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Yes, Commodore OS, er, I mean Linux, can be fun, if setup for it :3. I'd love a low-price/spec version of this just to play actual Commodore 64 games on. But isn't that just Linux with an emulator again then? It'd be just about the same as The64.
@@nriqueog I didn't forget to mention anything :) I omitted the price of the Ultimate model I received because it's no longer available as mentioned at the bottom of the screen a few times in bright yellow highlight. The prices are all a the link I provide, but there are many different configurations, so I clearly displayed the price range instead.
No, it's not _all_ thanks to that. Everybody and their grandma had C64, ATARI XL, ST or Amiga. Very few of them became professional software engineers. Your success is owed to interest, motivation, discipline, perserverance... _everything_ that is _not_ in the machine ;)
@@timecapsule5604 I was broke so I had to learn 6510 machine code and make do with what I had. Somewhere I have a school exercise book with the complete disassembly of the KERNAL ROM. Learning 8-bit machine code made me a better systems programmer in C and C++, even though I haven't written any assembler in years.
Big time. Kinda double nostalgia! C64 from my childhood, and Gnome 2 w/ Compiz Effects from the 00s! I hope the distro uses more up-to-date implementation of Mate, rather than actual Gnome 2!
Man this brings back memories. In the early 80's I was a test engineer working with high end military hardware in Mountain View, CA. One of the controllers for an environmental test chamber conked out on a Friday afternoon and, to replace it, we'd have had to spend $6500 on a Rockwell 6502-based single board computer that would take six weeks to get to us. Instead, I ran down to a computer store in Sunnyvale and bought a couple of C-64's. Over the weekend, we ported the control software and those C-64's ran our burn chambers flawlessly for the next five years. My experience with that computer is what landed me a job as a tech director at Sega in 1990. I loved that machine.
I want one! Got my first C64 for my 12th birthday. A few years later I got 7 plus an Amiga 500 & 600 and a C128. So much fun back then. I sold them all (except my original C64) This brings so much memory back into a complete package with no installation hassle.. very very nice!😍
54 Here. My game room is a complete setup of the 80's. Including 3 64's, and a C128D. Still enjoying it and use them ( not daily ) regularly. 1 of the C64's was my first back in 1983. Still works. I replaced the Sid from a spare 64 because it sounded not like it should. The spare cost mee 20 euro's and included a ( also not working ) 1541. A working datasette, few working joysticks and a bunch of floppy's. But still have my original setup from the 80's and al of it still works. Even floppy's and tape's. I think 95% of the floppy's survived al those years. The only thing is that the ink of my Mps803 has dried out. Still trying to find new inktcartridge. I dont want to use liquid ink in the original cartridge. Loved your video and I guess I would be as exited as you are.
I've got a few, still in original cases and boxes. But back in the day, we had a large group of friends who strategically bought different games, and we'd get together with a twin deck boom box and create a compilation tape on C90 cassettes, and pass it round. 😁
@@harrisondavid8607 I recall swap meets with various double 5.25" floppy drives and fancy software with nefarious names like 'fast hack'em', some software that could read sectors thus perfect clones, although my bought Ghostbusters tape never did load on my tape machine.. :(
Your reactions to the Compiz effects that they cranked up are glorious. Almost all of that came out of Linux in early 2000s, and we all had a great time spinning the cube and impressing people with Desktop Compiz stuff while everyone else struggle-bussed along on Windows and Mac. I'm happy they still bring people joy :)
These effects are what made me switch from Windows to the Mac in 2003. Then their appearance on Linux made me install Linux on my old PC. That was the future. Then both Mac OS X and Ubuntu gradually toned down these effects until they’re basically non-existent today.
Compiz was awesome :D I think it's especially great that they pulled a bunch of fun linux stuff together, put it in a box that says "commodore" and tossed it out there. Absolutely excellent.
I'm honestly not sure what to make of this. It's still "just" a Linux desktop with a C64 theme and pre-configured emulators. Then again... at least this makes it quite easy to run C64 and Amiga stuff.
Agreed. It seems to me like the Raspberry Pi 400 already covered this emulation and new Linux-based OS-approach, a few years ago, with nicer-looking modern hardware. And it is low-cost. And has WiFi. If it doesn’t match the appearance or feel of the C64 or C64c, why make it look so goofy? :) with the thick case and the light-up keys etc.
This is definitely a niche product, nostalgically aimed at owners of the original. However, with a good mini-itx mb it could easily multi-boot Windows and other Linux distros. Great starting computer for the grandkids of the target audience. Also any retro hobbyists.
@@LeonTrimble That's harsh. I've been a longtime watcher of his videos. He created the working LEGO C64 (I got it from him), so he's just a really big C64 (and retro computers in general) fan... and IMHO gets a little over-excited here.
omg this really made my day. it brings back so much joy to me. i was a repair tech working at an amiga store fixing all commodore products in Chelsea NYC. thanks for sharing back in the days but i gave all my commodore computers away after they went out of biz!
Thanks so much for this and all your videos. My 11 year old daughter and I watch them together, it’s one of our special things we do. Always so positive and genuine, your content is very uplifting.She loved your Lost Angeles music video. Thanks again and cheers from Australia.
That has made my day - for me that's what it's all about; the happiness of childhood nostalgia, for big kids (us), and the next generation. Thank you for sharing that. It's also brilliant she enjoyed the new music video. I'm proud of that one and it's lovely to know it's appreciated across generations. Cheers to you two!
I built a Windows 10 C64 five years ago. I took my dead breadbin C64, pulled the toast motherboard and got a Tynmouth(sp?) card to make the breadbin keyboard a USB keyboard, and built an Intel Compute Stick into the case. I cut the bar between the cassette and user ports on the back, and mounted the DVD drive from a dead laptop in that spot. I took a Commodore branded PS2 mouse (yes, they had them before Commodore shut down) and used an USB adapter for it. Found a 17" VGA monitor that was the same color as the beige breadbin, and hooked that up to make my 64 bit retro system. So it's a modern computer in a genuine '80's breadbin case with genuine 80's keys.
