I'll put a description and chapters on this later, just wanted to get it out today. Good luck everyone.   Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

Going forward, Little Guys will look very different. Not exactly like this (I shot it this way because I don't have the right furniture yet) but a lot more like this than the ones I made before. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Reintroducing Little Guys 01:52 Introducing CompactPCI 07:30 Chassis innards 09:35 Meeting the PC 16:15 Wacky cabling 18:55 Peripherals 24:16 Assembly 28:04 Powering up 31:29 Software tour 36:42 GAMING 40:29 Is it useful? 46:14 Outro

Trying a new style. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude For those who are curious, a shot of the guts: https://gekk.info/images/realistic%20intercom%20inside.jpg

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Concluding a 25-year-long fascination by... not coming to a conclusion. Yeah, that sounds about right for me. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:07 Early days of multiprocessing 00:05:53 The legend of the BP6 00:09:12 Dual-socket misconceptions 00:16:57 BP6 build 00:22:39 First boot, BIOS, overcloking 00:25:34 The OS Issue 00:28:25 Meeting NT 4 00:31:50 NT Problems 00:33:45 SMP pros and cons 00:41:44 Benchmarks 00:49:40 Multiprocessor gaming 00:52:45 The tragedy (and saving grace) of early SMP 00:55:13 The mystery of the BP6 00:59:38 The mystery resolved... sort of. 01:00:40 Foreshadowing part 2 01:02:04 Outro

This one's two of them. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:09 Hifi functions 00:08:55 PC components 00:14:43 PC bootup / TV out weirdness 00:21:05 Software features demo 00:33:05 Gaming performance 00:43:14 Conclusions 00:44:32 Teardown 00:51:41 Power supply 00:57:28 Motherboard analysis 00:59:40 Special hardware features 01:12:00 Outro

I hope they washed this thing. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro / Chassis overview 00:08:07 Software tour 00:22:00 Capture tests 00:28:58 Hardware specs 00:31:53 Teardown 00:44:15 Weird graphics card 00:51:39 Capture card analysis 01:02:57 Conclusion 01:05:45 Outro

That name is a double pun; congratulations if you caught it. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:35 Overview 08:06 Demo 14:30 Inputs & Outputs 16:50 Camera controls 23:20 Remaining features 25:03 Other Transvideo models 28:45 Disassembly 31:15 Internals 34:13 RS232 remote controls 36:52 Camera mechanism / repair 40:48 Slide mechanism 44:12 Conclusion / Outro

I think this might be the first Guy whose past life we get to more or less fully explore. Excitement! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:00:40 Inventing Types of Guys 00:05:20 Machine vision concept 00:07:13 Hardware overview 00:14:45 Powering up & exploring BIOS 00:25:30 Software tour 00:46:31 What it actually did 00:51:24 DV camcorder experiment 00:53:45 Ill-advised gaming 00:58:39 Disassembly and analysis 01:18:37 Outro

This was supposed to be a quick 30 minute video. I don't know what happened! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:46 TV Photo Viewer overview 00:03:41 Invasion 00:04:17 TV Photo Viewer demo disk 00:11:30 How To Photograph Your Family disk 00:18:30 Software tour 00:29:11 Album disk demo 00:30:02 Market context 00:36:52 Cool-iCam TVCam overview 00:41:47 Cool-iCam dock 00:43:36 Dock demo 00:48:11 Raw jpegs 00:50:29 Cool-iCam history 00:53:14 Webcam Mode 00:57:56 TV Photo Viewer teardown 01:01:43 Cool-iCam dock teardown 01:08:00 TVCam teardown 01:18:51 Outro

This is not the last PBX you'll see on this series, I assure you. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:06 PBXes in summary 00:03:15 PBX hardware analysis 00:12:00 PC hardware analysis 00:26:50 PC/104 tangent 00:35:42 Further PBX hardware notes 00:39:35 Starting up the PC 00:43:36 Actually starting up the PC 00:46:25 Software tour 00:52:32 OS/2our 01:05:05 Hard drive story 01:07:28 Windows 95 demos 01:11:00 PBX diagnostics 01:15:38 DOS games 01:24:10 Outro

Oofa doofa, this poor little guy had a rough life. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:03 Overview 03:03 "Historical" significance 05:29 Ports 11:26 Disassembly 16:04 2.5" HDD trivia 18:43 Further disassembly 21:02 Hardware details 30:12 Diagnostics 33:15 Repair attempt 39:35 Checking out the software 46:31 Outro

I absolutely did not intend for this to be an hour and forty minutes long. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Wolf photo: https://32bites.com/s5i1v4f16x8mp1vvorzflu3t2rxibm Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:37 The Knowledge Vacuum 00:05:35 The Questions 00:06:06 ACT ONE= The Grey Scanner For Computer 00:09:50 The Ports Conundrum 00:14:37 Hardware setup & the Video Conundrum 00:17:49 The scanning experience 00:20:38 Quality Or Lack Thereof 00:24:30 The purpose of scanners in 91 00:29:13 Windows desktop publishing in 91 00:34:53 The state of printing in 91 00:36:24 Memory, 1-bit color, and halftones 00:50:56 Hardware teardown 00:58:47 ACT TWO= The history of scanners 00:59:24 Pre-consumer flatbeds 01:05:35 The consumer scanner explosion 01:12:10 What the hell was the ScanJet Plus?? 01:15:55 The greyscale days 01:20:44 Dawn of color 01:23:52 The modern scanner takes shape 01:27:20 The Color Conundrum 01:31:20 Slow decline of greyscale 01:35:35 Forty years of scanning 01:37:20 Errata 01:39:14 Outro

I'd much rather this have been used in an ambulance, but what can you do.   Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:07 External overview 11:05 Peripherals 15:22 Firmware and software 17:48 Hardware specs 20:11 Video capture tests 24:10 Hard drive caddy internals 34:18 Cooling 35:52 Opening it up 38:25 Video capture & output board 44:01 Mezzanine module 46:01 Motherboard analysis 48:29 Everything goes wrong at once / Soba 49:17 Further thoughts on cooling 53:41 Conclusions 55:14 Outro

This thing seems to have been the first entry in what was supposed to be a whole commercial empire, which then just popped and fizzled. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Grab the LG software here: https://www.lg.com/in/support/product-support/cs-NC1000.ATR/ Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:02:44 Digital signage 00:07:45 The (probable) tragedy of OPS 00:17:50 Software demo 00:37:18 How this might actually be useful to you 00:40:00 Chassis disassembly & analysis 00:50:58 PC disassembly & analysis 01:02:00 What the previous owner was doing 01:03:52 Outro

This machine was crying out to be released from its eternal prison, so I replaced its brain. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2OPrGBxkD0 Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjrcB2qMbYU Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:56 Guts reveal and recap 00:08:30 The Gaming Tragedy 00:13:49 The Mod Proposal 00:17:58 Game tests and performance 00:24:45 Experiences of doing the mod 00:25:26 Rebuild: Disassembly 00:33:17 Rebuild: Fear and Loathing in the Cooling System 00:37:15 Rebuild: Horrific soldering work 00:39:45 Rebuild: Remounting the cooler 00:43:03 Rebuild: Fixing the fan & DVD cable 00:45:03 Rebuild: Installing new board & heatpipes 00:48:22 Rebuild: Correcting my screwup 00:50:22 Rebuild: The power supply situation 00:54:53 Rebuild: Tests & wrapup 00:57:00 Mod postmortem 01:01:04 Conclusions 01:04:04 Outro

It took three computers to fix one that wasn't broken. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude 00:00 Intro 00:36 Mediasite overview 08:04 Mediasite innards 12:25 Crappy mini-ITX machine 16:21 Troubleshooting the Mediasite 19:16 Mediasite disassembly & analysis 25:29 NCR N3000 disassembly & analysis 35:05 Firing up NCR N3000 41:26 Fixing the Mediasite 44:02 Firing up Mediasite 44:22 INVADED BY DARK SPIRIT 44:56 Testing capture cards & software 47:42 Conclusion / Outro

