1541 Micro: THEC64 floppy drive ANYONE can make & use! Even on your phone! No 3D printer required!

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Create THEC64 floppies on your cellphone? Make a 1541 without a 3D printer? I've got you covered! For THEC64® or THEC64 Mini. Made possible by the supporters & our friendly sponsor PCBWay.com - great PCBs from $5!
Update: Since publishing this we found an even easier method! What used to be 6 steps including using HxCFloppyEmulator.exe is now just 3 steps with HxC no longer needed. Best of all, you can browse & add to the floppy directly from Windows File Explorer! Check out the new method here: www.perifractic.com/takeout-s...
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@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Thanks for watching! Since publishing this we found an even easier method! What used to be 6 steps including using HxCFloppyEmulator.exe is now just 3 steps with HxC no longer needed. Best of all, you can browse & add to the floppy directly from Windows File Explorer! Check out the new method here: www.perifractic.com/takeout-shop/1541-mini/ Big thanks to Doug Bergen for his help with this. May the nostalgia be with you! Your friend in retro, Perifractic

@Ramdileo_sys 3 года назад

14:05 "Comodore 64's may not be able to run Crysis, but at least don't spy on us" The best reflection i ever heard on any RU-vid video... I applaud standing to @Retro Recipes...

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

@@Ramdileo_sys Thank you for appreciating that.

@ygorgomes5202 3 года назад

U look tired on this video. Are u ok?

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

@@ygorgomes5202 Thanks for asking! I wasn't aware of that but maybe I was tired ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@AFourEyedGeek 2 года назад

Thanks for this, loved seeing your Micro Floppy.

@robchissy 3 года назад

as everyone knows, PCB stands for Perifractic Can Build

@6581punk 3 года назад

Printing Covers Brilliantly.

@Buyemsellem Месяц назад

Or Pakistan Cricket Board 😅

@ZekeGraal 3 года назад

I watch a lot of retro tech RU-vidrs, but I believe you have given more love to the C64 mini than anyone else. I don’t even own one!

@stephenbruce8320 3 года назад

Nice! Amazing how many work arounds you have come up with to turn a USB Floppy Drive to be usable for THEC64. It's all good stuff and its nice to see the C64 is still alive and well.

@j0hnf_uk 3 года назад

Featuring 2 of my favourite 64 games!

@seinfeldclips 3 года назад

I love your recipodos... oh, recipodes!

@VJagentONE 3 года назад

Wow never met a person or anyone else who Plays or even knows what Parallax is! I love that game and the intro song...mezmerizing.

@stevejennings3960 3 года назад

Another amazing video Chris!!! The love you give to the c64 is superb mate!!!

@RichardBrown121 3 года назад

Love this channel, so informative and innovative. The humour just puts a smile on my face too :)

@jackfroste Год назад

I love all the background music. Nice work.

@Trusteft 3 года назад

1984? Dude that's one cool game! I would have loved it back then.

@Agnus78 Год назад

Directed by JJ Abrams XD you guys are the best. As for the floppy i thought that end result will be much worse, its cool actually!

@rogerm1111 3 года назад

I'm loving your videos, keep up the good work.

@PazkalTheRazkal 3 года назад

I am 37, I NEVER used a commodore and I still find myself binging these videos.

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

That's a great compliment thank you!

@TamasKalman 3 года назад

fantastic project - also the parallax game music after the pilot exits the ship is really cute

@cpace123 3 года назад

Thanks for the heads up. I have 2 real c64, and a mini, I just pre-ordered my TheC64.

@TrenchcoatSteve 3 года назад

I bought the exact same floppy drive last month -- the last one my computer shoppe had in stock. I may turn it into a mini Atari SF-354 since I bought it to transfer files to my Atari TT030 workstation until my SD drive arrives. Great job on the decal, puns, lens flare, and info!

