Goteks have sold out but I am getting another 5 ready. Please keep an eye on eBay (it should be a few weeks at least). Please send me a message if you’d like to reserve one.

@sautebroussailles

4 жыл бұрын

Ha. I just sent you a message on Ebay. Thanks for the heads up :-)

@00Skyfox

4 жыл бұрын

I like the screen name!😎

@SproutyPottedPlant

4 жыл бұрын

You’re the best!!!

This soothing voice. He truly is the Bob Ross of computers.

Im just gonna say what everyone else is just skirting around saying. Ladyfractic is one damn fine looking woman.

@toolzshed

4 жыл бұрын

Yes I agree 😊

@BuggSmasher

4 жыл бұрын

More importantly she knows her Hardware !

@buddyryanmckendrick6601

4 жыл бұрын

i had some wako knees when i've seen ashley. she is soooooo cute omg....i love ashley

@Peter-by3ox

4 жыл бұрын

she is stunningly beautiful

@sgtspite

4 жыл бұрын

Fitter than a Butchers Dog! 😜

Sitting on my 3'inch floppy... LMAO Brilliant!!!

@gibbo9089

4 жыл бұрын

And it's got hard! 👍👍👍😂😂😂😜😜😜

@melomonster007

4 жыл бұрын

It's 5,25" when it's not floppy

@JohnSmith-xq1pz

4 жыл бұрын

So wrong yet so right lol

@CastleFamilyThe

4 жыл бұрын

Those 3” ones were rock hard, its the 5.25” guys that were the floppiest!

@willierants5880

4 жыл бұрын

IKR, and I thought it was going to be one of Puppyfractic's dog boners!

I miss old computers. Back when they were fun

I'm actually blown away by this. The graphics must have seemed incredible back in the day (they actually still look good now!)

I got here through 8-Bit Guy, stayed because of the wonderful narration of Hibernated and now I’m totally hooked because of your informative videos and witty humor!

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

Great to have you here! 👍🕹

@rlk54

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. I am now subscribed to the 8-bit guy and Retro Recipes.

Delightful! Ladyfractic is totally awesome, you should feature her more! :D

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. Unfortunately unlike me she has a real job but she'll be back! 👍🕹️

@chris8139

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he gets more views when she’s on....

@Peugeot306

4 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful wife!

@chriswaldrip2739

4 жыл бұрын

She needs her own channel... 😁

@benbaselet2026

4 жыл бұрын

@@chris8139 Check out the views with her in the thumbnail vs. others... :D

Let's be honest here, Ladyfractic is an 11/10!

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed.

@thegenerousdegenerate9395

4 жыл бұрын

The squeaky sound is what put her over the top isn't it?

@DreadPirateRobbo

4 жыл бұрын

I think she's pretty awesome... but she's no soothing baritone.

Love the Bjork reference by Ladyfractic! 😂😂😂

@namakudamono

4 жыл бұрын

I missed it, care to share, please?

@drewdane40

4 жыл бұрын

@@namakudamono 7:14 See also kzread.info/dash/bejne/aWmLqLaBoLLdaLw.html

@ChrisLeeW00

4 жыл бұрын

I think about that Bjork interview all the time, too.

Your amstrad was a TI-99 for me. I used to LOVE that old computer. Many many fond memories sitting at my fathers desk with him playing games together... Good times indeed.

I did inquire a while ago about the screwdriver sound fx and he did say Ladyfractic was the source, now I got to see her do it live! Awesome!

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

Confirmed!

She's super awesome and gorgeous, you should ask her out.

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

I'll have to ask my wife first

@Derisoireetsardonique

4 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes you should divorce on the spot! Ladyfractic and you have so much in common!

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

@@Derisoireetsardonique BTW, Ladyfractic is my wife 😜

@Derisoireetsardonique

4 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes then I wish both of you a happy life together!

❤❤❤ Sold loads of these when I worked at Dixons back in the 80's.. didn't know you could play games on them.. could have been another selling point! Love the crisp resolution the green screen provides when displaying graphics.

Cool! I still love how you include the ladies and the puppies! Always a nice touch.

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

What are we without women and dogs...?

@BollingHolt

4 жыл бұрын

@@RetroRecipes Exactly! :)

8:46 How many times have I thought, 'It lives there now.'?

Great video. I like the fact that you enlisted the help of Ladyfractic, she’s obviously a competent technician. As for the machine itself, I was surprised to see how well it played games.

