Let's explore & test the new C64 CIA & CPU chips that finally exist! I'm so excited to share this one. (You'll also get to meet #SassyPeri as I take a rare moment to answer some YT comments.) Huge thanks also to the EVO 64 team and Jani Laatikainen for allowing me this exclusive access to the first production EVO 64 & the beta J-chips you'll see
I like it.... Except one thing. The keyboard led are confusing and makes the machine look crooked. Get rid of them, and install a dimm strip or multiple strips. Need to be dimm light, just barely visible. As it wont overtake the keys and letters/prints. Right now one cant see some of the keys because light overtakes.
@perry just ignore the professional complainers, they are just having a bad day because they didn't get a gold star from their mummy for staying in the lines when colouring in the picture on the back of their rice krispies packet.? 😂😂😂😂. Thing about the tinternet is that some people think that their experts as they do cough cough..... Research and have a Facebook phd and RU-vid diploma. 😂😂. Your videos are well done , yeah sure sometimes you make mistakes but you correct them. Keep up the good work.
I can't believe there are people out there annoyed by your voice. I find your voice to be very soothing and relaxing. Like Bob Ross. You are the Bob Ross of retro computing. Too many killjoys out there who deserve to be shamed. Your content is stellar. Keep it up.
I would watch a whole video of you ranting at the haters. Oh wait I pretty much just did that. Love what and how you do things, CIA chips the bane of my life, anything that brings us to getting a chip that does the job and removes the need to by sketchy second hand things at massively over inflated prices is great by me.
Please don’t change a thing about your videos (unless it’s something that YOU want). Your content is some of the best content on RU-vid, and there are a lot of people who really appreciate your positive attitude and the nostalgic journey that you take us on with every episode. It’s really easy to let the negativity get to us, especially when you’re involved in such creative endeavours, but I just hope you know how much your work and passion means to us. You’re content has surely kept a lot of people sane during these crazy times that we live in. 🙂
As a british chap of a similar age to your good self, i really appreciate what you do and how you do it. To me it not only covers the technology that was around in my childhood but it does it in a happy friendly and inviting way, which people of all ages can enjoy. The whole spirit of the show evokes a time when there was less cynicism and things being done for purely for shock value or clicks. It's educational, informative and entertaining - something that the BBC used to do well back in the day. Thanks for taking the time to give us this and here's to a great future!
I just cannot imagine how on Earth there could be haters for this. I've only dreamed of creating a new Commodore 64 from scratch. Also, I was blessed to have received a Commodore 64C for my 16th birthday in 1987, from my dear old dad. I absolutely LOVE that you did the case in the style of the 64C. Please keep doing what you're doing; I'm sure there are lots of people out there who love it, just like I do.
In 1989, I was in college learning electronics. Everyone in the class got a TRS-80 color computer kit to assemble and keep. I don't mean to brag (much) but I was the first person to get their kit assembled. Not only that, mine was the only one that worked. My instructor asked if the school could keep it for classes since it was the only one that worked.
As Arnold would say, "ignore the naysayers". But seriously Perifractic and all of the Perifractic family, you are to be highly commended for your enthusiasm and tireless efforts to keeping the spirit of the Commodore 64 and retro computing alive in such a fun, informative and contemporary way! And what's more, you make it look easy when it is clearly not, and you never cease to amaze us in seeking to find a new angle on the Commodore world. I'm sure, if he were still alive today, even the tough minded Jack Tramiel would say "We Salute You!"
I would have to say that If I had built a brand new 100% new C64. I think I would sit there with the finished board on my desk and just cry with happiness. There are just no words to cover it.
For making replacements of these old chips, I hope more FPGA designers take advantage of the Fossi Foundation. To make a new chip in the form of an ASIC, you submit your FPGA code, and they'll do a large run of chips for free (paid for by Google), including the packaging the chip comes on (if you're happy to go open-source)
Thanks for what you do for the retro community. Commodore 64 was the most important computer in my life. It started my career in engineering. I can't wait to make an Evo, commodore 64!
I absolute love the fact you have put together a completely new c64 all the great people in the retro community that have developed new parts to allow us to continue using our retro machines or completely build a new machine have done a fantastic job
I have always loved your style, your sense of humor, the way you interact with your dogos, lady fractic's co-hosting is spot on also. Don't ever change. Watching some of your videos in the past, I have laughed out loud and had to re-wind just to watch that moment again, and it still makes me laugh out loud. Well done. Keep going. Your content is better that most stuff on britsh tv.