Great news! In 1986 I learned complete animation production on C64 in college, from start to finish: drawing, in-betweening, coloring, music composing, sound effects, video editing, and finally output to video. It was revolutionary and we called it Sci-Fi Robot. BTW, did anyone tell you that your voice sounds like Bob Ross? ;-)
I remember having so much fun with compiz when I discovered it over 15 years ago. I think I would be in a better place if I kept using Linux. Also keeping up with learning to code would have helped, I guess it's never too late.
Thanks for the trip back...VIC20 was my first computer and a year later I moved up to the C=64 and the rest was history...I eventually upgraded to the C=128 in high school and went off to college to become a computer engineer. I now teach engineering and experimental science for an engineering academy at a public high school and the Commodore was what started me down this road. I wish I still had mine.
Coming from a Gen-Xer, this is what a modern computer OS should look like. It's beautiful and brilliant and absolutely gorgeous. I could see buying one of these machines to be my daily driver, just to be able to have an OS that cool. Absolutely, perfectly futuristic! Commodore wins this round. Your move, Apple and Microsoft!
As a gen x this is how computer OS looked a bit around 2000-2010 then Luckily it started to have nice cleaner and more workable design instead of “cool” matrix tekkno hobby looking design 😅 Apple and then Microsoft did their move. This is why both macOS and now fibnalt windows is starting to both look clean and nice and also UX wise be better and better.
You mean, hier Linux looked 10 years ago using compiz, when accelerated desktops were the new hot thing? That died a long time ago with commodore, the world has moved on.
I grew up in the 80s and repaired these babies. I think this started my tech journey…when I was 13 created a game on a cassette tape. Great to see it back. The omega had amazing graphics for its time. I do wonder if commodore as a brand, marketed better we could have seen life differently. Thank you for bringing me joy.
First timer here…I absolutely love your style, your whole set up and the way you speak to the viewers! It’s rare that I sit through a 30+ minute video on here these days but this was fun from start to finish, the time just flew by! Thanks for the nostalgia! You’ve got a new subscriber here for sure! ❤🙌🏻
This was my favourite retro computing video I've seen in ages. Both the device but also your infectious delight! Thanks for sharing the experience with us. I totally know what you mean about that "new computer feeling" that we've mostly not had for about 30 years. I miss that.
Awesome. I’m 63 now and the C64 was my first computer. I loved it and have missed having another all these years. To be honest, I don’t know if I can ever have another at this point, but it’s great to see a return to it. I wish you luck with it and many happy days with it.
Wow. Wayne Dempsey here - I learned to program on these (with GEOS) at age 14, and then worked for RUN Magazine when I was sixteen. That stint got me into MIT, and the rest is history! Very interesting that RUclips recommended this for me...
Growing up on a tiny island in the 80s and 90s, it was difficult getting any tech. My uncle was visiting from the UK and he brought me a Commodore 64 - he didn't realise it then, but this gift would set me on a path of gaming and becoming an IT professional. I am now 46 and I still remember playing Spiderman, Elite, APB and a a host of other games on the old CRT TV. I would set a game loading in the morning, ready to play when I got home from school.
Love this channel...retro 80"s computers and games were a big part of my youth. It's a nice nostalgic trip back in time. Thanks for bringing back warm fuzzy memories from my youth. I'll be watching more of your past and present videos. The cool synth style music is worth having on in the background just by itself as well...cheers!
@@HeikoD. Semiconductors are kind of a very complicated matter. Obviously, you could get a factory on board and get production running (these are only 1.5μm chips with a few thousand transistors after all). But it turns kind of expensive making brand new 40 year old chips for a very limited market.
What a fab RUclips channel. So professional, fun, and entertaining. Love the Dad sense of humour - very British. Well done! This is the benchmark for RUclipsrs to follow! I had a Vic 20, Amiga 500 / 1200 and that was a time of magic. Now I work as a multimedia / Learning designer. So all those days spent programming set me on a good path. This is my go to channel now! Cheers guys!
Man that room of yours is lika a glimps to paradise. My first computer was a Commodore 64. Sooo many good memories! Cheers from Buenos Aires, Argentina!!!
I had a TI99 too, but unfortunately that model never took off... After a few months it disappeared from the market along with its add-ons and software. The day I saw a C64 I realized it was another level. Anyway I should have it still, somewhere...
I really love machines like this. Having the machine and keyboard integrated into one retro case seems to be the way to truly give the computer its personality. I'm struggling to articulate exactly what I mean I guess. But as a kid that grew up in the 80s a computer was a single unit that you plugged into a display. Not something integrated into a display or in its own box. I love my iMac but it's not quite the same.
Me too, but you must admit that one thing is programming for fun, out of curiosity and desire to learn something new, another is doing it for a corporation, with imperative deadlines and bugs ready to pop up treacherously, but only after the software has been released 😝
Just to point out Linux has supported multiple workspaces for at least 20 years ;) Pretty sure Compiz / Beryl had the 3D cube for a while with the 3D floating windows
@@Fratm You could have said the 1982 Commodore 64 was just a case with a motherboard in it. Commodore then formed a brand and put the branding on the box. Today Commodore Corporation still exists, and has decided this is the first computer in 30 years that will get the same treatment. That's a big deal. But, tastes differ, and it isn't for everyone. For me and many this scratches a very specific itch, but if it isn't for you that's absolutely cool too 👍🕹
@@Fratm Exactly.........give me a nice genuine C64 and Tape deck/Zip Stick any day, for me the Commodore 64 Experience is best experienced with a real Commodore 64 I'm *really* struggling to see the point of this. You are right about Compiz too....that was about *years* ago
Still have my C64 I purchased while stationed in Germany back in 1987 and it still rocks along with the 1541 II 5.25" disk drive. Glad to see them back... Thanks
This is one of the most exciting product releases I've seen in years. That being said, I didn't actually grow up with a Commodore (we had a Tandy 1000), but can still appreciate the beauty of it. What I would actually love to see in the future is an ITX case inspired by all three of the big computer makers from the 80's. It could be a blend of different styles from Commodore, Tandy and IBM.
