Commodore 64 Getting Started & Buying Guide for the 21st century!

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New or returning to the C64 scene? Everything you need to know in one place! Discord: https://discord.gg/sFZn3ENPXk Shop: https://www.amazon.com/shop/retrobits C64 videos from Retro Bits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69JoUG8Oz8Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bO617_p8oI (SX64 Keyboard Repair) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKrCAJiG0LU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqZc1wt-SeA (How C64 Cartridges Work) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByHdBD16DRg (1541 Head Failures) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_3zLvWC-ZI&t=1345s (1581 Replica) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsVz6XF7HCM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3JwAmPUIIw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdL0dlsbMjs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oW8ylqyyDY (JiffyDOS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yM0egUSMsoE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRnDbxvxi-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NkL6LKpr8E (REU & EasyFlash Showcase) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXGE7Ap88mE (C64 on MiSTer FPGA) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usR8WtOMWJU (Evo64 Build) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq3ozn86lzc (Diagnostic Harness) Featured YouTube Channels for C64 Repair: https://www.youtube.com/@MoreFunMakingIt https://www.youtube.com/@JanBeta https://www.youtube.com/@adriansdigitalbasement Products and Resources Mentioned in this Video: Ray Carlsen - https://portcommodore.com/rcarlsen/ Electroware - https://www.c64psu.com/ Keelog - https://www.keelog.com/power-supply/#c64 Retro Computer Shack Cables – https://www.retrocomputershack.com/ A/V Breakout Options: https://idoregesz.hu/product/multimedia-breakout-commodore-c64/ https://github.com/svenpetersen1965/C64-A-V-Adaptor https://retrorewind.ca/c64-av-adapter AV2HDMI Mini – https://amzn.to/3pm8vey Ultimate 64 - https://ultimate64.com/ VIC-II Kawari - http://accentual.com/vicii-kawari/ 64JPX – https://www.64hdd.com/64jpx/64jpx.html MouSTer - https://github.com/willyvmm/mouSTer EasyFlash 3 - http://skoe.de/easyflash/ef3intro/ Kung-Fu Flash - https://github.com/KimJorgensen/KungFuFlash 1541 Ultimate II+ - https://ultimate64.com/ Backbit Pro - https://store.backbit.io/product/backbit-pro/ Pi1541 – https://cbm-pi1541.firebaseapp.com/ SD2IEC: https://github.com/rkrajnc/sd2iec https://www.ncsystems.eu/en/ https://www.thefuturewas8bit.com/shop/commodore/sd2iec-range.html JiffyDOS - https://www.go4retro.com/products/jiffydos/ CSDB – https://csdb.dk/ Commodore.software – https://commodore.software/ TOSEC: https://www.tosecdev.org/ https://archive.org/details/Commodore_C64_TOSEC_2012_04_23 Itch.io – https://itch.io/games/tag-commodore-64 Protovision – https://www.protovision.games/ WiModem - https://www.cbmstuff.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=58 RAD Expansion Unit - https://github.com/frntc/RAD VICE – https://vice-emu.sourceforge.io/ MiSTer FPGA – https://github.com/MiSTer-devel/Wiki_MiSTer/wiki TheC64 – https://retrogames.biz/products/thec64/ SixtyClone – https://www.tindie.com/products/bobsbits/sixtyclone-commodore-64-replica-pcbs/ 250407 Replica – https://github.com/bwack/C64-250407-Replica-KiCad C64 Reloaded MK2 – https://icomp.de/shop-icomp/en/produkt-details/product/c64-reloaded-mk2.html ICS64S – https://www.cbmstuff.com/index.php?route=product/product&path=62&product_id=85 Evo64 – https://retrospective.shop/ Turbo Chameleon - https://icomp.de/shop-icomp/en/produkt-details/product/Turbo_Chameleon_64.html Pictoral Fault Guide - https://www.pictorial64.com/ Lemon64 Forum – https://www.lemon64.com/forum/ Everything64 Discord – https://discord.gg/n6kzNR3d Reddit r/c64 - https://www.reddit.com/r/c64/ AtariAge - https://forums.atariage.com/ Thanks to our awesome Patrons and Channel Members for their support!!! Peter (Melair) Kevin Gonzalez Jon Ingersoll John DiLiberto John Trammell Paraffine Eric Stacey Pinay Collectibles – https://www.instagram.com/pinaycollectibles/ Josh K Mitch Hoffman Alex Smith Vince Valenti Geek With Social Skills – https://www.youtube.com/@geekwithsocialskills William Sullivan Ryan Brooks James Taylor FULLSET Jim Leonard [mi.low] Allister Fiend Erik (goodjonx) Pierre Kressmann RobF228 Rayner Daniel Pedersen Wolfgang Behrens Eli Thomas Jager coughsoda 00:00 Introduction 01:12 What model to buy? 05:46 What ISN’T a C64? 07:33 How much to pay? 08:12 Killer Power Supplies 09:28 Replacing Capacitors 10:07 Display Options 16:10 NTSC vs PAL 19:44 Controllers 22:36 Loading Software & I/O ports 23:28 Cartridges 25:41 Cassette Tapes 26:57 Disk Drives 30:37 Double Density vs High Density 31:09 Basic Disk Commands 32:30 Modern Storage Devices 34:33 Fastloaders 36:40 Finding Software 38:17 Other Accessories: WiFi Modems 38:51 Other Accessories: Ram Expansions 40:39 Replicas, Emulation, and Modern Recreations 43:07 Help, it broke! 44:53 Bonus Round: RF Shields 45:25 Bonus Round: Getting help 45:46 Conclusion *Retro Bits earns money from Amazon and eBay Partner Links