My64 Mini-ITX Retro PC Build

Retro Mini-ITX PC build using a My64 case from My Retro Computer, and an ASRock J4105-ITX motherboard. Note that this is not a sponsored video, and that the My64 supplied for review was returned at the end of production.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:42 Unboxing
03:15 The Build
14:44 Booting up!
16:15 Wrap

#My64 #MyRetroComputer #RetroComputing #ExplainingComputers

[tylerdean]

There’s a YouTube channel for these things, that guy has done some cool builds, including a motherboard with an integrated GTX 1650. Crazy stuff

[Brainstorm]

Clean, professional, no nonsense, to the point content. Best tech channel on YT!

[ctbinary]

Being a child from that era I appreciate the retro aesthetic of this and some others I've seen. Thanks Chris!

[deechvogt]

Thanks Chris for taking me down memory lane to my early adolescence. Playing games and programming BBS software on my C64 with my nerdy friends was a good way to continue to learn computing.

My first love will always be my family's very first home computer, the classic 1982 Kaypro II. My father, a pastor, acquired it second hand in 1984 from a funeral director friend, who had upgraded to a Kaypro IV and a Kaypro 10. It was on this Zilog Z80 CPU clocking in at 2.5 MHz with a whopping 64KB running CP/M, having no significant graphics or sound (other than a keyboard bell) that I learned MBASIC programming, dBASE II, and first encountered Turbo Pascal. Its green phosphorescent screen, measuring merely 9 inches diagonally, had a full 80 column display, a solid steel shell and dual 5 and 1/4 inch 191KB Single Sided Single Density disk drives, was a truly magical piece of tech in even in 1984, two years after it's initial release. It's grey and blue shell made it appear very much like Darth Vader's lunch box.

Here's an Image:

I was so fortunate to have parents who were early adopters of this transformational technology and had the patience to share it with two young boys.

Thanks again for stirring up fond memories of family and friends during this holiday season. Cheers and stay well!

[gautambasu]

This might have taken over the desktop computing to a popular level if available in early days. So neat and simple. I was thinking - this is it, why didn't it come earlier to market !! Your SBCs and this retro computer built really is so satisfying. Thank you for this nice assembling video.

[heyarno]

That was much easier than I expected when I saw the thumbnail.
A very nice option.

[aurthorthing]

This is awesome.
This formfactor should never have gone out of fashion.
Hope they can get the cost down a bit.
That's too much for a computer case and keyboard.

[resrussia]

The company did an excellent job of recreating the C64 case. While I doubt I would ever use it, would definitely make an interesting conversation piece in an office setting. Thanks again for all of the wonderful work you do and the presenting interesting pieces of computer hardware.

[kenm.]

If only IKEA had a guy like Chris to go step by step in putting together their furniture.
As always, great job Chris...I learn something new every time I watch your videos!

[Bassotronics]

I told a lot of my friends that since hardware is getting smaller, there’s going to be a time where the commodore is going to come back in modern form and here it is!

[tomb]

I dare say, this is by far one of the "coolest" thing's you've unboxed on this channel!

[Innocentdarkness]

Yeah cool video C64 was my first computer after all, were is time gone, nice sunday Sir Chris....

[ahmad-murery]

"The days when computing was just a bit more exciting, "
No doubts it was :(

Thank you Chris

[superviewer]

Thanks for showing this. I can hardly wait for someone to put a MiSTer FPGA in this case.

[rodfer]

Cannot express enough how much I enjoyed this video. Will be building my own. Thanks!

When I was teenager my family was too poor to buy me a C64. I was using my cousin's C64 for only 1 week a year. I thirsted it for 3 years till I was gifted a C64.
I am 43 now and the design and the price tag including all components you put inside gave me the same feeling and excitement I felt when I saw C64 for the first time.
First paragraph seems like a sad story to most people since a teenager could not reach to his only desire but it was that desire made these things valuable and exciting.
Thank you Chris and makers of this case. As a person once used C64, I liked it and found it very exciting.

[neverloveagain-cl]

Its even got that 1980's cigarette smoke finish

[aw]

Very nice close up videography connecting the power switch and power LED to the motherboard!

[TailSpinRCSpain]

If I needed any more PCs, this would be top of my list. I had an original C64 back when they were new.

[bushi]

I will always miss my N64 It was my first computer for gaming and also where I learned how to program basic. I even worked in the factory that made the chip's for it later in life though it wasn't commodore anymore. Thanks for taking me back to earlier day 's Chris. Love this and love your channel.