Restoring Nostalgia: Can we fix my childhood C64 TV?

[@troughle]

Thanks for the 80’s memories. It was a great time to be growing up in!

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you so much for the support. It really helps this content continue 🙏🕹

[@Ramdileo_sys]

@@RetroRecipes at 21:45.. Christian that snowy picture you have in channel 21..... is complete snow in higher channels...... Probably the only issue there.... was that bad coaxial connector....... by the way.. try to get a real coaxial 75 ohms cable... like the one that the TV cables companies use.. (or use to use).... that fine wire... that's not good... ( great video as always )

[@RetroRecipes]

@@Ramdileo_sys Thanks! If you mean the bad cable, I tried other cables off camera before this when the original tuning issue was happening. So there’s definitely some issue inside the TV tuner related to higher frequencies.

[@fixitalex]

Well... Nostalgia is not only a drug. It helps to survive this damn times...

[@worldofretrogameplay6963]

Perifractic, you hit the nail on the head. It took me forever to upgrade to a Windows PC, because the machines lacked a soul - an identity if you will - like the C64, Amiga and Atari ST had. The PC world seemed so cold and pointless. Innovation was in the PC’s software and not the hardware like those older computers we grew up with. Those were the days, ya’?

[@UKSCIENCEORG]

I was a student in Twickenham (St Marys) from 1990-93 and remember buying computer bits in Richmond. I also remember buying my first modem at PC World near Isleworth in 1992 and dialling into bulletin boards. Nostalgia IS a drug!

[@lancejones4636]

Nostalgia is very powerful, but it is a form of suffering... it's a longing that cannot be fulfilled. Respect and thanks to you for opening yourself to this suffering.

[@RetroRecipes]

That’s very true mate. But there’s a happiness within the suffering that you can’t get without it. And for me the net result is still that’s it’s a good thing, a nice thing to explore. Without pain there sometimes can’t be pleasure…

[@lancejones4636]

@@RetroRecipes absolutely. I’m so happy to have found your channel, mate. Much love to you and your family over The Holidays from me and my family in Victoria BC. 💙

[@darrenwilson99]

I absolutely get what you are saying Lance. But to be able to try, it's a wonderful but tortuous endeavour.

[@mikey_jax]

The hours I spent on my ZX81 (in 1981) learning how to code and making simple games. Then I moved to a Dragon 32 and remember linking it up to the VHS recorder so I could record my high score on Donkey Kong! Plus coding a word processor in the Dragon’s graphics mode that drew every character so I could have more on screen than the text mode. So many memories creating crazy games and having so much fun…

[@stmchale]

Thanks for sharing taking us down memory lane and a tour of your little "sit-tee"

[@RetroRecipes]

Glad you enjoyed it - it's my pleasure! Thanks for the kind donation - it really helps the content continue 🙏

[@chironbramberger]

Having the "...little city..." with all the reverb over the music... chef's kiss!

[@RetroRecipes]

🙌

[@troughle]

Being a similar age group these videos really bring back great times growing up in the 80’s.

[@RetroRecipes]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@00Skyfox]

This has been such a great project! It's wonderful how you're gathering all your old setup together again to relive the enjoyment. My setup hasn't changed much--same desk, same rack holding the same floppy disks in the same boxes. The last main bit of original hardware was my 1541 drive that I got for christmas in the mid to late 80s, but it quit working and yesterday I discovered that the read head has gone bad! I got thousands of hours of use out of that thing over about 35 years, and now it will never work again unless I can replace the head (the board works fine). It's not a rush job, though, since I have about 20 other working drives to choose from, including a new-in-box unit I got a few years ago. Trouble is, it's my only 1541C drive, and the JiffyDOS in it is for a 1541C. Anyway, once I have a place with enough room to spread out I'll set up the tape drive and dot matrix printers, too.

[@RetroRecipes]

Glad you’re enjoying this! More phases to come…

[@Gectms]

I had a very similar Akai stereo system and got it around the same age as you did. I loved that stereo and played it constantly. I can even remember the smell of the electronics when I first opened up the boxes to set it up.

[@RetroRecipes]

Me too!!

[@jamesnewman4351]

What a moving video , i loved every second of it! It reminded me of when my dad( who just passed away last year) bought me my Vic 20 in 1982 , he used to make us a cuppa tea and come and see me programing in my bedroom.. i miss him.. PS. You did get me giggling when that Fawlty Towers moment came on👍

[@RetroRecipes]

Sorry to hear that sir. We were very lucky 🙏🕹️

[@nomadjock]

Total nostalgia overload there. I like the timeline you done based on old hardware, for me this is how I remember a lot about specific times and dates in my life. If someone asks me about what I was doing in the summer of 1991 for example I am immediately taken back to my days with the Megadrive playing Sonic, Castle of Illusion and drooling over screenshots of Super Famicom games and then all these other memories about other things come flooding back, its like my computer memories are my space-time continuum and joins the dots for all my other memories. Been playing video games since I got my Commodore 64 for Xmas 1982 and haven't really stopped. :) Good times, good memories and a more care free childhood.

