The yellowest C128 is transformed!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 ส.ค. 2024
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As for this machine, it was once the ugliest C128 ever, and now it's been transformed by a paint brush.
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I would add some clear coat to that painted case so the paint will be more difficult to chip and it will also look and feel better to the touch
I second this, a clear coat somewhere between matte and satin, not a shiny one.
It needs a solid coat of matte black.
@@macdonalds1972 Make it cheddar yellow, and I'm all for it.
@@praetorangel8967 Yes. A flat matte clear would help a lot.
I’m pretty sure it is clear coated. You can see it sheen in the video.
I personally really like the paint job. Cool video as always Adrian.
To each his own I guess :). Cant say I like that paintjob...
I'm not so so keen sorry. I'm glad you're happy with it!
I do like an original case paint job but this one doesn't really tickle my fancy.
i wouldn't mind seeing someone do a pattern hydro dipping to an old computer.
That's exactly what I was thinking! Hasn't that been done yet?
@@nysaea Yes, man dipped my NES and wanted to dip my C64 before a lightning strike killed it. All do retrobrighting, but nobody is thinking of spray foil or dip it.
@@Spelter Honestly, I'd love to see that NES if you're willing to share!
Yes. I like people repainting these, especially they came from factories In different shades of brown, and not always attractive shades! Retrobrite can be overdone; once that happens, there's only one solution. But I do like keeping the original "texture". If the coat isn't extremely thin, I usually don't like it.
Apologies, but something about that paint job doesn't seem correct 😔
@@geekwithsocialskills "art"
Can you show us the home theater room? We would love to see the computer display
Talk to Michelle about it first to make sure it’s compatible, but I’d seriously consider spraying a UV protective clear coat on it.
Personally, I like the sunset motif, but I think the gold-leaf is a tiny bit much. Still, it shows just how much a fresh coat of paint can make an old, sun-yellowed, war-weathered machine look good again. Also glad to see an alternative to Retro-brighting, because some of us can't leave old computer parts outside in the sun for any length of time.
Looks are always going to be a subjective topic, and while it's not what I would have done, I respect the fact that you let someone else have free reign to do what they wanted. It's certainly more exciting than just being beige or flat-black.
I love it. Why not be unique. There are tons of beige ones floating around. Why not have something different. It's a work of art now!
This is also art: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artist%27s_Shit
genuinely think it looks bad.
But thats just the eye of the beholder i guess.
Forget tempered glass and RGB; I want this for my PC. The bold colors, gold leaf, and hand-painted feel put me in mind of an illuminated manuscript.
I didn't like it until I saw it without a bright light directly over it. The end shots look way nicer.
Hear me out here, but I think yellowing the keys up might actually match better with the case now.
That poor poor C128 got visually molested 😥
Yeah it looked better yellowed. That coloring was a butchering.
@@Varangian_af_Scaniae lol, no. I'm not wild about this paint job, but that yellowing (oranging!) was horrific.
It's like a tie dye C128 it is certainly one of a kind
I think that"s the worst thing I've ever seen. If I got a computer looking like that, I would start removing the paint right away.
I was going to write that but I felt bad typing it.
@@6581punk Yeah same here, I’m glad it’s not just me that thinks this
I'd remove my eyes but your option is better.
I love it, it reminds me of some of the old BMW art cars. I love the idea of taking a business-oriented product, usually bland and boring in appearance, and turning it into something colourful and interesting! There's a thousand identical beige C128s out there, you should be very proud that you own one that is so bold and unique.
As regards the negative comments, I wouldn't take much notice... computer folk generally like logic and mathematics but they aren't so hot when it comes to aesthetics. Therefore, if they don't like it, I'd say the project has turned out perfectly.
@@geekwithsocialskills I have now thanks, great video... Adrian was just like a kid on Christmas morning!
I love the idea of giving old tired business objects a soul. I find it has a similar energy to taking a bland server and playing games on it, like LGR did on that industrial IBM PC. Or converting a shipping container into a beautiful home. Or taking a cheap car nobody cares about and making it into something special (I did that to my old Geo - you don't have to believe me, but that thing made me happy every time I looked at it, almost precisely because it challenges people to reexamine what is deserving of love). I love a clean perfectly restored all-original computer (or car, or...) and have a few myself but I really don't understand the disdain people have for a restomod. Perhaps, some people wish to somehow reconstruct the past. That's fair, but not everyone's the same.
I found a use for prescription bottles (my own) storing various things like screws for specific projects, USB memory sticks, USB adapters etc. Better than them just sitting in a landfill.
That’s a good idea. I store a lot of stuff like that in glass food jars.
