Thanks for watching! Just to address a few repeat comments: 1. "There's no user port!" - Actually the user port header is in a different place on the U64 but it's there. I love that the USer port slot is now USb ports ;) 2. "Why are there 2 'F' keys?" - Just a draft printing error 🤦‍♂️ 3. "There's no SID chip!" - It's recreated in the FPGA chip or you can add new ones like SwinSID. 4. "Why not just put Cherry MX keys on it?" - They don't fit the special keys like Return, Restore, Shift, Space. See MechBoard website for details. 5. "Where can I get the keycaps?" - perifractic.com ! Thanks for going stack to the future with me! Cherry-o and cheers everyone! 👍🕹

@BloodBlight

5 жыл бұрын

You might consider designing a set of 3D printed basis that go directly from the MX keys to your key caps. If printed in ABS (much harder to get the fit right), they could even be placed in a quick acetone vapor bath to smooth them out. Wouldn't look original, but could look professionally made.

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

Certainly but mass production is the real headache 😣

@BloodBlight

5 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes Well, if you don't mind a premium, there is always the ShapeWays service. Their parts would also be extremely consistent and you can sell the parts from their site and they are made to order. No stock to carry.

@Angelgreat

5 жыл бұрын

I dare you to make a Amiga out of new parts as well.

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

Do they print the letters too?

This is like watching Bob Ross of the Retro Tech world. Really cool!

@richardedmonds1464

3 жыл бұрын

Sure is one laid back dude.. That's how I am after my medical marijuana.

As an old C-64 user back in the day, this video has sparked a desire to go back to those days when I had three SX-64's and possibly two dozen C-64's and the 64-C models along with many 1541, 1571, 1541II and a 1581. Oh and hundreds, possibly thousands of programs and games. I miss it. I even modified one 64 to use two SID chips to play six part music programs. Sadly I gave it all away! I was involved in many user groups spanning two states. Please continue these videos.

I think you were better off being fired from that keyboard factory, they were just trying to CTRL you.

@cimmerian100

5 жыл бұрын

or even just keeping TABs on you ...

@TheDeeplyCynical

5 жыл бұрын

@@cimmerian100 Wouldn't even let him take a BREAK

@davidboyd8822

5 жыл бұрын

I think he was lucky to ESCape

@dayzmelttogether

5 жыл бұрын

Better off at HOME

@s980845

5 жыл бұрын

Before you END it early.

Why does that “wee-oooh wee-oooh” screw sound, that Ladyfractic makes, always put a smile on my face?!

@stevebaker3183

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I used to make the same sound when cleaning windows. Then I discovered whilst scuba diving that my mask lens made a similar sound when rubbed. Many clouds of bubbles ensued.

@DespairMMX3030

3 жыл бұрын

Because Its Hilarious As FUUNCTION KEY

It was great to watch this when it premiered. As a 22-year old, I've only ever messed with the C64 (and other systems) in an emulator, but I always like seeing videos like this and hearing stories from people older than me who actually had these when they were still in production. Great video as always! 👍🏽

@CanuckGod

5 жыл бұрын

While I'm old enough (at age 40) to have remembered using a relative's C64 as a kid, it wasn't nearly as popular here in Canada (or the US) as it was in Europe and other regions back in the day. As a result, most of my exposure to it has also been through emulation, so it's always fun to see what kinds of stuff people were doing and are currently doing with them, as it was quite a machine in its heyday.

@KuraIthys

5 жыл бұрын

Quite the thing. The only time I saw a c64 in action in person, which was already somewhat past it's peak, would've been my friend who had one (and a bunch of amigas) but this was already the early 90's... That was maybe 1-2 days that I saw it in action. I'm old enough to remember these systems on the tail end, but my personal experience consisted entirely of atari 800XL's... Even that was a strange experience in hindsight, since I experienced the entire thing through a monochrome green monitor, such that nowadays I barely recognise the games when I see them in colour... XD

I hated my job at the keyboardfactory too. They always wanted me to do double shifts. Nowadays I'm working at the motherboardfactory; having chips all day.

@paulmichaelfreedman8334

4 жыл бұрын

"What's for tea, love?" "Chips and megabites!"

@louistournas120

3 жыл бұрын

I hated my job at the sodium factory. I was losing electrons all the time.

This is so wonderful. I miss my C64 from my childhood but they seem to never show up in the wild around here. Maybe one day. Thanks for all the love you give to the C64.