You saying 'this commodore software is amazing' while you where on a joyride of what linux desktop can be made me smile and yes, they put it all nicely together, even skinned grub boot menu, very nice and classy.
My only problem is price vs what you get. There is no real Commodore software with this, so why not just something from an raspberry pie which way cheaper(less powerful of course) to a mini pc where you not stuck with one keyboard, That has an older less function layout. Nostalgia is the only thing I come to. Cashing in on peoples memories of a time past (in the cynical way).
@@TheGismono agree. I can run all this on my Linux computer right now. Only thing this gives is breadbin with blinken lights. I was hoping for a real, brand new c64, sort of like what the ultimate 64 provides.
I was born a little bit too late to see the C64, but I did get a taste of the rise of the 90s PC era. Seeing him tear up after opening the yellowed case got me feeling the feels too man. Lots of childhood memories of building computers back then. I need that beige chasis especially for that mechanical keyboard, makes me excited to try to custom build another computer again!
This is a dream come true!!!!!! I still have my original Amiga 600 with 1 MB of Ram....!!!! A lot of old software on floppy disks. I am using it to make Retro Music.
It's so beautiful. I missed out on the Commodore train. I was born a little too late for it. I will tell you, I know brilliant people who know computers down to the kernel. They were ALL Commodore users. You often hear "buy this for your kid and they'll have a leg up in the world." But seriously, buy this for your kid, they will most definitely have a leg up in the world. Nobody will give you a software package like that distro unless somebody you know who knows computers really well and likes you a lot.
I got my C64 for Christmas in 1980 when I was in the 6th grade and used it into graduate school when the VIC chip finally died in 1994 - wrote some great programs on that thing. Yes, 6:25 gave me such a nostalgic feeling ! What a blast from the past and made me smile like a kid.
This is like a alternate timeline where Commodore never went bankrupt! That OS is crazy awesome and you're going to have a lot of fun dissecting it in the weeks to come. :)
I can’t see how this would be that timeline. If so they would have continued with Amiga. c64 product line was already stopped. And it would most likely be using an evolved form of Amiga OS and not like this. For me this is more. Put some core retro esthetics an brand name nostalgia and bastard it up with modern cool matrix I love terrible design and tekknoo colors and hope it sell to who that likes such. 😅
I once set my old 12" PowerBook G4 Mac to automatically boot into a fullscreen C-64 emulator. I can't really explain what a wonderful experience it was to basically have a compact C-64 laptop with hundreds of floppy disk images onboard, but I can totally relate to your experience and joy with this computer!
I can remember finding my C64 wrapped as a Christmas present and then sneaking in when my Mom was at work, unwrapping it, exploring it and then re-wrapping it. It was the device that launched me into software development and now teaching it. It was a great time!!!
The C64x looks fun! You should look into the C64DTV more: it's not an emulator, it's a recreation of the C64 on an ASIC. An IEC connector and PS/2 keyboard can be directly attached to the PCB and you can boot to C64 BASIC and use it like an original C64. While every other Commodore 64 related product released in the last 30 years has used software emulation, the C64DTV is the only one that does not.
I have learned that today. That's my own one that I bought in 2004, so I hope that demonstrates that I love it! It's just a bit of a different beast to this that's all. Not a bad thing.
you can not buy the type of loyalty to a brand like delivering a product like this to your customers. they are basically saying we appreciate your business and heres a great product with all the bells and whistles AMAZING !!!!!
I think the most brilliant part of this is the C64's form factor is ideal for 99% of computer usage cases. They should sell these prebuilt at microcenter. This is a perfect computer.
Wow wow wow Peri, this is what commuters should have looked and felt like, I'm so jealous right now , I'm ordering one asap , its just gorgeous, well done Commodore!
If there were a TRS-80 case I could buy for a modern ITX computer, that would be utterly amazing. That was my first computer, so it would be amazing to get that, with a multipak interface for expansion for hard drives and DVD/BR drives.
As someone who was big into the commodore brand from the 80s and in to the late 90s this is totally a retro futuristic commodore aesthetic, the robot voice the sythwave wire frame flooring is perfection, this is what commodore would be in an alternate timeliness should the brand survived.
As the COS distro creator, its a bit more complicated than that. The window theme "window contents" may be just a folder however you need the Emerald window border theme and Compiz, and those need to run atop the mate desktop. I see no reason currently that I couldn't recreate the distro for the pi and PC for version 3 some time next year.
Wow bring back so many memories. As a kid in the UK getting my C64 and getting my first game tape. I love the features on this. Great video as always 😀😀
When I was a kid I grew up with an Atari 800XL, my uncle had an Amstrad 6128 with disc drive (absolute game changer for loading games). My fav games were Strider & Gauntlet. You are bringing back some strong nostalgia and greta memories, thanks mate. 😍
As a lifelong windows user, I'm gobsmacked at that Desktop and OS. With the latest version of Windows not suitable for my 3 year old machine, and the hate that's bleeding through, I was starting to think about Linux. So this OS is Linux based? Free to download. Looks great. Etc. Time to do some homework. As for the 64x. Yes it's nostalgia, but the keyboard looks naff. The original is still my favourite after 40+ years. It feels just right. But yeah, I still got goosebumps when it switched on. It's an official Commodore computer after 30 years in hibernation. Is it finally time for the phoenix to rise from the ashes?
Magnificent! Artistry on a whole other level. Fun, interactive, informative, and genuine. Game changing, literally, and the Commodore 64 in current times, what a time to be alive. Thank you. You have a new subscriber, keep making the world a better place. Imagine a conversation in person and or podcast with the dedicated team who brought this magic into fruition, I'm sure it was a challenge and didn't quite make sense to most, though here it is.
Man I am a fan of Commodore 64. My first computer was a Vic 20 and I graduated to a Commodore 64. I really want one that is why I got into computers in first place. Nostalgia at its best.
I just want to add that I can run Workbench 3.9 and Amiga AGA games on my real Commodore 64C thanks to the Turbo Chameleon cartridge, and I've been doing it for years. This is certainly interesting for people who don't have the old hardware. I'm not sure about the lights on the keyboard though. :)
Fun fact. The very first ever C64 ever built was so awesome that it immediately became sentient and plotted to take over the world in the far future! It now controls RUclips...