[@darrenwilson99]

Out of all the retro channels I follow, nothing comes close to this for channeling the emotions that I feel. You, sir, are doing outstanding work.

[@ronny332]

Crazy, the sound of the alarm clock made me smile without thinking about an. As I noticed the smile everything was clear: I had the same "noise" for years every morning. Thanks for reminding me 🙂

[@Raafman42]

As someone who got a C64 for my first wedding anniversary from my wife in 1985 at the ripe old age of 21, your channel and videos mean a lot to me. Ended up with an A500 in 1989, the an A2000HD in 1992. Loved them all but unfortunately no longer have them. Living the RetroPie dream at the moment to recapture some of the magic. Keep up the great work and have a Merry Christmas and Happy New from us in Australia. 🇦🇺

[@RetroRecipes]

What a wonderful wife! Happy holidays to you and yours ☃️🕹️

[@Raafman42]

@@RetroRecipes Sure is and I have fond memories of typing in Machine Code from magazines for hours on end. Getting “Baby Elephant Walk” was the hardest to get right, but was a learning process.

[@chrisrobson8540]

being virtually the same age (i out -old you by 6 months) these nostalgia vids are pretty much time travel for me......we grew up with all the same cultural references so a lot of this wierdly makes my face leak as i'm transported back to 198-whenever. Happy memories and i thank you for bringing them back👍👍

[@syntaxusdogmata3333]

13:00 - I love how the music is sync'd with the alarm. Very nice touch! 👍

[@RetroRecipes]

Good ear!

[@COMATRON.]

13:00 when the alarm clocks syncs with da beat oh yeah baby

[@RetroRecipes]

It was nice of Braun to design it to fit my music!

[@holycowmanheck]

I was part of the Tandy Coco crowd. If I could go back, it would be to find all the software and hardware info that's been lost.

[@mtbevins]

Great video! Very touching and personal which is what makes your videos special. Thank as always for sharing your journey. I thought about my first computer... I got a TI-99/4A when I was 16 in 1983. (I too struggle with exact dates) I loved it and learned to program on it. I think I gave it away to a young boy in 1987 as I wanted to pass on the fun I had. I was in the US Air Force at the time and I put a Commodore 128 on lay away at the Base Exchange. Sadly I never completed the purchase. I later built a PC and have been in IT industry ever since. I have since repurchased 4 TI-99/4As, VIC 20, Commodore 64 and Apple IIE. I agree the older machines have soul where all the other PCs I built do not.

[@alaninsley5005]

It's amazing how many of your nostalgia items are exactly the same as mine. Even that alarm clock! Except I had A Sony Trinitron TV for my C64. Thanks for the memories.

[@RetroRecipes]

Our family had a Trinitron in the living room! Small world

[@dustL00P]

When I discovered your videos instantly loved the content. As the content goes on and when you pause for thought in the videos having those memories really hits and makes me smile. Never stop making your content

[@RetroRecipes]

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

[@darrenwilson99]

Absolutely this. I have never seen a channel on KZbin or even TV that understands how I feel about retro gaming or even nostalgia in general.

[@simonaread]

Thank you for another amazing video! as a 45 year old from the UK these videos have triggered so many childhood memories, very moving. I had a Sinclair Spectrum 48k+ initially but moved to a Commodore 128, my sister had a Commodore 64C. My friend and I used to sit for hours on our Commodore's (he had a 64C) messing around with basic and playing games, I found some photos of us doing just that which I am glad I kept, I am still very good friends with him still today. One of the smallest objects in this video really made the biggest impact on me, that alarm clock! my dad had the same one and the sound of the alarm took me right back to hearing that from the other room at 7am on a weekday in the late 80's early 90's - it would soon be time to get up and go to school - to see my friends to talk about computers. Thank you for the memories.

[@RetroRecipes]

It’s amazing how many people the alarm clock has resonated with. Perhaps by getting us when we were just coming out of dreams, it entered a different part of our memories and nostalgia. A more dreamlike place altogether.

[@bobbus_74]

Really cool to see that little snippet of Richmond. Spent plenty of time in those same shops too. Tandy was super useful for cables and connectors. Boots was great too, My kids look at me strangely when I explain to them how we used to buy games there. That Braun alarm clock must've been in nearly every kids bedroom in the eighties too. That sound still haunts me!

