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6:17 dig dug?

Those terminals are based on remote echo i.e. when you press a key he letter goes to the computer that sends it back to the screen. There were also systems based on local echo. That is the letter went directly to the screen. Then when you pressed Enter then the entire line or even the screen is sent to the computer to be processed. That way each terminal did not constantly bother the computer. Of course in such a system any arcade game would be impossible. Also in the the Enter and the Return were entirely different keys. The Return just moved the cursor.

30:09 aw a kangaroo.

15:55 you should’ve added the Soviet union.

I was always a big fan of the EGA Wonder card. Until Doom arrived.

My introduction to the internet was via dumb terminal connected to a mini-computer running UNIX or VAX. I could download images and binary files that were uuencoded into an ASCII stream, basically pages of text gibberish, then converted the ASCII text back into the binary file using "uudecode" or other similar fashion.

2:40 no wonder the fischertechnik interface couldn't be used on the amiga 1000 ,it doesn't have a printer port at all wich is needed for the interface to work

HE SIGEND A H*ENTAI! I am SO SORRY FOR HIM!

I hope if they do a full size version of it, that they do the 800 or 130xe with a proper keyboard. Like you, I was on Commodores (and Apples in school), so an Atari 8 bit computer would be new to me. I have used the Atari ST, but that's a different beast altogether.

I love how informative this is. 6502 is a champ

I can't believe you didn't demo Star Raiders. Best game for the Atari 400/800. Back in 1980 I worked at a computer store. We hooked up an Atari 800 to a video projector and stereo. When we fired it up and the guys from the shops on both sides of our store came over to see what was going on.

Wow, wrote a long post saying you didn’t mention an emulator option…. Then you did! 😂😂😂

My family got a puppy at the Canton, TX flea market when I was 7. Guy told us it was a yellow lab but turned out to be a pit bull that we ended up having to put to down because it was so mean

PLEASE dim sudden WHITE BACKGROUND segments!!!!! You’re KILLIN' us!!!!!

Ever hear of ppl making tattoo machines out of tape decks?

Schools back then: "Take out your text books, we're doing a quiz. You may not use calculators to help." Schools now: "Give me your damned phone, no cheating!" Computers then: topped out a 640k, BASIC was accessible (version dependent) and you could actually do something with it, namely write a program. Computers now: No imagination unless your name is Apple and you have $6000 to spare. need at least 16gb for most games. Insults then: "F@g! fatty, jumbo" Insults now: (N word bomb followed by various sundry expletives that would make Eminem blush) Music then: "Cassettes are complete crap, CD's are where it's at. Vinyl will soon die" Music now: "That Vinyl is solid fucking gold worth a billion dollars. Don't touch my cassettes but you can have these scratched CD's" Commercials then: Informative if somewhat annoying, classic and funny Commercials now: "Hello, this is Lume" Videogames now: "ugh download times...hurry up! Hey it's loading...DAMN IT!" Videogames then: "Mom, I want a sega genesis" "You already have an NES" "But this system is 16 bit" "...what does that even mean?" "it means sonic and sonic will never have a bad game" *me, an intellectual*: "HAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHAHHA!"

they probably just left keys unassigned to be utilized later in design. but they had to be keys that fit in with the rest. like along the bottom row or where F9,F10,F11,F12 are. so when they decided they needed arrow keys they couldn't just redesign the molds and PCBs; so they were forced to be inline. and because it's bad to begin with, deciding on an order, probably felt like, no one really knew which was better.

ok, so I have a PS3 and I gave a Tool CD that is a "Super-CD" but I have never figured out how to play it as a Super-CD in my PS3. (the PS3 can play Super-CD)

It might give you cancer buttttt it could also give you a third hand

just used vhs for the first time in my life after i got a vcr from facebook marketplace

Ehhh, VHS is a very interesting piece of old technology. Although these days I’d advise people to be careful buying VHS, if one is looked after well and not thrashed around it’ll most likely play just like a DVD. However some (lots of ex-rentals) would have degraded real badly (some VCRs might even kick up a stink playing them). I have a VHS which is at least 28 years old and it still plays like new. But altogether VHS is unpredictable and if your system mucks up you could end up with chewed tapes, even damaged tapes. Altogether VHS aren’t as bad as what they make out to be.