That all NEW C64 is a thing of beauty! -- I don't get how anyone can say anything negative about your content, you have brought the retro community more nostalgia than anyone else on the platform and your loyal followers closer to our fondest memories of a golden age in computing. Keep up the amazing work!
Love what you do here, don't change a thing! We're all watching and subbed because we love your style, including your delivery, the corny jokes, dogs and speech bubbles. It's what makes you YOU and your channel unique. There's always some nutters in the comments on every channel, invariably not watching the whole video, or even some of it before commenting. I often get some asking or questioning something which I explain within the first minute or even 30 seconds, or simply moaning because I don't speak with an American accent. Ultimately the complainers and pedants represent a tiny percentage and while it's hard not to respond - and it can be cathartic to do so - try to focus on the 99% who appreciate what you do. Besides in the wise words of RuPaul, "Unless they're paying your bills, pay them bitches no mind". Keep up the good work - oh, and another great video too, thanks!
Very well said. Ladyfractic loves RuPaul. I think what had happened here is the squeaky wheels kept squeaking whilst the happy loyal viewers simply watched and stayed silent because they were happy, and I sort of started to believe the negative nancies. So this was a rare excuse to slapback after 5 years. Won't happen often if at all again. Thanks again!
I will say that I think that this channel and your episodes should be filled with the things that you love and care about Peri. You love and care about your dogs so if you want to keep having them in your videos DO IT!
Loving the Perifractic Edition badge, and fascinating to see all those new parts in one machine. Definitely good news for keeping the C64 running well into the future. I had a C64C where the CIA broke, the real-time clock stopped working and certain games stopped playing.
I wished someone with make a modern equivalent of an Amstrad CPC 464 or 6128. JustCPC didn't seem to go into production, and MiStEr FPGA is just ridiculously priced. The Amstrad is my childhood machine. But because of your love for the Commodore, its helping push modern equivalents to be released - and many people are now able to enjoy their childhood machines and reliving their youth! I never had a Commodore, but that new board is still a thing of beauty! Love the channel!
That is nothing short of amazing. It makes me happy to see folks continuing to support this old platform and creating replacement components to keep it going for years to come. Would that I could afford this. This is the only computer that gave me absolute joy to use. Thanks for all you do to promote all things C64.
Not that you had to justify yourself to the trolls, but you did so admirably. At 2:07 particularly made me smile. Anyway, this whole project is quite fantastic, and I for one, appreciate all the effort you've put in. I demand you continue with this format, the dad jokes and the doggo speech bubbles! That is all.
I like that they socketed the QAPLA on the new boards. That will make it easier to replace in the event of a failure or new revision (should incompatibilities be found). Very cool board.
It's so awesome that we're able to make new C64's that will expand the lifetime of C64, when the old hardware stops working these new ones will be around to extend it.
Honestly, it took me a while to get into the silliness and spirit of this channel but, dammit, I love it now. Such a well crafted thing you've created here.
Recently got back to gaming on the Commodore 64 loving it more so than next gen gaming due to watching your channel thank you is all ima can say Commodore 64 gaming has been missing from my life for way to long...
Absolutely loved this video, was waiting patiently for the true 100% new system and it blows my mind that this was possible without any fpga to plug the gaps. I built one of the harlequin spectrum systems which I love but does using an EPROM with the original ROM image constitute a ‘new’ chip? I’m undecided.. Also a round of applause is due for the perfect way of addressing the haters! Your videos are full of happiness and pure nostalgia, I don’t understand how anyone can nit pick or be negative about them.. oh wait this is RU-vid 😂
Well, my 64 needs some love. You have inspired me Perifractic. I actually have a enough spare chips to make a new breadbin version. Heading off to the shops…
Thank you for testing your new machine using my NES64 Nintendo gamepad for the C64! So great to see it is finally possible to get a new replacement for EACH and EVERY part of the C64! Fantastic episode as always, Perifractic!
My wife and I love watching your channel. It brings us great joy and memories. Thank you so much for the enormous effort that goes into producing the content.
