Can a 1982 Commodore 64 control a modern Smart Home? 📹quickbytes (4/1/24)

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@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

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@jaysoncowan5763 2 месяца назад

Fake video, you actually got the c64 to ai generate this fake video.

@davenirtam7965 Месяц назад

Awesome episode :-) Laughed a lot ! But you know, somewhere, someone is probably working on a C64 smarthome-controller...

@LordOrwell Месяц назад

is any of this video real? The connecting of the wifi to smartthings seemed a little fishy.

@RetroRecipes Месяц назад

@@LordOrwell Tell me you haven't watched the whole video without actually telling me ;)

@MeppyMan 2 месяца назад

“They’ve seen all my expressions when you’re talking” 😂

@arkania101 2 месяца назад

"Nobody cares about Knight Rider" lol. Oh my thank you for that - I haven't laughed that hard in a long time!

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

You're very welcome heheheh

@Greedygoblingames 2 месяца назад

😂😂😂 I couldn't stop laughing when Ladyfractic said "they've all seen my expressions on the show" 😂😂😂 yes, yes we have, priceless! God I love your show.

@cyberhawk99 2 месяца назад

Your acting was so natural and the content mirrored real life conversations I've personally experienced. Well done guys cause you got me! I kinda forgot about what date it was. :)

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

Yessss!

@CallousCoder 2 месяца назад

lol I loved the ending! My friend and I made one in 1989 using the user port and 16 pins and relays to switch 16 devices on or off. The one I offered to send you is the one that without the relay board and a new implementation. The teacher wasn’t really all that impressed switching on and off lights from a 500 guilder computer. The independent adjudicator for the oral exam was elated, she’d never seen a computer turn on a TV, a preset coffee machine and mechanical microwave before. Our teacher was like: “how can you justify a 500 guilder computer over a 20 guilder mechanical timer?! 😂 But doing this using a pi pico or ESP32 talking to a Philips hue (the only one I know) is trivial. In fact I had a raspberry pi with a 433MHz receiver listen to the Bluetooth doorbell when it rang it would turn on the hall lights and play an MP3 of a dog barking. Since I don’t have a puppy fractic I had to digitize one 😂

@waynekeenansvideos 2 месяца назад

Nice. In version 2.0 (release date April 1st 2025) you should integrate it with Little Computer People and ask them to walk around their virtual house controlling your real house.

@sturkrazee288 2 месяца назад

Reminds me of the Electric Dreams movie where he was plugging up all the devices in the house and the computer became his worst nightmare later😂😅

@DocMicrowave Месяц назад

LOL, I love that movie. It's a classic.

@Thiesi 20 дней назад

That movie was just released for free on RU-vid a few weeks ago. So sad though Lenny Von Dohlen who played Miles passed away.

@more.power. 2 месяца назад

Great quickbytes Fractic Family thank you for including us into your lives.

@capuman 2 месяца назад

I love how there are still things being developed for the C64 to this date.

@CubicleNate 2 месяца назад

Oh, dang, you got me 5 years in a row now. Well done. I just don't learn.

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

Hahaha brilliant!

@999jay999 2 месяца назад

I actually thought they were having a barny in the car.. haha

@MichaelEdwards2 2 месяца назад

@@999jay999 So did I lol

@UncleAwesomeRetro 2 месяца назад

I'm gonna watch this on my old crt tv in my retro living room :D

@jamiepalmer1073 2 месяца назад

Great vid guys great April fools too. 😂😂😂

@X22GJP 2 месяца назад

Nooooo, really?

2 месяца назад

April floods ...

@elphive42 Месяц назад

I appreciate the dedication of adding the real Hi8 camcorder footage of the mirror back into Rarevision so that it looks like it matches the edge distortion. It’s a nice touch.

@arntfu 2 месяца назад

That was the best april fools joke so far today 😂

@Smartzenegger 2 месяца назад

Oh how well done this is, the best April Fools so far! :)

@robertbarker5981 2 месяца назад

"😢 This is going to make some great repair videos" 😂😂😂

@shaggy5777 2 месяца назад

"Look that's where they filmed Knight Rider"

@josephficara3666 2 месяца назад

Omg I didn’t even think that this might be an April fools joke. Sure hope it was 😅

@simonsayshomeassistant 2 месяца назад

Great to hear that you are a smart home fan! X10 and Commodore are the legends!