[@darrenc2721]

Wonderful to see you sharing these 80's memories. i think I said in your previous vid about your desk, i was having a retro christmas, your videos have been encouraging me do more retro stuff. Your mention of the casio watch made me go out and get a casio calculator watch the other day. I got my xmas decorations my parents had on their tree in the 80's finally delivered also. I been a feeling a bit retro since both my parents passed away two years ago and the memories you share of whsmith, boots, c64 etc have helped me to see the past again. I have just completed my 5 disk retro md christmas collection too. My friend had the psion 3a and used it for his bills and to write letters. I really enjoy your look back into retro past histories, especially when they and you include memories. it does make it feel more real! Almost like time travel! My camera for christmas 82/83 was a kodak disc camera. I actually still have the kodak album book that came with it. The pictures I took with it, are up on my wall to this day as a collage. In a way you setting up your c64 desk as you did when you were younger, is a form of time travel, look at all the memories you have of your desk. You were able to recall them all and then reconstruct the desk as it was in the 80s. Wonderful stuff! Edit: meant to say Happy Holidays, i forgot!

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you for your thoughtful comment! I’m sorry to hear about your loss. But it is heartwarming to hear these videos help with a bit of time travel. It’s great Casio still make that watch! I have asked for one for Christmas. Happy holidays indeed!

[@darrenc2721]

@@RetroRecipes I hope you get one! Ha!

[@R0n8urgundy]

Being of similar age and upbringing to you (albeit in Manchester) your videos are bringing back some amazing childhood memories.

[@FuzzWoof]

Everything in these vids gives me a nostalgia fix, but that Hinari TV is just maximum nostalgia for me as that was the TV I used for several of my early computer setups, culminating in my Amiga A500. At least the door covering the controls survived, mine fell off within a few months!

[@GuybrushThriftweed]

Aaaah this made me go back to my 80's too. Thank you very much sir! I wonder how many people are trying to remake/rebuy their childhood stuff again thanks to your vids :)

[@MetalTiger88]

The cousin of a friend had your profilepic as a poster on his roomdoor back in the 90's. I always lived that psygnosis logo 😅✌️

[@B3tanTyronne]

For some reason, I have never forgotten which years I got various computers at Christmas, and they start in '83 with the ZX81 which I eventually threw into a paddling pool I was so fed up with it, '85 was when I got my Speccy 48k from either Dixons or Comet in Hoddesdon, '86 was a 2nd hand C64 with an amber screen monitor which resulted in 'The Human Race' being utterly unplayable but as it was the first game I played on it the Robb Hubbard sid tune blew me away, '87 was the Atari ST, '88 was the Amiga and then in '91 I bought my first pc. Feels like yesterday.

[@janneandersson7197]

Love to watch all this 80`s stuff, got my zx48 in 1983 and still have it, a500 c64 is Aldo in my collection and a LOT of gameconsoles from the era. Janne/Sweden

[@TrickysFlyingBurrito]

I got that C64 pack from Christmas 1986 too, that Adrian Mole game brought back so many memories!! I've been on a similar journey to you recently - my dad ran a branch of 'Martins' ( a WH Smith competitor) in the mid to late '80's which is where I spent a lot of my time after school playing with the systems of the day and which was where all of my own 8 bit systems came from. Its now a branch of WH Smiths, ironically, and I visited this year for the first time since 1988 experiencing all of the same emotions - its great to have such a tangible link to a treasured time in my life.

[@RetroRecipes]

Oh wow I was always going down to Martin’s in Kew for sweets and Cola and birthday cards and ZZAP! 64 and… far too many things

[@charonunderground8596]

Beautiful memories, I return to them often myself. The older one gets the greater the desire to feel and relive what once was. In Poland, not everyone could afford a computer. Only a few people had computers. The computer press led the way. My friends and I would stare at the legendary Polish monthly magazines about games and computers, dreaming of playing the games presented there. Our knowledge of computers grew with every issue. The first computer I saw with my own eyes at a rich neighbour's house was an Atari 65XE with a tape recorder, and it could have been 1986 or 1987. For my own first dream computer I had to wait until 1995 or 1996 and it was also an Atari 65XE, and a month later I found out that my cousin was selling a C-64 and I bought it without hesitation It was my favourite eight-bit computer. It opened the way to thousands of games and the demoscene. I even acted as a "swapper" in the scene for a while. However, when I saw an Amiga 500 at another cousin's house it made the biggest impression on me out of everything in computers and games throughout my life. Switching from an 8bit to a 16bit A500 was like flying into space. Beautiful graphics, colours, great games and demos (Spaceballs !!!), wonderful Paula sound.... I'll never forget it. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)

[@boardsort]

The previous video spoke to my heart. This video (particularly the 1st 15 minutes) speaks to my soul. Usually the the strong emotions I experience when I think back to my years spent growing up on my C64 are touchable only by me, but you clearly have the reach. You get it.