Yeah, I have a whole box full of small containers like that. Comes in handy to just grab some out of it when you need them.
I am not artistically minded but I must admit you definitely have one of a kind now.
I actually like the 128 a lot. Mine has replace my C64 as one of my daily desk computers
You are one of my favourite youtubers. But the new color design is terrible to me.
I like how Michelle really captured that 80's beach look that you found a lot back in the Commodores original time line
Could we call this the Van Gogh 128? :)
@@geekwithsocialskills or the Commodore Picasso. :)
Van Gogh wasn't that mad.
@@DerekWitt I rather like that name. Commodore Picasso sounds like a real product from the 2000s.
Putting all the yellow keys with the painted case would probably look nice.
I know a lot of the comments (at least when I'm posting this) aren't too keen on the paint job, but... I kinda like it? Has that sort of vaporwave 80s/90s blank-VHS-box look. Hints of a sunset on a distant horizon! Definitely better than what it was before, at least in my opinion! Though I do think the gold bits on the disk drive are a little tacky.
Totally! I'm willing to bet most of the negativity comes from purists who think ketchup is spicy. It's fun, unique, whether you personally like it or not, right? I see what you mean about the gold bits but then again, that was a thing in the 80's so it does fit in. I do like the stripe on the disk drive a lot tbh.
@@nysaea Not all, I also don't like it, I'm all for making it into whatever kind of design, but I think the paint used is not suited for a case like this. It looks so rough.
@@VincentGroenewold I can understand that. I think a layer of clear-coat or perhaps using spray paint might have provided a better texture or a more even finish. Though I expect after a year of use and handling the finish might wear down to something smoother.
@@CaptainSwag101 Yeah, this design (I mean that's personal taste anyway) but with spray paints is a much better fit I think. You can see that on the one he showed he did, it looked way smoother.
This is great! MsMadLemon repainting an Amiga won me over to the possibilities of painting yellowed computer hardware.
Yuk. Completely ruined it. I hope that paint can be stripped off.
Well. I won't say much other than that paint job is definitely not my taste and just leave it at that.
I guess people downvoted here because they didn't like the design while telling TH-cam by doing that that the video itself is not that good. Come on, folks, Adrian has once again done a great job with this video. Even though it's not my taste I still gave a thumbs-up!
@@webfreezy 1) I didn't downvote anything. Stop assuming. 2) TH-cam doesn't track upvotes and downvotes. It only tracks votes. An upvote is the exact same thing as a downvote. 3) Go away.
@@Darxide23 LOL, I didn't assume anything, I didn't even state that you downvoted - I didn't even assume that.
@@webfreezy Geek-fight! Indeed people have downvoted, so your point holds, unless if you really did assume something, in which case a long diatribe is in order!
I like the art effect but think it would have been better airbrushed and maybe without some of the gold leaf, the disk drive catch sticks out like a sore thumb.
Needs a flat clearcoat I think. Needs to not be glossy.
Exactly what I was thinking.
Might been better if design followed through on both but it doesn't. It's kinda flipped and not aligned
I like the design, unlike a lot of people in these comments, but I agree, it would look better if the disk drive and the computer matched up properly.
Right, what was she thinking. The vents are clearly made to line up.
7:51 Ah, the yellowing is explained at last! ;-)
I’d love to see it with the yellowed keys reinstalled! I think they may set off the colours strangely enough! 😃
I don't mean to offend since I'm sure the artist is usually not painting old computers, but that's not my style at all. It looks like it belongs on a shelf with some wicker baskets and bowls of seashells.
I'd much prefer something gunmetal grey.
It's truly a case (lol) of subjective beauty.
That being said, as long as you love it, that's all that matters.
I don't mind the actual colours and design but the painted finish leaves a little to be desired. I would have used an airbrush for a smooth finish but hey ho, to each his own.
I like the sort of retro/synthwave vibe from those colors, awesome paint job n.n
I have retrobrighted an Amiga1200 that was even more orange than that 128,its still quite nice today 6 years later.
Adrian just wanted to plug 2 other channels by doing this but failed.
I recently had a phat PS2 painted a light blue, it looks amazing. Sometimes paint jobs can look good.
I have to be honest, personally I don't like it, but that's my opinion, I've never been a fan of things like this being turned into art projects, I'm more of an originality type, but, it's not my computer so it's not something that I'll go all Karen over... :)
@@geekwithsocialskills If you had social skills you wouldn't copy/paste the same comment all over the comment section.
@@geekwithsocialskills It looks dope. Don't listen to the sack of disgruntled potatoes collectively self-appointed as the fun police over there, they're boring.