I couldn't even come up with a concise title for this video because this machine is such a mess. I realized long after I finished the video that I never actually said how much this thing cost. It was $1500. I guess I just didn't feel like that was terribly important info though, because once you learn what it does and how it does it, you realize it's not worth using at *any* price. Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2OPrGBxkD0   Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Recap of Part 1 00:05:50 Media extenders 00:11:08 The Vista problem 00:12:43 Introducing the Niveus Edge 00:16:24 What they did, and why 00:26:24 Exploring the innards 00:34:14 Thermal solution 00:42:55 Poor workmanship 00:48:35 The DVDROM situation 00:52:05 Dangerously poor workmanship 00:59:23 Inside scoop on the company 01:04:54 Theories & Conclusion 01:10:21 Outro

Corrections! Additional info! Valuable prizes!! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude 00:00 Intro 00:00 Correction #1: Plugs 01:04 Correction #2: Coinstars outside UK 01:42 DVI audio test 04:45 Correction #3: Wrong thermal compound 09:46 Thermal wax on, thermal wax off 10:09 Disk tray 11:24 The heatsink comes off 14:58 Unpopulated sata connectors 15:47 Testing with new compound 16:43 One more tangent about paste 18:12 Correction #4: Ferrules and aglets 18:37 No two Phoenixes are the same 19:19 Correction #5: Optocouplers 20:22 The IODD 21:12 A Hero Falls 21:47 A Hero is Rebooted 23:23 Gravis dumps an entire container of usb keys on the bench 23:39 Outro

A fifth gen i3 just to sort coins. What A World Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:20 Exterior overview 13:01 Disassembly / chassis 15:00 Motherboard exploration 24:24 Reassembly 26:46 Powering up 32:40 Installing Windows 7 Embedded 36:30 DVI/VGA experiment 45:15 Outro

This is genuinely the best laptop I've ever seen. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:30 The Laptop Question 00:03:20 First impressions 00:14:00 Ports, slots, and accessories 00:18:35 Basic user experience 00:23:00 The Premium Remote 00:32:21 Hardware review and teardown 00:39:48 RAID problems and solutions 00:44:06 The godforsaken rubber coating 00:45:41 Hardware summary 00:46:18 Gaming performance 00:51:03 The battery issue 00:54:49 Where did this come from? 00:56:03 Premium remote deep dive 01:00:55 The curse of the concept car 01:03:15 Quick Start: Episode 3: Episode 2 01:05:14 Conclusion 01:06:22 Outro

They couldn't have named it better if they called it the Solid Lump. Come to think of it, lots of people would buy a computer called that. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude 00:00 Intro 06:46 Disassembly / hardware 34:28 Installing Windows 45:06 Outro

HP took a look at all the other Quick Start products and said "oh, we can do worse." They did.   Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Quickweb recap 04:02 Feature 1: QuickLook 09:15 QuickLook under the hood 15:30 What's an EFI application? 29:15 QuickLook in summary 29:50 Feature 2: Daystarter 32:27 Daystarter: A Horror Story 44:32 But why, though? 58:03 Outro

Come along while I clean up one of the tiniest laptops I own! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Why I got this thing 07:00 Cleanup 12:40 Firing it up 15:50 Testing, breaking, and fixing the camera 20:15 Hardware inventory 23:50 MIDI test 26:10 Video playback tests 29:40 Video editing tests 34:40 External storage tests 38:36 GAMING!!!! YEAH BABY 41:40 Final conclusions and outro

This computer is one of the computers of all time. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:10 Hardware overview 01:55 Trying to fix it 07:21 Booting up / ThinOS 13:35 Behind the curtain 17:55 Trying to install Linux 19:53 Breaking it 22:15 Outro

Listen I changed my mind on the title after I rendered it, "Li'l" seemed like a good idea at the time. Future episodes will also have better audio among other things. It turns out that yes, there are SIM card pins on the standard mini-pcie slot. Never knew! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro / premise 05:55 External overview 16:33 Top disassembly / thermal juice 20:19 Board overview 22:40 Heatsink / CPU 26:14 Bottom disassembly / storage 31:08 Motherboard removal / analysis 38:14 Card installation / reassembly 41:31 Powering up / testing 49:15 Outro

This is a Rough Cut, which means I didn't script anything - everything's off the cuff, errors are expected, don't take it too seriously! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Unfortunate fake brands 02:12 Device overview 10:33 Surprisingly useful features 15:26 The Problems 19:01 The "Game" port 22:10 The Icon Mystery 25:17 Internals 38:14 Outro

This product actually made a ton of sense, which is why I'm glad it's not *really* part of the Quick Start series. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Shirt is from my friend Jeremy's channel, @RedMeansRecording Chapters: 00:00 Intro 04:20 DVD players in the 2000s 07:29 In praise of the toaster-fridge 11:38 Breaking and fixing it 13:40 Media controls 15:44 The Quick Start feature 20:35 Why "Gaiden"? 26:35 How does it work? 34:33 History of Averatec 38:51 Outro

I almost left this monster of a machine at the computer store. I'm glad I didn't, because I think it was almost unique in its day.   Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:34 HTPC History 00:12:14 Early Niveus Products 00:15:28 Introducing the Denali 00:24:44 Software Demo 00:35:52 What's in the box 00:43:39 Thermal Solution 00:48:34 Heat Pipe Demo 00:56:46 Thermal Tests 00:59:51 Home Theater Installers 01:03:40 Media Center Extenders 01:07:39 What about the Edge? 01:08:54 Outro

A brief trip to the local used whatnot facilities. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

To all the people telling me to do more software videos: well, here's what you asked for. RIP Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

Let's go to the thrift store. It's been a while. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

It's been a rough one lately. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

I dug deep on this one: I found the only word processor worth a minute of your time! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:23 Word Processors (in summary) 00:19:50 Introducing the Olivetti 00:21:00 The Video Situation 00:27:10 Starting up 00:28:45 Software tour 00:45:18 The hidden PC 00:48:46 The wacky keyboard 00:51:39 PC software demo 00:53:01 Limitations and weirdnesses 00:58:05 Teardown 01:03:28 Olivetti: The Original Republic Of Gamers 01:08:09 Conclusion / Outro

Hey! I found one! FYI, if you don't see your name in the patron crawl, it's because I finished this video two weeks ago. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Premise 00:36 Demo 02:11 Laptop review 07:10 The Big Question 07:49 Technical breakdown 13:27 Issues 16:52 Why no capture? 18:29 The Quick Start connection 22:00 Conclusion 22:43 Outro

This machine is half of what convinced me to make this series.   Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude 00:00 Intro 02:05 Z600 overview 11:42 Unique Feature #1: Edgetouch 15:35 Unique Feature #2: Wireless Dock 18:40 Unique Feature #3: Wireless Charging 27:28 Latitude-ON Demo 31:20 L-ON's Dark Secret 33:03 L-ON Internals 37:17 L-ON's Failure And Success 41:10 L-ON Flash Demo 44:49 L-ON Flash's Dark Secret 46:18 L-ON Flash Vs. L-ON Prime 49:50 L-ON Reader Demo 53:53 Conclusion 55:45 Outro

You thought they were only for Pentiums! Creative disagreed. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro 06:00 The Infra product line 07:25 Hardware overview 13:00 The remote control issue 20:30 Feature demo 29:37 Bad feature demo 37:22 Complaints 39:05 The turbo button 42:55 Benchmarks 47:10 How does the IR work? 50:53 Conclusions 52:21 Correction 54:09 Outro

Congratulations! You made it to the first Quick Start with a machine I actually *like.* Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:33 Premise 08:17 Hardware overview 11:20 Intended market 20:59 Windows experience 25:50 Instant-on experience 37:18 Behind the scenes 42:45 Battery 44:45 Conclusions / Media Center comparison 49:53 Competing machines 52:29 Outro