I miss Commodore keyboards So I'm trying to achieve it, but in an upgraded way with mx switches, wireless etc. I want that feel and the off‐white/brown‐grey look

The 6502 was the junk chip we got, when really the 65c816 was the chip we deserved... a 6502 that could address up to 16mb! A good example of releasing a product too soon before it was polished more, dooming it ultimately to failure versus the x86 architecture. From what I remember, the 6502 was a rip off of some other chip at the time, I think the 6800. The 6502 copied 56 of the 72 instructions of the 6800. Sad to see the old guy at the end saying the main market for it now was... retro hobbists. Like watching Bill Herd relive the glory days at Commodore on a tree branch that died that are gone forever. That being said, it was my first CPU. It's strength is it is approachable and mostly... from an assembly point of view... easy to understand.

wow great nostalgia, yal looked so young

its crazy realizing that the original price for the Apple I would be $3660 USD today. Making it the most expensive Apple product ever by base model price.

its now 2024 you cant even sniff one without paying at least 150 dollars for a working one and 119 for a broken one

This is this kind of videos who made your success David.

I love Sams Journey so much. Nice Vid. Thanks. All C64 fans should check out a new Game called Timo´s Castle :)

Bro why's one of the venture bros in the thumbnail? That ain't the 8 bit fella!

dude i friggin love atari. like, total zombie corspe of a company ye? but the fact they are releasing stuff again and being actually good friggin rox ye. Love you too mr 8 bit man you remind me of my grandpa but instead of corperate law you do like computers and stuff. totes slammin

0:29 It happened with my Wiimote

another great cleaning weapon we have in Australia is called Sugar Soap its used on anything thats beenm used near smoking it will remove all organic type grime from any paited or plastic surface / anyway great video its great to see a real pet computer @ 56 bi still havnt seen a pet in person 🙂👍🍺

Born in 83 🙋🏼‍♀️ After years of trying to remember which computer I had as a small child, today I got some papers from my dad’s house and hold and behold there was the Quick Set-Up Guide for the Vtech IQ Unlimited Computer. And here I am!! Thank you for showing it, great memories!! Hi from Puerto Rico 🇵🇷

I remember a Omega Race coin op sit down table style arcade at My local Pizza Hut.Loved it!

The CD-i sold for $800 at launch?! Thats more than both the NeoGeo and 3DO went for at launch!

I found a man uh oh! I’m sure someone else has noticed. But the disk at the beginning says load “⭐️” on screen you type load “$”.

Yes they were!

11:25 -- "Commodore 64 or one of these and I picked the computer" -- and thus, another magical point where a future is saved 🤟

My first computer was a zx Spectrum plus 2. I had 3 happy years with that! Then I got a Mega drive!

I had a Atari 800 XE and 1040 STE back then, and therefore was never a Commodore-guy, but the sounds and grapgics of the Amiga still impress me.

Hello. Is it possible to get some old computer sounds to our game from you :)

have you try picocomputer?

What no book to teach commodore basic .........is that all you get in a macbook 1.8ghz i5 5350u thats 2c 4t 15w tdp a celeron desktop cpu will trounce it ,i have a 9750h and an 11th gen i3 11100 beats it

It's now amusing that in his first video he says "I suspect this will be a year long project"... Right... a year. Sure.

On the plus 4 if you load a game hold the commodore key while pressing reset it goes into a sort of bios and then type list and you will see a sys code.type run and the game runs corrupt

I'm a bit disappointed that the membrane keyboard is non functional on this one - since the 400 Mini is about the same size as a Sinclair ZX81, there is no good reason why thay couldn't have included a working membrane keyboard on this one, which would have improved its usefulness a lot. Obviously it would be a bit fiddly to use but it would have been very cool indeed (I'm sure the hardware modding community will soon be adding this functionality, probably with an aftermarket membrane and an Arduino or some similar way of interfacing it to the usb) Even so, a very cool product, but they REALLY missed a fantastic opportunity with that keyboard. Wouldn't it be great if manufacturers actually sold fully functional products instead of relying on the community to add the finishing touches? Then again it's been a long time since games were sold in anything close to a finished form...

2:37 that sound hurt me deep inside, it was like hearing a kitten scream in pain

MP3 players and camera recorders are still very useful today: With a camera recorder you get with 100/200 euro the same camera quality a 2000 euro phone has, and you don't have to compromise on the specs of the phone for a good camera. And with MP3s, you don't have to take up phone storage space either EDIT: Forgot to say that a 200 euro camera will last you a decade at least Mine did

i really love programming in BASIC my knowledge of it is very BASIC pun intended, but i bought a chromeos and convert it into a oldschool laptop :D

I love the red dwarf reference. I don't often hear people talk about that show.