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you.

[@festivitycat]

Not sure if anyone else has said but I appreciate the music being timed perfectly with the alarm clock, nice touch 😎

[@RetroRecipes]

Thanks for noticing! It was nice of Braun to design it to fit my music.

[@Thiesi]

This is again giving me some _very_ melancholic vibes - because I had _almost_ the same Braun alarm clock for many, many years! The alarm sound though is 100% the same as I remember it (they probably used the same beeping sound generator in various models). Also, nice to see you found an image of your old desk by looking through the legs of Pericatric. Oh, and speaking of the desk: You actually set it up _correctly_ in your studio in L.A. - or at least correctly for _where_ you set it up. Remember: There's only one country in the entire world where drawers are legally required to be mounted on the left side, and that's Great Britainewzealandominicaustraliantigua and Barbados, so exactly where you are from. Oh, and finally: I really liked that _Rolling Stones_ reference!

[@RetroRecipes]

Lol at Pericatric. Better than Pussyfractic. And yes I’m sure that beeper was standard. Ha and I was going to make a joke about driving on the right here but completely forgot! Thanks for reminding me.

[@RandomBitzzz]

These videos (revisiting your childhood setup) bring back heavy nostalgic feels. 🙂 Thanks for sharing... I too still have the TV I used on my C64, but I haven't powered it on in over a decade. I gave it to my in-laws a few years back and it came back like a boomerang. Maybe I'll plug it in over my Christmas break.

[@RetroRecipes]

Dewit

[@darrenwilson99]

Wow. You've captured nostalgia again and the emotional connection it brings. I have a floppy emulator plugged into the back of an Amstrad CPC6128. Not the original one I had but I paid way over the normal asking price on eBay just to guarantee I could have one. Then I bought a Batman sticker that came with the The Movie game and stuck it in exactly the same place on the left hand side of the colour monitor. I fired up Knight Tyme earlier and as soon as the music kicked in, the tears welled up in my eyes. You are right, it's not quite the same as playing when you did as an eleven year old. But, damn, it makes you wish you were that age again. Like you have a connection with the C64, there's a feeling when I touch the CPC6128 keyboard that emulating can never capture.

[@H3adcrash]

I absolutely love these videos! I'm sure I'm not the only one getting misty eyed watching this!

[@MarkDell]

I love to see the Psion being shown! I got started with software development back on the 3A and it shaped my career and life. I am eager to see your recap of those devices!

[@RetroRecipes]

Wow that’s cool. What did you develop?

[@MarkDell]

@@RetroRecipes I was in my teens without any experience. But I went through the programming book that came with it and made a Eliza port (based off an Amiga demo disk), a graphics package and a Star Trek game. I was the coolest kid in school 🤭

[@RetroRecipes]

@@MarkDell Very cool! And then you founded Dell, right?!

[@user-xw2tj1kn1f]

Man... Nostalgia really is weird. I'm feeling all these exact things about my own childhood and somehow want to re create them. I'm 46 and I have some of my old stuff still in the attic. Maybe I should try to make that c64 go once again. your allarm clock there really took me back, completely unexpectedly. Thank you for this video. Now I want to be back, hurrying home after a birthday party. My mom opening the door, telling me -Hurry, It just started! and then, me and her watching the first episode of V together! 🔥❤️🔥

[@RetroRecipes]

I was hoping that alarm clock would ring some bells

[@Jaw0lf]

It is always the simple but last thing we look at! Another amazing video and what a great result.

[@michaelblum410]

Another wonderful trip down Nostalgia Lane. Pavlov should have used alarm clocks in his experiments. I still get the shivers whenever I hear the alarm clock from my school days. I suppose it helps demonstrate how nostalgia can be so powerful, a simple sound, image, smell etc. can unleash powerful emotions

[@Toby_Q]

Yep, this for me. I had to mute the entire alarm clock part. I couldn't stand hearing it. It made me uncomfortable and nervous for some weird reason that I'm sure is buried in my subconscious. Wow that was weird and unnerving.

[@neillufc8282]

Absolutely brilliant, my God….the clock, your face when the alarm went off made my day. How can press shift runstop bring a lump to my throat…but it did! Happy, happy days…thank you.

[@RetroRecipes]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@GoranObal]

Another lovely journey with Perifractic. It's so nice to see there are others out there who just don't give up that easily when they want something to work. And it usually pays out! Luck favors the tenacious!

[@RetroRecipes]

Yes! Thank you!