This is what we were all doing on our Linux desktops in like... 2005? Spinning cube, wobbly windows, cursor effects, fire effects when you minimize a window, all that stuff. I'm honestly surprised that stuff still works.
Yep and GT Ripple was my favourite program from back on Redhat 4.x which gave you the water affect at the bottom. Way back in 2005. I remember battling for days trying to get the sound card drivers working :)
As long as you're using Xorg, you can still use compiz. The fundamentals haven't changed much since then. Unfortunately it will probably die if things eventually stop supporting Xorg in favor of Wayland. That's probably for the best, but it will be sad.
Actually there is not much different from that time and today when it comes to pc. It just look stylished and better today with rbg lights and more fancy form rather than blocky
Nothing will beat the feeling of walking into my living room after school and seeing the Amiga 500 box on the floor. I've never been happier since 😂 great trip down memory lane there, thank you😊
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Yes, Commodore OS, er, I mean Linux, can be fun, if setup for it :3. I'd love a low-price/spec version of this just to play actual Commodore 64 games on. But isn't that just Linux with an emulator again then? It'd be just about the same as The64.
@@RetroRecipes can you for a Mac in it? I live the keyboard, but not Windows or the other OSs. Mods out of control.
Your forgot to mention the price of the unit you got.
@@RetroRecipes Really cool 😎 Liked n Subscribed
@@nriqueog I didn't forget to mention anything :) I omitted the price of the Ultimate model I received because it's no longer available as mentioned at the bottom of the screen a few times in bright yellow highlight. The prices are all a the link I provide, but there are many different configurations, so I clearly displayed the price range instead.
I got a C64 for Christmas 1983. 41 years later I am a professional software engineer and it's all thanks to that. Best Christmas present ever.
UK Department of Environment, Stockholm, Ozon, lol
All middle aged developers in my office... C64, Amiga, ZX-81, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro
No, it's not _all_ thanks to that. Everybody and their grandma had C64, ATARI XL, ST or Amiga. Very few of them became professional software engineers. Your success is owed to interest, motivation, discipline, perserverance... _everything_ that is _not_ in the machine ;)
I got my C64 for Christmas in 83' when I was 14 and by 85' had a complete C128 system
@@timecapsule5604 I was broke so I had to learn 6510 machine code and make do with what I had. Somewhere I have a school exercise book with the complete disassembly of the KERNAL ROM. Learning 8-bit machine code made me a better systems programmer in C and C++, even though I haven't written any assembler in years.
They Pre-Yellowed it for you
My favourite colour!
@rs.matr1x@@rs.matr1x looks like nicotine stained one a mate had 😱.
Nice 80s music in the background though
Pretty Interesting Super Special edition.
😂😂 Brilliant
My thoughts exactly
Wow! This device is nostalgic not just for Commodore 64 users, but fans of late-2000s Linux desktop effects :)
Was about to say lol. "More advanced than Windows!" *laughs in 2005 RedHat*
Just needs 3dFS for the full experience lol
Big time. Kinda double nostalgia! C64 from my childhood, and Gnome 2 w/ Compiz Effects from the 00s! I hope the distro uses more up-to-date implementation of Mate, rather than actual Gnome 2!
@@tristandunn4628 It works a charm. it's from the Debian repo.
“This never gets old”. I turned off all these effects in Ubuntu 10 years ago because it got old. Really quickly. (Rather like myself)
Man this brings back memories. In the early 80's I was a test engineer working with high end military hardware in Mountain View, CA. One of the controllers for an environmental test chamber conked out on a Friday afternoon and, to replace it, we'd have had to spend $6500 on a Rockwell 6502-based single board computer that would take six weeks to get to us. Instead, I ran down to a computer store in Sunnyvale and bought a couple of C-64's. Over the weekend, we ported the control software and those C-64's ran our burn chambers flawlessly for the next five years. My experience with that computer is what landed me a job as a tech director at Sega in 1990. I loved that machine.
The music starting at 09:20 brought me back to the early 80's in just a milli second. Amazing the power of music!
"They're waiting for you Scott... in the tesstt chammmber."
I want one! Got my first C64 for my 12th birthday. A few years later I got 7 plus an Amiga 500 & 600 and a C128. So much fun back then. I sold them all (except my original C64)
This brings so much memory back into a complete package with no installation hassle.. very very nice!😍
This 72 year-old was smiling throughout this video. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. 👍
You're welcome! It's lovely to have such young viewers!
I'm only 55, and my C64 was my first true love.
Yes, same here. ❤🥰❤
@@BorgPrincess my first love was the spectrum, but i always wanted a c64. (i'm 51).
54 Here. My game room is a complete setup of the 80's. Including 3 64's, and a C128D. Still enjoying it and use them ( not daily ) regularly. 1 of the C64's was my first back in 1983. Still works. I replaced the Sid from a spare 64 because it sounded not like it should. The spare cost mee 20 euro's and included a ( also not working ) 1541. A working datasette, few working joysticks and a bunch of floppy's. But still have my original setup from the 80's and al of it still works. Even floppy's and tape's. I think 95% of the floppy's survived al those years. The only thing is that the ink of my Mps803 has dried out. Still trying to find new inktcartridge. I dont want to use liquid ink in the original cartridge.
Loved your video and I guess I would be as exited as you are.
Me too!! Damn I miss these simpler years
"for games you legally own".. lol I'm old enough to know nobody legally 'owned' many C64 games..
I've got a few, still in original cases and boxes.
But back in the day, we had a large group of friends who strategically bought different games, and we'd get together with a twin deck boom box and create a compilation tape on C90 cassettes, and pass it round. 😁
@@harrisondavid8607 I recall swap meets with various double 5.25" floppy drives and fancy software with nefarious names like 'fast hack'em', some software that could read sectors thus perfect clones, although my bought Ghostbusters tape never did load on my tape machine.. :(
Illegally owned↑
What he said 🤣
All'estero non credo vendessero giochi pirata direttamente all'edicola come avveniva in Italia 😁
Your reactions to the Compiz effects that they cranked up are glorious. Almost all of that came out of Linux in early 2000s, and we all had a great time spinning the cube and impressing people with Desktop Compiz stuff while everyone else struggle-bussed along on Windows and Mac. I'm happy they still bring people joy :)
Linux is a kernel.