@@macdonalds1972 You're one to talk Mr matte black lol, stay mad
@@nysaea I never claimed to have social skills, dummy.
@@geekwithsocialskills So why didn't you leave a single comment stating what you copy/pasted in dozens of replies?
You don't seem to have social skills at all.
"My eyes! The goggles do nothing!"
Glad you are pleased with it
I've always wanted a C64 in a camo theme: dark green bread bin case, the alphanumeric keys from a breadbin, and the special keys from a 64-C. I even wrote a program in Vice that sets the screen into a camo theme.
Let me put it bluntly: I didn’t like it, however as usual you are an artist producing content that is both engaging and interesting. Thanks for the video and keep up the great content!
Definitely not my cup of tea but I’m glad you saved it from the dumpster.
I like it. It may not necessarily be to my taste, but ultimately it is the difference between a C128 being left to rot and it being saved - and it isn't so rare that having the odd one redecorated is a travesty.
It wasn't being saved. The motherboard and keyboard came out of a perfectly good looking C128 case.
Looked better when it was yellowed
I get not liking the paint, but no, that yellow was much worse.
It looks a bit like wood, I'm not really sure I love it because of the uneven-ness, but I don't hate it either. It was so yellowed, it would have been bad even after retrobriting, you could have painted it differently, but everyone is doing that, so I'm a bit glad you did something different with it. Not great, not terrible.
Controversy! That's how you know it's art.
If someone isn't a fan of the 128, this is a great way to add personalization and have something you'd be happy to have on your shelf.
In Robert A Heinlein´s novel _Stranger in a Strange Land_ one of the characters, Jubal Harshaw, says "Art is that which moves the Mind"... that is one of the best definitions of art that I have ever come across.
i think you'll see 90% of the comments rate this 'art' as god damn awful.
Shit in a can is also art.
I'm just really glad everyone is demonstrating that this piece is worthy of discussion.
But hey, if Mac Donald doesn't like it, it must not be legitimate.
@@BenState And why on God's green earth would I use angry TH-cam comments to gauge anything. The ratio here is fine. Plenty of thumbs up and people who like the concept.
If it's not for you, do it differently.
Not liking the paint job but hey its not mine so enjoy.
Finally a C128 to use at night.
Oh God...
Looks so amazing!!! Just needs a commodore monitor painted the same way!!
I think that gold leaf for the case and piano black keys with ivory white lettering would look spectacular.
Instead of an ugly christmas sweater, Adrian now has a ugly christmas 128!
Hahahaha
Mmmmmmmmmm.... Maybe two plush hanging dices?
It honestly looks like a kindergartner did it. The effect he was going for is cool, but is poorly executed, with unfortunate choice of colors.
i didn't want to be the guy that said lol but I'm glad you did lol
They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, I guess I need glasses then!
I'm reminded of a 64C I painted in my early teens... could really stand for a few coats of clear and a wet sand to protect the paint and give it a good smooth finish to the touch.
I didn't know they had C64s in Cardassia 😂😂
@@david8804 that’s what Dukat programmed his anti-insurrection program on; not many people know this
@@david8804 the displays might look fancy but that's what is in the background - that's why O'Brien is forever replacing parts. The PLAs are a bit flaky when they're 250 years old 😉
I seem to be in the minoroty here, but I really like the gold stripe and the gold lever on the drive. Sure, fully restored and pristine harware looks great. But we've all seen that, and he already mentioned he has a few of these. How many exist that look like this? To take something you had already written off, and turn it into a unique pice of art... I call that a win.
And it's great to see this creativity from a non-technical, artistic person, unbound by the technical constraints of how somehing "should" look - even if it's not to everyone's taste. That's exactly why it looks so different to anything most diehard geeks would consider "normal". 🙂
@@geekwithsocialskills Thanks. Saw it yesterday.
Honestly, I think it looks fine, I just hope for you the paint won't get damaged over time.
At 4:24 the paint is already coming off. Looks like the surface wasn't prepped properly.
I had my doubts at first, but put together it actually looks pretty amazing!
Good work!
Sorry, but that's just hideous...
i have a c64 case that's uh... shattered. think i might glue it back together and paint it
Go for it! Maybe you'll end up with something usable and nice looking!
Hell yeah! Even if it doesn’t work out right to get the board back in it could be an interesting art piece just by itself!
Man that is AWESOME!! Your friends did a stunning job.
Kinda almost reminds me of the Hot Wheels computer haha.
First time ever, gonna have to say, I don't like it...
looks like painted by a 3yr old kid :( Even the badges were not painted carefully. Even the colororientation from the 1571 dont match the C128 :(
The scratches on the top just take the cake..