[@WaypointComics]

I couldn't even wait for the video to finish...the alarm clock nostalgia, glad to see its not just me :) I still have my dailymate Time Cube that woke me up from i want to say '85 to '92... still have it, still works... the feeling of another time and place when you hear the alarm is...well....alarming. Another great video, speaking of which...back to the rest of it...

[@SebMcC2007]

Luv it! I'm a tat younger, as I was born in 1982, but still have really good memory to those years. Unfortunately, this year, I had to let go two people whom where a big part of memories of those days, my grandparents. Thanks for sharing your childhood with us, and bringing back our memories!

[@RetroRecipes]

Sorry to hear that. They live on in the hearts and nostalgia of loved ones though.

[@SebMcC2007]

@@RetroRecipes yes, they do so very much!

[@anotheruser9876]

I once dreamed I had traveled back in time to the place where I used to play soccer as a kid in the 1980s . It happened to be a Saturday (game day) and I wanted to go and see myself play. I woke up before I could get there and was sad I missed the opportunity that was never real to begin with. Nostalgia is truly a drug and going cold turkey is harsh. Good to see I'm not the only one trying to relive the good things that happened to me in those days. I try to forget all the bad things that happened.

[@KarlBate]

I had a that Braun alarm clock, and from memory, it, was stopped by shouting at it, as it was voice activated/de-activated. That noise however, is a massive blast from the past. Nice video

[@RetroRecipes]

Interesting! I’ll try that

[@trumpdonald6911]

It’s amazing how thoughts and memories of the past can bring in up memories and references we wouldn’t have remembered any other way. And the emotions that come along with them. It’s like reliving those times.

[@olliedann]

Super video. Took me right back to my 80s bedroom and C64 setup. I was constantly under my desk rewiring everything. And I even had an original print Back to the Future poster on the wall! Feeling very nostalgic.

[@olliedann]

Oh, and living in Wimbledon we visited Richmond all the time. I remember those stores.

[@olliedann]

Now I think about it, my Vic 20 and later C64 were both purchased in a computer store in Wimbledon Village - now a wine merchant.

[@SpaceFlightOrange]

Wow! I got a real nostalgia hit when you produced the Braun Alarm clock! I was given a Braun travel Alarm clock for my 21st birthday in 1994 by someone who sadly is no longer with us. It had an alarm just like yours, and travelled the world with me for at least 10 years. I no longer have it, sadly, probably sold at the same Table sale I sold my Psion Series 5 at for £5! Im the same as you, in that I have been through a number of PC's over the years and felt they never had a personality, like the amiga, etc. did, and Im pleased to say that of my original Computers - Dragon 32, BBC Micro, Amiga 500, before I switched to PC, I still own them all! and they all work. Sadly I no longer have my TV. that died in 2006/7. I have none of my original desktop PC's but I still have all my original Laptops, 2 Compaq Laptops, and my 2007 MacBook Pro. Great video, and thanks for bringing back some great memories for me.

[@mikeb2575]

The 80's was the best era to grow up in, I had a ZX Spectrum and a C64 and loved programming and typing in program listings from magazines, not to play the games but more to learn more about coding. The commercial games were fantastic i.e. Ocean and Ultimate to name a few and these times can never be achieved again as someone said, we are looking back at those days with adult eyes and even though the enthusiasm is there the wonderment of all the new exciting technology is not. Many thanks for taking us all on a nostalgic trip which has been extremely enjoyable. I would love to go back in time but I would need to have my memory wiped as well so it all seemed new again. btw I lived in a neighbouring borough to you back in the same time and used to visit W.H.Smiths and Tandy, Dixons etc and really loved going to Wendy's after purchasing a game and look at the packaging and try to envision what the game would be like. Take care my friend and many thanks again for the beautiful trip down memory lane :)

[@drsynthpattern]

I absolutely loved the retro bedroom setup video! I'm an 1980's born myself and felt so naustalgic seeing this. Unfortunately, my family couldn't afford such a bedroom setup like this in the 80's but watching movie's like ET, Flight of the Navigator etc kept me passionate about such naustalga. I now have a mancave in retro progress 😎 I also installed Pimiga on my pi400 along with Batocera for those trips abroad. 😀 I'm really happy that you have achieved this! P.s. grab a Yamaha dx7 and put this on display 👌

[@CoLD.SToRAGE]

I owned virtually every Psion organiser by virtue of creating a PacMan clone called “Chomper” when I was a one-man company called “Black Dawn Digital”. I was given the organisers at a token gesture price (way, way lower than MSRP) and quickly made that back on royalty payments from Widget Software.

