Unboxing and testing Commodore stuff for the holidays

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Welcome to MMMC28! This week's is definitely a "maxi" episode. I received another large well packed package and it was an absolute cornucopia of goodies!
0:00 Into and holiday message
3:11 Some large packages
18:59 Commodore 116
30:20 Commodore 16
37:04 Commodore +4
43:11 Arabic Commodore 128
49:15 Commodore SX-64
57:26 SX-64 keyboard membrane and 3D printed goodies
1:01:03 Commodore VIC-20 PAL
1:06:43 Congo Bongo cartridge
1:08:47 Load64 USB Tape Drive Interface
1:10:36 Commodore Wifi Modem
1:13:57 Outro
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[@MontieMongoose]

Merry Christmas everyone!

[@electrohacker]

Merry Christmas to you as well

[@LocKeSP]

Feliz natal, in portuguese hehe

[@williamorangeofjuice7804]

merry christmas

[@patprop74]

Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you too.

[@Skidd2]

Merry Christmas to you, and a happy new year!

[@madmartigan1498]

Stewart‘s donation for sure is the most generous of all times. Unbelievable!!!

[@petey8155]

I came to the channel a few months back for the retro tech, but found myself staying because Adrian is such a welcoming, genuine, and uplifting guy. It's impossible to be in a bad mood after his video intros :)

[@Jimblefy]

petey 815 is right.

[@jm131719]

"Yes, Virginia, there IS a Stewart Claus..." Best to everyone this time of year.

[@StephenGutknecht]

Stewart is like the University Dean giving projects to the Teacher for The Students on KZbin.

[@JessicaFEREM]

his packing is top notch, almost so good someone could live in that box with all the house insulation

[@ristopoho824]

It's rare that you see packaging and think, that's a work of art. But this Steward guy. Oh boy he did some good stuff.

[@mndlessdrwer]

Wow, Stewart is an absolute madlad! Logic probe and logic pulser? Those are an absolutely amazing gift for someone interested in low-level repairs and refurbishment of 16 and 32-bit computers, and it can help you track down where bodges need to be implemented. Truly a stunning amount of generosity.

[@Brian-vs9sd]

You seem like such a nice guy Adrian. The sort of guy you could just chill with. Enjoy a beer or a cup of coffee, and talk lots of retro.

[@shedflips]

What an amazing gift from Stewart and what a fun video, thanks Adrian

[@TheTamaranch]

Hour long video..... YES PLEASE!

[@squeakonline]

Coincidentally, we found the c16 in the loft just a month or two ago. I didn't trust the psu so I used a different generic supply. But after 20 odd years in the loft, it's working perfectly. Even the dataset still worked and loads the tapes, which were also in the loft, without a problem. It's the machine that my Dad bought in the 80s and the only one I used for many years. Learned quite a lot about them from this channel that made a lot of my memories make sense 😊

[@NikHYTWP]

I just can't get over how cozy your basement looks!

[@djosearth3618]

**Imagining** Adrian halfway through reading ^^ scurried off so fast a lil red santa cap was left in mid-air for some hangtime most festive, whilst he checked all entry points especially all subground level locking mechanisms !_ Hehe ;]

[@borismatesin]

That 264-machine collection is a very generous donation, and you're definitely worthy of it - you've been creating nothing but excellent content for years now! Merry Christmas and best wishes to you and your loved ones!

[@catriona_drummond]

As a true Commodore-style Box, of course it had to come with a trapdoor expansion. :P

[@Martin_Skywatcher]

Thank you Stewart, not only are you making Adrian happy, but us as viewer's as well !

[@jonathancombe9991]

What a wonderful set of gifts from Stewart what a lovely guy. I really enjoyed this video Adrian thank you. The Commodore Plus 4 was my first ever computer so I have a soft spot for it and was glad to see that it worked. The C116 was to me the most interesting though as it's so rare even though it's probably the worst of the systems due to the keyboard. It's a really rare machine though. Although on sale in Europe I never saw one in the UK (I think most were sold in Germany) so nice to see one and that it has gone to such a good home. It really does amaze me how many 8-bit machines Commodore produced. Thank you Adrian and Stewart.

