The300Baudguy
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Recently, my buddy from the USA visited me here in Germany and brought something really nice along. He gifted me his 40‑year‑old C128D, which he had barely used. As a result, it looks almost like new. Naturally, I was thrilled and super excited to see whether this old beauty would still work. Things didn’t go smoothly right away, especially since I’m a complete C128 newbie...
Enjoy!
Here’s the full timeline of the video:
00:00 - 01:05 --- The visitor from the USA has arrived and brought something with him
01:06 - 05:10 --- Unboxing the Commodore 128D
05:11 - 05:49 --- Preparing for the first boot of the computer
05:50 - 06:20 --- Fire up theQuattro Commodore after 40 years of beauty slumber
06:21 - 12:24 --- Dealing with this case-opening mechanism from hell and taming the fan
12:25 - 12:47 --- Silence
12:48 - 14:38 --- Troubleshooting the RS232-UP9600 modem adapter
14:39 - 15:11 --- Success
15:15 - --- Now the fun part begins - checking out the C128D
15:20 - 16:10 --- Loading Multi-Term 128 - floppy drive acting up a bit
16:15 - 18:39 --- Dial into the 300-baud BBS
18:40 - 20:21 --- Dial into the Snobsoft BBS
20:22 - 21:30 --- Trying out CP/M 3.0 with the original Commodore C128 disk
21:33 - 22:30 --- Trying to get QTerm 128 running for the Hayes 1670 modem
22:38 - --- How to get CP/M software onto a CP/M disk on the C128
22:40 - 23:15 --- Loading Big Blue Reader 128 - Version 4.10
23:16 - 24:10 --- Step by step to a working CP/M disk
24:11 - 24:23 --- Rant: the only key that works in this interface from hell to reach the copy menu - the up arrow
24:25 - 26:50 --- Copying process and testing whether everything arrived correctly on CP/M
26:51 - 27:58 --- Loading obscure C128 BBS software "128 Mailbox" - Mailbox = BBS in Germany
27:59 - 28:34 --- I know that guy! Greetings to Axel aka Gandalf
28:37 - 29:11 --- Something I’ve never done before in 40 Years...
29:15 - 29:49 --- Thank-you section
Enjoy!
Here’s the full timeline of the video:
00:00 - 01:05 --- The visitor from the USA has arrived and brought something with him
01:06 - 05:10 --- Unboxing the Commodore 128D
05:11 - 05:49 --- Preparing for the first boot of the computer
05:50 - 06:20 --- Fire up the
06:21 - 12:24 --- Dealing with this case-opening mechanism from hell and taming the fan
12:25 - 12:47 --- Silence
12:48 - 14:38 --- Troubleshooting the RS232-UP9600 modem adapter
14:39 - 15:11 --- Success
15:15 - --- Now the fun part begins - checking out the C128D
15:20 - 16:10 --- Loading Multi-Term 128 - floppy drive acting up a bit
16:15 - 18:39 --- Dial into the 300-baud BBS
18:40 - 20:21 --- Dial into the Snobsoft BBS
20:22 - 21:30 --- Trying out CP/M 3.0 with the original Commodore C128 disk
21:33 - 22:30 --- Trying to get QTerm 128 running for the Hayes 1670 modem
22:38 - --- How to get CP/M software onto a CP/M disk on the C128
22:40 - 23:15 --- Loading Big Blue Reader 128 - Version 4.10
23:16 - 24:10 --- Step by step to a working CP/M disk
24:11 - 24:23 --- Rant: the only key that works in this interface from hell to reach the copy menu - the up arrow
24:25 - 26:50 --- Copying process and testing whether everything arrived correctly on CP/M
26:51 - 27:58 --- Loading obscure C128 BBS software "128 Mailbox" - Mailbox = BBS in Germany
27:59 - 28:34 --- I know that guy! Greetings to Axel aka Gandalf
28:37 - 29:11 --- Something I’ve never done before in 40 Years...
29:15 - 29:49 --- Thank-you section