Yes! I finally made the followup to the SCSI tower video! It happened! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:15 Role of CDROMs in 1993 00:16:30 Example software 00:19:58 CDROM libraries 00:26:35 Pioneer DRM-602X demo 00:34:20 Pioneer DRM-1804X "demo" 00:37:49 Huge industrial jukeboxes 00:39:02 Networking issues 00:47:58 Theoretical uses / burners 00:50:20 WORM / Magneto-Optical / UDO 00:53:03 Decline, consumer uptake 00:55:15 Powerfile C200 overview 00:59:30 Powerfile demo 01:06:25 Musings on jukeboxes 01:08:49 Outro

This thing surprised me with how useful it is for its age. It might surprise you too. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude 00:00 Intro 03:55 Early MP3 limitations 10:25 Introducing the Receiver 11:13 Chassis & connections 16:05 Networking & Media server 21:44 UI 29:29 Media server issues 32:07 Firmware & boot process 40:01 Hardware design 45:50 Conclusion 47:45 Custom firmware 49:14 Ethernet issues 50:05 Outro

I have no words for the horrifying acts I've uncovered in this video. Wait. Yes I do. I have like an hour and fifteen minutes of words. Well, carry on. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude I made a shirt based on the patent text in this video since several people suggested it: https://cathoderaydude.creator-spring.com/listing/diverges-greatly My article on which this video is based: http://gekk.info/articles/hyperspace.htm Chapters: 00:00:00 Teaser 00:01:07 Intro 00:03:05 Phoenix's misfortune 00:06:16 Introducing the machine 00:09:39 Introducing Phoenix Hyperspace 00:12:00 Hyperspace tour 00:36:48 The problems with dual-booting 00:39:50 Hyperspace Hybrid 00:45:08 Battery life claims 00:48:13 The Hyperspace Trick 00:52:20 Nitty gritty 00:57:40 The Nightmare Begins 01:00:40 Wrongs darker than death or night 01:02:46 Moving on to the lesser crime 01:08:00 In summary 01:09:35 The death of Phoenix Hyperspace 01:13:35 Outro

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Dell really pulled out none of the stops on this one. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:40 The Laptop 04:45 Boot times 08:42 MediaDirect tour 15:12 How it works 19:25 Why? 22:18 Power savings? 24:09 Why not use Media Center? 27:25 Other companies 28:52 Outro

If you owned an Asus motherboard or laptop in the late 2000s, you may be entitled to compensation. 00:00 Intro 02:00 Going in blind 03:58 What is Splashtop? 06:51 Software overview 18:21 The contemporary experience 22:50 Marketing failures 26:17 What about laptops? 30:09 ExpressGate on EeePC 32:35 How did the motherboard work? 37:35 How did the laptops work? 40:51 Can you mod it? (Yes) 41:35 Express Gate in summary 42:58 Lenovo w/ Splashtop 44:12 Lenovo w/ Splashtop 2.0 49:35 HP w/ Splashtop 51:40 Splashtop In Review 54:02 Teaser 54:45 Outro Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

Get hype: I'm finally doing an actual series! There will be an Ep 2! I promise this time! Computers! Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude 00:00 Intro 02:38 The Problem 07:20 Sony's Crimes 12:02 An Industry In Crisis 14:20 Sony's Solution 18:18 The Breakdown 23:24 What Sony Bought 26:09 The Series In Summary 28:21 The Vaio In Summary 23:40 Wrapup 34:30 Outro

I've been sitting on a pile of bizarre modems for years and I'm incredibly excited to show you their dumb features that you didn't want then and still don't now. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude 00:00:00 Intro (in the 90s) 00:01:23 The Problem 00:05:30 The Eventual Solution 00:09:17 VoIP (Won't Help) 00:13:28 Introducing SVD 00:16:32 Basic modem demo 00:19:00 Voice/data switching trick 00:22:23 Voice/data switching demo 00:25:00 SVD modem 1 (VoiceView) 00:30:22 SVD modem 2 (ASVD) 00:34:44 ASVD demo 00:40:00 ASVD explanation 00:41:45 SVD modem 3 (DSVD) 00:45:55 DSVD demo 00:51:47 DSVD explanation 00:58:22 ASVD demo (advanced) 01:00:02 Why SVD failed 01:04:12 Outro

In terms of probability, it's not likely that it's the _last_ of it's kind. But it's the last one I've ever seen. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Original song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W7o5z_8nTw Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:54 History of Wedges 03:16 Outside Impressions 08:47 Inside Impressions 11:07 Original hardware 21:00 Power problems 28:25 Audio mod 31:49 Turning it on 33:40 Game music demo 37:00 Original music demo 40:37 The Wobble Problem 46:45 Cybernet / Conclusion 49:20 Outro Correction: 06:58 Typewriters have *some* concept of touch typing; I just meant that it's very different than what we do now.

Congratulation! You are finally seeing a video I first tried to make three years ago. Trust me, you're glad I waited this long. It would have sucked if I'd made it in my basement. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude 00:00 Intro 03:51 Premise 11:45 Introducing: The Device 14:39 Powering up 15:16 How TV is made 18:30 How TV is actually made 24:48 Transitions 36:45 Keyers 40:32 Complexity 46:40 Appendix A: Audio 48:23 Appendix B: All my homies hate A/B switchers 55:04 Appendix C: Are these useful? 58:31 Outro Transition: Stock Footage by Videezy. I inadvertently used an image published under BY-SA that may not be compatible with my license. Attribution: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Production_control_room#/media/File:SKY_Sport24_PCR.jpg

I didn't really have a plan in mind when I started shooting this, so... yeah! Hope you enjoy this mess of a video. If you'd like to read more (largely unverified) info about this series of devices, you can do so on my website: https://gekk.info/articles/toaster.html Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

I just keep making videos about mice. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude There are videos *and* PDF transcripts of all these interviews (seriously, CHM has it together), both linked below. Blalock: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102717371 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmqa9XJED-Q Gordon: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102706894 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxxoWhCzIeU Holland: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102706892 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08VJOsfKjBo Lyon: https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102717221 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIZp0qPZySw

I've been collecting old digital cameras for years based entirely on how weird they are. I finally found two that you gotta see. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

The two Tom Scott videos I reference in this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wif1EAgEQKI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaGTFeibOEk Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

In the year 2000 you couldn't buy an iPod - but even if you could, they weren't very good for use in your home. What if you could buy something that was? Musicstore HDD image: https://archive.org/details/musicstore-hdd Jeremy Blake's music: https://youtube.com/@RedMeansRecording Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:00 The Problem With MP3 00:10:20 DigMedia / Unboxing 00:14:12 The System 00:17:45 MusicStore overview 00:21:10 Using the MusicStore 00:41:05 PC Interface 00:47:00 Complaints vs Reality 00:51:30 Soulmate overview 00:56:50 Soulmate + MusicStore 01:00:00 The Speed Mystery 01:03:38 Soulmate teardown 01:11:56 MusicStore teardown 01:20:30 Conclusion 01:23:45 Outro

I brought back a ton of stuff from California. Let's look at it. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude SteadiRed's Steadicam tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vbCBTdNBuw Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:50 Canon XLH1 12:45 Chinon ES3000 / Weird Sony switch 15:34 Studio cam monitors 18:08 Brother Powernote / Exidy Sorcerer 23:06 Mac SE / VGA scaler 25:37 Polaroid Palette 30:42 SMPTE, TV/VCR, titlers 46:04 VTRs / DSR-45 49:54 RCA VHS camcorder 53:26 Weird / Huge Panasonic cameras 58:17 Steadicam

Finally, those of us who are sick and tired of short laptops can rejoice. The solution was here all along. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:37 Early portable PCs 00:10:07 External overview 00:20:31 Battery + first boot 00:23:21 Initial impressions 00:27:15 LCD / Graphics 00:37:40 Addon hardware 00:43:35 Addon teardown 00:47:27 Desktop mode / Video card 00:50:16 CGA aspect ratio 00:55:40 5140 Monitors 01:02:10 Printer 01:08:32 Application Selector 01:15:50 System settings 01:17:10 Resume feature 01:23:45 Conclusion / Outro