@@TonyHoyle well looks like Michelle did use oilcolors but this goldstripe in the mid of the 128 looks like glued a broken case together :( that's why I use spraycans for coloration :D
@@geekwithsocialskills "art"
@@geekwithsocialskills It has nothing to do with purity. Meaning no disrespect to the artist, It seems amateurish, rushed and it appears that a lot of the new "texture" is an attempt to cover failures in previous attempts at repaints.
Well, I must say I am quite taken by the paint job. While I definitely do appreciate a nice and clean, perfectly retrobrited case, a splash of color is nice 😊
And since it would have been a LOT of work to get this case back to bright and shiny, this is a perfectly valid alternative and one that came out pretty nice. So, a big ol’ thumbs up from me.
Getting a paint job right is hard, though. Messing it up, on the other hand, is incredibly easy.
Giving it a coat of beige paint would have been a lot less work.
@@Okurka. not a single artist would paint it beige when told to go wild, lol. Maybe that’s the kind of thing she was expecting but that’s why Adrian said go wild, to get a surprise
@@kaitlyn__L I didn't mention any artist.
Prepping the case correctly and giving it a coat of paint in the original color would have been a lot less work than retrobriting the case.
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Wow, that is... an acquired taste. It's like hotel art...
Each to their own though.
*To each their own
@@Okurka. have a quick Google champ, both are fine :)
@@eiv-gaming Nope, it has a different meaning...
I like the color of the yellow sun damaged case, very retro 60’s/70’s
Me too actually. I think it reached a point where it started to look good or at least very interesting. Definitely a conversation starter if you have such a cheesy yellow vintage computer on your desk or take it to meetups.
Noel Llopis has made a very good looking blue C64, I like the idea of restomod.
its truly horrific, artist?
I thought he said autist.
You must really like your friend and his wife to have that opinion. Art? Collectors piece?
Ya know, it's grown on me. For an otherwise junk machine, go for it!!
Acquired taste is what i would name that 128. If you like it then that's great, because that's all that matters right?
that hurt my eyes, and my commodore soul.
I personally love it a light blue dark blue version of this paint job would look stunning too props to Michel
This would look better if you had it flat clear coated so it was not glossy. It's a beautiful job, but I think the reflections throw it off.
It would look more like a painting then.
Don't like that paintjob at all. Looks very amateurish.
Yup, I got a big tower (AT) in my basement, yellowed like your 128. Found at a local remover for free.
And... I got some dudes nearby who love to paint cars...
It's worth a shot, thanks for your inspiration!
Hell yeah! Car paint products usually work super well on computer cases, especially metal ones like ATs! If I were in your shoes I’d be inclined to get an iridescent purple/blue/yellow paint job… extremely glossy…. but that’s just me though! Go for it, and don’t be afraid to try a few different things until you find something you really really love! Paint can always be stripped back and repainted.
@@kaitlyn__L yup, wrote them, they're quite eager. Can't get any worse, it's so yellowed, it's almost brown. (Non smoker case, I can smell that)
Paint is possibly the better way to go. Old computers with painted plastic, such as the old IBM XT/AT PCs, preserve their looks much better.
My god, its completely ruined in my personal opinion. However, being a classic car owner, I am all for originality/as it left the factory on most things, but of course each to their own and I completely get that. Love your videos Adrian and the great work you are doing at keeping Commodore alive.
It's like people moving into an older house with wonderful woodwork all over, and painting it all... 🤮
Uhhhh......
Oh dear...
Dear Lord... but why?
please, these computers with each passing year dwindle in numbers. Restoring them to original condition is by far the best possible thing anyone could do to them. Any paint will reduce value and give someone in the future that much more work. I'd suggest making custom cases or using new aftermarket cases to make art with.... nothing to lose.
I disagree. I think it's far more important to safe vintage computers from getting destroyed in landfills or being recycled in the first place, than it is to preserve or restore each and every one of them that does get safed to the most original state possible. You can't imagine how many C64s, C128s and so on to this day end up going to the trash. They still show up at house cleanups and auctions and people toss them because they think they're old junk. They have no clue.
On the other hand each of these computers tell their own story, they may have rarely or never even used, bought as a novelty toy but found to be of no use to the person who owend them and stayed hidden away for 35 years. Or they may have had a rough life. Or cared for by their owners while still being used extensively, modded, deliberately or undeliberately broken, or scribbled on, whatever. I don't think it would be fair to remove all traces of their past use off of them. I think we should add to them. This is all part of the heritage, these weren't collectors items, they were toys and tools and somebody's possession.