@JimmyAK 3 года назад

This channel just gets better and better. I look forward to your episodes every week. The amount of effort and attention to detail in these videos is insane. Time to become a Patreon I think!

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Thank you so much James!!! 👍🕹

@stephenwall5159 3 года назад

Always a good day to see a new video of yours arrive. Ah yes, I remember landing in Parallax just to hear the music that plays when you're onfoot.

@Windows71246 3 года назад

14:10 Even stranger when I was listening to this video in the background I was playing Driver Parallel Lines how odd must be a glitch in the Matrix. 😂

@CoreDreamStudios 3 года назад

I love the various ways you can do this, good work! :-)

@jmboyd78 3 года назад

Perfect, this will be very handy! Thanks

@ColorMeMozart 3 года назад

Never thought I would be able to format a disk straight from Android! Gonna try it today. Thanks for another great vid. Big hello to puppifractic!

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

She says HAIIII

@d_vibe-swe 3 года назад

Aww. That drive is really cute :)

@Ramdileo_sys 3 года назад

14:05 "Comodore 64's may not be able to run Crysis, but at least don't spy on us" The best reflection i ever heard on any RU-vid video... I applaud standing to @Retro Recipes...

@waltergooeyblob 3 года назад

Like the Spectrum mini!

@milk-it 3 года назад

That's some of the slickest Photoshop use I've seen!

@sspotter1978 3 года назад

This is awesome. Thanks so much. Liked and Subscribed

@pipermacnabb4537 3 года назад

I can't wait to get mine!!!

@GentryBa1 3 года назад

Like always: Your videos are so nice, bringing back old memories and inspire to create new things in fusion/inkscape for the printers (3D + 2D). Thank you so much for all that content you make with an very high amount of love. :)

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️

@janet.snakehole Год назад

ok, not that I doubted you... but i bought the exact floppy drive u recommended and it works beautifully

@RetroRecipes Год назад

🙌

@00Skyfox 3 года назад

I used to love playing Parallax. It was one of my favorite games, although I was never able to get past level 2 or 3 (the part where you have to get perfectly through that corridor of crushers to transition to the next level). It’s been so long since I’ve played it I can hardly remember how! Always loved the music, too. So much music packed into only a few K of code!

@stuartleckie 3 года назад

That JJ lens flare 😆 Your last one was superb, but this one I think I can actually do. Maybe 😃 Top work fella. 👍🏻

@j-fharbec379 3 года назад

You're indeed getting better and better. This sticker might not seem much to some people but it's a very nice attention to details. Just seeing your video makes me want to buy "The C64" and a matching floppy. Now, I can't decide if I want a Pi400 more than "The C64".... arrrgh!

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Thank you!

@doktor6495 3 года назад

VVEERRYY NNIICCEE JJOOBB!!! Thank you Chris! Greetings, Doc64!

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Thank you! Glad you like it! 👍🕹️

@theotherchannel2279 3 года назад

I only watched2 seconds of this so far and gave it a big thumbs up... I think it is because I love Puppy Fractic!!! ;)

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Yeah that must be it! ;-)

@fabiofontes 3 года назад

Your ideas are endless!! :D

@kevinmccallister7647 3 года назад

Amazing video as always!

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Thank you for your kind words. Means a lot! 👍🕹 Now do you need help finding your way home Kevin?...

@kevinmccallister7647 3 года назад

@@RetroRecipes lol that would be nice

@satchman2000retro 3 года назад

brilliant, thanks Peri for providing this. I bought a USB floppy on the strength of your previous video, and this is the icing on the cake :) Coincidentally, I though I was the only person that said "co inky dink" :)

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Haha great minds...

@TPau65 3 года назад

A really cool and (relative ^^) easy to make alternative to 3D printing! 😃

@francoisfritz198 3 года назад

comme on dit chez moi: " Simple et Efficace" Good job Mister retro, take care.