It's taken me over a year to make this video, but it'll take you much less to watch it. If you're looking for an all in one PC compatible, I can't recommend the Eduquests enough. Please rescue these dorks from whatever dump you find them heading for. Corrections: 00:03:06 The Model 25 used an 8086, but it ran at 8MHz. In practice that would offer very little improvement for most things we'd want to do. Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:02 PC All-In-Ones 00:04:36 My First Eduquest 00:10:18 Eduquest Thirty Review 00:37:50 My Second Eduquest 00:39:00 Eduquest Forty Review 00:50:27 30/40 Side-By-Side 01:06:30 Demos 01:08:06 Eduquest 40 Issues 01:19:13 Conclusion Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

I picked up a fantastic CRT monitor recently, by which I mean several months ago after which I just put it on a shelf because I couldn't figure out what to say about it. Here's what I have to say about it: It's good Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Side channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/cathoderaydudegaiden Chapters: 00:00 Why most people want RGB CRTs 03:20 Why I want an RGB CRT 05:35 Computing on PVMs 08:55 Meet the PVM-1390 16:00 Video quality tests 20:30 MSX computers 25:20 Video quality tests 2 (MSX) 27:49 Conclusion 28:35 Bonus MSX software 34:00 Outro

I have once again picked up a piece of debris at the junk store and made a video about it. This is a story I invented because I couldn't find any hard answers. I expect to get corrected on my assumptions, but I didn't know how else to start a conversation about it. I have already received comments confirming that I got most of this correct, to my great satisfaction. There is ONE inaccuracy I've been made aware of, it's significant, and I can't believe I didn't think of it myself: The plunger doesn't reset when you trigger the coil, or ever. These are one-time-use devices. Once you bypass a relay, there's no telling what damage it will incur as a result of overcurrent, etc. The contacts could get fused together permanently, or a brief internal fire could coat everything in soot, there's no telling. Once a ship makes it back to port, all such overridden devices get replaced with new ones. That may be why this one was thrown away - or it might just be that someone pushed the plunger down while it was in storage, and their CO walked in, slapped his forehead, and told the greenhorn to throw it out before someone mistook it for a new unit. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

NOTE: Youtube is currently BADLY delayed on 4K processing. If you particularly want to watch this at full res, patrons have access to a raw, high-bitrate 4K download (16GB) This video is long because explaining why I did this, and the specific choices I made, requires explaining all the problems I encountered in two years of video creation. These are problems you might also encounter if your aspirations go the same way mine did. Non-affiliate links: Kingston dock: https://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Workflow-Station-USB3-2-Gen2/dp/B08SJ7T1D9 SAS cables: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07CKXFKHT Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:06 My early cameras 00:11:15 My current camera 00:14:54 The storage problem 00:28:00 Current workflow & problems 00:34:00 Introducing the server 00:40:35 Disks & layout 00:43:27 Microserver aside 00:45:13 The plan (Part 1) 00:47:44 Why these choices? 00:51:14 The plan (Part 2) 01:01:30 Connectivity 01:13:47 HD speed issues 01:15:44 RAID controller issues 01:27:29 HD speed issues solved 01:29:55 It works / trip report 01:32:30 Outro

I've seen a lot of interesting image capture devices but this one just takes the cake... and... drops it upside down in the road. It's so close to a good idea. It is not, however, a good idea. Disclaimer: Since there was some concern over how people interpreted a couple things I said, I want to make my perspective clear. I know next to nothing about the companies I am badmouthing in this video, I just consider all modern businesses to be liars and all products to be untrustworthy and potentially unsafe. My comments are in general, not specific. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Product overview 04:05 Setup 07:45 Big Twist 08:16 Demo 12:20 Company info 16:10 Hardware failure 18:24 Technology overview 25:50 Teardown / Analysis 36:25 Design flaws 44:05 Anticapitalist diatribe 48:16 Outro

Full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRuhRfvIkn0 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

Back in the day, playing games that came on multiple discs could be SO irritating. 20 years later, I fixed it. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Sketch (Disc Swap Hell) 02:00 Background 11:06 The Multi-Drive Concept 13:10 Nakamichi Demo & Mechanism 19:19 SCSI Concepts 22:05 CDROM Overdrive (Bad Attraction) 25:24 SCSI Express Tower 28:55 The Windows Problem 31:33 Game Support 35:17 This Is Awesome (So What Happened?) 41:24 Conclusion

In addition to being the oldest dye-sub printer I've ever seen, this one has a wild feature that I hadn't seen before (in combination with the rest of its featureset, that is.) I would have been incredibly irritating if I had I want to get back to doing more videos that aren't About A Narrative, and this series will be for those: Bits & Pieces. Everything that isn't part of a Big Story. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:20 Dye-sublimation principles & problems 13:45 Photo printer history 17:42 Chassis & interface 22:05 Big secret feature reveal 23:10 Demonstration 27:15 Big secret feature demo 31:46 Conclusion / outro

Shortly after I finished my previous video on the Hitachi MPEGcam, I discovered there was a second Hitachi MPEGcam. Longly after I finished it, I discovered there was an MPEG4cam as well. Now I have all of them, and we can see how they stack up. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:32 MPEGcam: Followup 04:20 MPEGcam: EG10 reveal 05:45 MPEGcam: Quality & feature comparison 10:54 MPEGcam: What went wrong / teardown 16:06 Sharp VN-EZ1 intro 17:03 The MPEG Zone 22:58 Device overview 27:51 Visual tests 33:38 Recording time, macro, etc. 36:26 Audio, Gibbs, playback, etc. 38:46 Included software 40:38 Flashpath card reader 44:46 Conclusion 47:30 DoCoMo Eggy 49:16 Outro https://global.sharp/inet-viewcam/

00:00 Intro 08:08 æstrid & Sarah Okay! So! If you missed it, I did a live show on 5/7/2022, celebrating crossing the 100,000 subscriber mark by doing what I always wanted to do: Shoot an actual, live TV talk show, with guests and multiple live-switched cameras and everything. It went great, but I had to reupload the VOD for a few reasons: 1) It contained several privacy breaches which I could not redact in-place due to the video length. 2) Most people don't want to click on a 9 hour video. 3) It was hard to navigate. So I decided to chop it up into segments and reupload - but putting all of them on my main channel would make a mess of everyone's Browse page for weeks and probably kill my Algorithmic Performance. So instead, I published one part, and the others are unlisted but can be reached with the links below, or through the playlist which will play them all in order. Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLec1d3OBbZ8IL2pQoIIvmVuOMRxVDQfPF Part 1 - Intro / æstrid & Sarah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNhb7W25us0 Part 2 - t_r_0_n / Faxes / Gadgets: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY8ACu24nGs Part 3 - Studio Tour / Ben Ruby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOSBru-bQcw Part 4 - Grant: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkDL_XW8pjc Part 5 - Eris: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1yTcSfnZzs Part 6 - Victoria / Outro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fs8SaoHKN7c To everyone who commented or chatted: I'm sorry but there is no way to recover any of that. This was our first show and we were not prepared for the privacy concerns it raised. Future shows will have better protocols in place. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

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Who knew there was a CD-R that wasn't utterly boring? Well, this one is just about as interesting as it could get... which is not to say it's a good product. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:44 Optical storage overview 06:02 Hybrid discs 09:29 Multisession concepts 12:55 Encryptease: The Dream 18:04 Encryptease: The Reality 21:48 Encryptease: The Problems 27:51 Exploit #1 30:38 Exploit #2 31:53 The Actual Story 34:54 Conclusion / Outro

For complex reasons, a Newtek Tricaster video mixer was left at my studio for only one day. I had a lot going on and almost no time to research or experiment, so here's me spending about an hour (give or take; I did have to resort to the manual a couple times) learning to do everything I can. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

