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0053 The very rare (for North America) C64G and building a couple miniature retro devices

What's this? A C64 in the basement I've never even seen before (With my own eyes.) Yep, the C64G, the last of the bread bin machines. Also a couple miniature kits which I build in a timelapse. Please note I mistook this for the Aldi C64 in the video, but I have since been corrected these are not the same machine. (But similar) Aldi C64 - Made in the USA in 1987. Light keyboard with PETSCII on front. Brown badge. C64G - Made in West Germany and maybe China in 1988. Light keyboard with PETSCII on top. Gray badge. Sold mainly in Germany with some sales in other European countries. Both - Use the 64C shortboard. Same color light beige/gray case. -- Video Links C64G (In German) https://www.c64-wiki.de/wiki/C64G Aldi C64 (in German) https://www.c64-wiki.de/wiki/C64_Aldi Jeff's Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@HeyBirt C64 Case repair: https://www.soigeneris.com/commodore-64-caser-saver-repair-kit Lunatico by Lft (2016) https://csdb.dk/release/?id=151273 Adrian's Digital Basement Merch store: https://my-store-c82bd2-2.creator-spring.com/ Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/adriansdigitalbasement Adrian's Digital Basement (Main Channel) https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE5dIscvDxrb7CD5uiJJOiw -- Tools Deoxit D5: https://amzn.to/2VvOKy1 http://store.caig.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1602/.f O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards) https://amzn.to/3a9x54J Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe: https://amzn.to/2VrT5lW Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron: https://amzn.to/2ye6xC0 Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope: https://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-oscilloscopes/1000z/ Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier: https://amzn.to/3adRbuy TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro) https://amzn.to/2wG4tlP https://www.aliexpress.com/item/33000308958.html TS100 Soldering Iron: https://amzn.to/2K36dJ5 https://www.ebay.com/itm/TS100-65W-MINI-Digital-OLED-Programmable-Soldering-Iron-Anti-static-Structure/113382669853 EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter: https://www.eevblog.com/product/121gw/ DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer: https://amzn.to/2RDSDQw https://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-Logic-DSLogic-Basic-Analyzer-16Ch-100MHz-4Ch-400MHz-Xilinx-Spartan-6-FPGA/202543965672 Magnetic Screw Holder: https://amzn.to/3b8LOhG https://www.harborfreight.com/4-inch-magnetic-parts-tray-90566.html Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine) https://www.ebay.com/itm/14-16-18-20-24-28-32-40-pin-IC-Test-Universal-ZIF-Socket-Fs/303206721971 RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI) http://www.retrotink.com/ Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five) https://www.ebay.com/itm/1-2-5-10PCS-Micro-Scissor-125mm-PLATO-170-Electronics-Cutter-Side-Cutting-Pliers/163458746184 Heat Sinks: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32537183709.html Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too) https://amzn.to/3b8LOOI --- Links My GitHub repository: https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=repositories Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group https://www.commodorecomputerclub.com/ --- Instructional videos My video on damage-free chip removal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQVjwPsVFd8 --- Music Intro music and other tracks by: Nathan Divino @itsnathandivino

Comments

Brian Henry

The mini TV would look really nice with some wood grain contact paper (the kind that LGR uses.) As for the ZIF 64's keyboard font, there is a font that I discovered some time ago that looks like the keyboard's numbers & letters (and it is the same font that my old Saturn car used on its dash). It is the Eurostile font.

Tero Säärelä

Frankly, I don’t get the whole point in the C64G. Why deliberately make a batch of the old breadbin case in the new color?