As a kid who barely knew how to program BASIC I discovered Jim’s book on 6502 Assembly, and I convinced my mom to buy it. That book literally changed the course of my life. For decades I didn’t know what Jim looked like, but his name is emblazoned in my memory like few others. Rest In Peace my friend.
This guy has a very pleasent voice. You can listen to it for hours without being bored. Or perhaps it's the interesting topics that makes you listen to every word being said.
Thanks for this Robin! And I agree, Jim Butterfield was an absolute LEGEND (R.I.P.) and I learned a lot from him and the TPUG magazine. In fact, I had something published in TPUG which for a kid at the time was mind-blowing!
I wish I had known about TPUG when I lived in Toronto in 1985 - I didn't find out about it until I was back in Thunder Bay. That's awesome you were in the TPUG magazine!
I was a member of the TPUG group through the 80's and had also met Jim many times at the meetings and when i worked the world of commodore shows at the TPUG booth.
I had no idea that your channel was so new until this video - I figured it was a few years old and I only just found out about it (6 months ago). Your videos are so well done I thought you had been doing it for years. C64 is about nostalgia to me as it was my first computer - I wish I didn't give it away. You're giving me the itch to maybe try some assembly programming on TheC64 - I never went much beyond the floating balloon as a kid. I do find your assembly videos too fast paced though. Otherwise I enjoy your humour and presentation style. I think you should appear in more videos, as much as we enjoy your trademark hand gestures!
Hi there Robin! When I first started watching this channel I thought it was quite an established and old channel. I'm surprised to hear that it's only a year old. Well, congratulations! It's an amazing achievement, and your channel will only continue to grow from here. I think that your format of videos is excellent, and I don't think you should change a thing no matter what other people say. Otherwise you'll lose interest and it'll become a chore to make videos. I have both a vic-20 and a Commodore 64and I recently acquired a TI 99/4a and it's been really interesting to play with while watching your videos. I really want to get the assembler cartridge for the TI-99 as well as an assembler for my vic-20. Anyway, congratulations again, and here's to another year of incredible growth!
I really really really like different game shown in each episode...allso i find this videos really great to watch in bed before sleep...i clear my head and sleep like baby 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Wow only one year old and almost 16K, thats amazing. Congratulations :) when I was around 14 years old I was at the World of Commodore and was sitting in the front row waiting for some of the speakers and this gentlemen sat next to me, we made some small talk about commodore and programming in basic, after a few minutes he stood up and walked on stage.....It was Jim Butterfield :)
You are a C64 genius, its a pleasure to watch you explain the inner workings of my childhood's best educational tool. I played games and wrote very basic programs as a kid, now I understand how things work from the bits on up. Keep up the fantastic work.
Thanks for your videos! I am a big Jim Butterfield fan and have been since I chatted with him on Q-link in the 80's. He is my c64 hero. BTW, this is a great episode to get a recap of all your episodes, added a lot of context and makes me want to go back and investigate many of them.
In the early 90's I would often help staff the TPUG tables at a local computer show in Toronto (Computer Fest). I was invited to help out at the TPUG table for the World of Commodore in 1993 and got to meet Jim Butterfield, albeit briefly! Who knows -- maybe we ran into one another there? What a memorable expo that was, especially for a teenager! The A600 and A1200 computers were hot, as well as the use of Video Toaster and Amiga in its production of Babylon 5.
That's really cool! I didn't get to World of Commodore in the '90s, it wasn't until the 2000s that I was there regularly. However, I did see the TPUG booth at a couple other computer shows in Toronto in the early '90s, maybe you were there? One was the same year that Apple had a big demonstration of their new QuickTime technology. I was there with another Amiga-owning friend and we laughed at their tiny postage-stamp-sized video playback. We were used to full-screen already!
The best Commodore content on UA-cam and some of the best retro computing content period. Eagerly awaiting the follow up joystick controlled sprites tutorial with the big letters!! Congrats on a successful year!
I must confess I wasn’t expecting your voice to come out of that bearded face 😄 It’s funny how one creates an image of a face based on a voice, and how often it turns out to be wrong! Anyway, keep up the good work, your videos are always interesting, entertaining and informative.
I just subscribed to your channel. I came across the one vinyl video from BoingBoing (boingboing.net/2019/12/02/35-year-old-commodore-64-easte.html). I started watching your other videos and they are very interesting. It brings back memories of my own vic20, C64 and C128 days. I remember using Pet computers in high school. I also used to live in Thunder Bay! I'm also not far from Brantford and Syd Bolton's museum. Thanks for the great videos and I look forward to more!
About a year ago, UA-cam algorithms recommended me your first video. I liked the subject and your calm, unagitated way of narration, which unfortunately is rare nowadays on UA-cam. So in an instant, I became one of the first couple subscribers. And loved every of your videos since. Frankly spoken, I guess you're up to par with your idol Jim Butterfield. Great educational videos, detailed, inventive, and I always learnt something new. Loving it. Keep up the good work!
Awesome recap. I guess I am in the minority because I liked the C128 Debugging video with TRON and TROFF. C128 doesn't get enough coverage on UA-cam in general.
The vinyl easter egg video was responsible for somewhere around half of the subscribers, with (now) over 500,000 views. Before that video there were around 7,000 subscribers; each new video gained maybe 100 to 500 subscribers. Most of the views were generated by UA-cam's browse features, though certainly the external views would help at times, coming from Facebook, and a bit from Twitter and when a bigger blog would link to one of my videos (especially the Super Mario one). Really, I don't know how it all happened, I mostly just tried to make videos about whatever was interesting me that week :)
@@8_Bit I think that's all people are really supposed to do anyway, as long as the content is unique. So, happy for your success and hope it continues.
