Retro

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BUILDING THE WORLD’S FIRST 100% NEW COMMODORE 64!

Retro Recipes takes new components and rebuilds the world’s first new C-64 since 1994. The Commodore 64 was discontinued in 1994 and since then it’s been impossible to find a 100% new “real” (non-emulation) replacement. Thanks to the sponsorship of http://PCBWay.com – great PCBs from $5! – let’s try to build the world’s first brand […]

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Hardware

MEGA 65 Unboxing, History & Teardown!

A video over 40 years in the making! Explore the history of the Commodore 65, back as the MEGA 65, unbox it & do a mega teardown with the microscope!

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Interesting

Using a Commodore 64 on the modern internet!

The Commodore 64 launched a love of computers in an entire generation, but can it surf the web? Well, kind of. In today’s video, I go over two ways to get the venerable Commodore 64 online. The C64 is one of my favorite retro machines, and I hope you enjoy this trip down (a slightly […]

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AI Maker Robotics

How to Build Your Own Retro Toy Robot

John Kennedy, a retro computer and IoT enthusiast who has a fascination for classic robot toys from the 80s. He’s finally got his hands on the toy he wanted from his youth, but instead of being content there, he’s given it a brain.

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Interesting

Mr. Wizard on How Telephones Work?

I remember watching this episode on TV as a kid and being fascinated by how the tones sounded. Thanks to YouTube, I can watch this again.

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Interesting

2XL – The ‘70s toy that faked AI with an 8-Track

2-XL – a smart toy created from a very simple idea and introduced a generation to AI. (sort of)

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Interesting

Making Commodore 64 Software In 1983

The Commodore 64 is where I learned to code. In this archival video, learn how software development has changed (and hasn’t) in the past 40 years. From my archives – this excerpt from my 16mm print of the 1983 film “Making It Young” about young Canadians who are making their own way in the world. […]

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Funny Microsoft

Introduction to Microsoft Excel 1992

A retro commercial for Microsoft Excel Video that shows us how far we’ve come in the spreadsheet world.

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AI Natural Language Processing

AlphaCode Explained: AI Code Generation

AlphaCode is DeepMind’s new massive language model for generating code. It is similar to OpenAI Codex, except for in the paper they provide a bit more analysis. The field of NLP within AI and ML has exploded get a lot more papers all the time. Hopefully this video can help you understand how AlphaCode works […]

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