Aw man I laughed so loud at Lady Fractic's Bjork impression - so cool :)

Used to spend hours and hours on it in the 80s and had graphics progs like AMS Stopress and you could get a scanner and lightpen with software,I used to be up at 3am producing club newsletters. Fascinating watching them printing out!

Always thing fondly of Amstrad computers. Had a CPC464 with an external 3" drive and a few years later a 664 with the integrated 3" drive. All this talk of 3" disks brought back happy memories! :)

Oh you have a fully working amstrad pcw and a wife that does the unscrewing? Lucky.... so lucky 😝

glad to see your wife being a good sport with your quibs and her willing to help you nee to see if there are any classic computers she wants for lady fratic recipes

@ljonesj

4 жыл бұрын

wow she was even being a good sport for you even being sick i know a lot people when sick dont want to do anything i know im one of them

Starglider was my favourite game, too. Thank you so much!

This is sooooooooo nostalgic. My folks had one of these too. For some reason I found it more interesting than my speccy. Used to spend hours fiddling with it.

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

Something to do with the hidden possibilities that made it tantalizing I think...

@RussCottier

4 жыл бұрын

Don’t you mean “gnostalgic”? ;-)

The Björk impression was very good!

The innuendo is hilarious!

So glad you finally got to play Starglider. Brilliant video Peri!

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you!! 💾👍 (Where's the 3" disk emoji?!)

There is something just awesome about my childhood era of gaming - green monochrome graphics just add to atmosphere - Love it 😍 thank you for sharing ⛩🎥🎬

@RetroRecipes

Жыл бұрын

They really do!

Love the squeaks glass crashes and the puppy growl. :) OH and the video was good too.

You and your wife make an awesome couple! So great to see her on your videos! Content as usual is A+. And now we know the secret of your awesome sound effects.

Always watch your videos when Ladyfractic makes an appearance, cute and funny, lucky guy.

Wifey is going to take over, bro 💍💍 But seriously... all of us retro doods would consider ourselves extremely lucky to have a significant other who is so supportive of our gaming hobbies. 👍👍👍👍

Perifractic I would be worried about job security if I were you! LOL Lady Fractic did an excellent job!

1:30 I like how the dog begins eating it as if it is a treat

Thanks lady fractic! That was a fun recipode!

I'm always amazed at how they got these computers to run such great games, on such tiny memory! Cool episode guys ;)

Remember playing hitchhikers guide on my dad's old 386, good times

I just realized how awesome that bass line is in the outro music... Well done my dude.

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

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

Interesting content, very entertaining for us geeks, and a very well produced video. As always, should I say...

Very nice and interesting video (not only because Ladyfractic.Her cute sound effects sound great).That was the first time I saw such a computer.

The PCW was a great computer - I have many happy memories of mine!

So, i was 14 or 15 years old and my father had a Schneider CPC (german Version of the Amstrad PCW). I learned Logo on the Schneider in the Holidays i spend by him. Didnt know there are games for this machine. very nice

I am convinced that Lord and Lady Fractic are the most wholesome family on the entire internet. Oh and the PCW games look awesome; i was particularly impressed by the pacman game.

Im sure ive commented this before, but if there is one thing that gives me the nostalgias for my school days its these flippin word processors, they did cause the one and only time i got in trouble at school but i still have a soft spot for them lol

Wow, I had no idea such a wealth of high quality games existed for this! Great video!

@willierants5880

4 жыл бұрын

Same, never had a clue and those graphics.

THAT AGE green visuals, r so gorgeous as epic. i´ll never forget those beautiful machines..

Highly entertaining and informal as usual. Great channel this! Back in the days I got asked to translate the manual for the CPC6128 from english to swedish . Totaly unofficial job, it was the local computer store in town that wanted a swedish version to give to their customers. I was supposed to come to the store after school to do it, but after just a few nights I gave up, it was way too much work and that discstation was already gnawing on my hand...

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peri Chef I mean Per Gref!

@gee530

4 жыл бұрын

Retro Recipes yeah sorry, should've read informative, not informal 😂

The Fractic family keeps growing - keep up the great work 👍

Nice to see the PCW getting some love!!

Next time you get to speak with Mr. Lord Sir Alan Sugar ask him when the Mark 4 Emailer phone is coming out! 😝

text adventures were so cool back then!

Joyce loves to play 👍

Uh oh ladyfrartic's taking over the channel!!!... Wait actually now that I think about it. KZread could use some girl power tech channel's. All hail ladyfrartic!

Ladyfractic is like something from a fairy tale.