What a beautiful C64! It produces a picture that’s so much better on a CRT monitor than mine did on a 9-inch Texas Instruments monitor back in 1983! Right now, I use my TheC64 Mini with an HDMI monitor to get my “Jumpman”, “Zaxxon” and “Choplifter” fix. After my home renovation, I’ll break out the NTSC C64 (I had a PAL one in Germany) and my original 1982 NTSC VIC-20 and REALLY dig into those and try to get them working. Just? Because! Mahalo for just being there and inspiring me. BTW…is it just me, or has the resolution of your videos improved of late. The sharpness and clarity are apparent even to this OAP, LOL! Aloha!
@@RetroRecipes Oh! Well…this coffin-dodger’s eyes need better specs. Indeed…as a bicyclist…it’s time for me to visit the optician, or my dodging days will be over, LOL! Take care!
Perifractic doesn’t need me to defend him, but I will support him in this way with an interesting story. When I was a kid, my dad got my sister and me each the bread box style, C64 computer. We had them for two or three years, maybe, and then, within a week of each other, both of their power supplies failed. This caused both computers to essentially fry. Even replacing the power supplies didn’t seem to help. This is at a time before the Internet, so if you wanted to get any action from a company, you had to either call or write a letter. My dad wrote a letter to commodore complaining about these failures. I want to say he addressed the letter to the vice president in charge of production. I don’t think I have a copy of that letter anywhere. He got a response to the letter, which essentially said if you send in both of the computers and power supplies, we will send you them either repaired or replaced. A few weeks later, we received two Commodore 64cs. So, whenever this happened, it was after those have been released, and I seem to think that it was probably very early on the run, because I don’t think we had heard of them yet. And I got several of the different magazines for Commodore computers. Or maybe my dad did and I got to read them. I don’t member which. So now we had two brand new computers, and we were relatively satisfied with that, they worked exactly the same as the old ones did. But then, about a month after that, the two original computers were also returned to us repaired. They included brand new power supplies for those, so now we had four computers. I wish I could tell you what we did with the two ones that they sent back repaired, but I remember being very impressed that that was their solution to our problem. Not long after that, it inspired my dad to get a Commodore 128, which, as most people will know, have the same industrial design as the commodore 64C.
I want a Amiga 500 or 1200 like this. I wish the EVO people would do a reproduction amiga board, the KORG Amp would be neat to run all the accelerated DEMO's and Amiga games have some good audio, it would be neat.
Indeed, this is 100% newly purchased parts - very nice! I am still really fascinated with the idea of finding an old one dirt cheap and learning to solder so I can do a proper restore.
Wow, amazing build, very cool to see the C64 live again 😄 Only thing is the backlite on the keyboard needs to be a little more even, but besides that, epic video 😉😀
All of your comment responses deserve a chef's kiss. Almost disappointed no one complained about the music you use, so that you could brag about how you wrote and performed all of it. Your videos making the C64 music keyboard and multitrack recording of your theme are the whole reason I found Retro Recipes. Keep being you, and best wishes to all the 'Fractics!
Awesome to see a 100% NEW C64 in the wild! Keep up the awesome work my friend, looking forward to getting a new breadbin case since mine has all 3 retaining clips busted. Would be lovely to put my childhood 64 into a new case!
But it's not really. These are modern processors and FPGAs emulating the VIC-64 chips. Many 1970s and 80s computers, you can actually build 100% new ones, even today, but not with the VIC (or Amiga) computers and all their special ICs.
that there are now real new replacement chips I find very good. But I am happy that my original C64C still works like the first day. Childhood is childhood and can't be replaced by anything new, at least that's how I feel.
Great video - the quality of your vids is phenomenal, and it's obvious you put a lot of time into it. I didn't know about the replacement CIA chips, and I'm very happy they've finally been produced. Mission accomplished on raising awareness. Also, don't let negative comments get to you; you do you.
Incredible build, Peri. It's great to see this beloved hardware from our childhood days come back in new, bold ways by the community. And to the haters, well, they don't know what they're talking about. Another great episode, thanks!
The humor in your videos is so much better than all this modern influencer nonsense, it's genuine, heartfelt, heartwarming humor. Your channel is among the best of the best on youtube because it's normal, down to earth, funny and informative and not influencer trash like most modern online content. Thank you for the wonderful content.