Another great video. Brings back lots of memories for me. Had a vic and a amiga. Still play with lego. One thing I like about your channel is you keep your sound level consistant, without blaring loud than super quiet parts. Congrats on all your success.

Awesome! I knew about the Ultimate-64, but I didn't feel the need to get one until I watched this video. What a cool idea to have an all new Commodore 64!

Two of my favourite things from the 80’s, the Commodore 64, and LEGO !!

Awesome, I love the way retro gaming/computing is still alive and well..more than ever!👍

There was a Commodore C64PC Ultimate about 10 years ago, by Commodore USA. It was actually just a modern PC in a 64 replica case with Ubuntu. I bought one, and the keys were nearly identical to original 64, including that hand painted quality of the letters. Infact the whole case was very close to the original. The guy who bought Commodore passed away, and the company with him, but the ability to mass produce C64 keys is presumably still out there somewhere

As a preteen messing about with computer internals in the 90s, I had that plug was not turned on moment far too often, really hit me hard in the nostalgia. Imagine a 9 year old installing a ram module, and the computer not turning on again.

I just found your channel, awesome stuff. I just had to say, your voice is incredible. If you were the voice of all GPS systems, road rage would decrease by 90% overnight.

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

Haha that's a nice thought. Thank you for your kind words. Means a lot. 👍🕹 Also nice name. I'm also Chris J...

@DespairMMX3030

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes Your Name Is Christian Simpson Not Chris J And Also Road Rage Would Happen No Matter What Because Some Idiot Is Either Drunk As FUUNCTION KEY Or Passed Out While Driving

@RetroRecipes

3 жыл бұрын

@@DespairMMX3030 www.amazon.com/gp/product/1495926230/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&linkCode=sl1&tag=perifractic-20&linkId=2d03c149aef68a6a67dbcec74c4d6101&language=en_US 😉

@DespairMMX3030

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes To Me The Link Looks Like Garbled Binary Code I Can Read What It Says But Its So Long Its Pretty Much 9019019019019Q90Q9109191919019109Q910Q910910 Edit: Its Your Middle Name

@pompshuffle562

3 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes I doubt I'm going to get a response but how much did this cost in total? I could probably find it on my own but I'm being lazy

1 minute in and I stopped paying attention and went to eBay to find those 80s robots in the background

@erebostd

5 жыл бұрын

The old tomy robots? They are great, but today only for decorative purposes. If you have MUCH to much money. ;-)

@CommodoreFan64

5 жыл бұрын

Radio Shack sold them as well.

@justbashingrc3624

5 жыл бұрын

my dad has one of those its broken though

@TheGreyTest

5 жыл бұрын

Omnibot?? 🧐

@brianhenry2134

5 жыл бұрын

@@CommodoreFan64 Tandy made a deal with tomy back in the 80's to make robie Jr and robie sr, Robie Jr was tandy's versions of omni JR and the robie sr was tandy's version of Hearoid. I own just about every robot tomy made along with Mr. Money which tandy also called robie the banker.

In addition to your cool LEGO version I hope to see a label version, stamped on a 3D printed upper, lower case as Perifractic 64, with all modern mini itx. As Commodore USA offered similar to purchase some time ago, maybe three versions, a retro game label as "beginner", "novice", "expert" would be a neat retro game twist added to the case.

A newborn classic! Love the mechanical keys and design of it although the original bread bin will never be beaten 🤓

Jet Set Willy is a platform video game originally written by Matthew Smith for the ZX Spectrum home computer. It was published in 1984 by Software Projects and ported to most home computers of the time.

Takes me back to the memorable day when I purchased my C64 from the Commodore show in London. heady days.

OMG I just fell in love with you Peri, 4.33 Holden VK Commodore SS, god that image is sooooo good to see, especially since how rare those cars are nowadays :)

@NathanChisholm041

5 жыл бұрын

Ah the VK that takes me back as i use to have a VL Calais with a bombed 308

Love the content and as well I love how polished everything looks. Something to strive for.

Three of my favourite things... LEGO, Commodore & Retro Recipes.

Awesome build, sir. And so inspiring that you've come up with a way for others to enjoy a brand new C64 in a world with dwindling supplies of the old. Liked, subbed, recommended, bookmarked, photographed and included in the family newsletter. Your channel is now joint first place with my other 36 favourite KZreadrs.

Very cool. Didn't know there was virtually everything to build a C64 out there. I still have my original C64. Although at this point it probably needs re-capped.

Loved the Holden Commodore reference!