In this sense this particular C128 had its life not frozen in state or decades from its appearance shaved off of it. Instead something was added to it's story. This C128 became a gift from one person who loves retro computers and who has a wife with a passion for painting to another person who loves retrocomputers. A gift from them to Adrian. That's a pretty hefty gain in value if you ask me. That C128 got character before the paint job and it definitely has character now.
@@guffaw1711 that's the best comment I've seen in this comment section, well done sir
@@guffaw1711 You don't disagree because I don't believe destroying them in landfills is more important than saving them :)
They sure tell their own stories, I have dozens of them - all unique.. .and I agree you can preserve their history... but that doesn't mean painting over them.
Very few things are manufactured to be collector's items. Things become collector's items.
If you paint over the yellow c128, how does it add to it's history... how would you enjoy the past markings and details?
There is value in history but there is a fine line between that and just defacing & devaluing a vintage computer to add character.
More interesting history imo is how was the motherboard repaired over the years, where was it manufactured and which processes they used, how does it function and getting them repaired to new condition.
Sure we can skip the retrobright and save it's character - give it a good windex'ing and pack it away.
but personally, I like to see "trash" turned into "mint". it's so satisfying. I love seeing 40-50 year old computers looking like they just came from the store. (inside and out). I've seen my share of stinky computers but I think that novelty kinda wears out after you went though 100 of them - MOST of them are stinky... but few are mint. It's far more of an undertaking to restore vintage computers than to cover them in paint. But I don't really mind... as long as they are not damaged in the process... paint can be removed. So in closing, I agree with you, it's far better to paint them than to have them in landfills. But it's better to have them in new condition than painted :) imo.
@@ChronicKPOP I mean that’s fair, it sounds like you just have more of an engineer’s mindset about it is all. Especially with preferring to learn the history of the repairs over intuiting things from its outer appearance.
However in this case I would have to say I don’t think it detracts from or hides the history. The case was totally standard aside from the colour, which you can still kinda see through slots and vents anyway. There wasn’t any, say, carved-in text in the case which the paint might have obscured or anything like that. And now it’s gained a new and far more unique appearance. Millions of these were made and Adrian even has a bunch of other ones himself. I wouldn’t want every last one of them to be painted like this but I don’t see any harm in doing here and there, especially given this specific case of being soooo yellow.
But that’s just me.
0:37 the rick roll!!!
I was thinking the result of Noel's RL's paint job on his C64 is debatable. I was wrong - his C64 is the masterpiece comparing to this C128.
Eek.
I wish someone would experiment with dyeing one. Auto parts stores have an aerosol vinyl & carpet dyeing product that works very well with sun faded interiors & the textures are saved. I think this would work better than painting over the textures.... Just an idea I've had......
I remember seeing a video a while back where they used Rit dye and acetone to dye a plastic case. I have been meaning to try.. Thank you for the prompt..!
There was a whole thread on the stardot.org.uk forums about doing this with a yellowed BBC Master 128. As far as I remember it worked well, and there was a colour available that was fairly close to the original.
I used that aerosol vinyl dye on the front of a beige CD burner back in the day to match my black case. It worked fine and didn't wear or chip like paint.
Color choice aside, painting seems like a better long-term solution than retrobrighting. The nasty yellow demon always comes back.
@@geekwithsocialskills "art"
I think cases like this should be kept as is. That chunk of cheese looked so cool. I would love to have such a yellowed Commodore. I don't mind the artful paint job, but I wish it had been done to only mildly yellowished cases.
Seeing this makes me not wanting to retrobrite my A1200 now. Hmm...
I'm guessing she may have been on LSD, no not very nice at all.
Who else would prefer retrobright over this paint job?
Holy sheet.. has that c128 been dropped into a vat of cheese?!
I think it's like it was preserved in amber or something.
The audio is the best yet in this video.
That orange 128, i love the color.
Usually I'm not a fan of this kinda stuff, but this looks great.
I see slightly more "thumbs down" on this video clip than expected but I guess some prefer to be totally 'purist' when it comes to the Commodore look! After a few minutes I thought "Oh that's not too bad actually" :-)
Not purist, that paintjob is trash made by an 'artist'
Does the brown look awesome? Why didn't that make it worse? Many prefer the yellowing.
@@fourdoor455 was it though? Like I said, many prefer the yellow and would consider the brown a terrible paint job.
@@fourdoor455 what im trying to get at is, what makes one a "good" paint job over another.
I really like Noel's 'Electric Blue" C64: TH-cam dy2FDy1q98Q?t=968 at 16m 08s