Love it, and also love the big FU to those intellectually challenged haters out there who hide behind their little screens and tippety-tap away in a vain attempt to rattle your cage and draw attention to themselves! I can also completely understand why your voice has been requested on numerous star-studded films, but some people...well, their envy is very envydent, lol We are of a similar age and brought up around similar things, and I honestly can't think of anybody else on RU-vid who touches the nostalgic parts that other hearts simply cannot reach. The recreation of your childhood bedroom setups, building that Star Wars arcade replica, the Brixty Four, this brand new C64...projects done with love and a passion for sharing are beyond reproach. My personal fave and machine with the most nostalgia is the Amiga 500, specifically the demo scene, and even more specifically, the music. I used to love the challenge of ripping MOD files from demos and intros using things like the Datel Action Replay. I'm a massive fan of synth and electronic music of all kinds, and the fact that you compose your own music too is just the icing on the Perifruitic Cake. Never stop doing you, and for sheer giggles, keep on ripping into the haters as well, was comedic gold they would never understand! lol Cheers!
Note that the resurrection of the C64 occured about the same time as Easter...iust saying.( I hsve it on good authority that the Almighty uses a C128D but mostly in C64 mode.)
Even though it's in most videos, for some reason in this one you completely took me off-guard with the "PCB Waaaayyy!" this time! Great video. I just love your enthusiasm and humour. Even though I never had a C64, I really badly want to build one now! I'll have to have a look in the description and tot up the cost.
This all has me curious about what kind of music composition software can take advantage of those dual SIDs. Which ones are actually good? Every computer needs a "killer app".
That's not a C64 it's an Evo64 and you didn't even use a Commodore joystick, it was a Nintendo joystick. You big faker. Moysem glavum, I have to go lay down in my mom's basement and eat some pop-tarts. In te real world though. I love the effort that goes into these projects. The fact that there are companies replicating 40 year old tech speaks volumes about the love for these machines. I was a speccy user at first it took a few years to come over to Commodore, but I never regretted it. Later I went from an Atari ST to am Amiga.
The J-CIA's are live!!! Only you could have accomplished that. Jani is a good bloke, though. He sent me one of his J-PLA's to fix my first Breadbin when I got back into the whole retro thing.
What a gorgeous new build! I never owned a C64 when I was younger (I had to wait for the A500) but after seeing this, I want one now :) And don't listen to the bad comments, your channel is one of the best (if not THE best) retro content on the Internet ;) Thanks god they don't do the same kind of build for Amiga, or my wallet would be out of control :D
Excellent production quality, I’m very impressed. The camera work, the colouring, the effects, the studio, the editing, the sound, the presentation… and even the dog :-). 10/10, would watch again.
I can’t believe that you’re claiming this is a brand new build when you’re pulling parts from a C64 that you’ve previously built! I’m yanking your chain of course. This is great work! Keep it up.
First, fantastic job. I am really liking the concept of the string lighting you used. The lights gave off a better effect then I thought it would. Finally, the Hans Gruber beard is on point. Very nice!
hey, I've been watching for some time now, don't change ! its perfect the way it is!!! I remember the days in my childhood playing comodore64 games! mine had a cassette tape drive for loading programs. even waiting for several minutes to load a simple game was worth it. thanks for the content!!!
The quality of digital filters would not only depend on the sampling rate but also the resolution of the filter. Filter stepping can be audible when doing a filter "sweep" if the resolution is not high enough. In any case, very exciting project and great video! 😄
I can't believe the number of people that are forced to watch a RU-vid video even if they don't like it. Are they held at gunpoint or something to make sure that they watch it against their will? I know if I find a video I don't like, based off the content or their voice etc, I can just skip/scroll right by and forget about it! Keep up the great work, I still have fond memories of playing C64 games as a child.
Do these guys walk past women's clothing shops and open the door to shout inside that they don't like women's clothes? If it's not your type of thing just keep walking 🙄
i was intrigued by this, as i was a avid c64 user from age 14 onward. i have played emulators since in the past but nice to have some hardware. a nice clean channel too. ideal for families to watch and kids can learn about retro gadgets. good work dude. i have subbed.
I really wanted to bring this to your attention on the old vid but the comments were turned off by the time I found it. There’s another c64 board called the Uni64. It’s pretty similar to the c64reloaded with its barrel connector power input and general similarity to the short-boards. The craziest part is that it supports not just two SIDs but _three_
Love this channel. As a fellow Brit you speak perfectly normally to me - but compared to overexcited American RU-vidrs I guess we’re just naturally a little quieter! Found you in the new zzap mags too - great work!
Alright signed up for a set of chips for my sixty-clone build. Thanks for putting the fire under the J-CIA project. Also showed interest in the CPU and VIC chips as well. Also heckin jelly you built an all new C-64 before me