I absolutely LOVE the Jim Butterfield video, and have seen it several times. It made me buy the book "Machine language for the Commodore 64 and other Commodore computers". The Bits and Bytes show is also great. I'm so grateful for what you are doing. I was a bit skeptical at first when I saw a UA-cam video where a guy just waved his hand and talked, but when I started watching and learning from your videos I was hooked. Thank you so much for creating these videos for us! :)
I'm so grateful for the channel you've created. As a youngsterI lived through VIC20 and C64 ownership but I was a mere consumer of computing until my Amiga ownership days. I'm having a real renaissance with my computing childhood thanks to you.
Love your channel, Robin, please do keep up the great work. If you keep doing what interests you, I'm sure the audience will find you interesting. I've learned a lot from your videos already, and I've been an avid Commodore fan since 1983. It only goes to show that you learn something new every day, right!? Never gets old, learning new things.
Congrats! I'm finally in on the first year of a great channel. And my reaction to seeing your face: "My eyes, the goggles do nothing!" ;) Oh, as for other 8bit computers, bring it on. I think most of us from back in the day owned, or were interested in a great many of those systems. I owned two versions of the Atari 2600, the small slim one and large one. A C64, breadbox and C64c. Amiga 500, 1200 and 2000HD as well as a TRS-80 model one with homemade RAM! I always loved the look of the Atari 600 and 800 computers and almost bought them instead of the C64, but ultimately went with the C64 as it had MUCH more software support for it.
@@Okurka. I didn't, I got it from someone else who did. It was a large box with some sort of wire wrapped electronics. I know about electronics and memory, but I don't understand how he did it. I suppose he could have replicated the same circuits that exist in modern RAM somehow. It was pretty neat. I wish I still had the system, but alas, I live in an apartment building and am limited with space.
You're right, I skipped all the interview videos that Retro Man Cave did. But it's not just retro type interviews, I just skip those in general across all genres. Keep up the programming videos, most of the time, I'm already familiar with what you are covering, but I've still learned a few things that surprised me even after all these decades. I released a bunch of C64 programs back in the '80s. You can find them on the GEnie archive under the "ST/R" name.
i really enjoy your casual and relaxed format of making videos. many youtubers are hyper, frantic, quick cuts, yelling a lot. i appreciate that you don't do that.
I like your channel very much because it has quality content and is a bit different from other channels. I learn things I didn't know when I was a kid, and it inspires me to connect my commodore computers to my 1084S Monitor and try things out for myself. One thing I have to say about videos with low view count: I think it is pretty normal that a broad range of people are attracted to this channel, even those with less programming skills/background. The whole 8 Bit scene, from The 8-Bit Guy to your channel and so on consists of different type of people. Regardless of your view count, I think if you produce some videos where you know that they will have a lower view count won't hurt your fan base. They will strengthen it nonetheless. And one thing that I would be very interested in would be if you do some Commander X16 stuff in the future (if you like). But that is my personal wish of course. I wish you all the best and will take a look into patreon!
I really love your channel and look forward to every new episode. 🤗 BUT now I can see I’ve missed a lot of interesting stuff! 😳😱 (very smart to post a one year recap) Well, I guess I know what I will do during the Christmas holidays. 😀 Thanks for you excellent channel and all hard work you put into it. 👍🏻
I think I started watching about 6 months in. I have thoroughly enjoyed every episode that I have seen and now look forward to going back and watching everything I have missed. Keep up the good work.
A true long beard you are my friend. I say do what you want to do and I still will watch. Your varied content is what keeps me excited to see what is next!
You’ve made a great channel here and put in a lot of work on it. Your lessons are easy to follow and understand, helped greatly by your very thorough descriptions. I wish you all the best success in the future of this channel. And try to not pay too much attention to views, thumbs up, and thumbs down counts. Make the videos you like on topics you enjoy and have fun doing it. That’s what’s important. Cheers!
Great roundup and also fascinating to hear the origins of your channel. I think you can be proud that you’ve been able to create a channel amongst the many other (bigger) ones, that really stands out. It’s just the right level of low-level information for me to follow and to be interesting. Keep it up, looking forward to another year!
I just watched the full Jim Butterfield video and the quote you cite Robin, is the best, and the fact that Jim modified the BASIC "? Syntax Error" message to "? IDIOT ERROR" LOL :)
Hi Robin, thank you for the show, I really enjoy it. I was programming a lot in assembly Commodore 64 behind the iron curtain back then. It was a little window to freedom I guess. Now I am getting back into it with C64 maxi and your videos really help me to recall stuff from 35 years ago ! I really value your technical depth in these videos, best of what I could find on the youtube. So thank you and keep it going.
I don't have Jim Butterfield's engaging personality or awesome facial hair, but I'm pleased to say that I do have a similar off-white suit. Really enjoying your channel, and looking forward to more insights into 8 bit programming.
I absolutely love your videos. The way you present even technical challenging topics is simply amazing. Especially the time you spend with preparing the content is worth mentioning. Keep on, I'm looking forward to the next year of your channel :)
I found your channel because of TheC64 which I’m picking up next week and as it turns out this channel is now the rabbit hole down which I’m burrowing. Your style is perfect and I like how you allow whatever you’re talking about to be the centre of focus. Keep up the great work because it’s fascinating 😀👍🏻
"sometimes programming could be most of the fun - why else would somebody stay up until 3 o'clock in the morning, cursing and then claim the next day that they had a wonderful time" Jim inspired a generation of programmers worldwide with those tapes.
Glad you came this far man. I always love some good 8-bit channels, because older hardware is awesome and i just might learn something useful for my own retro projects
my dad used to know Jim back in his TPUG days. he sounds like he was a really cool guy. i don’t want to say who my dad is online because i stay semi-anonymous on most of my online accounts, but dad was on the board of directors and was one of the pet/superpet librarians for a time.