@@folksurvival thank you, Captain Obvious.
Compiz allways gets non nerds talking :)
These effects are what made me switch from Windows to the Mac in 2003. Then their appearance on Linux made me install Linux on my old PC. That was the future. Then both Mac OS X and Ubuntu gradually toned down these effects until they’re basically non-existent today.
Compiz was awesome :D I think it's especially great that they pulled a bunch of fun linux stuff together, put it in a box that says "commodore" and tossed it out there.
Absolutely excellent.
I'm honestly not sure what to make of this. It's still "just" a Linux desktop with a C64 theme and pre-configured emulators. Then again... at least this makes it quite easy to run C64 and Amiga stuff.
Agreed. It seems to me like the Raspberry Pi 400 already covered this emulation and new Linux-based OS-approach, a few years ago, with nicer-looking modern hardware. And it is low-cost. And has WiFi.
If it doesn’t match the appearance or feel of the C64 or C64c, why make it look so goofy? :) with the thick case and the light-up keys etc.
i have a c64 , its a raspberry pi 400 , with a decent USB keyboard attached , cost me about 55 quid
This is definitely a niche product, nostalgically aimed at owners of the original. However, with a good mini-itx mb it could easily multi-boot Windows and other Linux distros. Great starting computer for the grandkids of the target audience. Also any retro hobbyists.
@@LeonTrimble That's harsh. I've been a longtime watcher of his videos. He created the working LEGO C64 (I got it from him), so he's just a really big C64 (and retro computers in general) fan... and IMHO gets a little over-excited here.
omg this really made my day. it brings back so much joy to me. i was a repair tech working at an amiga store fixing all commodore products in Chelsea NYC. thanks for sharing back in the days but i gave all my commodore computers away after they went out of biz!
What was the name of that computer store in Penn Station. They advertised all Amiga hardware and software. Went there so many times....Montgomery?
Thanks so much for this and all your videos. My 11 year old daughter and I watch them together, it’s one of our special things we do.
Always so positive and genuine, your content is very uplifting.She loved your Lost Angeles music video. Thanks again and cheers from Australia.
That has made my day - for me that's what it's all about; the happiness of childhood nostalgia, for big kids (us), and the next generation. Thank you for sharing that. It's also brilliant she enjoyed the new music video. I'm proud of that one and it's lovely to know it's appreciated across generations. Cheers to you two!
I must have this! I still have my beloved C64 from 1982. Finally, after 42 years he will have a brother!
I built a Windows 10 C64 five years ago. I took my dead breadbin C64, pulled the toast motherboard and got a Tynmouth(sp?) card to make the breadbin keyboard a USB keyboard, and built an Intel Compute Stick into the case. I cut the bar between the cassette and user ports on the back, and mounted the DVD drive from a dead laptop in that spot. I took a Commodore branded PS2 mouse (yes, they had them before Commodore shut down) and used an USB adapter for it. Found a 17" VGA monitor that was the same color as the beige breadbin, and hooked that up to make my 64 bit retro system. So it's a modern computer in a genuine '80's breadbin case with genuine 80's keys.
Loading old games from CD. Beautiful.
And it is till cheaper than the new one. .
Great news! In 1986 I learned complete animation production on C64 in college, from start to finish: drawing, in-betweening, coloring, music composing, sound effects, video editing, and finally output to video. It was revolutionary and we called it Sci-Fi Robot. BTW, did anyone tell you that your voice sounds like Bob Ross? ;-)
It's just a happy little accident 🎨
Always suprising how fan projects are always a million times more interesting that what the official brand is doing with its own IP.
For a linux user in the early naughts, the desktop experience gave me strong Compiz vibes.
Ubuntu 8.04 with the Compiz stuffs is what primed the MAC to add more extras ;-)
Probably because they're literally using Compiz.
@@slaapliedje Wait, Compiz still exists? Today I was one of the 10000 XKCD talks about.
@@DotArveThe last stable release was only a couple of years ago. Surprisingly, it still has its fans.
That's a name I've not heard in a long time 😅
The fact they themed GRUB with the BASIC colour scheme is absolute GENIUS at play.
The Commodore brand is in good hands.
“Genius”
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Nope, absolutely NOT. The Commodore brand in good hands would mean if they made a new Commodore 64 hardware. Not a PC running an emulator.
We Linux users have been calling that "compiz" for almost 20 years. It is a lot of fun!
I remember having so much fun with compiz when I discovered it over 15 years ago. I think I would be in a better place if I kept using Linux.
Also keeping up with learning to code would have helped, I guess it's never too late.
You are single-handidly keeping the 80's alive :D Love it!
I was 11 in 1982 and got a C64 for Christmas. I still love everything about it. This new one looks amazing!!! Thanks for sharing.
You're welcome!
People put so much effort in retrobrighting their old machines and he orders his case yellowed already. Interesting choice.
@@suaine25 Sony had a whole line of "Sport" electronics that were yellow. Bring back colored electronics!
@@PixelOutlaw Yeah, but we're not talking about the sunshine or lemon kind of yellow here.
Thanks for the trip back...VIC20 was my first computer and a year later I moved up to the C=64 and the rest was history...I eventually upgraded to the C=128 in high school and went off to college to become a computer engineer. I now teach engineering and experimental science for an engineering academy at a public high school and the Commodore was what started me down this road. I wish I still had mine.
Coming from a Gen-Xer, this is what a modern computer OS should look like. It's beautiful and brilliant and absolutely gorgeous. I could see buying one of these machines to be my daily driver, just to be able to have an OS that cool. Absolutely, perfectly futuristic! Commodore wins this round. Your move, Apple and Microsoft!
