Mega Retro Funboxing! Timex, Sinclair, BBC, Commodore, Acorn | Sep 2020 Unboxing
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This is basically Blue Peter with old computers.
You may have no idea what a lovely compliment that is! 🤎
@@RetroRecipes Isn't Blue Peter the longest-running program on British TV? It even started before Doctor Who by 5 years, and has never had a multi-year hiatus.
@@RetroRecipes Glad you liked it 😁
David Evens Those old shows where designed to be Throwaway,they had to overwrote the tapes they where filmed on with the latest episodes to save money.
@@Doobie3010 Not just to save money. There was a BBC head in the 1970's who thought that all the old black & white shows that they still had were commercially worthless in the color era.
Even popular and commercially successful shows on the export market like Vision On and Doctor Who have lost episodes, and the only show made during the pre-color era known to have all episodes survive in some visual form is Steptoe and Son.
In the morning, my wife and I love to pop in a random Retro Recipes recipode and drink coffee and wake up. My wife was never into tech when she was younger like I was and it's fun showing her all the things from my childhood. Love to both of you and the doggos and "fanks" for the memories :)
That is awesome! Thanks to you both!
I so loved this video. You three make me actually laugh out loud and smile from ear to ear. Thank you for sharing a bit of your life with the world.
Aw thank you Nate!!
Glad you both appreciated my BBC letter ;) And yes, yes I saw that haha :D
Thanks again! Such a nice touch!!
Lady fractic has perfected the art of looking bored but interested in equal measure at all times.
Puppyfractic is always so adorable
a patreon supporter my friend? or a channel supporter teir 2?
Perifractic actually gets jealous of her stealing the show hahaha
Not gonna lie, I usually skip unboxing/mail time videos but you three are so entertaining and all the extra work you put into the editing in addition to translating and subtitling Puppyfractic's contributions really makes these videos fun. Your hard work is not going unnoticed guys!
Brilliant video. I wish you guys all the luck in the world, you certainly make great content. Good to see your wife in such a long video as well, you're very lucky that she puts up with all your retro computing
Thanks so much!
Lady Fractic occasionally reminds me of Elizabeth Banks. I think it's the laugh.
I love how you treat Puppyfractic as a proper member of the family. Just like me and my girlfriend. We unexpectedly lost one of our darling pooches last weekend so it really cheered me up to see someone as dog mad as us ♥️
I'm very sorry to hear that 🤎
Remember walking 'behind the football ground' to Watford Electronics to buy a Z80A PIO to build a user port for my Spectrum... If I had a BBC B I need not have bothered. The Beeb and the people behind it are the grandparents of pretty much every smart phone on the planet. I'm sure you will value and cherish that machine like all the others. Well done keeping the past alive and fun
Really good episode. I got a BBC B a few yrs back and restored it. Rebuilt the PSU, made the case white again. Dont really use it, just had to get one because.......We all used them at school. Such good memories.
When you two are on camera...I always smile and let out a chuckle or two.
This was a great first video to watch after being in the hospital for 7 days. I knew it would make me feel at home again. Anyway, as usual great video of unboxing of random stuff. They're so fun to watch doing things together. Keep up the great videos.
Glad to hear you're home. Welcome back. 👍🕹️
I am so happy at how you treat your dog! Thank you for being such good critter parents.
Archon was one of my absolute favourites, when I was young. I even play it with my children todays sometimes.
Awesome Christmas episode!! ;)
Cool story about Kate Beckinsale too!
Great episode thank you. Ladyfractic deserves a round of applause 👏.
It is 10.50pm and I finished watching this. What a very sweet way to finish my day. The good fun comes right through the screen. Cheers
Thank you Pauline!
The Timex Sinclair 1000 was my first computer. I remember my parents bringing me to my aunt's house where I hooked up my 1000 to the television and I messed around with Basic. It was my very first experience with programming and of course the manual had the forever required 10 Print "Hello", 20 Goto 10 🙂 This video brought back memories, thanks.