This device encapsulates so many of my interests, offered so much - in its way - and reflects a future we could have had, but for once, are probably glad we don't. It's shocking they made something like this at all, and unclear what their ultimate goal actually was, so in the end, all I could do was review the thing on its merit. I'm not sure what that achieved, but I love this little machine regardless, so who cares. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 The Mood 00:06:37 The Device 00:14:11 The Camera 00:33:00 The Platform 00:46:50 The Rest 00:54:03 The Problem 00:59:03 The Point 01:01:10 Outro / Credits 01:02:12 Demonstration footage

These comically large videotapes seem to hold the only evidence of a "game" from the early 90s that never saw a release, and may have been intended to enhance an ahead-of-its-time online gaming and social service. Let's see what stories I can invent about it, and learn a little about how Mortal Kombat was made in the process. RAW FOOTAGE: NOTE: These are BAD RIPS, because Youtube is choking on my good rips. I have much higher quality versions I'm still trying to transcode successfully, and once I figure that out I'll replace these links. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9N9FvqUtQM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-f2hZapsOY THE NET: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7f370kVRUU Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:35 Tape format 02:43 The tapes themselves 05:26 Videogame art basics 06:58 FMV (Gabriel Knight 2) 11:56 Digitized sprites (Mortal Kombat) 14:36 Analyzing tape contents 22:28 The Sierra Network / Cyberpark 1991 25:48 Characters 27:00 ImagiNation / Cyberpark 1996 28:00 Related projects (The Net) 31:58 Conclusions 33:22 Outro Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

This is *sort of* one of the most underwhelming machines I own - insofar as it's actually pretty good, it just packs in a really half-baked software idea, that could have been good if it was... finished? Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:30 Hardware overview 13:30 Getting started 15:25 Bootup / OS 17:13 The GUI (Bulletin Board) 28:36 Market position 30:45 Software / hardware demos 34:47 Cost cutting 35:53 Mono graphics background 39:08 Mono graphics demos Mono graphics defect 46:15 Mono CGA emulation 47:20 Nonstandard graphics 49:42 Conclusion 50:40 Who made it? 51:53 Outro

That's right: a decade ago, quietly, when none of us were looking, analog video stepped up its game, and now you can run HD video over incredibly long cables - but you'd never guess what it's used for. Chapters: 00:00 The Intro 01:41 The Long-Distance Video Problem 06:30 The Issues for Surveillance Systems 09:35 The Existing HD Analog Formats 10:30 The IP Cameras 11:55 The State of the Art 13:49 The New HD Analog Formats 17:37 The Analog HD Camera & Format Demo 18:37 The Resolution Subject 21:50 The 960H Trick 23:54 The Underlying Technology 25:55 The Comparison 29:12 The Other Applications 31:00 The Conclusion 33:04 The Outro Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

It was only a matter of time before someone sent me A Whole Bunch Of Stuff. Fortunately, this bunch is from my favorite period in computer history: The Dismal 2000s. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:48 EZCam II 04:56 D-Link Webcam 07:38 Worldtalk Internet Phone 11:22 Web Meeting 2 Go 13:46 Web Meeting 2 Go Tests 13:53 Glenayre @ctiveLink 18:23 Kensington VideoCAM 21:03 Belkin ClassicMouse 21:36 Two modems 22:15 Wireless Intelligent Trackball 24:38 MicroWebcam 25:23 mySmartPad 31:12 AverMedia InterCam Elite 33:23 PC Trackball II 35:30 AOpen Wireless 3D Mouse 37:17 AverMedia TV98 38:46 Videoemail XTreme 42:56 Outro

It's not a computer, I'll tell you that much. Analog video capture is such a pain, and my ultimate solution for it is... not what I wish it was, but hey, it gives me an excuse to interact with My Favorite Thing, so I have no complaints. Chapters: 00:00 My old favorite thing 01:21 My new favorite thing 02:18 Overview 04:27 The problem to solve 08:32 How it solves it 08:57 Ins and outs 10:06 How I use it 14:23 The Best Feature 15:27 Demo footage 16:46 Workflow issues 18:18 HDV Camcorder Detour 20:35 Workflow solution 22:44 Conclusion 24:28 Outro Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

This is a video I've wanted to make for several years, ever since I discovered my Mavica had a high speed drive in it. As cool as all of these are, it's still frustrating that they simply never became mainstream. Floppy drives could have been improved before the end of the eighties, there was really no reason for them to stay so slow except maybe controller limitations, and that limitation could have been resolved as well. Instead, we kept using the same crap well into the 90s, and it became impossible to replace. Ain't that always the way? Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 Intro & background 03:30 Defining "1X floppy speed" 10:40 Sony 2X floppy drive 12:33 Faster drives 13:14 "4X" Mavica 18:34 Other 4X drives 19:40 LS120 drive 26:00 Conclusion Alright, here's the drives I used: Dell: FDDM-101 / MPF82E - I THINK there may be some of these without the USB... or maybe there's a very similar looking drive with a different model number that lacks the USB, I can't remember for sure. Nobody bothers photographing the USB plug on ebay to confirm, so... Good Luck! Toshiba: PA3109U-1FDD - Not that you'd want this one. Sony: MPF88E - I've confirmed that this one IS supposed to have a big "2X" plate on top, so all the ones you see on ebay will look different. LS120: Imation SD USB M3 - Make sure you get a power supply, it's a [email protected], but the barrel plug is real small. And some drives I don't have: Smartdisk FDUSB-TM2 / FDUSB-B2 - 2X drive, ostensibly. Sabrent FL-UDRV - 2X drive, ostensibly. Targus 420-0448-002C - 2X drive, ostensible. Y-E Data yd-8u14 - This is the 4X model, there are 2X and 1X as well with different model numbers. Fastcache 10X - Let me know if you ever find one, or even see one.

I'm not sure if this was the FIRST Coolpix but I think we can all agree that it was a huge misstep for Nikon not to pursue this technique further. Billion dollar idea, absolute gamechanger, everything else pales in comparison. This video marks the first opportunity I've had to leverage my still camera collection on screen, an error I've been meaning to rectify for years. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 I talk about digital camera history for seven minutes 07:21 Overview, controls, etc. 09:16 Quality tests 10:45 "The Weird" 13:57 The part you clicked for 15:53 Review summary 17:42 Visual tests / samples 20:15 A cat picture (one of them) 20:23 Review summary pt. 2 20:55 The one design flaw 25:41 Patreon crawl

Followup to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xUqBB4FiOQ Yes, I know it's silicone - but the majority of silicone insulation isn't rated for anything over 200C, and much of it is 100C or less. The 200+ stuff is also virtually impossible to buy online. Checked with people who have Hakko irons, same thing - the FX888 handpiece cable can take 850F no problem.

Followup to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xUqBB4FiOQ yes i know that's not proper soldering technique. this is not a real project and i don't have three hands

I have opened up a fair number of Objects before and almost never found another Whole Object inside like this. Ryobi! What are you doing! The title of this video describes the primary punchline, but it's also just an overview of the whole tool's build quality, which I think is worth your time! Ryobi did some wild stuff here! If you just wanna see the Big Reveal it's at 29:17. Since posting this to Patreon I've been informed that the iron body is made of PBT (don't see that too often in tools) and the part I thought was fiber reinforced nylon is actually something called "liquid crystal polymer," a high-spec engineering plastic that I think I recognize from some little SCSI connector bodies. I'm sure neither of these materials are THAT special, but in a consumer tool they seem pretty exotic. Additionally, I thought it was interesting that the lamp chassis is PC+ABS+FR(40), so it contains flame retardant. It feels weird that the iron, which is meant to get very hot, does not have this, while the lamp, which produces no mentionable heat, does. One suggestion I've received is that lamps are regulated by law to require FR. It's also possible that they don't expect the iron to ever be used near tools like grinders or torches, so it's not about what the tool itself does, but the environment it'll be in. I've also learned that Hakko irons have exposed ceramic elements, and it sure looks like they use PVC cords. To which I respond: that's why I bought a Weller. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00 The problem 01:46 Existing solutions 05:57 Ryobi options 10:20 Station overview 21:21 The first issue 26:13 Taking it apart 29:17 The insides (The Big Reveal) 34:36 Other quality issues 39:33 Chassis quality 41:34 Conclusions 42:28 Second Ryobi product 46:05 Outro

