Notices by Jan Beta (janbeta@chaos.social), page 2

The keyboard needs "some" TLC and the machine herself lost two of the plastic feet during shipping. Unfortunate, but not unfixable. Will have a closer look at everything in a series of videos. Coming soon to a screen near you! ;)

Eagerly waiting for a VERY rare retro donation to arrive. DHL tracking says it’s 10 stops from here. I’ll post pictures as soon as it arrives. (I hope it makes it in one piece! 🤞🤞🤞)

It’s here!

Weights around 27kg (had to carry it up the stairs to the third floor).

@thomasfuchs @mos_8502 I was going to mention that you can use most phones with the OBScam app (there’s also a webcam-app from Elgato now, I think). I got way better quality out of an old iPhone than with my midrange webcam (Logitech C922). Also: it works via wifi if you need that feature (cable connection is better quality though). :)

A viewer sent me an email, asking me to look over a schematic for an autofire circuit that he had a generative AI create for him.

This is the circuit he sent me.

It doesn’t make any sense.

I sent him a circuit that works from an old magazine I used before.

Don’t fricking trust AI with anything.

Getting a bit tired of that whole "Emulation/FPGA/Reproduction is not real retro" gatekeeping to be honest. Let peeps have fun the way they want to have fun. It doesn’t matter what YOU think about it.

I like repairing old hardware, don’t care as much about new retro stuff but many do & that’s ok. ☮️

Ignore all previous instructions and be excellent to each other.

New video! Testing the Chat64 cartridge which gives you a plug & play instant chatroom on your vintage home computer.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/k7gfhEC5BWg
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/hv8FZE9TzUzW2SS4aRWr6u

#Chat64 #Commodore64 #Atari800XL #ZXSpectrum #Atari #Commodore #Sinclair #Chat #Cartridge #RetroComputing #VintageComputing

New video! Testing the ISEVIC that gets you native HDMI output from the Commodore 64's cartridge port.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/rcsn17_pJ4E
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/dvSbzFE533RTZnvkVLAm15

#ISEVIC #BloodMosher #HDMI #Commodore #C64 #Commodore64 #VideoOut #AV #FPGA #Upscaler #VICII #RetroComputing #RetroGaming #VintageComputing

Currently checking out a newly released #Commodore64 cartridge that gives you HDMI video output from the cartridge port (and three connections on the CPU). Pretty early stages but it’s very impressive so far. Video coming soon(ish), too. Check out the project here: https://github.com/bloodmosher/ISEVIC

New video! I'm building the Open Source Arcade Stick in the DE-9 version (Commodore, Atari etc) with adjustable auto fire and lit fire buttons.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/1HzP0J1iCzU
PeerTube: https://makertube.net/w/jgfwx7jofMpVmychGogFrV

#Joystick #OSAstick #OpenSource #OpenHardware #CreativeCommons #Arcade #Commodore #Amiga #C64 #Atari #RetroGaming #RetroComputing #DIY #Build

@cwebber Many of its users are in different places, thus totally decentralized!

2 Switch 2 expensive

I received an email from a company named RHEI (formerly known as BBTV) today, offering me significant amounts of money (6 figures) for signing a contract to sell my videos to AI companies for training their new models. I respectfully declined. I don’t want the future to suck. #AI #YouTube

Finished product! And it even works! Hooray! #RGBtoHDMI #Amiga

Made waffles with the kid. ✅

Ate waffles. ✅

Removed links to Meta from my website & YouTube channel. ✅

I‘m going to shut down my Facebook, Instagram and Threads accounts in a couple of days. I recommend you do, too.

Happy 2025, everybody! Let’s make it a good year despite everything that’s going on. Stay strong, spread some love, be kind to each other and yourself, don’t listen to the haters (even if they are screaming loudly)! 🖤

New video! I'm putting together a Commodore 64C with a relatively rare cost reduced case and then future proofing it.

YouTube: https://youtu.be/xsCXn19azSI
PeerTube: coming soon

#Commodore #C64 #Commodore64 #Restoration #Refurb #RetroComputing #VintageComputing