@tomwilson2112 2 месяца назад

I have not laughed so hard at one of your videos in a long time. Well done!

@WaypointComics 2 месяца назад

That'll drain the finances and sink the budget.....happy April :)

@kitt28 Месяц назад

I had one of those tape recorders with I was little, then a Walkman, I always wanted a mini tape recorder, you retro videos are being me back, thanks

@moffputter8116 2 месяца назад

April Fools with you is one of the best!

@sutorippuwebmaster8783 2 месяца назад

I seem to recall from the demo and tutorial on the C128 that it could also be programmed to do simple smart home tasks like dimming the lights, shut off water or power at certain hours. Was there a version of this controller specifically for the 128? Maybe you could try that as well.

@emmettturner9452 2 месяца назад

He doesn’t actually have any version. The video filter is for pretending those are his hands instead of borrowed footage. The original source is in the description. Give it a watch! :)

@sutorippuwebmaster8783 2 месяца назад

@@emmettturner9452 I knew the flooding was just an effect but holy jeez, that's commitment to the bit! That said, I wasn't kidding when I said the C128 advertised it could be made to do some of these tasks. With the proper hardware and control devices, I would think.

@emmettturner9452 2 месяца назад

@@sutorippuwebmaster8783 that’s really cool, especially if it’s for more than just C64 mode on a C128. :)

@sutorippuwebmaster8783 2 месяца назад

@@emmettturner9452 There's a section in the tutorial disks that came with the 128 that briefly touches on it. That, you had to run in 128 mode so I'm guessing that was the intent? I'm unsure as I never tried it.

@AndREDraut 2 месяца назад

Many Thanks for putting my nostalgic photo on your last retro show 36. Wasn't expecting to be on your show so soon :) It was my Schneider EuroPc with all the stuff around. I was about to play Leisure Suit Larry 1 on it, but it's hard to see on the photo. I tried to fax you, but it get's me a fax signaling error, weird... Greetings, Alain (André) Draut from Luxembourg

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

Oh that was a cool pic! Was it called Amstrad in other countries I wonder? Sorry to hear about the fax error. Faxes have been coming in, but there are incompatibilities out there and our machine doesn't have ECM so sometimes after a fax is received it gives an error. What were you sending and I'll let you know if it arrived. Thanks for the support!!

@AndREDraut 2 месяца назад

@@RetroRecipesthis Computer was a IBM compatible that came only out as Schneider, later there was the Schneider EuroPC II. It was the first PC that was completely built under the keyboard, an external 20 Mb hard disc was optional and cost as much as the computer itself. it had one small expansion slot for very short cards. Schneider and Amstrad had small cooperations like the CPC 464 and 6128, but later they went separate ways. I tried to fax via an iphone App, could also be the app that isn't working correctly.

@SirGalahard 2 месяца назад

you got me until the end (the flood scene)! 🤦🤣

@jonc-1989 2 месяца назад

You fooled me for a moment in the car but two things gave it away: 1) You have already said you have a leak sensor that can switch off the mains as well as it controlled on your phone which you can do remotely. 2) the stock baby crying sound effect.

@mrt.7146 Месяц назад

Spotted this when you started talking about, how you'd code a new firmware 😂 That car sketch was hilarious 🤩

@8BitRetroJournal 2 месяца назад

I watched it with my wife and even though we knew it was an April Fools video from the start, the funny twist was worth it. Perfect one to watch with her. I made one as well, also rather long at 20 minutes, with an interesting twist at the end (I do them yearly inspired by yours).

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

That's so nice to hear - I'll check it out

@richardedwards9389 2 месяца назад

The printout was bang on - inc the wobbly diagram which was of it's time however it would've been a scanned document from some internet archive so would be slightly miss-aligned. The project is quite plausible though even on an old C64 or any 8 bit.

@webmonkees 2 месяца назад

those were such the upgrade. two different lamps! Even working at the Radio Shack I couldn't get much more than a half dozen going. Now to designate a box to 'found x10 controls'

@douglasvega8738 2 месяца назад

I have April first circled on my calendar so I don't miss your video, a nice way to start the month, cheerios!!!!