[@Saturnuria]

Thanks for doing this Christian. I hope you know that some of us are feeling the same emotions you are when you do this. Especially those of us who don’t have the resources or ability to do this for our own childhood setups.

[@RetroRecipes]

Thanks for saying that. That’s definitely part of why I do it. 🙏

[@JBOpie13]

Glad the SCART Converter got the TV going for you. Funny how the converters always misspell 'Output"; yours said 'Ouput' and mine said 'Outptut'. Always enjoy these videos. Your line delivery does make it feel like I'm listening to a friend talk about the good old days. Still get a chuckle when I watch you wish Bruce Wayne a Happy Birthday in 2005 (at least the actor looked like you) :) Keep up the great work on these videos!

[@RetroRecipes]

Haha yep that was me. Glad you enjoy my video “ouptit”.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

The Max Headroom picture also brings back memories, as does the space shuttle video cassette & the Back to the Future poster, too! Thing is, my C64 was used, probably after you moved on to the next thing, so I didn't get to mess with mine until probably 1988ish. Maybe '87, at best. By then, I was married & had a kid, but still... great memories! Thank you for giving me some happy memories, as all I've had recently are the opposite. I appreciate it more than I can say. ❤️❤️

[@metalfacemark]

I forgot completely about Adrian mole! After I finish the video I’m off to load it up on my mister and try to find the series on the internet somewhere, I’m 50 but our teenage lives seemed to have been so similar so every nostalgia hit you get gets me too, it actually chokes me up sometimes watching! Merry Xmas to all the frantic family for another great year of nostalgic content 😊

[@RetroRecipes]

🙏

[@metalfacemark]

@@RetroRecipes And if anyone else was looking after watching this - the whole series are on youtube - kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHLPd5l_f9isl7M

[@guystevens162]

Well another trip down memory lane. I thank you very much to time to do this all.

[@mes1983]

Another wonderful, exciting and not least tear-inducing episode. That Braun clock hit me hard! My grandfather had that exact clock, which I somehow ended up with after he suddenly passed. Thank you soo much for the wonderful nostalgia.

[@RetroRecipes]

🙏

[@rollandbrowning1600]

Your last two videos have brought back many emotions and a few months ago I played Apollo 18 and it took me back to the moment I used to play it in my bedroom as a teenager. It seemed so real and impactful and such a happy time for me in my life. My Atari 2600 did it for me as well with Raiders of the lost Ark and my sister remembers sitting there watching me. At age 51 those were all great memories and so glad I got to remember them. Thanks again for you greatest two videos released yet and knowing that others remember those great gaming moments.

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you 🙏

[@CubicleNate]

That was fantastic! I searched for the TV I used as a kind with my C64 but it is long gone. I can't even remember the brand of it, just that it was a small B&W TV. I'm sure I didn't care when I finally got a colored monitor to play it on, my 1084S which I shared with my Amiga 600. You have inspired me to seek out the various bits of tech that were along side me in my younger years. Just for fun, of course!

[@RetroRecipes]

It’s a lot of fun and great escapism! Enjoy my friend.

[@MaryAnnNytowl]

Ooh, that faster alarm clock sound is the exact pattern of beats that the Master has going in his head, and would tap out on a desk, and would have others start unconsciously tap out, too! I'd already left the much-deserved comment, but those parts caused me to HAVE to leave another. Yes, I am a serious Whovian nerd, LOL! Have been since the 70s, so... _~shrug~_ AND I grew up with my dad fiddling with TVs and CRT screens to get them to behave themselves, so you adjusting that one brought back still more memories! Oh, and frankly, the 220-240 volts are less lethal than 110 can be. The higher voltage often knocks you back, while the lower voltage makes your muscles spasm and you can be stuck gripping the bare wire until someone shuts it off or... you get shut off. BTW, do NOT take this as safety advice of any kind!! I will NOT be responsible if you take what I say to mean that 220/240 volts is safe, because it is NOT. It's simply not AS deadly. Big difference. ❤️❤️

[@wetukman]

That video of driving through Richmond brought back memories when I lived near there, Smiths was my hang-out to browse the computer and Hi:FI magazines, I used to buy electronic components from Tandy and there was another dedicated shop near there selling electronic components near there I used to buy from I can't remember the name.

[@gestorum508]

Thank you very much to all the fractics for this amazing conforting show that proves that time travelling is in fact very possible. Kudos for the two childhood rooms project which was pretty entertaining. C64 owner since 1984, 85 or 86. Memory is so much volatile.