[@rbrtck]

It's amazing to me how much time and resources Commodore wasted on some computers, but it also gave us more to talk about and enjoy, and for collectors to collect, so it's all good.

[@jamesbarantor7094]

Adrian is keeping up with the Commodore now!

[@stephenwilshaw3052]

Thanks Adrian for all the great videos this year. You clearly spend so much time and effort on them and please be aware how much this is appreciated buy us subscribers. Settling down with a beverage to watch the MMC each Wednesday is something I especially look forward to. Stay healthy (and away from the malware) and all my best wishes to you and yours for the holiday season and the new year.

[@principals16842]

9:10 O come, o come, a manual - It really is Christmas in the Digital Basement! Have a great holiday, Adrian, and thank you for all the many fascinating videos. Hardware debugging is every bit as much fun as software debugging on machines of this era!

[@dglcomputers1498]

If you were wondering the European style aerial connector is generally called a "Belling-Lee" connector after the British company who invented it, originally only designed for MF up to ~1.5Mhz but naturally ended up being used for much higher frequencies.

[@FyberOptic]

I was looking forward to watching this tonight to help me fall asleep. My girlfriend and I had to go get a human malware test today because she's a teacher and woke up this morning without a sense of smell. It's been a stressful day, especially as a chronic cough I have from acid reflux seems to become more frequent. This should take my mind off that and help me get some rest. Stay safe!

[@BertGrink]

WOW!§ Even MORE stuff from -Stuart- Stewart! That man is a LEGEND!!!!

[@nikolaszisoudis8408]

Yes he is indead

[@Lachlant1984]

How did you do the correction strike out in the text of your comment?

[@cappaculla]

Have a great Christmas Adrian, really happy when your videos show up on my time-line. Lots of love from Ireland x

[@fluffycritter]

I had so many gasp moments there. The C116, and then the *complete* SX-64? Holy crap, Stewart!

[@Ditt_o_datt_fran_bon]

You're a truly wonderful guy, Adrian. Thank you for the video, and merry Christmas.

[@George196207]

Have a Amiga 500 and a Amiga 2000 with a very small HD . The HD was so large when I first bought it . Saved sticking in work bench disk's on boot up :) So much fun way back in the day with D-paint . First time I connected a modem I found my transmit cheap was dead . That was pre internet time and google what to do. Managed to find a computer repair and parts store .Guy knew just what I needed and sold me both the receive and transmit chips . Was a very intense time for a guy with no training to replace a chip on beloved machine. Worked ! Got many years of service out of it calling a BBS .

[@dking9530]

Thanks Adrian, a very nice message for the new year.

[@senilyDeluxe]

The C16 was my first retro computer. Found it in my dad's drawer in 1997, he also barely used it. I was used to IBM compatibles and reading in the manual that you hook it up to your TV blew me away. After some making fun of how primitive the machine is, I actually typed in a few programs and then... well... I taught myself to program using this machine. After many years someone got me a few games (Big Mac and Danger Zone are my favourites), and I put it in my car with a small B/W TV until one day I must've hit that power switch when shifting stuff around and the next day the battery was drained and the computer was dead. (also, a few years ago I picked one out of a dumpster and it worked fine. Put it away for a month, got it out of storage, it worked, but when I went to fetch a disk drive it had crashed and died.) I've never seen a ceramic TED!