@eekee6034 2 месяца назад

"sometimes called the PowerHouse." 🤦🤣 All joking aside, I _really_ wish I'd got over my hangups and made my Atari 130XE control my curtains & lights when I was 15, and then made a remote to control it. I knew everything I needed to. I never thought of the graphical view though! XD

@MeppyMan 2 месяца назад

I started to build an I/O board for my ZX-81 back in the day. Was all a bit ahead of the times for me (especially at that age).

@Phoenix38m 2 месяца назад

Your April Fools vids are getting exponentially good.

@mattguy1980 2 месяца назад

you had me fooled up until the fake water. awesome vid. happy april fools day guys

@DuesenbergJ 2 месяца назад

Looking forward to the repair videos. That will be great!

@ttpayton 2 месяца назад

Oh that was beautiful.

@LP6_yt 2 месяца назад

Brilliant. Well done! And hello from Scotland!

@michaelb4439 2 месяца назад

Lady Fractic should have called you a "fool" instead of "idiot" lol

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

Ohhhh... I get it now!

@anakondase 2 месяца назад

Well done, if everyone put in this kind of effort most april fools would be a lot more fun!

@BilisNegra Месяц назад

Wait, the house flood was a prank, but was the home automation project with the C64 a prank, too?

@RetroRecipes Месяц назад

perifractic.com/gofundme

@YF501 2 месяца назад

Gosh i really wish something like this to exist. Hooking a c64 into homeassistant for controlling stuff and looking at data would be amazing

@emmettturner9452 2 месяца назад

It does exist. Check the description for a link to the source video. The video filter lets Peri pretend they are his hands. :)

@JustinEmlay 2 месяца назад

Well on the flip side you'll have a TON of repair videos!

@stephanepiquemal8297 2 месяца назад

Incredible feature for that time :)

@MichaelEdwards2 2 месяца назад

I was going to start a gofundme and then remembered its April Fools

@magicknight8412 2 месяца назад

I bet you see knight rider locations every journey! The Amstrad had some power line control boxes , not sure how well they worked !

@talesfromthejundlandwastes5498 2 месяца назад

Great production values as always. For a fool, that is.

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

What did you call me?!?! ;)

@MelonFarmer68 2 месяца назад

OH man! you had me fooled right up to when you showed the studio and the fake water, but props to you this was a good one :D

@funkalicious2002 2 месяца назад

😂 You two should be professional actors. 😂😂

@MrInterieurverzorger 2 месяца назад

Oh, the irony 🤣

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

👀

@BilisNegra Месяц назад

I'm thinking maybe some of the people reading this do not know they are indeed professional actors.

@jj_and_the_jaysjays6316 2 месяца назад

I've been waiting for this for a few months now :)

@michaelblum410 2 месяца назад

Some day, I'll catch on to these early. But today is not that day

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

LOL

@MrFlyboy1972 2 месяца назад

Brilliant - for a moment there I thought she was really kicking your bottom. Excellent April Fools!

@alecj3454 2 месяца назад

So did the idea for the skit come before or after the idea for the Commodore 64 smart house system? Looking back, the whole thing could of been a set up for the ending...lol. Very well done. The baby crying was hilarious b/c you ignored it so thoroughly. Bravo Fractic Family!!

@jackiechan8840 Месяц назад

If that was an April fools... I was genuinely worried and now demand therapy.

@Poisso3 2 месяца назад

My mind is blown! What can't you do with this technology!

@chrisrobson8540 2 месяца назад

5 minutes in and wondering about how much cable you'd need when i realised the date........nearly got me 😛

@emmettturner9452 2 месяца назад

Well, X-10 for Commodore 64 part was real… even though it was borrowed from someone else (see “Source” description).

@TyroneDaviesWELSHMAN 2 месяца назад

Brilliant video and I was worried seeing you guys arguing until the penny dropped 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@apollolux Месяц назад

While I'm watching this late and didn't see the comments beforehand, what immediately got me after I saw the date in the title/date released was how Maniac Mansion the interface looked, combined with you not pressing any key to run the "successful" faucet/tap shutoff when the camera was dogsitting Puppyfractic (you unfortunately missed the keyboard XP ). The actual concept of a C64 sending a message to a device (probably a Pi or Arduino/Atmega on a serial or parallel connection rather than plugged into the cartridge port) that sends to a local smart home controller over wifi or bluetooth sounds groovy, though.

@Plarndude 2 месяца назад

Fooled me good right up to the flood animation. 😂❤

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

Mwahahah exactly as planned!