The last year of growth for my channel has been unbelievable, and I wanted to do something to commemorate hitting 50,000 subscribers... which I totally missed, so here we are months late! In addition to responding to many of your Thought Prompts, I also did a quick tour of my new studio space that everyone on Patreon made possible. Please refer to the chapter list to find that. Thank you all so much for continuing to watch my stuff. I hope that in the coming year I will push my output above and beyond anything I've done before, but it's been reassuring to know that I don't have to maintain perfect consistency and keep running on the treadmill as fast as I can just to keep from losing what I've built. I think I wish now that I had written out my answers ahead of time, since a number of them I had to cut when I played them back later and heard just gibberish coming out of my mouth, and a number of the remaining ones I feel I could have served better. For the record, my dream car does not exist, because it's a BMW with a 600hp electric motor. I also got a couple of questions I actually really liked, but my answers felt sort of inflammatory - like, "whoops, used my grousing-in-private voice" and I felt they weren't appropriate. So if I didn't answer your very-good-question, that's likely why. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Chapters: 00:00:00 Intro 00:03:01 Dylan McGrory | "older VHS equipment" 00:04:43 jake leaird | "camera collection" 00:05:16 Adanode | "Mouth albums" / "format wars" 00:06:19 Randolph Picou | "pride flag colors" 00:06:41 Zach Stoltenburg | "career history" 00:07:10 RikStorm | "most valuable kit in its day" 00:07:54 Bruno Fernandez | "neurodivergent" 00:08:02 Mike Yohe | "thrifting" 00:09:44 Justin Birt | "patreon game streams" 00:10:43 Mathew Renfro | "near future tech" 00:12:21 Jacob Alexander Tice (daemonspudguy) | "OS/2" / "ADHD" 00:14:28 Colin Huth | "long term plans" 00:15:32 Stumble | "favorite tech youtuber" 00:17:29 Starlight | "favorite dinosaur" 00:17:35 Scott Legg | "Apple II thoughts" 00:18:16 Eli Deaver | "horse sized duck" / "book suggestions" 00:18:39 Tom Buck | "old mics" 00:21:04 Lasky Labs | "play any instruments" 00:21:14 Joe Moorman | "formative memories" 00:22:42 Pavel Oleynikov | STUDIO TOUR 00:41:04 Congruent | "first piece of technology" 00:41:33 Woody2 | "origin of name" 00:42:49 PhazonLord 4337 | "losers of format wars" / "early UK micros" 00:45:43 divzero | "earworms" / "alternate history PC war" 00:46:07 Patrick Jasinski | "NES TV signal graphics" 00:46:37 Allen Yordy / AndreiXL1308L | "why collect this stuff" 00:47:38 userjack6880 | "other tech genres" 00:48:09 Callan Christensen | "wild speculations" 00:49:40 Jacob Peterson | "first computer" 00:50:22 Metabolis | "dream collabs" 00:50:46 Walt Rimmer | "overrated retro tech" 00:53:50 Jeff Johnson | "reboot TV show" 00:54:01 Chef Geoffrey Excellence | "hobby or compulsion" 00:54:57 sonictoooth | "favorite / least favorite thing about youtube" 00:56:10 Daniel Morsing | "exciting new video gear" 00:56:47 John Szaszvari | "things I wish I understood" 00:57:02 Toastierbear | "equipment donations" 00:57:35 Stefan Noack | "Z80 or 6502" 00:57:39 Iraijus | "how are you" 00:57:46 Gluttonous Maximus | "reviewing cars" / "postponed projects" / "just" 01:00:49 Mason | "broken stuff" 01:00:58 stian nobelisto | "35mm / 16mm" 01:01:38 Owlpunk | "digital tape backups" 01:03:05 Alex Wittlin | "interest in analog cameras" 01:03:16 niek024 | "favorite aspect ratio" / "beatles noise reduction" 01:05:20 tinyfingerdildos | "shadow warrior" / "myst" 01:05:58 postalUT | "reviewing forgotten current products" 01:06:27 Echin0idea | "future vintage collectors" 01:08:08 ALLCAPS | "one that got away" 01:08:12 Gaming Psychologist | "tabletop games" 01:08:52 DocDrazen | "gunpla" 01:09:17 Bennett Kenyon | "vintage gear for intended purposes" 01:09:30 Niall Fleming | "always grumpy" 01:10:06 Oliver Garrett | "old tech that I still use" 01:10:36 Ben Renner | "favorite meal" / "dream car" 01:10:57 Arivia1 | "LGBT tape etc." 01:11:33 Jim Leonard | "teleprompter" 01:13:29 Deberpan Ghosh | "most valuable but least interesting thing" 01:14:15 1337 4llison | "first 1080p camcorder" 01:14:50 viVivian | "davinci resolve free edition" 01:15:46 truck2224 | "pirate radio station" 01:15:58 Forrest Walker | "worst video game" 01:16:37 Emmeryn Folsom | "tradition of tech history" 01:21:08 Outro

How long has it been since my last "Weird Stuff Exhibition"? Two years, three? Anyway, I have a lot of weird stuff, here's some of it. This was originally gonna be a patron only video but I liked it too much to not make it public. I posted a short after I shot this video which I just called "the cold heat never worked" and have since said in another unpublished video that the thing isn't worth buying, but that doesn't really contradict my point in this one that I'd rather have it than nothing. Sorry about the shake, as well as the downward camera drift - my gopro mount (as you'll see) was literally a rolled over piece of gaff tape stuck to a hunk of cardboard and it started losing tack partway through. Fortunately I'm wearing a great Jeff Rosenstock shirt, and you can still see the subject matter. Just drag the window halfway down off your monitor, problem solved. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

Remember ball mice? Remember how much they sucked? Yeah, me neither. Remarkably reliable, they were - but see, that's 'cause none of us tried to use the coolant basin on our mill as a mousepad. For the few and proud who like their mousing sloppy, there's a solution from the forgotten depths of the 80s. Read on to find out what that could mean. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

For over 20 years I've been walking around thinking about these two game demos that freaked me out as a kid. Neither made sense; it turns out that's because one was an incomplete version of a bad game, and the other was an incomplete version of a bad port. This is just some ruminations on the subject. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

How did a company in the mid 2000s figure out how to cut the cost of computing six times over, and why haven't any of us heard of it? How did they work around Microsoft's legal limitations? Can it run Crysis? I found this product for $4.95 at the local junk store and, as usual, it caused me to discover an entire universe of capabilities I'd always wanted but believed were impossible. As a result, I spent three weeks figuring out how to demo it in a way that would communicate the scale of the whole thing, hence the extreme length of this video. One style comment I would like to make: I realize that during a couple sequences you can't make out the details on the monitor unless you're on a full desktop screen. I could not find a graceful way to solve this problem, and I felt that my narration was sufficient to fill the gap. Chapters: 00:00 The Plateau 05:05 The Problem 09:45 The Solution 14:17 The Demo (Apps) 20:36 The Demo (Games) 25:11 The Jank 33:35 The Hardware 40:19 The Software / The Theory 45:10 The Cheaters 49:50 The Demo (Prestige) 1:02:48 The Conclusion 1:06:29 The Genre 1:08:44 The Outro Regarding NComputing: I am such a doofus that it took me until the last hour to realize that this video could be construed as an ad, since this company still exists. I had kind of a moral crisis, because I detest the idea that someone might think I was shilling. Eventually I realized I didn't need to feel bad about it, because by all rights the problem shouldn't still exist. I don't think you should buy NComputing's product - I think Microsoft should be nationalized and we should build this feature into every PC. Microsoft has proven that they could do this and simply choose not to, even if you want to pay them for it. Linux has even less excuse - why is this feature not just a mode you can enable while installing Ubuntu? Instead you have to follow reams and reams of baffling instructions, assuming you even learn that this option exists (in 25 years, I never did), and I promise it's going to be extremely fragile after you get it working. If our world is going to be so stupid and broken that this company still has a reason to exist, then I guess I can't blame myself. It's not my fault that third parties are still the only game in town for a simple and bizarrely-unserved need. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

Update: Youtube donations are fine now! Please use that or ko-fi, and thank you! Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Hello! Thank you for joining! Today I'm streaming for twelve hours, because I need some extra funds to finish setting up my new studio, and I'm hoping half a day of Live Content is a fair trade. My funding goal is $2500; that covers a new video editing workstation (M1 Mac Mini, this ain't a gaming rig), monitors and hard drives for it, a desk to put it on, and possibly a couple extra bits and pieces of production gear. If I should happen to pass that goal, anything else will go into paying down all the loans I took out. All of this will make it much easier to get back into the groove of Content Creation. If you don't have anything to contribute, that's no problem - I enjoy streaming for it's own sake, so feel free to hang out and watch. I'll mostly be playing and talking about games, although depending on how much I get and how fast, I may have some secret bonuses planned.