@christianverryckt1342

5 жыл бұрын

yeah, the chevy SS guys in the US would find it funny to see from where it came.. and where it started.. factory wise.. i dont recall a Vh 'SS'.. might be wrong..

@Gerardus1970

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, same. I drive a 1993 Holden Commodore, built just months before C+ folded..

@frankmeyer9984

4 жыл бұрын

sadly, Holden recently announced to take the Commodore out of their product line... ;.(

Great project. When I was younger, I owned a c64. Then I moved onto the c64c, 128 and finally finished with an Amiga. All awesome machines.

@PaulTurner919

5 жыл бұрын

@@HelloKittyFanMan. Hi. I had them when I was younger. And I owned 2 Amiga 500's and 1 Amiga 1200.

AMAZING JOB! This video has required a lot of efforts to be produced! Congrats for your energy, your style and the great contents!

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

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

Great video, loved this retro remade c64... You just keep making better and better videos everytime!

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

It's no pressure 😱

Making an 8-bit retro computer with FPGA's on a modern PCB. We indeed live in a fantastic age, with fantastic people.

@tenminutetokyo2643

5 жыл бұрын

theotheroneification I want a modern 5.25” 1541 physical replacement drive which ALSO has a working USB port.

@HisVirusness

5 жыл бұрын

Best of luck on your build!

@paulmichaelfreedman8334

4 жыл бұрын

in 2069, our grandchildren will be restoring smartphones and creating YT channels to show them off. Yes - I really do think YT will be among us in 50 years, maybe under a different name but it will never disappear. YT is fast become Humanities Fossil Record.

It's funny how the 64C's keycaps used such an iconic font that's usually associated with logos and titles-and didn't use it anywhere in their packaging or advertising, but instead continued using Kabel. It's also interesting that the (non-PET) font they used on the breadbox models has yet to be identified. No, seriously; do a search for it and you'll find a lot of people discussing it but having no luck finding a perfect match.

This was fantastic and I appreciate, very much, you sharing this. If you ever find it in your heart to do more on the Ultimate-64, I wouldn't mind at all. I am very curious about that product.

You have such a soothing voice. Where it not for the very important fact that he is not yet dead, you could be the reincarnation of 'whispering' Bob Harris.

@TheducksOrg

5 жыл бұрын

bit too soothing.. if I turn it up enough that I can hear it easily, the music is too loud..

Wow. That is pretty darn cool. I didn't know one could get custom printing on Lego bricks. This looked like a time-consuming project - great work!

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

It was. Thanks my friend! Gave you a mention briefly in the recent Retro Hour podcast BTW, referencing who the PIIe was sent to. Remember that? 😉🕹️

@MindFlareRetro

5 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes Oh! Thanks kindly for the mention. I guess I should listen to that podcast. Bad retro me.

Again a mind-blowing result of a ambitious and exciting project!!! 👍👍👍 Congratulations, this is simply great!!

As Clive Sinclair would say, "It looks like it was designed by a Bulgarian bricklayer" 🤣 Love it. Well done. It must have took a lot of time to design and build

I also have an Ultimate64 - made a couple of videos on it. When I saw your serial number my heart stopped. I have the one right after yours! My serial is 804 - it's view-able in the 1st video. I turned it into a C16 like C64c and chose to put two real SID chips in it, but the FPGA SIDS would be cool as well. I am seriously considering building the yellow/grey Lego64 you got sitting on your bench. My Turbo Chameleon64 on its docking station and my Mist C64 FPGA machines do fall into the all new Commodore category but alas not compatible with all peripherals like you stated :P

@Wingnut353

4 жыл бұрын

your like motherboard brothers or soemthing...

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

Pretty incredible coincidence! What are the odds?! (Ok 1 in 804.)

This was fascinating to watch.

When a late-night "Chill" radio DJ talks about technology.

They made over 12 million C64s. It's crazy that no one is commercially producing the keys. There has to be a big enough market of retro collectors to make it profitable.

@RetroRecipes

Жыл бұрын

There is an Indiegogo that I’ve backed and is nearly complete now. I’ll make a new video.

Great job love your approach to videos and representing the information, may it long continue.

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

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

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

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

Wow I really appreciate the effort you've put on this - incredibly entertaining. Just heard you on the Retro Hour - now one of my fav episodes

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

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

There are no words to describe how incredibly cool this is.

Ah, those keyboards are finally available, cool, was waiting for those to arrive, they will go nicely with my C64 Reloaded MkII... that i'll eventually get

I fell asleep 3 times! Great job! You should label this an ASMR vIdeo.