@lrander 2 месяца назад

Me too! I started suspecting during the argument, but Ladyfractics acting was so convincing, I thought maybe it was true. The submersion filter was a dead giveaway, though...

@marklechman2225 Месяц назад

Nicely done.👍

@joeynessily 2 месяца назад

You know this isn’t too far fetched.. you got to do this for real now 😂

@powrslave 2 месяца назад

This is like a Curb episode LOL

@johnvanwinkle4351 Месяц назад

I used to have a C64 back in 1984. Never got into the I/O part of it before I went to Apple IIe. This is cool stuff........grin

@michaelpressler5296 2 месяца назад

Being Retro did you make the flooded water with the Video Toaster on your Amiga?

@capuman 2 месяца назад

April Fools day... Damn it, just realised!! Got me well good!

@Volker-Dirr 2 месяца назад

Nice. Even i fear it is currently only an April fool, i guess a few guys are able to make this working in real life.

@FlashPan73 2 месяца назад

Thank you....most informative....forgot the day today.

@ninjamaster3453 2 месяца назад

The thing about most sinks and bathtub is they have an overflow hole on the top to prevent this exact problem from happening.

@eDoc2020 Месяц назад

And we can even see the overflow hole in the video.

@mattnik 2 месяца назад

I always wanted a color computer with the home automation as a high school kid back in the late 80's. This is so cool @perifractic!!

@TimmyJoe633 2 месяца назад

Ah flooding and non stop water everywhere, peri must be feeling home sick for life here in england 😂

@RetroRecipes Месяц назад

Hahaha

@dominikschutz6300 Месяц назад

"Darling", looks to the dog... :P The final scene looked like a scene from "Backrooms" :)

@kurtwinter4422 2 месяца назад

x10 is ongoing and it also is one of the few smart home systems that is hack proof.

@schnuder Месяц назад

It’s not hack proof; as long as you’re on the same transformer; such as in a neighboring house, or another apartment in the same building you have full control as X-10 has no security. All you have to do is turn the setting dial to the right letter to match the home, which was easy via trial and error. I had it in my home growing up and I tested this out myself. My parents were out of town and I was staying at a neighbor’s house. My dad gave me the X-10 controller that normally sat on his bedside table, which I plugged into the wall socket at the neighbor’s, so I could be a cheep security system by turning the indoor and outdoor light on and off from the neighbors as if someone was home. It worked flawlessly and I thought it was one of the most amazing things ever.

@michaelcarey 2 месяца назад

X10 wasn't common in Australia but I did briefly consider getting some in the early aughts. I still have a vintage Clipsal HomeMinder home automation system installed and running at my home. It has an X10 interface.

@GeorgesChannel 2 месяца назад

You are an endless dwell of ideas :)

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

My constant struggle is to use up all the ideas on the list but it keeps getting longer...

@LucidScience 2 месяца назад

Very cool! I am curious as to how you are time base correcting with that old cam? In later shots, the v-sync is obviously locked somehow.

@emmettturner9452 2 месяца назад

It’s part of the joke. He doesn’t actually have the X-10 equipment and needed to mask borrowed footage to pretend it was his hands.

@RandomBitzzz Месяц назад

You forgot to mention the light pen input that you can use in place of a joystick

@HelloKittyFanMan 2 месяца назад

Haha, Keeping Up With the Commodore is "on the radio" in your car, nice! And then all the fake water in the studio, ha! Nice video for today; first day of April is always a bit strange, isn't it?

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

We listen to it all the time on loop in the car!

@HelloKittyFanMan 2 месяца назад

@@RetroRecipes: Haha, yeah, sure! 😉🤣

@Thevrretroshow1 2 месяца назад

Love watching your videos Perry, I have a lot in common with you, I’m the same age, from London & I had a c64 !

@stevebrown1974 2 месяца назад

Did you think of this idea because you found a water effect in your editing software?! Great April Fool's though!!