I hope your channel keeps growing coz you are gonna need a Castle to keep all the gear you have! Keep up the great work, takes me right back to the 80's again and for that I shall be eternally grateful, time for a cup of tea.
The BBC Micro B was such a well-made machine. Great keyboard, the Cub monitors we had were the best about. A great BASIC and..of course...Elite.
So jealous right now! You got an early Christmas 🎄
Aw but wee-oo share it all with you!
@@RetroRecipes okay, my postal address is....
That BBC Micro brought back memories. I used to have one and spent hours playing games like Repton and Chuckie Egg.
BBC we also had at our primary school, they had the large unit on a trolley thing.. I only really remember Eddie Kid jump challenge game and Math and English software. Commodore 16 was the first home computer I used, my older brother owned one and then a year or two later he upgraded to a C128, that is what got me into Commodore 64 software. I was at Primary School from about 1983-1988 and 1988-1993 secondary school (born 1977) a good year.
Born in 1977 - check!
BBC Micro on a trolley in the classroom - check!
Commodore 16 first home computer - check!
Later upgraded to a better Commodore (mine being the C64C) - check!
Your computing history sounds a lot like mine.
The plus/4 joystick takes me back. I remember it breaking and I saved my pocket money and bought a
Powerplay Cruiser + adapter to use on my plus/4. The new joystick carried forward when we upgraded to a C64 and further on to an Amiga 500 and gave me nearly 10 years of gaming.
The MicroVitec CUB- an industrial colour monitor made in several different versions, the most common of which was specifically made for the BBC Micro and only sold to schools (unless you wanted to pay almost as much as you did for your monitor as you did for the computer itself).
I laughed out loud at "I'll be reading them out loud though" and Ladyfractic's reaction, "Oh great!" 3:55
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@@RetroRecipes And one day, suddenly, you can spell out your wife's _routines_ in code.
She said it like it's happened before.
Which, having watched this show for a while now, I'm almost sure it has.
Archon was one of my favorite games. Electronic Arts I think. Chess while battling with different abilities was so much fun.
I saw myself grinning in the mirror when I was watching this. Such a happy little computer family world. And I can't believe you've not seen the beebs bottom @retrorecipes (ooh err). I am very jealous of that donation, I've been after a beeb for a while
This video came up in my recommendations so I reluctantly took a quick look. The retro gear is absolutely great to see of course but you both are so sharp witted, charming and low-key funny that I simply had to sub. You really left me no choice.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
really enjoy your videos, im an english man living in texas and its great to watch your vids as my american wife gets to see a lot of british gaming history!
Cheers mate!
Archon. Loved that game. That’s one memory that I would have told myself I’d never get back. Thanks!
Wow that BBC Micro User Guide transported me straight back to the 'computer room' in my childhood home!
Watching unboxings like this is always equally as entertaining as it's making me jealous. All those toys! 😍😅
Christmas time was an understatement.
4:07 - "insert name later" - love it!
Literally the world's best pupper
Whoa! What a load awesome computers and killer add-ons...gotta do more videos on these items...
I always have a big smile when watching your videos.
Now you have the BBC Micro & disc drive in your collection, you will have to source a copy of that classic game we all played in primary school back in the 1980's - Granny's Garden.
Thanks I was going to ask people what those games were! I'll add that to the list!
@@RetroRecipes I can suggest a couple more for the list - Elite (A classic) & Podd (make him explode). There are some I can recall playing but cannot for the life of me remember the names of them (I can hardly remember 30 minutes ago sometimes, let alone over 30 years ago).
This guy's life is too perfect to be true. I think everything we see here is computer generated.
In a way...
When you are married to a geeky Katy Perry look-a-like you know you have it made.
Awesome as always. The last machine, yep similar memories surrounding it for me too. Uk school. Ah what a time.
I love the authentic Tardis sound... That's going the extra mile.
Possibly the best sound effect ever made
@@RetroRecipes Hear hear!