[@cjpops7628]

This is fantastic, might try and do a similar idea with my Amstrad CPC setup - ahhh the Nostalgia

[@MSHarvey_Lyricsmith]

I really love this video. The quirks of setting up a computer system on a TV brought back so many very great memories. Thank you Perifractic for the memories Trying to get the best picture quality was always a challenge. Especially for the 48K Spectrum blessed with dot crawl and bleeding colours. Regarding time travel, I had to come up with a way for people to time travel in the story I just created. It works on the problem by allowing information to travel between two distant locations using quantum twinning but also elevating it to a macro scale. Thereby avoiding the whole FTL malarkey. I will send the link to you so you can read the relevant bit to see how it worked in the story. It's very speculative, obviously. Loved the episode and the Pet Shop Boys sped up.

[@RichardTeelSys]

Loved that you brought out the Psion. I'm in the US, but I loved them and have been putting together a bit of a collection now thanks to eBay.

[@FQQD]

3:59 ahh, crt feeping, haha I'm kinda glad I can still hear it!

[@dj_paultuk7052]

Blimy Adrian Mole, i had forgotten all about that book. Im 51 now and i had that book for Christmas too when i was a teenager. Was quite funny from what i remember.

[@DesignedbyWill2084]

Getting to watching my 12 yo son learning to program in Lua, python and C at the age I first got my ZX80 clone and punching in Basic. I still have my heavily modified MicroAce and am grateful for all I learned from it.

[@PMCRetroGamer]

16:49 Pet Shop Boys Left To My Own Devices (The Disco Mix) ❤️ love it

[@Roblilley999]

The TV Series of Adrian Mole was excellent... Profoundly in love with Pandora

[@philsmith6768]

Such a brilliant video once more....your last video recreating your bedroom really choked me up as I think I said in the comments....seeing your Ghostbusters cassette here, straight away to myself I said Activision and the feeling i got opening the cassette for my spectrum also on Xmas day back then came over me again watching this video. My Saisho radio alarm clock, hinari TV, Michael Knight all over my walls and KITT and my beloved zx spectrum. Its true what you said our first home computers had souls....my spectrum did, loved programming on it and knowing soon some of the rubber keys would stop working and another trip to the local computer shop get it fixed and while on there pick up some Mastertronic 1.99 games with my pocket money. Such happy times in my life ☺️ Can't thank you enough for these videos and the memories you have made me think of again of my old bedroom and how I felt. Top work Peri 👏

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 🥲

[@64jcl]

Oh wow, I had the exact same Braun clock. When it started beeping it all came back to me lol and I was anticipating the speedup. And also that Psion device and that pencil holder too! Although mine was in a 70s shade of orange. That camera was very similar to the one I had too, used these odd films. I might even still have it in one of my boxes. :) Memories...

[@landspide]

Love the Bjork space cadet and little city - never gets old, like yourself. Adrian Mole was also a thing in Australia.

[@FirstDan2000]

Great video. I really like the humour put into the editing of these videos. The pet shop boys playing slightly too fast as a soundtrack had me laughing. So did the scene of the little girl staring at the haunted TV screen from that scary film that I'm uncertain of the name of. And the captions added on screen too often get me chuckling whilst you are tearing up - I hope that's intentional.

[@RetroRecipes]

Let’s say it is…

[@johnsonlam]

Side note: In Hong Kong, we use 220V 50Hz (same as UK, ex-colony of UK 😉), and back in 80's Nintendo did have local "Gray NES" for the local market but almost nobody buy it since it's slower than Japan version due to it's running 60Hz speed.

[@amcnaughton100]

Another fantastic video which takes me down memory lane, thanks.

[@wadams31]

Another awesome video! Thanks for the nostalgia and good memories. Here in Brazil not everyone could have Commodores and Apples by this time. But the feeling is the same when I remember my own childhood with my Atari 2600 and my NES (we used to call it little nes "Nintendinho")

[@user-xw2tj1kn1f]

The BJÖRK sound clip hit the spot!! 🔥❤️🔥

[@gazmck]

Def getting memories of my Hinari tv and tuning the c64 in with the spongey menu buttons!

[@RetroRecipes]

They are spongy! I’m amazed so many people had this exact TV.

[@s.k.5919]

Thank you very much for the second time travel. 🤗 Greetings from Germany.

[@darrenball4620]

Great videos - the nostalgia hit is huge! I've started to set up a retro desk (although not to match my original as I wasn't a fan of it even back then), I still have my original Spectrum 48k from 1983, Astro Wars and Galaxy Invader electronic games from 1981/82, along with recently re-purchased Amiga 1200 and Acorn Electron. I am also adding machines I never had back in the day but wanted, such as a Spectrum 128 +2a and now looking for a C64 that I only ever got my hands on a couple of times in Boots and Asda while my parents went off shopping!