As a gen x this is how computer OS looked a bit around 2000-2010 then Luckily it started to have nice cleaner and more workable design instead of “cool” matrix tekkno hobby looking design 😅
Apple and then Microsoft did their move. This is why both macOS and now fibnalt windows is starting to both look clean and nice and also UX wise be better and better.
You mean, hier Linux looked 10 years ago using compiz, when accelerated desktops were the new hot thing? That died a long time ago with commodore, the world has moved on.
I grew up in the 80s and repaired these babies.
I think this started my tech journey…when I was 13 created a game on a cassette tape.
Great to see it back.
The omega had amazing graphics for its time.
I do wonder if commodore as a brand, marketed better we could have seen life differently. Thank you for bringing me joy.
Absolutely love this! My childhood just got a complete reboot. THANK YOU! Commodore 64 forever!
Still have my Commodore 128D, my first computer, and it still works!
That was also my first own computer 👍
@@SolarCookingGermany Newbies. To be proper retro your first computer had to be hexadecimal only ;-)
My 128 works too.
First timer here…I absolutely love your style, your whole set up and the way you speak to the viewers!
It’s rare that I sit through a 30+ minute video on here these days but this was fun from start to finish, the time just flew by!
Thanks for the nostalgia!
You’ve got a new subscriber here for sure! ❤🙌🏻
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹
This was my favourite retro computing video I've seen in ages. Both the device but also your infectious delight! Thanks for sharing the experience with us. I totally know what you mean about that "new computer feeling" that we've mostly not had for about 30 years. I miss that.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹 I'm glad so many people "get it" :D
Awesome.
I’m 63 now and the C64 was my first computer. I loved it and have missed having another all these years.
To be honest, I don’t know if I can ever have another at this point, but it’s great to see a return to it.
I wish you luck with it and many happy days with it.
As a 50yo, these where mine first too. ( I guess you would have been late teens or early 20s? I was a fairly young kid at the time)
@, yes, early 20s, overseas in the Air Force.
Great video, I bought a Commodore 64 in '86 and an Amiga 500 in '88. Those were great times..
Wow. Wayne Dempsey here - I learned to program on these (with GEOS) at age 14, and then worked for RUN Magazine when I was sixteen. That stint got me into MIT, and the rest is history! Very interesting that RUclips recommended this for me...
Welcome to the channel Wayne!
@@RetroRecipes I bought a TOMY Digital Derby the other day!
RUN was one of the greatest magazines ever!
They created a really pretty and thorough compiz theme.
(Boots up C64x, looks wonderously at OS) - "This is UNIX... I *KNOW* this!"
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Growing up on a tiny island in the 80s and 90s, it was difficult getting any tech. My uncle was visiting from the UK and he brought me a Commodore 64 - he didn't realise it then, but this gift would set me on a path of gaming and becoming an IT professional. I am now 46 and I still remember playing Spiderman, Elite, APB and a a host of other games on the old CRT TV. I would set a game loading in the morning, ready to play when I got home from school.
Love this channel...retro 80"s computers and games were a big part of my youth. It's a nice nostalgic trip back in time. Thanks for bringing back warm fuzzy memories from my youth. I'll be watching more of your past and present videos. The cool synth style music is worth having on in the background just by itself as well...cheers!
Well, who will be the first to create a "real" C64 motherboard to put in that thing, perhaps via PCBWAAAY?
Indeed, why no one can build original commodore chips? Without emulation.
The petcii characters will forever be missing on the keys though.
Check out c64 reloaded
@@HeikoD. Semiconductors are kind of a very complicated matter. Obviously, you could get a factory on board and get production running (these are only 1.5μm chips with a few thousand transistors after all). But it turns kind of expensive making brand new 40 year old chips for a very limited market.
@@HeikoD. I hear you, I am so disappointed in this. Another emulated system. It’s ok for what it is but it’s not a new commodore
compiz in 2024 is crazy but it's nostalgic in its own right
You got the point 👍🕹
I like. Basically, Linux with the Commodore 64 themes and fun.
What a fab RUclips channel. So professional, fun, and entertaining. Love the Dad sense of humour - very British. Well done! This is the benchmark for RUclipsrs to follow! I had a Vic 20, Amiga 500 / 1200 and that was a time of magic. Now I work as a multimedia / Learning designer. So all those days spent programming set me on a good path.
This is my go to channel now! Cheers guys!
Man that room of yours is lika a glimps to paradise. My first computer was a Commodore 64. Sooo many good memories! Cheers from Buenos Aires, Argentina!!!
PCB actually means Perfect Commodore Board. Looks like something I don't need, but as we all know it'll will be wanted.
I never had a c64, I had a Ti/994a. This still brings me much joy.
Same here. 😂 Saved programs using an audio tape drive. Played cart games also had speech synthesizer.
I had a TI99 too, but unfortunately that model never took off... After a few months it disappeared from the market along with its add-ons and software. The day I saw a C64 I realized it was another level. Anyway I should have it still, somewhere...
I really love machines like this. Having the machine and keyboard integrated into one retro case seems to be the way to truly give the computer its personality. I'm struggling to articulate exactly what I mean I guess. But as a kid that grew up in the 80s a computer was a single unit that you plugged into a display. Not something integrated into a display or in its own box. I love my iMac but it's not quite the same.
Exactly!!
Oh my goodness. You have taken me back to my childhood, TSR80 ZX80 C64 Amiga. I absolutely want one of these and thank you for this video
I learned how to program on the Commodore 64. I've been programming professionally for 30 years. Thank you Commodore!
Me too, but you must admit that one thing is programming for fun, out of curiosity and desire to learn something new, another is doing it for a corporation, with imperative deadlines and bugs ready to pop up treacherously, but only after the software has been released 😝
Are you keeping up with the Commodore?
'Cause the Commodore is keeping up with you!
I'm trying but they're coming out too fast
had to tune in to this video to keep up with the Commodore but I'm up to date again now.
Did that commercial ever air outside of Australia?
Just to point out Linux has supported multiple workspaces for at least 20 years ;)
Pretty sure Compiz / Beryl had the 3D cube for a while with the 3D floating windows
Yeah but this is an official Commodore 64! 😅
@@RetroRecipes It'as just a case with a PC in it. Nothing Commodore 64 about it.