Here's a timestamped index, with links to all the videos I mention in this video, including the Jim Butterfield C64 Training Tape at the top of the list: 0:36 Commodore 64 Training Tape With Jim Butterfield - ua-cam.com/video/J9WnHuGjZ38/v-deo.html 4:26 Commodore 64 BASIC: All 32 Errors! - ua-cam.com/video/9V1wFXKHTgw/v-deo.html 5:31 Commodore 64 BASIC: THEN IF Optimization and Benchmarking - ua-cam.com/video/FnfAUheRnfM/v-deo.html 5:54 Classroom Commodore 64 Enclosure and C128D - ua-cam.com/video/um9BA0VA_7s/v-deo.html 6:29 The Extra Spaces in Commodore 64 BASIC Errors - ua-cam.com/video/ZU7XZleSCAc/v-deo.html 7:41 Commodore 64 RAM Expansion Units & SID Random Numbers - ua-cam.com/video/-ADjfx79wNg/v-deo.html 8:03 High Density Floppy Disks on Commodore 1541? - ua-cam.com/video/1LCTDqoKYjE/v-deo.html 8:32 The 8-Bit Guy "Dream Computer" Appearance - ua-cam.com/video/ayh0qebfD2g/v-deo.html 11:11 Commodore 64 Assembly Language Programming With Turbo Macro Pro - ua-cam.com/video/EUCSZw7piKE/v-deo.html 11:46 More 6510 Commodore 64 Programming With Turbo Macro Pro - ua-cam.com/video/05vlobA3JeU/v-deo.html 12:02 Commodore 64 Game Programming: Keeping Score With Binary Coded Decimal - ua-cam.com/video/vnhyGt6URYc/v-deo.html 12:20 How Animated Commodore 64 Disk Directories Work - ua-cam.com/video/HVMjLUhOX90/v-deo.html 12:36 Exploring Epyx Fast Load for the Commodore 64 - ua-cam.com/video/D_2PPYoY5OY/v-deo.html 13:05 Optimizing With Integers in Commodore 64 BASIC? - ua-cam.com/video/wo14rDnGUbY/v-deo.html 13:27 Benchmark By Guitar Tuner? More Commodore 64 BASIC Optimization - ua-cam.com/video/21aIGHafj1w/v-deo.html 13:43 C-64 Auto Player #2 - ua-cam.com/video/ytsvlI8wA6Y/v-deo.html 14:26 Even More Commodore 64 BASIC Optimizations - ua-cam.com/video/J9QH-tUJB2s/v-deo.html 14:43 Commodore 64 Quirks, Bugs, and Easter Egg(s) - ua-cam.com/video/Zfy0l2TLd14/v-deo.html 14:59 Commodore PC 50-II - ua-cam.com/video/O5aro2Mjqgw/v-deo.html 15:27 Super Mario Bros. on the Commodore 64/128D with SuperCPU - ua-cam.com/video/cLb0SDlvmfI/v-deo.html 16:23 Neutron - New Commodore 64 SHMUP on NTSC C128D - ua-cam.com/video/Oh40Dx8rV14/v-deo.html 16:39 About Commodore 64 BASIC Abbreviations - ua-cam.com/video/AYhuPM0KH1o/v-deo.html Hey Birt's channel: ua-cam.com/channels/2V0T-vG.html... 17:00 Making a New Commodore 64 Game: 1nvader - ua-cam.com/video/SJ81YD9Ebec/v-deo.html 17:31 Star Trek Technobabble: Commodore 64 Speaks - ua-cam.com/video/jL0-EYAqHAA/v-deo.html 18:01 Realms of Quest V: The Biggest VIC-20 Game Ever? - ua-cam.com/video/PUsYNwISNNs/v-deo.html 18:19 Tiny Text Adventure: From ZX81 to VIC-20 to Ultimate 64 - ua-cam.com/video/_d2g5BXdyfU/v-deo.html 18:43 VIC-20 Super Expander: Programming Challenge - ua-cam.com/video/u0ERlESbErE/v-deo.html 19:10 Commodore 128 Secrets, Bugs, and Easter Eggs - ua-cam.com/video/pvB6YnE0gwc/v-deo.html 19:35 Join the Commodore 128 Escape Club - ua-cam.com/video/fo11D_rUN_M/v-deo.html 19:54 C128 BASIC Hack: Playing Digital Samples - ua-cam.com/video/hpkJRZZL6Bw/v-deo.html 20:14 Debugging C128 BASIC with TRON, TRAP, and More - ua-cam.com/video/D11AuAl5T-s/v-deo.html 20:38 IRQ-Driven SID Playback: Commodore 64 BASIC and Machine Language - ua-cam.com/video/EZAcD8aXVm4/v-deo.html 20:58 C64 Joystick-Controlled Sprites in Assembly and BASIC - ua-cam.com/video/mOMc6kLkUrg/v-deo.html 21:28 Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 14 - Video Montage Tour - ua-cam.com/video/kdYQbRnL2Ug/v-deo.html 21:49 Vintage Computer Festival Midwest Project Interviews - ua-cam.com/video/712jLsOnoZg/v-deo.html 22:42 C64 Turbo Assembler 34-Year-Old Bug Found & Fixed - ua-cam.com/video/bDbpntumA6A/v-deo.html 23:27 35 Year-Old Easter Egg Hidden On Vinyl - ua-cam.com/video/6_CZpFqvDQo/v-deo.html 24:11 Anti-Microsoft Easter Egg Hidden in C64 BASIC? - ua-cam.com/video/g8HHpmyFfw4/v-deo.html 24:35 33 Year-Old C64 Game Saved From Vinyl - ua-cam.com/video/ZAVuvXlbs4Q/v-deo.html 24:56 Karateka (Temporarily) Killed My 1541, and Other C64 Scares - ua-cam.com/video/a8B-EJQu6i0/v-deo.html 25:14 Exploring My Commodore IEEE-488 Disk Drive Collection - ua-cam.com/video/SPqIGOATFec/v-deo.html 25:30 What's next? 26:11 Thanks to my patrons! patreon.com/8BitShowAndTell
I have already gotten so much out of your videos. I am glad you are doing what you are doing ;) I have actually downloaded some of your videos in order to keep a local copy in order to reference to. The Fastload video taught me a whole lot of stuff I never knew about the cart I have been using for the past 30 some odd years. Thank you!
