Firing up the Commodore 64C I borrowed from my friend, and punching the code from my @FranLab T-shirt in. A good opportunity to explain what these lines do... because people kept asking Fran about it all the time, and like she said, it's pretty self-explanatory. JFGI, people... To me, having had my first steps with computers in the '90s using an IBM PC XT (later AT), it's all pretty alien but I'm learning. On my way to code something that'll display a big "Hellorld!" on the screen as a tribute to @UsagiElectric

Keritech lab gremlins were at it again, breaking audio feed in two scenes, so making this video took some editing and the sequence of events might seem illogical.

Sharing my big bench upgrade project. I had two days of work on it, adding an installation channel with sockets and all those custom modules, and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection mat which also helps against losing those pesky little buggers when I do some SMD work. It's pretty good at withstanding high temperatures, I can touch it with my soldering iron's tip and it won't burn or melt.

The Commodore belongs to one of my friends in the local retro computing community, the same who had me fix and mod his ZX Spectrum +2 issue 3 here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LmriYKS9FiQ and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXwEaCsloms - check those videos out if you're interested in that particular model, I'm taking a deep dive there.

0:00 Intro 1:22 New and Improved Workbench! 2:30 Improved Fume Extractor 3:16 Socket Channel 5:06 Adjustable Power Supply 5:53 Mains Switches 7:00 Fancy Schmancy Dim Bulb Tester 11:07 A Package From the States! 12:35 It Fits, It Sits! 15:08 Commodore64 BASIC 15:38 POKE646 (That Was A Half-Life Mod!) 17:45 Program and Direct Modes in C64 BASIC 18:44 Line Numbering 19:25 Background and Frame Color 20:4 On the Tee, On the Screen 21:20 RUN 21:35 All Clear? You're Home! And bring a LIST if you forget anything... 22:21 Afterword

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