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

It is #asmr!

@KeithOlson

5 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes You should sell an audio CD of you reading tax code. That smooth jazz FM voice of yours plus the subject matter would make the ultimate sleep aid. :grin:

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

Don't you mean Ultimate64 sleep aid?

@PEACE-es4zf

5 жыл бұрын

But are you doing this............. DOWN BY THE RIVER??

@cpuwrite

4 жыл бұрын

@@KeithOlson Actually, I find it monotonous and phony...and I find the old, overused puns particularly cringeworthy.

Great as always, Christian! I've wanted another C64, so if I get tired of getting sniped on eBay I'll look into* this! *I'll sneak it in past my missus and say it's been here the whole time!

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

Good plan!

Did anyone else have the problem of having carpet in their house? no matter what I did I have a commodore 64 for about a year or two and I would shock the hell out of the ports. No more to commodore 64 after that! It would take a month to get it back from the commodore repairman. LOL

Was worth waiting for this vid :-) Cheers!

It's like listening to NPR but more interesting.

@GORF_EMPIRE

5 жыл бұрын

Anything would qualify as more interesting as NPR.

I like the puns. :) ...Oh, and I've already voted for the Lego Commodore 64 at the Lego website. :)

Absolutely brilliant! Epic video! Well done!!

Another great vid Christian! Thank you!

OMG your puns are horrid! Love that idea for the keyboard!

What a great idea!

Loved the brick commodore ad that appeared out of nowhere

Great video! Lots of fun watching this! Great music too.

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

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

Amazing concept.

YOUR VOICE IS LIKE SOOTHING MARSHMALLOW FINGERS ON MY EYELIDS! MUST.... STAY.... AWAKE!

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

Sweet dreams

@PEACE-es4zf

5 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes HAHA LOVE ME A HEART, SUBBED!

@the8bitbarn836

3 жыл бұрын

Peri's voice has never affected me that way, I remember One of Peri's first video. It was when he put not one but 2 wall wart type adapters in a box to build a C64 power supply! I told him then to buy some tools that would hurt him (Not from the dollar store!) and I told him to practice! I see my words didn't go unheard! Anyone who tries and works as hard as Peri Fractic deserves a great following! I've been a fan ever since! So to him and you Keep Going Your Doing Great! Never Stop and never let anyone tell you, you can't do something that is important to you! A big thank you from this part of the Retro Community! And Please Stay Awake! You might miss something Great!

So great that you included a link to these PixelWizard plastic pieces in the video description...

Yellow is a great c6 color. Brings me back to the border on the BMX racer game I used to play in 1984.

0:57 Walmart employee: "You think your Commodore 64 is really neato? What kinda chip you got in there, a Dorito?"

@frankmeyer9984

4 жыл бұрын

LOL I know the song that line is from ;) one of my FAVs; though it gives a bad light on our beloved 64... but you have to see it as comparisation (OMG is that a word?) between C64 CPU speed and the other computer's speed... and that computer is a antique by itself, now... :D but the C64 goes on and on and on and on and...

I'm one of those that backed the "Stalled" key cap set. And you're correct, we are NOT happy about being taken. Hopefully someone creates a real solution one day soon. Til then, this is a nice alternative! Great video!

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

Sorry to hear that. Lucky they were not too expensive, but I feel your frustration anyway. 👍🕹️

Cool dude. It was fun watching the innovation.

Extremely well done! Another awesome project!

Could there be a similar treatment for the Atari 8-bit computer? A 400 or 800 conversion would be alright, but the extras in the later models -like the 130XE with its bank switching memory- also make them very good candidates!

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure what's under the keycaps. I only have a 400. 🤔

@ScottLahteine

5 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes I wish I could tell you! I also only ever had the 400 - later adding a "B-Key 400" upgrade. It was a good machine to learn 6502 Assembler on, and one retro system I still enjoy messing around with on occasion. I just can't get enough of "display lists" and "player/missile graphics." In fact, when I'm not thoroughly swamped in managing the Marlin Firmware project, I'm trying to improve the current toolset for retro coding with a polished version of bAtariBASIC (2600) and tools for working with AtariBASIC in modern editors like Sublime Text 3. With any luck, by the end of the week I'll have a perfected ATASCII to UTF-8 converter completed. The retro coding tools on macOS have a lot of catching up to do compared to their Windows counterparts. github.com/thinkyhead/6502-Tools

