Fire up a Commodore 128D after 40 years of beauty sleep. (opens in new tab)

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… Fire up the almost like new Commodore 128 D after 40 years of beauty slumber. Will it work? Enjoy! Here’s the full timel...