I'm a programmer professionally. By watching your videos it puts my profession in perspective, and makes me realise that in the end... there is genius in every language, and on every kind of hardware. Don't fuss too much over downvotes... the point is, most of us think you're doing great work. Move forward on that positivity.
An excellent recap, Robin. I always enjoy your videos and always learn a lot. Thanks for all your hard work and I look forward to more outstanding content in the new year.
keep up the great work. I particularly like your more in depth videos that involve programming, especially assembly. There are a log of people that cover game reviews, product review, etc; but few people can cover assembly code, and make it understandable. Thanks for all your hard work.
I of course had to sit through the whole set of Jim Butterfield videos. I laughed probably far too loudly when, on his sequential files video, he slipped in a reference to _Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice_. Oy! Wow, nice to put a face to your voice. The beard's quite nice!
I found that training tape about a year ago and for some reason I've watched it over and over so many times. I can almost quote the entire thing now like some of my favorite movies. lol
Congratulations on one year of really interesting stuff. Continued success. Sorry I never got to meet Jim B. Suggest you look up the C128 website and get to know another legend, Bill Herd. Good guy and really interesting.
Thanks! I met Bil at the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest a few years ago, great guy, and he linked to a couple of my C128 related videos earlier this year :)
Congrats on a successful year! The 1st video I watched of yours was C64 quirks. I don't know if you're familiar with Doug DeMuro, but I was certainly thankful your video was 13 minutes long and not 45!
Butterfield quote at 4:00 “who else would stay up till 3am cursing and swearing and then claim they had a good time?” My wife did that the other night.... We both woke up wide awake at like 1am and looked at each other, and agreed that we could both do something that didn’t cost anything. She’s walking around a little funny at the moment...
Well..no offense to the great Jim Butterfield, but I have to say you have hit upon a winning combination. I find your presentations fun and engaging, and you have one of the most pleasant presentation styles I've come across. Even amongst the best of speakers there is usually something about them that I find irritating, or detracting from the videos. Not so with your channel: I can say that after having watched a pretty good portion of the approximately 160+ videos you've got on this channel alone, I haven't come across one negative thing I can say about your delivery style.
The most boggling thing for me, is that kids today are absolutely obsessed with simple games like Minecraft, and although i've never seen it, I would bet my left nut that this could run on a Commodore 64. The Real C=64 could be sold in shops NOW and still be a huge success.
Thanks! I did have my Timex/Sinclair 1000 on in the VIC-20 text adventure episode, and showed my Tandy CoCo for a bit in the Microsoft Easter Egg episode recently. I don't have a ZX Spectrum yet, but I do have some Atari computers that I'll try to show soon. I just don't know nearly as much about those computers so I'll have to learn a lot to have something interesting to say, I think :)
I met Jim Butterfield in the 80s when I was in highschool. He was a really nice person who took the time to explain things.
Same. He was such a good guy, and he answered the occasional email on Q-Link, too!
Scott Hiland : I’m surprised more people don’t know about JB. He was a pioneer. A visionary. A super nice guy.
As a kid who barely knew how to program BASIC I discovered Jim’s book on 6502 Assembly, and I convinced my mom to buy it. That book literally changed the course of my life. For decades I didn’t know what Jim looked like, but his name is emblazoned in my memory like few others. Rest In Peace my friend.
This guy has a very pleasent voice. You can listen to it for hours without being bored. Or perhaps it's the interesting topics that makes you listen to every word being said.
It's both
I never understand what he's talking about half the time - yet I watch all his videos. Some people are just a pleasure listen to.
The joke he made at 0:16 "In fact I'm not even recording my hands right now, I just reused some old footage" got me rolling... lol.
Thanks for this Robin! And I agree, Jim Butterfield was an absolute LEGEND (R.I.P.) and I learned a lot from him and the TPUG magazine. In fact, I had something published in TPUG which for a kid at the time was mind-blowing!
I wish I had known about TPUG when I lived in Toronto in 1985 - I didn't find out about it until I was back in Thunder Bay. That's awesome you were in the TPUG magazine!
Jim Butterfield: Educator, computer expert, fashion icon.
I loved him on the Computer Chronicles. I was so sad to hear he died. I really miss those days.
Did you see his centerfold in The Transactor? pcmuseum.ca/images/jimbutterfield-centrefold.jpg
I was a member of the TPUG group through the 80's and had also met Jim many times at the meetings and when i worked the world of commodore shows at the TPUG booth.
I had no idea that your channel was so new until this video - I figured it was a few years old and I only just found out about it (6 months ago). Your videos are so well done I thought you had been doing it for years. C64 is about nostalgia to me as it was my first computer - I wish I didn't give it away. You're giving me the itch to maybe try some assembly programming on TheC64 - I never went much beyond the floating balloon as a kid. I do find your assembly videos too fast paced though. Otherwise I enjoy your humour and presentation style. I think you should appear in more videos, as much as we enjoy your trademark hand gestures!
As a new subscriber, I found this to be a great way to get an idea of archive vids to check out!
Congratulations on your first anniversary! Wish you continued success....
Hi there Robin! When I first started watching this channel I thought it was quite an established and old channel. I'm surprised to hear that it's only a year old. Well, congratulations! It's an amazing achievement, and your channel will only continue to grow from here. I think that your format of videos is excellent, and I don't think you should change a thing no matter what other people say. Otherwise you'll lose interest and it'll become a chore to make videos. I have both a vic-20 and a Commodore 64and I recently acquired a TI 99/4a and it's been really interesting to play with while watching your videos. I really want to get the assembler cartridge for the TI-99 as well as an assembler for my vic-20.