@TheJeremyHolloway

5 жыл бұрын

There's the 1088XEL and 1088XLD. But they aren't using the same form factors as the original computers. The XEL is using a Micro-ITX form factor for its motherboard and the XLD is using the same form factor as the Atari 1050 Disk Drive's motherboard. There's an interesting video on KZread of both networked together in a MIDI ring to play 8-bit MIDI Maze together.

too much pun... overpowering! :P

Dat screwing sound, it's so cool :D

I still have a C64 and an Amiga500, in original, well-used beat-up condition (from the years that I used them, 1984-1992) along with a 1541 drive, a cassette drive, and much more, stashed in boxes. I am 48 now but I hereby pledge I will restore them before I become 60. They are part of a handful of items to survive a "Purge"(for lack of a better word, and certainly not by choice) in my personal life. The only time these machines leave me is when I am dead.

Awsome! My faworite colour is yellow too... :)

@sheep1ewe

5 жыл бұрын

@@HelloKittyFanMan. Because This deserve a brand!

@sheep1ewe

5 жыл бұрын

@@HelloKittyFanMan. I think the first one probably became a pretty good one now after Your first comment, so maybe we shall save that one?

@sheep1ewe

5 жыл бұрын

@@HelloKittyFanMan.Ok, i hawe fixed it now.

When I watch your videos, I feel like I am watching Blue Peter. ;)

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

That's such a nice compliment ❤️

Voice so calm and soothing... it's like ASMR for nerds.

Awesome video, as usual!!!

That was awesome! this channel is the mutt's nuts :)

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers! 🐶

I was on the stream :D that was the best stream ever

So outside the box retro channel... Love it.. Job well done..

Another puntastic recipe, great work.

What function did you perform at the keyboard factory? It sounds like your boss was a control freak. Glad you escaped and found ALTernative employment in the END.

That dog makes this the greatest vid ever!

My mum used to say she loved watching Whitima Fatbread when she was chucking in the Olympics!

@RetroRecipes

2 жыл бұрын

LOL! Heard someone say Zack Muckerburg the other day, that made me laugh too.

@jayc2469

2 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes Keep sharing the love! I wasn't on intending to subscribe (envy!) but I couldn't resist! Much respect to you both from Wales, UK

Halfway through I was thinking: Why don't we build all our cases like this? "And then - disaster." - Oh, that's why.

Mega cool!

Awesome video, I had no idea that Legos would fit on the C64. But you are missing the D and instead got two F.

@johnignaczak7242

5 жыл бұрын

That was so he could pay respects twice as fast

@Dionicio3

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah that was bothering me all video

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

Just a draft print error

@EvilTurkeySlices

5 жыл бұрын

Perifractic's Retro Recipes it’s so you can say f to pay respects twice for not being able to use the Commodore logo.

I love that screwing sound

Patience of a saint and another great video 🙂🙂👍

The Retrobright comment made me chuckle. 8-Bit Guy really loves retrobrighting stuff.

Excellent !!!!!

Ah, the Bob Ross of retro computing.

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

I'll beat the devil out of you 🎨🕹️

Nice Dogs :) Bless them !

i see you so calm then i think just one thing, this guy is sitted in his favourite corner in the world!!! congratulations for your men's cave!!!

Press *FF* to pay respect

Uhh, the world’s first totally new Commodore 64 system was obviously sold by Commodore. ;) Anyway, the rights holder for the Commodore logo probably doesn’t even realize he or she owns the rights. Obviously, the people who made The C64 Mini weren’t able to get it either. :(

Nice holden commodore cameo :D

Vote for the Brixty Four, and tell a friend!

Great video What brand of mic are you using for your videos?

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

Blue Yeti USB and pricey filters!

As always awesome video :)

Everything you do on this channel is magical, and I love you for sharing it with us. This is like my third favorite channel on KZread. Don't worry though, you're only behind Tom Scott and Bad Obsession Motorsport.

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

Blocking you now for saying third favourite. 😉👍

@aitchpea6011

5 жыл бұрын

Time...to get the funk out!

He doubles as an ASMR channel in case this hasn't been mentioned before. Oh hope you glued that space bar as the center looked like it wanted to come apart

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

I actually improved the design for the final version, with longer tiles on top. Thanks!

I was thinking 'what if ya drop it?' then a second later....

Very very nice video! Thank you for doing your research! :)

@RetroRecipes

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

Pretty funny. Commodore 64 is my first computer and enjoyed for some years.