@thetyneandweartransportspo8526 2 года назад

Thanks so much for this video

@Tim_3100 3 года назад

Great video 🙂

@mickehog76 3 года назад

PCB = pets can build too! 😜

@Evilslayer73 3 года назад

very cool mod again :) awesome !

@GAIUSJAKE 3 года назад

great video!

@galamoonretrogaming 3 года назад

Bravo ! good idea

@kenkrugger 3 года назад

That is AWESOME!!!

@mephustowest1876 3 года назад

I know that 3d printed one is really cool, but I really really like how you did this with just decal

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Thank you!

@mephustowest1876 3 года назад

@@RetroRecipes you are welcome, and your videos have really gotten me into the commodore computers. I have been lucky enough to get a vic-20 and c64 recently and i make use of a lot of your videos. Thank you sir.

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

@@mephustowest1876 That's great!

@davidnowka4854 3 года назад

this sparked me to investigate if I could do the same with an old Iomega USB Zip Drive. I was able to find my old USB Zip Drive... it was in a box with 2 old Iomega Jazz SCSI drives and an old Parallel Zip drive!! Found a box of fifteen 100mb zip disks in a different box. Plugged it into a Win 10 machine and it recognized right of way it was a USB Zip drive. Stuck a disk into it and it spun up (forgot how loud these were). The disk was already formatted as FAT, so I formatted it again to clean the crap I had on the disk off and then copied some D64 images over to it. Turned theC64 Maxi on and then plugged the Zip drive in and waited about 10 seconds and it did show up like it was a flash drive. Loaded a couple games and they all worked. THX for the inspiration, always enjoy your videos

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Awesome!

@asphixmx 3 года назад

You could spray-paint the drive. Then apply a sticker for the rainbow and the Commodore logo. On ebay there are some Poland-made stickers, pretty much like the originals and very cheap.

@RomanOrlik1 3 года назад

Good day. very nice idea. I like watching your channel, you have very good ideas and inspiration. I like this disk drive so much that I'll make it for myself. Thank you very much, I wish you another great ideas. Wish you good luck.

@MarcWeertsMusic 3 года назад

Aww, poor sleepifractic! 😂 Another fun video!

@fluffycritter 3 года назад

Whoa, I never knew there was more to Parallax than just flying around and shooting things.

@OfflineSetup 3 года назад

Do Home Depot still have a colour (sorry "color") matching service (a device that scans the image/object and produces a RGB value)

@Jdbye 3 года назад

I believe so, they still use it for paint mixing. It's fun to be able to take some random object like a hearing aid, and copy that exact shade of beige and use it to paint your house.

@francescofidelibus46 3 года назад

Un video stupendo........grande !!!!!!

@wisteela 3 года назад

Fantastic

@chaoslab 3 года назад

That fur trim even has a tail!

@Super_Bros. Год назад

If you used a USB to AUX in adapter could you replicate the Datasette?

@GeorgesChannel 3 года назад

You are an inexhaustible well of good ideas!

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Well... thank you!

@SeaJay_Oceans 3 года назад

you have a good sound system - excellent mic pick up of your voice.

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Thank you for your kind words. Means a lot! 👍🕹

@LadyArceeprime24 3 года назад

Woot new video

@cvvv6166 3 года назад

Nice 😉👍👍

@sgkonfetti 3 года назад

Topic suggestion: 5,25" Drive attached to the Amstrad PCW

@HelloKittyFanMan. 3 года назад

Nice finished product! Haha, "directed by JJ Abrams"!

@Potts1966 3 года назад

Was the second 1 in 1541 always different? Never noticed before and now I can't unsee it!

@plan7a 3 года назад

I wondered that also - especially as the 3D Printed one has a normal 1 at the end!

@Potts1966 3 года назад

@@plan7a I noticed the 3D printed one with the normal 1. I've just searched on Google and can only find pictures of the 1541 with the different 2nd one. Is this going to be one of those Mandela effect things?