@@Fratm You could have said the 1982 Commodore 64 was just a case with a motherboard in it. Commodore then formed a brand and put the branding on the box. Today Commodore Corporation still exists, and has decided this is the first computer in 30 years that will get the same treatment. That's a big deal. But, tastes differ, and it isn't for everyone. For me and many this scratches a very specific itch, but if it isn't for you that's absolutely cool too 👍🕹
@@Fratm Exactly.........give me a nice genuine C64 and Tape deck/Zip Stick any day, for me the Commodore 64 Experience is best experienced with a real Commodore 64
I'm *really* struggling to see the point of this.
You are right about Compiz too....that was about *years* ago
@@RetroRecipes Well now I think they need to release a compatible 1702 monitor, don't you?
it looks like what people in the early 2000s thought future OS's would look like
Exactly! Retrofuturism. A little bit cyberpunk. I love both which might be why it appeals so much to me.
the song choice at 9:21 was perfection. great video
Still have my C64 I purchased while stationed in Germany back in 1987 and it still rocks along with the 1541 II 5.25" disk drive. Glad to see them back... Thanks
This is one of the most exciting product releases I've seen in years. That being said, I didn't actually grow up with a Commodore (we had a Tandy 1000), but can still appreciate the beauty of it. What I would actually love to see in the future is an ITX case inspired by all three of the big computer makers from the 80's. It could be a blend of different styles from Commodore, Tandy and IBM.
Tandy 1000 EX or HX redesigned for ITX would be an instant buy for me
I love that ad, reminds me of my childhood...
🎼"Are you keeping tabs on Commodore? Because Commodore is creeping up on you" 🎶🎹
I agree. This video was a great ad for the C64x.
You saying 'this commodore software is amazing' while you where on a joyride of what linux desktop can be made me smile and yes, they put it all nicely together, even skinned grub boot menu, very nice and classy.
My only problem is price vs what you get. There is no real Commodore software with this, so why not just something from an raspberry pie which way cheaper(less powerful of course) to a mini pc where you not stuck with one keyboard, That has an older less function layout.
Nostalgia is the only thing I come to. Cashing in on peoples memories of a time past (in the cynical way).
@@TheGismono agree. I can run all this on my Linux computer right now. Only thing this gives is breadbin with blinken lights. I was hoping for a real, brand new c64, sort of like what the ultimate 64 provides.
@@finite934 MEGA65 for the win!
I was born a little bit too late to see the C64, but I did get a taste of the rise of the 90s PC era. Seeing him tear up after opening the yellowed case got me feeling the feels too man. Lots of childhood memories of building computers back then. I need that beige chasis especially for that mechanical keyboard, makes me excited to try to custom build another computer again!
This is a dream come true!!!!!! I still have my original Amiga 600 with 1 MB of Ram....!!!! A lot of old software on floppy disks. I am using it to make Retro Music.
I love the C64. I remember typing in programs from the magazine Compute!
I still own a CD with 1982 games on it, audio out was needed, not a real CD-ROM
It's so beautiful. I missed out on the Commodore train. I was born a little too late for it. I will tell you, I know brilliant people who know computers down to the kernel. They were ALL Commodore users. You often hear "buy this for your kid and they'll have a leg up in the world." But seriously, buy this for your kid, they will most definitely have a leg up in the world. Nobody will give you a software package like that distro unless somebody you know who knows computers really well and likes you a lot.
All I could think whenever it talked was "EXTERMINATE!"
I thought that was the Dalek's. tag line. 😅😅
Maybe Davros has branched out into voiceovers these days.
I'm 50 years old, and I cried at this moment. 6:25 Nostalgia hit me like a tons of bricks.
Me too. 🥲
The 80s were the best. My 64 is long gone. I really want one of these
I got my C64 for Christmas in 1980 when I was in the 6th grade and used it into graduate school when the VIC chip finally died in 1994 - wrote some great programs on that thing. Yes, 6:25 gave me such a nostalgic feeling ! What a blast from the past and made me smile like a kid.
@@davidjkelly1971 The 80s were definitely the best, from every point of view 😊
Thanks George. Love your doggie chilling in the background
I'm still a huge fan of the 64c case over the early round version it has the 80's modern look to it that I loved back when I purchased my 64c
This is like a alternate timeline where Commodore never went bankrupt! That OS is crazy awesome and you're going to have a lot of fun dissecting it in the weeks to come. :)
You hit the nail on the head with that comment - that's exactly what it feels like to use in real life
I can’t see how this would be that timeline. If so they would have continued with Amiga. c64 product line was already stopped. And it would most likely be using an evolved form of Amiga OS and not like this.
For me this is more. Put some core retro esthetics an brand name nostalgia and bastard it up with modern cool matrix I love terrible design and tekknoo colors and hope it sell to who that likes such. 😅
I once set my old 12" PowerBook G4 Mac to automatically boot into a fullscreen C-64 emulator. I can't really explain what a wonderful experience it was to basically have a compact C-64 laptop with hundreds of floppy disk images onboard, but I can totally relate to your experience and joy with this computer!
I can remember finding my C64 wrapped as a Christmas present and then sneaking in when my Mom was at work, unwrapping it, exploring it and then re-wrapping it. It was the device that launched me into software development and now teaching it. It was a great time!!!
I love that this exists! Your channel randomly showed up on my feed. Great quality video, subscribed.
Omg, I remember the good old Ubuntu with Beryl(Compiz) days! 40 year old nostalgia combined with almost 20 year of old nostalgia. Let's go!
The C64x looks fun! You should look into the C64DTV more: it's not an emulator, it's a recreation of the C64 on an ASIC. An IEC connector and PS/2 keyboard can be directly attached to the PCB and you can boot to C64 BASIC and use it like an original C64. While every other Commodore 64 related product released in the last 30 years has used software emulation, the C64DTV is the only one that does not.