Anyway, congratulations again, and here's to another year of incredible growth!
I really really really like different game shown in each episode...allso i find this videos really great to watch in bed before sleep...i clear my head and sleep like baby 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Watching coding in assembler clears your head? That's a first.
@@Okurka. i have no idea what he is talking about...so yea 🤣👍🏻
Congratulations, for your first year, from Italy :)
Wow only one year old and almost 16K, thats amazing. Congratulations :) when I was around 14 years old I was at the World of Commodore and was sitting in the front row waiting for some of the speakers and this gentlemen sat next to me, we made some small talk about commodore and programming in basic, after a few minutes he stood up and walked on stage.....It was Jim Butterfield :)
You are a C64 genius, its a pleasure to watch you explain the inner workings of my childhood's best educational tool. I played games and wrote very basic programs as a kid, now I understand how things work from the bits on up. Keep up the fantastic work.
Thanks for your videos! I am a big Jim Butterfield fan and have been since I chatted with him on Q-link in the 80's. He is my c64 hero. BTW, this is a great episode to get a recap of all your episodes, added a lot of context and makes me want to go back and investigate many of them.
In the early 90's I would often help staff the TPUG tables at a local computer show in Toronto (Computer Fest). I was invited to help out at the TPUG table for the World of Commodore in 1993 and got to meet Jim Butterfield, albeit briefly! Who knows -- maybe we ran into one another there? What a memorable expo that was, especially for a teenager! The A600 and A1200 computers were hot, as well as the use of Video Toaster and Amiga in its production of Babylon 5.
That's really cool! I didn't get to World of Commodore in the '90s, it wasn't until the 2000s that I was there regularly. However, I did see the TPUG booth at a couple other computer shows in Toronto in the early '90s, maybe you were there? One was the same year that Apple had a big demonstration of their new QuickTime technology. I was there with another Amiga-owning friend and we laughed at their tiny postage-stamp-sized video playback. We were used to full-screen already!
The best Commodore content on UA-cam and some of the best retro computing content period. Eagerly awaiting the follow up joystick controlled sprites tutorial with the big letters!! Congrats on a successful year!
Thank you, and yes, I need to get that video done!!
I must confess I wasn’t expecting your voice to come out of that bearded face 😄 It’s funny how one creates an image of a face based on a voice, and how often it turns out to be wrong! Anyway, keep up the good work, your videos are always interesting, entertaining and informative.
I just subscribed to your channel. I came across the one vinyl video from BoingBoing (boingboing.net/2019/12/02/35-year-old-commodore-64-easte.html). I started watching your other videos and they are very interesting. It brings back memories of my own vic20, C64 and C128 days. I remember using Pet computers in high school. I also used to live in Thunder Bay! I'm also not far from Brantford and Syd Bolton's museum. Thanks for the great videos and I look forward to more!
Thanks for subscribing and checking out my other videos. That's really cool that you lived here. Was it back when you had your 8-bit Commodores?
@@8_Bit Yes I had a C64 and eventually a C128. I remember the 1541, 3.5" drive as well etc. Good times!
About a year ago, UA-cam algorithms recommended me your first video. I liked the subject and your calm, unagitated way of narration, which unfortunately is rare nowadays on UA-cam. So in an instant, I became one of the first couple subscribers. And loved every of your videos since.
Frankly spoken, I guess you're up to par with your idol Jim Butterfield. Great educational videos, detailed, inventive, and I always learnt something new.
Loving it.
Keep up the good work!
Thank you for sticking around since the beginning!
I agree, nicely summarised
Awesome recap. I guess I am in the minority because I liked the C128 Debugging video with TRON and TROFF. C128 doesn't get enough coverage on UA-cam in general.
16K subscribers in a single year is really impressive! :-)
The vinyl easter egg video was responsible for somewhere around half of the subscribers, with (now) over 500,000 views. Before that video there were around 7,000 subscribers; each new video gained maybe 100 to 500 subscribers. Most of the views were generated by UA-cam's browse features, though certainly the external views would help at times, coming from Facebook, and a bit from Twitter and when a bigger blog would link to one of my videos (especially the Super Mario one). Really, I don't know how it all happened, I mostly just tried to make videos about whatever was interesting me that week :)
@@8_Bit I think that's all people are really supposed to do anyway, as long as the content is unique. So, happy for your success and hope it continues.
Great job on a successful first year! Looking forward to many more informative, interesting videos to come.
I absolutely LOVE the Jim Butterfield video, and have seen it several times. It made me buy the book "Machine language for the Commodore 64 and other Commodore computers". The Bits and Bytes show is also great. I'm so grateful for what you are doing. I was a bit skeptical at first when I saw a UA-cam video where a guy just waved his hand and talked, but when I started watching and learning from your videos I was hooked. Thank you so much for creating these videos for us! :)
I'm so grateful for the channel you've created. As a youngsterI lived through VIC20 and C64 ownership but I was a mere consumer of computing until my Amiga ownership days. I'm having a real renaissance with my computing childhood thanks to you.
Love your channel, Robin, please do keep up the great work. If you keep doing what interests you, I'm sure the audience will find you interesting.
I've learned a lot from your videos already, and I've been an avid Commodore fan since 1983. It only goes to show that you learn something new every day, right!? Never gets old, learning new things.
Congrats! I'm finally in on the first year of a great channel. And my reaction to seeing your face: "My eyes, the goggles do nothing!" ;) Oh, as for other 8bit computers, bring it on. I think most of us from back in the day owned, or were interested in a great many of those systems. I owned two versions of the Atari 2600, the small slim one and large one. A C64, breadbox and C64c. Amiga 500, 1200 and 2000HD as well as a TRS-80 model one with homemade RAM! I always loved the look of the Atari 600 and 800 computers and almost bought them instead of the C64, but ultimately went with the C64 as it had MUCH more software support for it.
