Early-bird: Program on a stamp? (Patreon)

Dangerous Commodore 64 Program on a Postage Stamp?!

Remember that old wive's tale of a cancelled Royal Mail stamp holding a harmful C64 program on it?? Let's explore the myth... Made possible by patrons & our friendly sponsor http://PCBWay.com/activity/c-gift.html & their new "Stand with PCBWayers" global collaboration effort. 🙏 Become a patron: http://patreon.com/perifractic 🎧 Stream the music: http://perifractic.com/music 🛠 Get the tools I use*: http://perifractic.com/shop 👍 Support in other ways: http://perifractic.com/support ✅ Subscribe here: http://youtube.com/perifractic?sub_confirmation=1 🗨️ Contact/follow: http://perifractic.com/social ┄┄ FACT CHECK THIS VIDEO HERE: ┄┄ ✓ The Real Deal: • Snake in 1 line of code by Davide Fichera: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1AoTobBP73jcroZ8vvCkTQJx9ANgP-3yJ • Snake in 3 lines of code by Davide Fichera: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1WCo3BMarwjgqKsA7XBwlf4jZL9zwvM-N • Snake original short codes before expansion: https://twitter.com/Naufr4g0/status/1001862438474731522 • Royal Mail Retro Stamps: https://shop.royalmail.com/video-games-stamp-set • Computed Tomography stamp (chosen because it is "41p" or 4/1 (April 1): https://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_from%3DR40%26_trksid%3Dm570.l1313%26_nkw%3Dcomputed%2Btomography%2Bstamp%26_sacat%3D0%26LH_TitleDesc%3D0%26LH_PrefLoc%3D2%26_odkw%3Dcomputer%2Btomography%2Bstamp%26_osacat%3D0&campid=5338319429&toolid=20008 • Teletype 33 hole punching courtesy: http://youtube.com/HomeComputerMuseum • More on Teletype 33: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletype_Model_33 • The cardkey number pad shown is real and does connect to the joystick port, accessing the keyboard matrix as the real forum posts showed • More about C64 short codes: https://t.co/WkNnQHimPf?amp=1 • It is dangerous to plug/unplug joystick ports with the machine on due to the risk of static damage to the CIA • There are C64s/VIC-20s in John Wick movies and one keeping a garage going (see below): https://twitter.com/marcelvandenber/status/784688237218525184 𝙓 Happy April Fool's Day: • There is no C64 program held on a stamp ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ • It isn't possible to input data from paper with a light pen • I didn't quite have 64K subscribers when I filmed this, it really was 63.6K • Though there was no Gladiator Morseus (Morse Code was invented by Samuel Morse in the 1830s) the Wikipedia was based on this superbly named bloke: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodus • The first barcode was used in 1974 by Wrigleys, not 1891 • There weren't over 100 light pens for the C64 but there were ~15: https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Light_pen • You can't Google it on Yahoo! nor is there an eBay Papua New Guinea (yet) • The John Wick/Garage C64 are observations that have been observed to death on forums, and I won't be making videos about that. You can resubscribe now! ;-) • See also my video "How Light Pens Work": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBfkiprmoi0 ┄┄ SAUCES USED WITH THANKS ┄┄ • T-Shirt courtesy http://www.nerdity.co.uk/ • https://commodore64-ru.okis.ru/service.html • Wikipedia & Wikimedia Commons • The Internet Archive • Unbibium • Palordrolap • Hexavibrongal • Werner • Marcel Vanderber: https://twitter.com/marcelvandenber • epa • Arjan Versloot (new C64 PCBs): https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2241217265919362&set=pcb.10155536148722172&type=3&theater&ifg=1 ┄┄ CHEERS TO ┄┄ • David Cherriman • Davide Fichera: https://twitter.com/Naufr4g0 • Ladyfractic & Puppyfractic • http://mattgrandis.net for perifractic.com • http://youtube.com/elwoz for the palette cleanser PRG • http://twitter.com/_gazmarshall for some art elements • Gardenside Productions, Clue Detectives, & Paradise Radio • Every attempt was made to contact copyright owners before including content. All media featured is marked as public domain on Google Images, used with written permission, or shown under fair use law. 🚘 With free Tesla supercharging you can afford more retro gear!: http://bit.ly/teslafractic ©️ All music & content Copyright Bideas LLC/Perifractic's Retro Recipes 1988-2020. All rights reserved. *Some affiliate links may help support this retrochannel but all opinions are 100% unbiased. #retrogaming #retrocomputing