I were you I'd do 3 things. Number 1 get rid of that old power supply and replace it with a new one. It can damage your computer and probably will. Number 2 that joystick is called the Boss and its legendarilly horrible. A nice Atari 2600 joystick will do just fine. Number 3 consider getting an sd2iec SD card reader. This will allow you to get an unlimited selection of software on the net. 😉 enjoy
gotta dig out the old texas instruments system outta moms garage, had the box that talked, she had a few accessories for it...love the vids guys!!
Nghe xong bài này cái thấy tâm trạng buồn và nặng nề kinh khủng. Nhưng lại cứ phải replay hoài cả ngày😍
Can you guys do older consoles too?
man the classic blow before putting it in, makes me feel old lol
You have to remember that 40 years ago i got paid $3.35 an hour as a licensed auto mechanic. $600 was what I paid for a car ( used Datsun B210 that seven years old).
Wow......80'S good stuff.
I LOVE TO SEE THIS I LOVED MY C64!!!!
Tell me you don’t know how to display katanas correctly without telling me you don’t know how to display katanas correctly
Gawd ... you two made me feel so old, not knowing what the ports were, or what a floppy disk was.
i remember in elementary school in the late 90's in school for computer class we would have exodus on floppy disk for when we were done with typing and education programs