@thomasl78 2 месяца назад

You nearly got me until 2:42 - but really good Video by the way 😆😂😂

@LogicWheels 2 месяца назад

Oh no! Did our cartridge survive?? 🤣

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

Thankfully it floated to the ceiling and got stuck on the fan where it dried itself

@skynetd-termination98 2 месяца назад

That last line about the repair videos had me rolling...real RU-vidrs turning tragedy into content. I love it! ;-)

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

Right on the 👃

@VirtualReality-zv5oh 2 месяца назад

I completely fell for it. 🤣

@AJGriglak 2 месяца назад

Great video - great idea for this day of the year. I had a full X-10 setup on my Coco in 1984 as a kid - I recognized the gear on the thumbnail so was hooked immediately. You silly Brits... A tap is what you get beer out of... And, how can mains mean both electric and water? ;-)

@gvilsan35 2 месяца назад

Happy Fools Day from Menorca (Balearic Islands, Spain). In Menorca thanks to the British occupation for almost 100 years we celebrate 1st of April as British did, with jokes and pranks. Fools Day is named "Dia d'Enganar" (written in Cathalan)

@user-on8us2oi8s 2 месяца назад

I remember my Hi8 looked better than this you clearly put a filter on it to make it grungy…nice you got me😂

@emmettturner9452 2 месяца назад

To hide the fact that those aren’t his hands or hardware (borrowed footage to set up the April Fools). ;) Source is in the description.

@SoulPoetryandOtherWorks 2 месяца назад

That water effect was a little too artificial to convince me. However, a very entertaining video that reminded me of the Some Mother's Do 'Ave Em smart home episode, which I know both you and Ladyfractic enjoy. Great job Perifractic. Ooer, I just noticed that the spelling check function which doesn't know the word Ladyfractic offers the suggested word Practicality. How remarkably apt.

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

Frank Spencer would've ended up under the water screaming Oooh Betty I did a whoopsie in the water!

@SoulPoetryandOtherWorks 2 месяца назад

@@RetroRecipes Well, he certainly would have "had a bit of trouble". If he screamed that while under the water it would sound like blub,blub,blub as the air bubbles reached the service and he was chases by a brown floating thing. Have you ever noticed that the song Frank Spencer sings to his daughter to send her to sleep has the same melody that Last of the Summer Wine has as it's theme? BTW I couldn't comment on the last RRetroshow as you appear to have paused the comments. I hope you haven't had more problem comments posted on your feed.

@emmettturner9452 2 месяца назад

Should’ve had a bunch of boxes, manuals, and registration cards all sloshing around. ;)

@eskey691 2 месяца назад

HEY wait a min ..... something is not right...... let me just think a moment........ 3 hours later....... Oh i see 🤣😂🤣. Great stuff as always and ofc have a great week.

@eskey691 2 месяца назад

An yes that tune is now back in my head....

@swk38 2 месяца назад

cheers on the indoor pool

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

Always wanted one

@jamesparker4782 Месяц назад

I like PCB way.x

@jamesparker4782 Месяц назад

Very relaxing.x

@rmrepairs 2 месяца назад

Not this year my friend, not this year....... Best wishes yo you all

@theatheisthammer 2 месяца назад

@retro recipies. Not bad 😂 that baby crying sound sample was ear piercing. 😂 Lady fractuc acting was good it was very natural even though it had a hint of being forced for the joke. Reminsed blme of brookside. Thought she was gonna do a Mandy Jordache and you would have a new patio at the same time you happend to go on holiday😂😂,👍

@RetroRecipes Месяц назад

Oh gosh those storylines traumatised me. Who was the evil guy who murdered people? Trevor? Anyway, I found myself standing behind him at an ATM one time. I was genuinely scared, although it would've been worse if we'd been standing the other way round.

@yankytyke 2 месяца назад

I laughed so much that I hurt! Well done!

@RetroRecipes 2 месяца назад

Apologies

@Lion_McLionhead Месяц назад

The backup drain was clearly visible, but you can't live in LA without good acting skills. Wonder if the software was also an april fools joke.

@RetroRecipes Месяц назад

perifractic.com/gofundme

@chrisdixon5241 2 месяца назад

Nice one! Your water looked very computer generated, though perhaps you didn't want to make it too believable? Or did you generate it with the C64? :)

@Ron_Rhodes 2 месяца назад

I still have a box labeled X10 with my PowerHouse controller and various plugs. Why can't I manage to throw them away?

@swingstylez Месяц назад

Your acting is waaayyyyyyyyy too good and close to the bone!!!! 😂 ... "no, no that the inheritance *over* the sink..." hahaha I'll take "thoughts I wish I'd kept internal for 500, please."