@srh_reaper835 3 года назад

Awesome job, just wondering i have linux system that i have setup as a dedicated Commodore System, just wondering if these drives are able to read C64 disks out of the box or is there something in Linux i would have to do first?

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Once formatted correctly they should work out the box. See the new method at perifractic.com/downloads discovered yesterday!

@francistaylor1822 3 года назад

Didn't know this wasn't sold world wide - I bought my c64 in Australia on release, and an extra joystick direct from UK.

@t.k.tronix0815 3 года назад

noice .. good for old HW_Conf.ini Floppys

@TJWhiteStar 3 года назад

Screams Macintosh it's a coat into the ether 😂

@RetroHackShack 4 месяца назад

I am working on a Commodore SX-64 "Micro" project out of a converted portable TV from the mid-80s. In the process, I figured out how to format the floppy disks natively in Linux. 1. Plug in the USB floppy drive (with disk inserted) and unmount it if it auto-mounts 2. Open up a terminal window and determine the device name of your floppy drive by running "lsblk" 3. Run the command "sudo mkfs.fat -F 12 -n C64 --mbr=y /dev/sdX" being sure to swap "/dev/sdX" with the name of your floppy device (i.e. /dev/sdb) The "--mbr=y" was the missing link. It won't work without that. Have fun Linux users!

@Zan_Jayna 3 года назад

I have a commodore 64 and a box of large size diskettes. I was wondering if you knew of a way that I could read the disks and transfer files on them to windows?

@darkwinter6028 3 года назад

Ya know, for as often as you do this; perhaps a colorimeter (a.k.a monitor & printer calibrator) wouldn’t be a bad investment... 🤔

@darthnagus5457 3 года назад

Nice

@milk-it 3 года назад

Swinburne uni eats it! UWA rulez ;-)

@FishcatGames Год назад

omg thank u so much ✌️ 👨 👩 🐶

@RamLaska 3 года назад

7:33 Man, I loved those clear/translucent floppies from circa '96 7:44 LOL!!! 13:25 Commodoro! It's the rare Spanish variant of the 1541 mini, manufactured in La Mancha. One warning: Don't get it near a windmill.

@couzanlim2615 3 года назад

Omg nice.. You the name. Have you try on nextstep 3.3 os fresh install.Anyway to let it detect USB... Not referring on virtual window install images.

@303gntle 3 года назад

Worth noting the MINI is different in colours, the NA/NSTC vs. the EURO/PAL are totally different in shades. Thou i like the idea with the stickers :D

@tomwilson2112 3 года назад

LOL..... "Directed by JJ Abrams." Clever, Peri. Clever.

@HisVirusness 3 года назад

First awesome part of my birthday: A new Perifractic video.

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Happy birthday! 🎉🎁🍰🎈🥳👍🕹️

@HisVirusness 3 года назад

@@RetroRecipes Thank you!

@danholli123 3 года назад

BTW still working on the vicii² for sx64. Just waiting for some more time to finish it

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

That's exciting! Thank you for your support! 👍🕹️

@Delirious365 3 года назад

1:00 LOL 👀🎬💾 & good video

@demoscenes 3 года назад

What a nice ride :) Love all the small details and barking references. Really made my day and urge to eventually go for a THEC64 thingy. Most because it seems the FW is "okay" and yeah just to have an external "1541" beside it, just makes it look halfsexy, compared to the real deal that will always look sexy! :D

@nicolaliguori5965 3 года назад

Super! Thanks! Next step: run roms directly to the smartphone usin it as usb storage drive: did someone try that! The C64s recognize it? If not some firmware update/hack might be required?

@Serpicoitalia 3 года назад

SNIP SNIP😂, i Remember one episode of the Jefferson, its casual?👋

@LurgsHowToGuides 3 года назад

I agree Mac=Raincoat Pants=Boxer shorts\underwear

@MrFiver1111 3 года назад

Maccaroni

@heathwellsNZ 3 года назад

1:50 Poor puppyfractic appears to be having dreams of the archive videos about WORMS...