[@Butlerd342]

Another tug at those 80s heart strings. Thank you so much

[@ClassicTrialsChannel]

We also had a Tandy in my town(long eaton), I was like you always in there . We were also lucky to have a brilliant computer shop called long eaton computers. Bought my c64, Amiga and my first Pc from them. Plus most of my games, starting with my 48k spectrum, cpc464, c64, A1200 n Pc. Brilliant days. Still have my c64 and it's disc drive, also my A1200.

[@steverae68]

Omg this is such a good series … I had a psion 3a too !! It’s so good to go back and remember what it was like growing up with your childhood computers… we are a very lucky age to be able to go back and reminisce how good it was back in those early days. Kids today have know idea how far we’ve came. But above all, it is so good to have a UK spin on retro….

[@GameRetro]

Amazing! So glad you've managed to get the TV working. What a great tube that, CRTs are getting fewer by the day. And I really love what you did with the nostalgia corner there! Cheers!

[@RetroRecipes]

🙏

[@PaulinesPastimes]

I was 30 in 1983 so guess how old I will be in January 2023! Your desire to travel back to your childhood is quite lovely and I hope it has bought you happiness. I loved the 80s for completely different reasons. One of which was meeting an astonishing man who was the Henry Higgins to my Eliza Doolittle and he made me beautiful. Sadly, he is no longer alive. That black Braun clock was instant time travel. Everyone who was up with the latest trends had one of them, so 'hi-tech'! Congrats on getting the TV to work, must make you feel very good. 😊✨

[@RetroRecipes]

Thank you Pauline! And you don’t look a day over 40!

[@PaulinesPastimes]

@@RetroRecipes Yes, I know. And don't forget it! Hahaha Too Norma Desmond?

[@xyz2112zyx]

Oh, my!! Great video for this week!!! Have a great Holidays and Merry Christmas with your family!!! God bless all of you!! Thanks for the content and sharing the joy and happiness shown in front of the camera!!

[@RetroRecipes]

Our pleasure!

[@ClassicRetroByte]

I think I had the same Alarm clock too. And all the while you was trying to get the telly tuned in I was screaming at you, check the the cable or the socket on the back of the telly. Ah a large dose of nostalgia home sickness 😉

[@TastierBackInThe80s]

Just got to this video Peri, you must be very close in age to me by mere years because I remember practically everything thats going on in this video, and the previous one. Including that christmas packaging for the C64. And I have to say, Im having to fact check dates on things too, the continuity of my memory is becoming very questionable. Very enjoying and relevant to me from that part of my childhood. Thank you.

[@RetroRecipes]

You’re welcome. I’m 50 next month. 🎉

[@Kw1161]

I had the Psion (Diamond brand) but it needs new rechargeable batteries. My 1st computer that I bought off a shipmate a Radio Shack brand (Sharp) 1k portable that I used in college. It still works but needs the display replaced. My 1st real computer was a Amiga 500, which lost in the move😢 as was my 1st windows pc and home built NegGen 586. After I enlistment was up in July 1985, I bought a Sony 2010 for a Short wave radio alarm clock and woke up to the BBC World Service for about 10 years, sadly they no longer target North America so one more youth activity gone…so I feel your nostalgia. Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year 🎉!

[@TheHjulius]

Wait, I remember Adrian Mole! I used to watch the TV series on Swedish television and I really liked it. Thank you for bringing back long lost memories!

[@sladger]

Another great video. Your previous video about the recreation of your two room setups was very emotional for me, as it was for many. Thank you.

[@RetroRecipes]

It’s my pleasure

[@grumpyoldgeezr]

What an awesome little Akai stereo set! I'd love to see more of that in another episode. I'm a sucker for 80's and 90's hifi...

[@RetroRecipes]

Nice! I might recap it one day. It’s not perfect any more.

[@jimjackle6046]

I recently ordered a Leading Edge Model D like my dad had in the mid 90's. It needs some work. But, while cleaning out his house this year since his passing in January, I found lots of software and data floppies from his Dairy farm. I also found some games and consoles from 2 of my later brothers. Personal PC archeology. Thanks to you and other KZbinrs (like Adrian's Digital Basement for the Leading Edge) for helping us catch the Nostalgia wave.

[@nickpaddock6137]

Wow this was a very emotional episode Peri so thanks for sharing. I wondered if the RF socket on your TV either had a dry joint or the socket has expanded making the female part of the socket loose, i had that same problem back in the day when i had my Philips TV connecting to my Spectrum 128K toastrack. I note you have a Boots tape recorder on your nostalgic desk which is exactly the same one i got with my first ZX Spectrum and then used on my toastrack one, seeing this makes me wish that i kept these items.

[@d1btd3265]

These videos have been your very best. Had such a similar setup myself. 10/10 you'd definitely have been in my game copying/sharing group.