@@RetroRecipes Surely that's LadyFractic's sonic screwdriver sound!?
@@timmatthews773 Well I said possibly 😉
I thought my phone was ringing when I heard that.
Great content as usual and really sweet couple! Thanks again for great video. Cheers from Finland!
In retrospect, the development on the home computer market was very dense in the years from '77 with Commodore PET to '87 when the Acorn Archimedes appeared and everything else between them. I was in my teens back then so it was half a life! The uncrowned king of this market was probably Jack Tramiel. Father of the PET/VIC20/C64 and the Atari ST. Both went huge in the relatively small target group of digital pioneers. But from '89 on the IBM PC clones finally took the home desks over. Until 20 yrs later Smartphones and Tablets made the Internet more handy. Only Apple still has this close connection between product and brand, which at that time distinguished all devices and still makes their magic today.
Great video. Great that you have a c16, plus4, datasette and Joystick now! Welcome to the club!
You got a been!! So many memories playing with that computer, when Elite came out..I lost weeks and weeks of sleep playing it. Happy times. Yet again another great video guys. I look forward to these.. keeps me going.... Just love them. Thanks guys. Stay safe .. 🏴😊
This is reminding me of a set of books I had as a kid from Usborne Publishing such as _Write Your Own Adventure Programs_. They had to give code examples from three different machines (BBC Micro was one of them) because BASIC was implemented differently on each one. Ever thought of doing an episode where you write a simple game in BASIC, and show how it varies on several machines to show off their strengths and limitations? I mean, now that you have the BBC Micro...
Nice idea!
I've been binging your videos, and i'm glad you uploaded a new video!
Thanks for watching!
The BBC Micro Advanced User Guide is seriously good! The User Guide you got with the micro was pretty much the peak of user guides. After that it was a downhill slope to today's (at best) single sheet warranty disclaimer. The Advanced one was nerd heaven.
Loved the retro unboxing. Always like to see some of the computers I have and did have. Cheers.
2:48- It's basically a ZX81 with a different RF modulator. And it was made in the Timex factory just outside of Lisbon, Portugal.
I still have my Key Clipart disk. Still useful for some things as all of the clipart is vectorised, and therefore infinitely scalable.
Wow great video. Love all retro. Had a vic 20 loved it. Also remember useing Simon basic oh that I think was c64. And I remember going to a small computer fair in UK place called Alfreton. And there was. Plus 4 there loved it never had one i moved to Amiga A500 batman pack. Ohh bbc yes remember listening to golden brown playing on the BBC. Can you also remember the Econet on the BBC you could use * star commands to list each computer on the system. Wow brings back great memories thanks. 🙂
BBC memories from having one sitting in the corner of the classroom with a dust cover over it, rarely did we ever get to use it.
Nosey Parker: there's a theory is that the original Nosey Parker was Matthew Parker, who was Archbishop of Canterbury during the reign of Elizabeth I. There's another theory that the original Nosey Parker was the same guy that Parker's Piece in Cambridge was named after. Truth is, nobody nose.
Hahaha! But why were they called that?
@@RetroRecipes Archbishop Parker instructed 'spies' to ensure that all the clergy in England were following the proper protestant liturgy of the time (this was during the Reformation, and so a hot topic). Hence, he was poking his nose in to every church in the land - a Nosey Parker.
@@carriageofnoreturn.1881 oh in that case it makes sense that any agent working for him would be a "nosey Parker"
I always thought that it was a finger wag for a person who tried to parallel park by driving in nose first. NOSEY PARKER.
Anyone think that it might be someone who parks across the street so they can be nosy and watch you?
I'm glad to see your channel getting closer to 100k!