Homemade RAM? How did you do that?
@@Okurka. I didn't, I got it from someone else who did. It was a large box with some sort of wire wrapped electronics. I know about electronics and memory, but I don't understand how he did it. I suppose he could have replicated the same circuits that exist in modern RAM somehow. It was pretty neat. I wish I still had the system, but alas, I live in an apartment building and am limited with space.
You're right, I skipped all the interview videos that Retro Man Cave did. But it's not just retro type interviews, I just skip those in general across all genres. Keep up the programming videos, most of the time, I'm already familiar with what you are covering, but I've still learned a few things that surprised me even after all these decades. I released a bunch of C64 programs back in the '80s. You can find them on the GEnie archive under the "ST/R" name.
i really enjoy your casual and relaxed format of making videos. many youtubers are hyper, frantic, quick cuts, yelling a lot. i appreciate that you don't do that.
I'm glad I can just be myself in these videos and not try to act like someone else. Thanks for watching :)
I like your channel very much because it has quality content and is a bit different from other channels. I learn things I didn't know when I was a kid, and it inspires me to connect my commodore computers to my 1084S Monitor and try things out for myself. One thing I have to say about videos with low view count: I think it is pretty normal that a broad range of people are attracted to this channel, even those with less programming skills/background. The whole 8 Bit scene, from The 8-Bit Guy to your channel and so on consists of different type of people. Regardless of your view count, I think if you produce some videos where you know that they will have a lower view count won't hurt your fan base. They will strengthen it nonetheless. And one thing that I would be very interested in would be if you do some Commander X16 stuff in the future (if you like). But that is my personal wish of course. I wish you all the best and will take a look into patreon!
I really love your channel and look forward to every new episode. 🤗 BUT now I can see I’ve missed a lot of interesting stuff! 😳😱 (very smart to post a one year recap) Well, I guess I know what I will do during the Christmas holidays. 😀 Thanks for you excellent channel and all hard work you put into it. 👍🏻
I think I started watching about 6 months in. I have thoroughly enjoyed every episode that I have seen and now look forward to going back and watching everything I have missed. Keep up the good work.
Wow and another year comes to an end. Keep making these great videos!
Excellent first year!
A true long beard you are my friend. I say do what you want to do and I still will watch. Your varied content is what keeps me excited to see what is next!
Really love this channel. Thanks for all the effort you've put into making these videos.
You’ve made a great channel here and put in a lot of work on it. Your lessons are easy to follow and understand, helped greatly by your very thorough descriptions. I wish you all the best success in the future of this channel. And try to not pay too much attention to views, thumbs up, and thumbs down counts. Make the videos you like on topics you enjoy and have fun doing it. That’s what’s important. Cheers!
Good job, sir! Keep up the good work and don't change a thing!
Your face. I like it! I wouldn't mind seeing you more on screen. You have passion you're charismatic.
As others have said I thought I had found an established channel. I never checked how long it had been around but just watch everything that comes out
my dad used to know Jim Butterfield back in his TPUG days. from all the stories I heard he was really cool.
Great roundup and also fascinating to hear the origins of your channel. I think you can be proud that you’ve been able to create a channel amongst the many other (bigger) ones, that really stands out. It’s just the right level of low-level information for me to follow and to be interesting. Keep it up, looking forward to another year!
Great show. Happy Anniversary!
Dude!!! I love that J.B. training tape, I've watched loads of times and still love it.
Great videos! Happy holidays to you.
I just watched the full Jim Butterfield video and the quote you cite Robin, is the best, and the fact that Jim modified the BASIC "? Syntax Error" message to "? IDIOT ERROR" LOL :)
Hi Robin, thank you for the show, I really enjoy it. I was programming a lot in assembly Commodore 64 behind the iron curtain back then. It was a little window to freedom I guess. Now I am getting back into it with C64 maxi and your videos really help me to recall stuff from 35 years ago ! I really value your technical depth in these videos, best of what I could find on the youtube. So thank you and keep it going.
I don't have Jim Butterfield's engaging personality or awesome facial hair, but I'm pleased to say that I do have a similar off-white suit. Really enjoying your channel, and looking forward to more insights into 8 bit programming.
I absolutely love your videos. The way you present even technical challenging topics is simply amazing. Especially the time you spend with preparing the content is worth mentioning. Keep on, I'm looking forward to the next year of your channel :)
Thanks very much, I love what you're doing with your channel too!
Thanks for making these awesome videos, I try to watch as much as I can, and I especially love learning assembly with the C64!
Many Many Congrats for a wonderfull year of wonderfull and informing Videos... Please keep that on...
Congratulations to your first birthday! Stumbled across your channel about half a year ago, I really love how in depth your videos are. Thanks!
I found your channel because of TheC64 which I’m picking up next week and as it turns out this channel is now the rabbit hole down which I’m burrowing. Your style is perfect and I like how you allow whatever you’re talking about to be the centre of focus. Keep up the great work because it’s fascinating 😀👍🏻
Excellent video my friend.
"sometimes programming could be most of the fun - why else would somebody stay up until 3 o'clock in the morning, cursing and then claim the next day that they had a wonderful time"
Jim inspired a generation of programmers worldwide with those tapes.
I love your channel. Keep up the great work.
It has been a great year of very interesting videos made with professional competence. Congratulations Robin!
I really appreciate you sharing your Commodore knowledge and passion.
I really enjoy the assembly programming and disassembly of basic. I realized I haven't been thumbing up your videos, but they are all GREAT!
someone in the 2600 group shared the hidden c64 album video. i’m sure a few of us will be with ya for year 2 🙏
Glad I could share your first year, lots of interesting content. Looking forward to year 2
Agree after watching Jim Butterfield is a legend, massively knowledgeable and brilliant relaxed and easy going style, I think you have that too👍👍
Glad you came this far man.