I had a 8256 given to me by my grandfather when I was about 6 or 7. I loved that thing so hard. Used to write all sorts of silly stories and make basic games.

Aw dang! I had a 9256! I loved the PcW!

Lady Fractic is amazing with her skills.

This video is another great one and with Lady fractic involved I think it's a sweet thing that both of you share such a great hobby

Loving the Bjork reference!

Ladyfractic is simply too amazing to be real...

Excellent episode! LadyFractic nailed it! 😀👍

OMG I adore your voice.! so buttery smooth and warm. I could listen to you all day. You could read me the phone book and it would sound great! Seriously, consider going into voice over work. You've definitely got it.

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Actually I've done a bit here in LA 😊 christiansimpson.com

I actually did something similar with my Kaypro 2x system, using an HXC floppy emulator, the drives still worked, so I cloned the original disk that came with the machine and went from there

Good teamwork!! I just enjoy my free Saturday even more, when watching your videos, simply great!!

As a (rare) American Atari ST kid, it’s really wild to see Starglider running on an 8080 CP/M word processor. Nice. Thank you PF!

Wow, finally the day has come! Been looking forward to seeing this coming true for quite a while, since I knew it would be a thing at some point.

Very interesting machine. Thanks for the video.

Wow. That mod was so awesome. Those games work amazingly well. Very cool. Ladyfractic is very capable. Squeaky screws! Very funny.

10:14 i LOVE the screwdriver chipmuck :D

:-) love the real big driver.

The graphics and performance on some of those games are pretty impressive for a word processor from 1985 that wasn't meant to run graphical games. Pacmania looks a little slow, but it's amazing it runs at all on a machine like that and it's definitely playable.

Absolutely fabulous you got LadyFractic to be in the videos too! Love the banter and the interaction. :)

I've been away awhile and decided to check out a video. I was not disappointed! I was happy to see your wife is just as silly as you! I'll be watching more from your channel again.

We had one of these in my English class in school, wish I'd known you could get games for it ;)

Great to see a Design-Design game get some love!

talented and beautiful -- ooooohhhh what a lucky man... he was!

Thanks a lot for this wonderful video.

Just found this retro channel! Really enjoying your videos!👍👍

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks and welcome!! 👍🕹️

it'snowin' :) - in the city

I think it's sweet that you can produce content together for the same channel like this. Every video has the same chill, wholesome humorous feel and it's always something interesting. Keep it up, all three of you!

@RetroRecipes

2 жыл бұрын

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

Wow, cool. I need one of this PCW Gotek!

1:13 best moment ever ! hahaha

It's awesome to see more of the wife. Always great to get the family together with retro. Has a kid I used to take tv's apart not knowing about the crts stored electricity. Lucky I didn't mess to far into them. Guy on a bootie in the 90s had a lot of these stacked up selling £20 each. I wasn't interested sadly at the time I had my windows 95

That Björk reference was freaking gold 😂 every time I see that video of her... going over the crt parts… I feel like I’m tripping on acid. I think that’s the only time I’ve ever seen her face or heard her voice, and I didn’t really know anything about her I didn’t even know she was a singer. So when I first saw that video of her it was just so odd and hilarious.

Love the gotek display, something very satisfying about seeing the titles as you scroll through them lol

as always good video and sweet memories, take care

Amazing 🙆🏻‍♀️💕

I always enjoy your videos and your music. Well done!

Well done LadyFractic! The new drive looks amazing :-)

I was born in 1980, so started with 5.25" disks before moving to 3.5", and also messed around with a machine that used 8" disks, (and also I have used zip disks, etc) but have never seen those 3" disks before.

I just saw another video, wonderful channel!

Liked for sound effects.

You're wife is awesome. I was chuckling away at the cute little noises she was making. My wife and I get silly sometimes like that, even after 34 years of marriage. ;)

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

That's great to know!

This is a dream come true! 😍😍😍

Nice Hardware, nice dog, nice wife, nice arguments...keep on.

Love your videos... absolutely amazing every time!

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

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

Ladyfractic did such a great job!

I love this collaboration between the two of you as a couple. Awesome!

@RetroRecipes

4 жыл бұрын

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

Hi guys, stumbled across your channel a couple of days ago and became heavily nostalgic after watching some of your videos ..all that beautiful equipment from the days of my youth ! :o) - Ended up with a beautiful "like new" Amstrad PCW 8512 from an ebay auction where I spotted it accidentally..."Boxed, New old stock", everything untouched, amazing !!! ..looks like I have to come by from time to time...!

Another great video, happy Saturday to both you and the lovely lady fractic