I thoroughly enjoyed watching this video... Don't change a thing... You guys are great! I laughed all the way through the video...Your quirky humor is rubbing off on me...lol.. and what great presents you got!... You guys must do more of these "box opening" videos in the future! This video was great! I loved it! Tony K. , Melbourne, Florida :o) PS: The NTSC VIC-20 only had two different style labels in the U.S. ...just like the U.S.NTSC C-64 which also only had two....However, The PAL European Vic-20 and PAL European C-64's had quite a few different labels of each... from the U.K. and from Germany.... :)
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
I love all the humor you all put into these videos! And I’d have loved to get any of these boxes of stuff for christmas as a kid. Even now, for that matter. Anyway, relating to when it seemed Puppyfractic had a treat caught in her mouth, I should relay something that happened to my dog years ago. I gave her one of those Pedigree Dentastix treats, and a little while later she seemed to be really struggling with her mouth. It turned out that when she bit down on the stick, it sheared off on both sides at the same time and got stuck across her mouth, bridging from one side to the other because it was wedged between her molars on opposite sides. It was lucky I noticed her problem because I was just about to leave for work. Some of those treats can be potentially dangerous!
I'm so glad you liked this. And thank you for the heads up. And jaws up! That sounds ruff! 🐶
Man seeing that c16 takes me way back use to love this computer when i got it and was totaly over the moon when i did the upgrade to the c64, Also reminds me i still may have my c16 will have to go look. Love how your still rocking the dad jokes (never change) and try not to hit Ladyfractic on the head to much b/c am sure she will get her own back haha. An poor Puppyfractic getting a treat stuck, great video as always guys take care and keep up the great work. Catch you in the next one :-)
Very nice. I look forward to your future videos showing off these amazing machines. Thanks for making the vid and keep them coming. 😀
You, of all people will appreciate that our 6-year old lab mix dog is named Kate Wagginstail.
Haha brilliant!
From a purely technical perspective I think the BBC model B was the best 8bit machine ever made for the home computer market back then. The ports were fantastic, the upgradability was amazing, it had Econet (networking locally and online via a modem), it had a Tube Port, allowing external processors to be added (Look at the Raspberry Pi hack). The special version of BASIC was the best BASIC. The font was brilliant... Basically it was the dog's spherical ornaments!!
I'm inclined to agree and will be covering these points in the future video
damn another great trip down memory lane good to see people still have the love for Commodore's and Amigas :)
The Fractic aim is on point. So many headshots :D
Perifractic Cutting Boxes Will Always Yield an entertaining display of nostalgia. By the way I think Puppyfractic might love having K9 for his own retro buddy, maybe the good Doctor will oblige.
Poor Ladyfractic taking some hits for the retro team there! Puppyfractic was funny as well. Great video :)
Glad you enjoyed!
How come, that i'm as much excited watching you opening the boxes, as if i held them in my hands...? 😊 this is pure enjoyable entertainment...thanks 😘
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
Puppyfractic is one spoilt doggy. I think them doggy boxes are brilliant, I can't think of anything comparable in the UK. It was definitely a Commodore fest with all them pre Christmas goodies. Nothing better than having a mystery box to open. Christmas can wait :).
That’s so awesome! Very awesome couple. You deserve it.
Thank you so much!!
It’s the original letter the kid got from the BBC 👍 Most schools had one BBC way back we used to look at it and it was too expensive to touch. Dixon’s was the dogs ….. back in the day our generations PC world.
Yes, Dan Dare appeared on the Commodore 64 back in the day. I owned the game and actually liked it.
The amount of abuse that LF took in this episode! We'll have to start calling her Lady Fractured. :P
Vic-20 ! 😍😍
That was my first home computer back late 1980 ! 👌perfect at the time to learn the basics of BASIC 😉
Still have mine , somewhere in the attic 🤔
Classic
Glad you got a beeb. It's party trick was using the expansion port to connect a co-processor, which today many people hook a Raspberry Pi up to, and radically speed up the machine. Potentially that could mean A NEW CHESS VIDEO (assuming there's a chess game on the beeb that does expert level moves).
I remember using the BBC computer to run our schools bulletin system was like Teletext. Wow talk about nostalgia overload.