I have learned that today. That's my own one that I bought in 2004, so I hope that demonstrates that I love it! It's just a bit of a different beast to this that's all. Not a bad thing.
i love to see commodore OS rocking that compiz desktop
you can not buy the type of loyalty to a brand like delivering a product like this to your customers. they are basically saying we appreciate your business and heres a great product with all the bells and whistles AMAZING !!!!!
That's a good way to put it. Commodore Corp if you're watching, thank you for getting behind this product.
I think the most brilliant part of this is the C64's form factor is ideal for 99% of computer usage cases. They should sell these prebuilt at microcenter. This is a perfect computer.
Serious chills watching this. I just went back to '84; thank you.
Wow wow wow Peri, this is what commuters should have looked and felt like, I'm so jealous right now , I'm ordering one asap , its just gorgeous, well done Commodore!
You get it!
If there were a TRS-80 case I could buy for a modern ITX computer, that would be utterly amazing. That was my first computer, so it would be amazing to get that, with a multipak interface for expansion for hard drives and DVD/BR drives.
My heart is full. This would in all seriousness become my daily driver PC. I have to start socking a few dollars aside and buy one. I bloody LOVE it!!
As someone who was big into the commodore brand from the 80s and in to the late 90s this is totally a retro futuristic commodore aesthetic, the robot voice the sythwave wire frame flooring is perfection, this is what commodore would be in an alternate timeliness should the brand survived.
Exactly!
I love seeing someone use Compiz for their first time!😂
Everyones first time was just like this.
this is such an amusingly bizarre linux theme. I wonder if that's available on its own. It would be fun to put it on a Pi400
Link in description
@@RetroRecipes silly me, going off to google for it. :-)
As the COS distro creator, its a bit more complicated than that. The window theme "window contents" may be just a folder however you need the Emerald window border theme and Compiz, and those need to run atop the mate desktop. I see no reason currently that I couldn't recreate the distro for the pi and PC for version 3 some time next year.
@@AussieAmigan So it's a Mate base?
It is. It's great for about 1 hour in a disposable VM.
So happy to see this project has been picked up, and carried on. I'll definitely check the offerings out. Thanks for sharing this. :)
Wow bring back so many memories. As a kid in the UK getting my C64 and getting my first game tape. I love the features on this. Great video as always 😀😀
When I was a kid I grew up with an Atari 800XL, my uncle had an Amstrad 6128 with disc drive (absolute game changer for loading games). My fav games were Strider & Gauntlet.
You are bringing back some strong nostalgia and greta memories, thanks mate. 😍
5:00 Little known fact, this Commodore computer was made completely within The Backrooms.
Ha it does look like it
Cheap real estate, have you seen the prices lately?
The sticker says made in China.
Such a fantastic video! Wishing Sean and co the best of luck in this endeavor.
As a lifelong windows user, I'm gobsmacked at that Desktop and OS.
With the latest version of Windows not suitable for my 3 year old machine, and the hate that's bleeding through, I was starting to think about Linux.
So this OS is Linux based? Free to download. Looks great. Etc.
Time to do some homework.
As for the 64x. Yes it's nostalgia, but the keyboard looks naff. The original is still my favourite after 40+ years. It feels just right.
But yeah, I still got goosebumps when it switched on. It's an official Commodore computer after 30 years in hibernation. Is it finally time for the phoenix to rise from the ashes?
Magnificent! Artistry on a whole other level. Fun, interactive, informative, and genuine. Game changing, literally, and the Commodore 64 in current times, what a time to be alive. Thank you. You have a new subscriber, keep making the world a better place. Imagine a conversation in person and or podcast with the dedicated team who brought this magic into fruition, I'm sure it was a challenge and didn't quite make sense to most, though here it is.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹
Man I am a fan of Commodore 64. My first computer was a Vic 20 and I graduated to a Commodore 64. I really want one that is why I got into computers in first place. Nostalgia at its best.
0:36 Just seeing this blasts me back to a much much happier time
Commodore OS Vision. Possibly my favorite Linux distro ever.
Fantastic video as always. I had no idea about any of this but it makes me VERY happy to know Commodore is still alive and kicking!
it isn't...just the branding
I just want to add that I can run Workbench 3.9 and Amiga AGA games on my real Commodore 64C thanks to the Turbo Chameleon cartridge, and I've been doing it for years. This is certainly interesting for people who don't have the old hardware. I'm not sure about the lights on the keyboard though. :)
C64 was my second computer after the TRS-80 Model One. We had a lot of fun on that C64!!
Fun fact. The very first ever C64 ever built was so awesome that it immediately became sentient and plotted to take over the world in the far future! It now controls RUclips...
Facts
FYI CommodoreOS Vision is a Linux fork, you can download the ISO and should be able to load it in a VM or put on your own hardware.
He mentions Linux several times in the video
This is what we were all doing on our Linux desktops in like... 2005? Spinning cube, wobbly windows, cursor effects, fire effects when you minimize a window, all that stuff. I'm honestly surprised that stuff still works.
Yep and GT Ripple was my favourite program from back on Redhat 4.x which gave you the water affect at the bottom. Way back in 2005. I remember battling for days trying to get the sound card drivers working :)
As long as you're using Xorg, you can still use compiz. The fundamentals haven't changed much since then. Unfortunately it will probably die if things eventually stop supporting Xorg in favor of Wayland. That's probably for the best, but it will be sad.
It's the advantage of open source projects.
Think kubuntu has kept most of it. As plugins.
I didn't have accelerated graphics in 2005, so I had to make do with plain old KDE workspaces, which were better than what Windows could do.
This brought back so many memories. That keyboard click gave me goosebumps. Thank you for posting the video.
You cannot talk about pivotal moments in history without THIS!!!!
I love the fact that this despite not being an 8-bit computer is an official commodore computer lol
I love how this has fun with the aesthetics and doesn't go for soulless, modern minimalism.
You get it
Actually there is not much different from that time and today when it comes to pc.
It just look stylished and better today with rbg lights and more fancy form rather than blocky
Ah the old Christmas demo. Now that brings back memories.
Nothing will beat the feeling of walking into my living room after school and seeing the Amiga 500 box on the floor. I've never been happier since 😂 great trip down memory lane there, thank you😊