@randysmith7094 3 года назад

I wonder if "Mini Tool Partition Wizard" can format a floppy Fat32? I'd try it if I had a floppy, it seems to be able to format everything else.

@crewsayer 3 года назад

Any chance you could make that decal available in PDS or PNG format for those of us who might want to tweak it a bit before printing?

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

It's already in PNG. Adding multiple formats adds some complexity and I find it best to keep it simple on the webpage rather than bombard users with options. But if you open it in PhotoShop you should be able to make any tweaks you need using some creative editing ;-)

@crewsayer 3 года назад

@@RetroRecipes It downloads as a pdf file, not png. Photoshop can import it and convert it, but that doesn't help people using other editors.

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

@@crewsayer Oh I see what you mean. I've updated the page with a PSD version too: www.perifractic.com/takeout-shop/1541-mini/

@crewsayer 3 года назад

@@RetroRecipes Thanks!

@AlexEvans1 3 года назад

Two of the Macs on my network are names "raincoat" and "slicker".

@eskey691 3 года назад

Ladyfractic is now Jedifractic nice haha. Great video as always an hey i even had a laugh at a few of them dad jokes hehe (they are deffo getting better) and nice to see the 2 puppyfractic's even tho one was a bit sleepy :-). Roll on the next video and catch you guys in the next one, take care :-)

@awilliams1701 3 года назад

lol speaking of windows formatted disks, someone dumped a bunch of old stuff in the break room at work. A CRAPLOAD of 14 pin round sockets and.........new old stock (in the original wrapper) 3.5" mac formatted disks. I thought it was odd that they were mac. But it's even more bizzare to see floppies at all. There isn't a computer at work that can use them and haven't been in close to 10 years.

@simonbarnes8303 3 года назад

I might do this one. Excellent job as always. Incidentally is there a way of getting old cartridge games working with the C64? That would be really good if possible.

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Yes just download the crt files

@simonbarnes8303 3 года назад

Retro Recipes no I meant real physical cartridges. I guess it would need a USB cartridge reader.

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

@@simonbarnes8303 That won't work. THEC64 looks specifically for CRT files, so a real cartridge wouldn't be compatible

@abramuccio 3 года назад

have you tried to create the partition with windows commandlint tool diskpart?

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Yes, it doesn't work

@UnholyTriforceDelenn 3 года назад

This is pretty awesome, but I think I prefer the Commodoro 1541 you made before. It's much more nostalgic and more creative. :) Also...wait... 14:44? "A*S PRESENTS"? That's a bit of a rude abbreviation for a software developer to use. lol

@JVHShack 3 года назад

I've enjoyed this series of recipes in spite of not owning anything made by Commodore. Only thing is, I'm left wondering if something similar could be done towards the Apple II line. I currently own a //c and a IIgs...

@RetroRecipes 3 года назад

Have you looked at the FloppyEmu? You could spray or decal one.

@JVHShack 3 года назад

@@RetroRecipes I actually own one, but the case wasn't available at the time I got mine. I just have a bare PCB.

@jupreindeer 3 года назад

This is great news that the fully featured C64 is on schedule for the Holiday season, as promised. And then... there's that joystick that comes with it. Of course, they couldn't have improved it. Can check my channel for my tutorial on a DIY for making the thing more durable. Sadly, it won't make it a better joystick. Just one that hopefully can take a bit more of a pounding. I only keep it for that array of special function buttons. In fact, my recommended replacement controller of choice is this USB joy pad that looks like an S-NES controller and is marked iNNEXT. Plug n Play friendly and is a thousand times more durable. Found it on e-bay and I bet it lists elsewhere, too. Or, actually an even better idea is to part out that rubbish stick for the parts inside, build a worthy 3D case and install a quality arcade stick. Something that can take a pounding and last for years. Instead of that thing...that will snap after one harsh session of the Olympic games that comes bundled on it.