My shop bought C128 came with a 1531 (and the adaptor) I also worked the summer holidays at my dad's work to earn enough to buy an Excelerator Plus floppy drive for the very same computer. :)
my older dog actually does talk to me all the time. She says "mum mum MUUUUUM" lol
My fav video so far! lol, thanks guys!
Yay! 🎉
Definitely get Kate Beckinsale on the show 😍 🤣
Only found this channel recently & I'm loving it (I have been binge watching old episodes with my own dogs!).
Always wanted to try the BBC computer, unfortunatly my schools never had them.
Thank you for your kind words! Means a lot 👍🕹️
The red mark on the Plus 4 datasette is likely from plasticizers (chemical softeners) that leeched out of the cable. NEC TurboGrafx-16 stuff does the same thing and you get little melty burn marks everywhere plastic was left in contact with the cables during storage.
Interesting!
Great fun filled unboxing, there's never a dull moment when familyfractic is on screen. Some great machines to play with but don't forget to check for rifa caps in the beebs power supply before switching on, they have a tendency to go up in smoke. I don't know if the model B has them or not like the BBC master system.
A small British package made me crack up
Brilliant mate! A BBC Micro! It’s a computer I’ve never used one. It never made across the channel in sufficient quantities. But I think it’s a coder’s dream. A better basic than Microsoft basic and an inline assembler.
I hope we get a few nice episodes here about it and show use the basic inline assembler. If I recall from reading you just start a basic line with [ and on the next basic lines you write your 6502 and then end it on the last line with ]. But I could be so wrong.
Eyebrows at 11:10 - that's why we love you!
VIC-20: a sight for sore eyes! Shamus and Omega race .... GO 🥳
Them bags for life get everywhere.
The red goo could be the inner insulation melting where it is in contact with the copper wire. A more common reaction produces green goo which can unfortunately make the insulation conductive. If possible, do a full teardown and cleanup soon. Be prepared to change the whole cable if there's goo coming out of it.
21:20 that red goo maybe a melted/disintegrated rubber band that's binding the cable
I concur. Seen it before. It's gross stuff.
Ah yes.. the old BBC. The first computer I used in an actual job. We got one in our school in 82 to compliment the atom and an RML 380Z we had.
I had a c16 great computer loved it
Fun video.
The fins are fine, but always thought the Atari ST line( other than the Mega models) was the king of the fins. :)
While at least two of my childhood friends went on to be come successful in their own right, no one in acting.
Always nice, for me at least, to know that someone I used to spend a lot of time with, were successful in life.
Thx guys for my regular de-stress fix!
Little did a young Perifractic realise that one day, his computer lab partner would be coveted by millions of men for her fantastically shapely properties.
You is the best! No have not minimal similar entire YT
Thank you! 🙏
Aloysius "Nosey" Parker is a fictional character introduced in the British 1960s Supermarionation television series Thunderbirds
When he said "Nosey Parker", the first thing that came to my mind was: "How is lady Penelope's butler involved in this"??
I got a plus 4 and a c16, at boot sales in the 90s. Maybe a tenner each. They come with a joystick adapter lead. Mini din to 9 pin d. So it used regular joysticks. I thought it was just a ploy by Commodore to sell more peripherals, use a new plug. The designer of the plus 4 has a video where he says there wasn't enough space to fit 9 pin d connectors, on the case of the plus 4
Even as an American I know about nosy parkers..."Now I go cleaning windows to earn an honest bob; for a nosy parker, it's an interesting job..."HAHAHA! I'm a HUGE George Formby fan!👍
When I'm cleanin windas
@@RetroRecipes "Our Sergeant Major" and "Leanin' on a Lamppost" are my favorites, as well as his songs about the adventures of a certain Mr. Wu
@@farpointgamingdirect He was amazing.
Well I never heard of a Commodore Amiga referred to as a girlfriend, but I bet it would be a hell of a great one lol👍
Well Amiga translates as girl friend in Spanish 🙂
Another high quality retro video! Cheers!!!