I always love some good 8-bit channels, because older hardware is awesome and i just might learn something useful for my own retro projects
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"Uh-huh. It's a good face.
I like it.
I like Robin .
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Robin thanks for the great content.
Jim Butterfield also played Columbo in American crime drama television series Columbo. I used your hands to say that. Cheers to one year! 🍻
Well done Robin, make sure you 'recap' your old motherboards too 😳
Your channel got me to buy a C64 Mini after thinking about it for months. Congrats for being so successful.
Thanks, and enjoy that Mini! :)
Hello Robin! Greetings from Mexico! Congratulations on year One - I really enjoy your channel. Looking forward to more awesome videos from you!
my dad used to know Jim back in his TPUG days. he sounds like he was a really cool guy. i don’t want to say who my dad is online because i stay semi-anonymous on most of my online accounts, but dad was on the board of directors and was one of the pet/superpet librarians for a time.
Many thanks for all your high quality content and particularly the way you present it 👍
Here's a timestamped index, with links to all the videos I mention in this video, including the Jim Butterfield C64 Training Tape at the top of the list:
0:36 Commodore 64 Training Tape With Jim Butterfield - ua-cam.com/video/J9WnHuGjZ38/v-deo.html
4:26 Commodore 64 BASIC: All 32 Errors! - ua-cam.com/video/9V1wFXKHTgw/v-deo.html
5:31 Commodore 64 BASIC: THEN IF Optimization and Benchmarking - ua-cam.com/video/FnfAUheRnfM/v-deo.html
5:54 Classroom Commodore 64 Enclosure and C128D - ua-cam.com/video/um9BA0VA_7s/v-deo.html
6:29 The Extra Spaces in Commodore 64 BASIC Errors - ua-cam.com/video/ZU7XZleSCAc/v-deo.html
7:41 Commodore 64 RAM Expansion Units & SID Random Numbers - ua-cam.com/video/-ADjfx79wNg/v-deo.html
8:03 High Density Floppy Disks on Commodore 1541? - ua-cam.com/video/1LCTDqoKYjE/v-deo.html
8:32 The 8-Bit Guy "Dream Computer" Appearance - ua-cam.com/video/ayh0qebfD2g/v-deo.html
11:11 Commodore 64 Assembly Language Programming With Turbo Macro Pro - ua-cam.com/video/EUCSZw7piKE/v-deo.html
11:46 More 6510 Commodore 64 Programming With Turbo Macro Pro - ua-cam.com/video/05vlobA3JeU/v-deo.html
12:02 Commodore 64 Game Programming: Keeping Score With Binary Coded Decimal - ua-cam.com/video/vnhyGt6URYc/v-deo.html
12:20 How Animated Commodore 64 Disk Directories Work - ua-cam.com/video/HVMjLUhOX90/v-deo.html
12:36 Exploring Epyx Fast Load for the Commodore 64 - ua-cam.com/video/D_2PPYoY5OY/v-deo.html
13:05 Optimizing With Integers in Commodore 64 BASIC? - ua-cam.com/video/wo14rDnGUbY/v-deo.html
13:27 Benchmark By Guitar Tuner? More Commodore 64 BASIC Optimization - ua-cam.com/video/21aIGHafj1w/v-deo.html
13:43 C-64 Auto Player #2 - ua-cam.com/video/ytsvlI8wA6Y/v-deo.html
14:26 Even More Commodore 64 BASIC Optimizations - ua-cam.com/video/J9QH-tUJB2s/v-deo.html
14:43 Commodore 64 Quirks, Bugs, and Easter Egg(s) - ua-cam.com/video/Zfy0l2TLd14/v-deo.html
14:59 Commodore PC 50-II - ua-cam.com/video/O5aro2Mjqgw/v-deo.html
15:27 Super Mario Bros. on the Commodore 64/128D with SuperCPU - ua-cam.com/video/cLb0SDlvmfI/v-deo.html
16:23 Neutron - New Commodore 64 SHMUP on NTSC C128D - ua-cam.com/video/Oh40Dx8rV14/v-deo.html
16:39 About Commodore 64 BASIC Abbreviations - ua-cam.com/video/AYhuPM0KH1o/v-deo.html Hey Birt's channel: ua-cam.com/channels/2V0T-vG.html...
17:00 Making a New Commodore 64 Game: 1nvader - ua-cam.com/video/SJ81YD9Ebec/v-deo.html
17:31 Star Trek Technobabble: Commodore 64 Speaks - ua-cam.com/video/jL0-EYAqHAA/v-deo.html
18:01 Realms of Quest V: The Biggest VIC-20 Game Ever? - ua-cam.com/video/PUsYNwISNNs/v-deo.html
18:19 Tiny Text Adventure: From ZX81 to VIC-20 to Ultimate 64 - ua-cam.com/video/_d2g5BXdyfU/v-deo.html
18:43 VIC-20 Super Expander: Programming Challenge - ua-cam.com/video/u0ERlESbErE/v-deo.html
19:10 Commodore 128 Secrets, Bugs, and Easter Eggs - ua-cam.com/video/pvB6YnE0gwc/v-deo.html
19:35 Join the Commodore 128 Escape Club - ua-cam.com/video/fo11D_rUN_M/v-deo.html
19:54 C128 BASIC Hack: Playing Digital Samples - ua-cam.com/video/hpkJRZZL6Bw/v-deo.html
20:14 Debugging C128 BASIC with TRON, TRAP, and More - ua-cam.com/video/D11AuAl5T-s/v-deo.html
20:38 IRQ-Driven SID Playback: Commodore 64 BASIC and Machine Language - ua-cam.com/video/EZAcD8aXVm4/v-deo.html
20:58 C64 Joystick-Controlled Sprites in Assembly and BASIC - ua-cam.com/video/mOMc6kLkUrg/v-deo.html
21:28 Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 14 - Video Montage Tour - ua-cam.com/video/kdYQbRnL2Ug/v-deo.html
21:49 Vintage Computer Festival Midwest Project Interviews - ua-cam.com/video/712jLsOnoZg/v-deo.html
22:42 C64 Turbo Assembler 34-Year-Old Bug Found & Fixed - ua-cam.com/video/bDbpntumA6A/v-deo.html
23:27 35 Year-Old Easter Egg Hidden On Vinyl - ua-cam.com/video/6_CZpFqvDQo/v-deo.html
24:11 Anti-Microsoft Easter Egg Hidden in C64 BASIC? - ua-cam.com/video/g8HHpmyFfw4/v-deo.html
24:35 33 Year-Old C64 Game Saved From Vinyl - ua-cam.com/video/ZAVuvXlbs4Q/v-deo.html
24:56 Karateka (Temporarily) Killed My 1541, and Other C64 Scares - ua-cam.com/video/a8B-EJQu6i0/v-deo.html
25:14 Exploring My Commodore IEEE-488 Disk Drive Collection - ua-cam.com/video/SPqIGOATFec/v-deo.html
25:30 What's next?
