JAN BETA

ABOUT ME

Hi, I'm Jan.

I repair/hack/make/destroy stuff on YouTube and PeerTube. Electronics, Repair, Tinkering, Retro Computing, Vintage Audio. As unprofessional as it gets.

I sometimes stream retro games from vintage hardware (mostly repaired and refurbished myself) on Twitch. Feel free to lurk or chat if you like. I’m frequently active on Mastodon and Bluesky, too.

I got my first Commodore 64 in 1987 and upgraded to Amigas some years later. That's why I still focus on Commodore machines. I love other vintage systems, too, though. I've played bass and guitar in bands since I was a teenager so I sometimes make videos about musical instruments. And I like to tinker with elderly hifi equipment and all kinds of vintage electronics from time to time, too.

I am pretty much self-taught regarding electronics and even though I've been repairing things for quite some time now, I often still learn while I'm doing. My videos are unscripted and I make mistakes quite frequently.

Jan Beta sitting in front of a desk with a retro computer setup with the blue Commodore 64 BASIC screen visible on a Philips CRT monitor. An ALDI C64, an Amiga 1200 and a ZX Spectrum are sitting on the desk. There are 2 Commodore 1541 disk drives stacked on top of each other and a Commodore Datasette on top of that. A TAC-2 joystick sits on the desk, too. Jan is smiling and looking away from the camera.

CONTACT

Feel free to contact me with any questions or suggestions you might have (you may want to read the FAQ first, maybe I got you covered there). Please allow for a week or so until I answer. I have an empire to run and I'm slow with emails sometimes.

Send an eMail to: hi@janbeta.net

Fax me: +49 431 260 355 7

You can send me a direct message or mention me on social media, too. I am also present in several retro computing forums.