[@darinsfool]

I definitely love when I see new videos from you. I love repairing this old stuff myself as a hobby and is such a good community we are all a part of. I have definitely learned a few things from watching your videos on the old apples increasing my skill set with repairing electronics. Have a Very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@TRONMAGNUM2099]

These videos put such a big smile on my face. Adrian has such a cheerful personality that it is contagious

[@brouwerk1]

Merry Christmas Adrian and all the viewers of this channel :)

[@964cuplove]

I had a VC-20 here in Germany when I was young - so funny seeing all of this

[@osgrov]

Amazing donations, wow! Stewart clearly is a man with a big heart. :) Can't wait for all the upcoming Commodore videos. Those truly are my favorites! May you have a wonderful christmas and a happy new year, Adrian. Your channel and content is a treasure to me. :)

[@phxbofh]

Love the intro message. Thanks for making my Wednesday and Saturday every week. Thank you and happy holidays.

[@danilko1]

All Adrian was missing, was the warm glow of a fireplace. I am sure, it's coooold outside.

[@BBHexKey]

okay that snap sound at 26:12 actually startled me a little bit because my computer is right next to my right speaker, lmao.

[@djosearth3618]

& 57:42 but that one sounded like it was panned heavily left ;]

[@john_ace]

That was a nice introduction in a festive setting. Thank you for the treat. Merry Christmas.

[@gieselats]

Thank you. And merry Christmas and a happy new year.

[@coxyofnewp]

A Nice Message for a start to a video to whats been a really bad year for many!! And it's true, really look forward to your vids and like your light heart'd approach to an amazing talent you have for making ,fixing and doing what ever needs to be done to give life back to some amazing tech etc,, Merry Christmas and hope everyone has a much happier new year !

[@juanschroder6519]

Happy Chrismas from Argentina!!! 🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷🇦🇷 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ikke1981]

Thank you Stewart for making this awesome video possible. I like the mix of grattitude towards Stewart and utterly disdain for the design of the 264 series in Adrians voice.

[@ThePCPitChannel]

Wow that was an extremely generous donation! Thanks for your work this year Adrian, Merry Christmas :)

[@frazzleface753]

Merry Christmas, Adrian! Thanks for helping us survive this year 😎😎😎

[@erinwiebe7026]

Even way back, Commodore was always a bit of an enigma to me. On those occasions when they got it right, they really got it right. But when they got it wrong, they really hit it out of the park!

[@rbrtck]

I feel the same way, but then I think about what other computer companies did back then, when personal/home/family computers were new and they were all feeling their way around almost blindly. Maybe Commodore still takes the cake for doing weird things, but for example Apple had the disastrous, ill-conceived-in-every-way Apple III, and even the IIc didn't sell anywhere near as well as they thought it would. People don't think much about the Apple III anymore, and hardly any are available today, but that just goes to show how massive of a failure it was, especially when we factor in the high expectations Apple had for it. Additionally, it was almost an Apple II, but incompatible, which represents a Commodore level of stupidity on the part of Apple. Then we have IBM with, among other failures that almost no one remembers, the infamous PCjr and its Chiclet keyboard and other strange limitations. Atari stuck with the same 8-bit computer architecture and made fewer mistakes on that side (although I still think it's weird how the 1050 drive went to 130 kB instead of true double density MFM at 180 kB), but there is no excuse for any aspect of their 5200 console (e.g. bad controllers, deliberately superficially incompatible with the 8-bit computers, released too late, worse game selection than the 8-bit computers, no 2600 compatibility). Do I even need to mention the computer misadventures of Mattel and Coleco?

[@angrydove4067]

Merry Christmas, Adrian. Your Weds and Sat videos are something I look fwd to, as do many of your fans. You have been consistent in what is now an inconsistent world.

[@blekihun]

Enough christmas gifts for a few years in advance. I need a Stewart like best friend too!

[@phillipowen1395]

Happy hollidays Adrian! You should totally have as many subscribers as the 8 bit guy! I have been in electronics my whole life and I absolutely love your attention to details and electronics knowledge, thank you so much for hours of viewing pleasure. Keep it up!

[@bwack]

Happy New Year ! Thanks for all the videos in 2020 !

[@marksterling8286]

Happy Christmas thank you Adrian for another wonderful video

[@webestilo]

Thanks for your warm intro, you are a great guy. A big hug and merry Christmas.