26:11 Thanks to my patrons! patreon.com/8BitShowAndTell
I have already gotten so much out of your videos. I am glad you are doing what you are doing ;) I have actually downloaded some of your videos in order to keep a local copy in order to reference to. The Fastload video taught me a whole lot of stuff I never knew about the cart I have been using for the past 30 some odd years.
Thank you!
I'm a programmer professionally. By watching your videos it puts my profession in perspective, and makes me realise that in the end... there is genius in every language, and on every kind of hardware.
Don't fuss too much over downvotes... the point is, most of us think you're doing great work. Move forward on that positivity.
An excellent recap, Robin. I always enjoy your videos and always learn a lot. Thanks for all your hard work and I look forward to more outstanding content in the new year.
I didn’t realize your channel was this new. Good job. I guess I’ll run into you at Chicago one of these days.
This was a great round up of all your episodes and gave me some ideas of what to watch next... well done!
Its good seing your face from time to time. Great channel!
keep up the great work. I particularly like your more in depth videos that involve programming, especially assembly. There are a log of people that cover game reviews, product review, etc; but few people can cover assembly code, and make it understandable. Thanks for all your hard work.
I absolutely ADORE this channel
I of course had to sit through the whole set of Jim Butterfield videos. I laughed probably far too loudly when, on his sequential files video, he slipped in a reference to _Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice_. Oy!
Wow, nice to put a face to your voice. The beard's quite nice!
I found that training tape about a year ago and for some reason I've watched it over and over so many times. I can almost quote the entire thing now like some of my favorite movies. lol
Congratulations on your first year. Keep up the good work. I love your videos.
Man you have a great channel. Good researched and knowledgeable content. Bravo....
Keep up the good work! I particularly like your assembler episodes
Your beard is farking epic, dude. Also keep that 128D keyboard yella!! :D
9:19 Awesome, hello there Robin. Great video this by the way.... I'm watching this in a delorean 😇🕹👌
I like your assembly language videos. Could you do some more? I like that you used the hardware and you go into great depth about each line.
Congratulations on one year of really interesting stuff. Continued success. Sorry I never got to meet Jim B. Suggest you look up the C128 website and get to know another legend, Bill Herd. Good guy and really interesting.
Thanks! I met Bil at the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest a few years ago, great guy, and he linked to a couple of my C128 related videos earlier this year :)
Robin, you are a treasure.
Thanks for your support xot! :) You're very encouraging on Twitter, I really appreciate it.
Congrats on a successful year! The 1st video I watched of yours was C64 quirks. I don't know if you're familiar with Doug DeMuro, but I was certainly thankful your video was 13 minutes long and not 45!
I didn't recognize Doug DeMuro's name but I looked him up and remember that I did watch one of his earlier videos when he bought the Ferrari :)
Love this
Really nice. I didn’t know your channel for a long time, but I do like it. I think, next, I will watch the ukulele video.
Butterfield quote at 4:00 “who else would stay up till 3am cursing and swearing and then claim they had a good time?”
My wife did that the other night.... We both woke up wide awake at like 1am and looked at each other, and agreed that we could both do something that didn’t cost anything. She’s walking around a little funny at the moment...
Well..no offense to the great Jim Butterfield, but I have to say you have hit upon a winning combination. I find your presentations fun and engaging, and you have one of the most pleasant presentation styles I've come across. Even amongst the best of speakers there is usually something about them that I find irritating, or detracting from the videos. Not so with your channel: I can say that after having watched a pretty good portion of the approximately 160+ videos you've got on this channel alone, I haven't come across one negative thing I can say about your delivery style.
I learned a lot from your channel. Keep on the good work!
Happy I found this guy! Really Cool
I'd really love to see more Atari based video's, I do love the Commodore 64 equally too.
Love the muzack. Are yooouuuu ready for the Commodore 64...and football?!
The most boggling thing for me, is that kids today are absolutely obsessed with simple games like Minecraft, and although i've never seen it, I would bet my left nut that this could run on a Commodore 64.
The Real C=64 could be sold in shops NOW and still be a huge success.
I find these very interesting but (or because) I never owned Commodore. Will you ever do anything about other 8-Bits like ZX Spectrum or Atari?
Thanks! I did have my Timex/Sinclair 1000 on in the VIC-20 text adventure episode, and showed my Tandy CoCo for a bit in the Microsoft Easter Egg episode recently. I don't have a ZX Spectrum yet, but I do have some Atari computers that I'll try to show soon. I just don't know nearly as much about those computers so I'll have to learn a lot to have something interesting to say, I think :)