[@wizofssp]

Awesome Video, Thanks Adrian.

[@andrewlittleboy8532]

Have a good one Adrian and thanks for all the videos this year! 🇬🇧

[@valentine_puppy]

I have become such a commodore fan. I never had one as a kid but if I were offered it as a kid I would have. I am so happy with seeing them and learning about them.

[@gabriellopez785]

all the best for Adrian, thaks !!!

[@yesitreallyisme]

Thank you for the last year of entertainment and education Adrian, Merry Christmas to you and yours. And may we all have a better new year.

[@daviddebruin6316]

The secret in this video is the pink panther on the inside lining of the u haul box 😎

[@0xTJ]

Love the look of the SX-64!

[@runcmd8851]

Merry Christmas Adrian and thank you for the great videos this year. And keeping my mind off a crappy year... Love Commodore...

[@neilo3476]

Happy Holidays to you Adrian and thank you for all the videos I have enjoyed watching

[@johntdavis9196]

Merry Christmas, Adrian! Thank you for all the work you put into your videos. I definitely am one of those that looks forward to them every Wednesday ("It's unboxing day!") and Saturday. On Saturdays, I usually watch you while eating lunch after coming home from the gym. :)

[@stephanemignot100]

"And testing...", that's why this channel is my fav!

[@jazzbumsmike]

nice intro, adrian -- happy holidays and new year!

[@bobsbarnworkshop]

I’m so jealous!!! Back in the day I wanted an SX64 sooooo bad!

[@pablopicaro7649]

50:00 I had two or three SX-64. Bought in about 1984 at a Clearance Center store in Omaha, NE. if a Commodore Modem was plugged into User port it would burn out the Internal Power Supply. After that would happen I would take it back to Clearance center for a refund. After second or third time powe supply fried, I instead got a C128. It was a very cool unit, with its little color screen.

[@MrMaxeemum]

We all need a friend like Stewart.

[@redlinechaser7942]

that was so awesome! Lots of amazing items!

[@moqtev]

Merry christmas Adrian - thank you for all your great videos they really bring calm and fun in these difficult times ☺️

[@jeffnorris5735]

I just love your videos! Merry Christmas, Adrian 🎄

[@ChristopherNelson2k]

Not your typical ADB video... THANK YOU!

[@ZeroWalker26]

Merry Christmas and thanks for a wonderful video. I may be new but I manage to Binge loads of your video and they all been wonderful.

[@pablopicaro7649]

50:00 I had two or three SX-64. Bought in about 1984 at a Clearance Center store in Omaha, NE. if a Commodore Modem was plugged into User port it would burn out the Internal Power Supply. After that would happen I would take it back to Clearance center for a refund. After second or third time powe supply fried, I instead got a C128. It was a very cool unit, with its little color screen.

[@timtaler2435]

Nice x-mas cube in your tree. Merry x-mas and thank you for all your videos which give a lot of inspirations.

[@braedan51]

Merry Christmas to you & yours Adrian!

[@dmnsonic]

Adrian is a classy man. Look at this intro! Fantastic.

[@00Skyfox]

That was a great intro with a lot of kind words, Adrian. I hope you had a great christmas and have an even better year in 2021. BTW, one of the absolute *best* christmas gifts I ever received: a Commodore 1541 disk drive back in the mid 80s. I still have it and it's here on the desk next to me, still working great. It was getting a workout yesterday running and testing some backups.

[@terosaarela4555]

Thanks for the video! I hope you have a peaceful and relaxing Christmas!

[@marciomaiajr]

Merry Christmas Adrian. Love your content.

[@MatroxMillennium]

I'm glad you finally got an SX-64! Very cool little luggable. I lucked out and got one free around 10 years ago!

[@Aruneh]

I can say that your channel is one of only two where I will sit and refresh all the time when it is almost time for a new video to appear, love your channel. What an amazing assortment of kit you got, Stewart is an amazing person. Merry Christmas from Denmark!

[@alex.germany]

Stewart's hobby is packing :-) Amazing....

[@krnlg]

Merry Christmas Adrian and everyone here. Thanks for keeping me sane! :)

[@purrator]

Awwww. That C116 package was my first computer experience.

[@jaapverhoeven422]

That German-made VIC-20 was probably made for surrounding countries (NL/BE/etc) or it would have been called a 'VC-20'. The VIC-20 that I own (also my first computer) is very similar, from 1st half of 81 (blocky PET-keyboard still) and has serial no 'WG C 1057' versus this one 'WG B 57XXX'. So the C series apparently came before the B series... The label is (I suspect) the first style for vic20s from that factory. The round blue stickers on all the big chips are on mine too. Extra quality check? Funny, these similarities.

[@JacGoudsmit]

"The boot screen just falls out" is not a problem you see everyday 😄

[@respibob]

I had an SX-64 when I was a teenager. Man, I wish I would have kept that thing. I used to lug that thing around everywhere. Weighed like 25 pounds.

[@mikepartin571]

Also, Stewart, you are a legend.

[@lunagunplabuild978]

Your videos remind me of the old days and t makes me smile !. especailly with what has happened so far in my 2020, staying safe from human malware ! Merry x mas all !

[@mrvellu]

happy holidays! Keep up the good work Adrian!

[@deponia]

That C116 is a pretty awesome donation. I've heard there weren't a lot of them made. The SX 64 is pretty nice as well.

[@LeftoverBeefcake]

I'm certainly jealous about that C116... every time one pops up on eBay they can go for crazy money. :)

[@jasonuk8333]

I am so jealous of that SX-64 (apart from the damaged SID!). I have always wanted one of those, but good examples of them go for hundreds of pounds over here, and I don't have the expertise to take on a non-working one. Thank you for the awesome content that you provide. Without a doubt you are my favourite retro-computer channel. Have a great Christmas, and a Happy New Year!

[@danilko1]

Stewart is the patron saint of Adrian's Digital Basement. Thank you Stewart, and thank you Adrian for putting all the effort with explanations and the MMCs. Happy New Year, and since today is Christmas, in the Americas, Western countries, and Australia/New Zealand/Japan, Merry Christmas! In Grease, Serbia and Russia, plus other Orthodox countries, Christmas is in 12 days, on Jan 6th.

[@ruawhitepaw]

Enjoy your presents, Adrian!

[@markdobson3066]

love your videos, wish i had your abilities to repair these old gems

[@billymartijames272]

Very cool.

[@stephenlord1539]

love the A.D.B logo christmas ornament in the centre of the tree

[@joshuasundheimer4218]

I just love how he emotes the thoughts of the German kids in the picture!!

[@darkstatehk]

Thanks Adrian for that great video (and all of your videos!) Indeed, many of us tune in daily to see if you've posted. You have something special going on with your content and that way you present it. No wonder you have a great following :)

[@blueviper1099]

Amazing haul this time!

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

During my time in Columbus OH in the mid 1980s trying to go to college, I ran into some fellows from the Middle East with Commodore computers and they used Arabic adapting cartridges for them which switched input to the right side of the screen and made it right to left. Didn't change how the computer functioned otherwise. Techmoan did a video in regard to SX-64 repairs such as heat sinks on important chips, and Retro Recipes did a video on other repairs he did.

[@primus711]

Did u go to compuquick media center there im from Columbus

[@Duddie82]

In the 80s, I ordered the commodore plus 4, and it never arrived. I did contact the TV people, and they contacted someone in the state where it was advertized and it was empty. Someone who advertised this computer might have run out, but he kept my money. I never recieved that computer. I was not happy at all. Well knowing how they failed, maybe it was not too bad. My dad had tons of money, so it never bothered him. He did buy me more computers as they got much better years later!

[@splatmanhooha4264]

Come to Scotland and you'll see Stewarts all over the place, including the Stewart Clan!