Q: Where was season 2, then? A: Season 2 began when I started putting in actual effort, in about December 2019. Q: When will season 3 end? A: Never. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

This is a PC you're going to see in future videos, and since my studio is in pieces right now, here's a look at it that I shot a week ago. In re the "intel propaganda" bit: I initially read an article that seemed to state that DDR was not yet available in 2000, and wrote my script around that. The actual truth seems to be that DDR was available two years earlier and AMD used it on their contemporary CPUs with no problems, but Intel claimed it wasn't ready for primetime as justification for sticking with rambus. The truth is anyone's guess. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

When I made my video about the Q500 mouse, I thought it was basically the only one of its type in the world - until I saw the one LGR had. And then he sent me a picture of the inside, and suddenly the Q500 looked unique again. And then he sent me the one he had, and I opened it up, and... well, maybe my mouse isn't so unique after all. Here's my best shot at a technical analysis of the LMOX2, and also a few corrections. My Q500 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd6lxwjX2Bk @LGR's LMOX2 video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CeKiSn5lGU Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

In 1999, Sony released a product that makes vaporwave look as 90s as a vinyl flowered couch: The DCM-M1, a camcorder that takes minidiscs. Not only is it a fever dream of 1990s consumer electronics, it was also really, really well designed, and nearly led us to a future where video cameras do far more than just shoot video - but of course, neither of us would be here, creating or watching this, if they had succeeded. Watch to find out what they did right, and where they went wrong. Before you comment: I realize that I asserted that the Minidisc was as common as the ipod in 2003. That's probably not accurate, but there are SO MANY of these things on the ground in the US that I *cannot* accept that they weren't standard-issue for the upper middle class in their day; so it was probably more like iPod ownership in 2001. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

I hit a triple whammy on eBay two weeks ago: (1) I accidentally won an auction, (2) for an item I'd wanted for years, (3) with a remarkable life story and the credentials to prove it. This video is me being completely self-indulgent with my particular variety of nerdery, and I appreciate your understanding as we go on this journey together. The complete chopper tape: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_vunI7SWSs @The Slow Mo Guys "Film cameras" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BCwcr606g0 Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

I stumbled on this mouse a while back and have been trying to figure out exactly how it works for a while. I think I worked it out, so here are my guesses, plus some elaboration about how conventional mice work Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

Here's a piece of video history that is not well remembered for very good reasons. It's astounding how much effort Hitachi put into this for what they got out of it - but I speculate in this video as to why that was. If anyone has an M2, get in touch! Would love to compare it. (This video has audio issues due to air conditioning noise I couldn't fully eliminate, and several voiceovers I was forced into due to factual errors. Sorry!) Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

I've been wanting to make a video about this camera for years. Now that I have one, I spent the entire time insulting it. Went to plan. VWestlife's video (used with permission): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZbA0FTXWTs The model number for the Hi8 version is a little unclear - in Japan it appears to be the VL-HX1, in the US I believe it was the VL-HX10, but I may be wrong. Info on these is thin. Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/cathoderaydude Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

I travel hither and yon to bring you the crunchiest images of the most in-between HD video format. I was so thrilled to actually get this working, you have no idea. Don't take the videos of the screen itself all that literally - CRTs are notoriously hard to record, and like I said, pixel peeping flies in the face of this whole format. To the naked eye the output looks simply outstanding, and I didn't find out how it "really" looked until I was editing the closeups. As I said in the video, if you have any WVHS tapes, I would love to borrow them to rip now that I have a working process. Metamorphosis: https://youtu.be/YW26YMe8iUQ Thanks to Techmoan for permission to use a bunch of clips from his videos! Support my channel: https://patreon.com/cathoderaydude https://ko-fi.com/cathoderaydude

I watched a Charlie Sheen movie and accidentally rediscovered a three-year saga of failed products that I think nobody other than me is aware ever existed. Watch the whole video before you go to eBay, trust me. Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis

AT&T made a modem 60 years ago that the market absolutely refused to stop buying to this day. It's incredibly simple, and there's a good chance you've actually heard it's data format before. If you liked this video, please subscribe! Don't forget notifications! Support me: https://patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis If you have a Bell 103-capable modem, call this number for a special message: 509.569.7985 Please read my comment(s) below for some corrections (they don't fit in the description!)

14 years before the first camcorder hit the market, Sony put out a machine that promised to be everything the camcorder would be. It wasn't. Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis 00:00 Premise 01:58 Physical characteristics 05:46 Operating principles 10:16 How It Works 14:35 Startup & Controls 17:52 The Insides 20:11 The Kit Camera 26:42 The Camera Situation / Field Tests 28:02 Various Camera Tests 29:22 Modifications! Oh no! 30:23 Raw Video Demo 30:47 The Camera Problem 31:55 Conclusion

It's been So, So Long since I did one of these, but the stars lined up. Enjoy! Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis

More ZX Spectrum games! Tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

I asked my patrons for some questions and they delivered. In response, I talked pure nonsense for an hour. Enjoy! 1035i60 laserdisc demo video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW26YMe8iUQ Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids

In which I snarkily assess an incredibly expensive camcorder of yore. I'll admit I might have been a bit harsh on it, but even if it's better than I give it credit for, I still think JVC's motives here were not what they should have been. Reuploaded with 40% less "unblurred Kennedy assassination"! Whoops on that first go-round. Special note! I bought a new camera and I am very much still getting used to it. It took me three days to color grade this into something resembling consistency, and it's still all over the place. I'll get better in the future, especially with new glass - I shot this on a Canon kit lens and an adapted off-brand F-mount that I just, you know, had around. Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis Chapters: 00:00 Intro 03:09 Overview & Market Position 10:02 Controls, Features 17:46 Dock 23:25 Firewire 24:07 POWER GRIP 29:00 Conclusion

In this project (which you should not attempt unless you've learned from someone better than me how to do it safely) I take the gentlest practical approach to juicing up an old camcorder. As with all my workbench videos, "don't do it like this" Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis

I finally got one of my white whales, but before I can do much with it, it just needs some spit and polish. Here's that. By the way, I realize I forgot to answer the pending question "how did I finally get one of these": I bought it. On eBay. I waited until one showed up and placed a bid. I have my patrons to thank for throwing in the cash I needed to get this thing - thank you! Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis

I got this keyboard from a friend but I don't know what condition it was in when they got it. It's certainly had A Life, but that's just how it is with keyboards. Yes, I am aware I transposed the M and N. I have reassembled literally hundreds of keyboards in my life and never needed a reference; this is the first time I've swapped keys in at least a decade. I am shame. I shot this on a new camera, so there's a few weird things going on! I think I accidentally enabled the image stabilizer on my lens, which produced a continuous whirring noise I had to EQ out, and is also, I think, responsible for the slow lateral drift in a bunch of shots?? I have no idea how that works, but it's all I can think of. Also, because it has a much larger sensor, I'm still getting used to focusing correctly, so a lot of shots are soft. Basically, this is test footage I'm releasing. Cheap nut driver (NOT an affiliate link): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G2DNXV2 Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids

I've seen at least ten thousand videos about videotape and a thousand about discs but I've never seen a single mention of disc-based video recording in my life. Here's all the mentioning you'll ever need on the subject. Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids One-time donations: ko-fi.com/gravis Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:17 Problems with Videotape 07:14 The Digital Option 08:49 Into The Digital Millenium 12:43 Disc Camcorders: A New Hope 14:23 Form Factor Musical Chairs 15:56 Media Handling! (AKA Caddyshack) 27:29 DVD Functions 27:39 Video Test 29:01 Still Photography?? 30:23 Disc Friends With Disc Benefits 33:03 Watchin' Discs On The Teevee 35:16 The Finalization Countdown 42:13 Dreaded Simulacra (Power Cords) 43:36 Disc Camcorders: The Downsides 46:49 DVD Bitrates 48:04 DVD Codec Video Tests 50:00 DVD-RAM!!!!!!!!! 55:54 Apologies To Caddies 56:43 The Blu-Ray Factor 58:05 Blu-Ray Video Tests 1:03:27 2010 DVD Camera Reveal 1:05:46 2010 DVD Camera Video Tests 1:07:47 CD Camcorders / VideoCD 1:10:32 CD Mavica 1:13:13 Professional Discs? 1:15:28 Yes! Professional Discs! 1:20:11 XDCAM PFD Video Test 1:23:05 The End Of Evangelion

More ZX Spectrum games! Tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

More ZX Spectrum games! Tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

Almost every PC you've ever used was capable of sending and receiving faxes, it put the feature right in front of you, and you didn't look at it because fax is the most boring subject on this entire planet. This video was made at the beginning of February for what was going to be Fax February, but then February was a disaster for me and disrupted my life in many ways, so I've decided it's Fax February indefinitely. I consulted nobody on this and will accept no arguments to the contrary. A footnote: It seems that fax functionality disappeared between 95 and XP. I didn't realize this while shooting, so that's a misstatement; I checked in 98, ME and 2000 and could not find it. Still, that only covers five out of 25 years, and a lot of people watching this weren't around for any of those OSes. Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids Donate: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

My neck is healed but I'm still working hard on my next video, so I'm going to play some ZX Spectrum games again. Tip jar: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

I hurt my neck and can't get a proper video released, so I'm going to play some ZX Spectrum games.

In which I review a shell replacement for Windows 3.x that I had always been curious about but never tried. I think it's pretty good. Enjoy! Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis 00:00 History 01:56 Intro to Norton Desktop 03:14 Windows UI overview 08:15 Norton Desktop UI overview 10:35 Features 20:19 Dialog enhancements 22:55 Bundled software 25:53 Scriptmaker 27:32 Scope creep & issues 32:14 Conclusion 33:49 Outro

I found this weird piece of collaboration software history in a Computer Chronicles episode, bought the only extant one on eBay and tore it apart as best I could within reason. Enjoy, and maybe experiment with it yourself if you have any ideas! Disk images: https://archive.org/details/omnishare Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis

In this video essay, I explain a concept that I believe we all understand, but have never given voice to. Join me as we venture into the fascinating, yet unnecessary. Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis Footnote: There appear to be a couple rendering bugs that cause white blotches to appear on the edge of the video. This seems to be a glitch in Premiere, it happened in two separate renders and seems to be random. I guess I have to see about upgrading. I'm also aware I said "tape decks built into VCRs" like four times instead of "VCRs built into TVs" but everyone knows what I meant and it would require 16 hours of work to reshoot and re-edit to fix.

This is a "quick" (it isn't) review (not really) of a weird object from an unexpected company. The device itself is probably not that remarkable, but the total mystery of its function and its origin from a company that most decidedly does not make this sort of thing adds a lot of flavor. Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis 00:00 Intro 02:29 Summary of prior art 05:30 Hardware overview 10:29 Demonstration 21:59 Conclusion 23:39 Outro/Credits

Livestreaming some PC Magazine from 1993 because my studio is a shambles. Come hang out! I did this stream with my good friend Toni, who normally does car journalism and a podcast over at https://www.trustinthemachine.com/ - check it out! Support my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis https://patreon.com/gravisvids

Hands down, this is the strangest flash memory format ever created, but it was created for very good reasons - just much, much earlier than it had any right to exist. Merry Christmas! FYI, I didn't include much test footage because this video is meant to be about P2, not the camera - I just couldn't demonstrate much about P2 *without* the camera, so I kept it down to the absolute minimum, the features that would only show up because P2 was in use. Support my channel: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis 00:00 Intro 01:38 Flash history 04:33 Comparison to videotape 08:50 Overview of camera/card 10:28 Cost/capacity 11:38 P2-specific features 19:52 P2 teardown 24:58 Proxy video appendix 26:53 Conclusion

If you've ever wanted to try out dialup, or have a need (there are plenty, believe it or not) to make a dialup connection, you don't need a phone line or any monthly fees to do it! You can get this gadget on eBay for thirty bucks, spend about fifteen minutes configuring it, and any pair of modems (or anything else) will be able to talk through it. The rest is up to you. The guide for configuring the hardware is here: https://gekk.info/articles/ata-config.html Support my channel: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis

I needed to modify one of my cameras, and there's no part of these that isn't worth at least ten minutes of consideration. Included a little bit of sample footage from my Panasonic AG-DVC200 from it's maiden voyage outside the home. Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids https://ko-fi.com/gravis

In this video I expound on some absolute speculation about the motivations behind the design of a little camcorder from 1993. Am I right? Am I just making up fantasies? Nah, I'm probably right. Support my channel so I can afford more weird video gear: https://ko-fi.com/gravis https://patreon.com/gravisvids If you enjoyed this, please subscribe!

I've been collecting professional video cameras for years, meaning to make a video about them sooner or later. I realized they aren't that big a topic individually, so I figured I'd do a quick and dirty run-through of the whole collection, minus the red JVC camera, which I did a more in-depth review of in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsQd_lVuH1s Someone pointed out that the Panasonic here isn't a DVCPRO machine, just full size DV. Whoooops. I swear, I thought I had read in the manual that it was DVCPRO! My other remarks on the format are largely still accurate as far as I know. The shirt is my design: https://www.redbubble.com/i/t-shirt/windows-95-but-as-a-concept-by-dtwa/39782700.WFLAH Support my channel so I can afford more weird video gear: https://ko-fi.com/gravis https://patreon.com/gravisvids If you enjoyed this, please subscribe!

In which I obtain a completely unsuspecting video camera for $40 which includes an incredibly rare cathode ray tube technology that almost nobody knows exists. Fun! Prizes! A bad picture! For more information about this technology you can't do better than this blog: https://visions4netjournal.com/indextron/ REGARDING THE WHINING NOISE: I am so sorry! I did run a filter which I thought had removed it, but apparently I'm no longer sensitive to the higher components of the CRT whine. I will do better in the future. I recommend you don't scrape all the indextron tubes off of ebay unless you intend to make your own videos; they're rare as hell and largely unpreserved. If you like my work, consider donating: https://ko-fi.com/gravis If you want to support me, consider becoming a patron: https://patreon.com/gravisvids THE SHIRT IS FROM PUP THE BAND, THEY ABSOLUTELY WHIP, LISTEN TO THEM. HERE'S THE SHIRT: https://puptheband.myshopify.com/collections/all/products/pup-97-camry-rock-n-roll-extreme-tee-shirt Thank you!

In this essay I will tell you about 15-30 years of home video history that you have never heard about from anyone, anywhere. It covers entire categories of technology you never knew existed, and completely defies the most common conceptions about what happened when in the history of consumer videotape. You will link this video to other people during conversations. I made it for that. This is the work of several years of investigation, research, and about 1200 source files culled from Google Books, Youtube, Pinterest, and dead eBay listings. I have cried over this project, I have started from scratch five times, I have put it down for a year and a half and picked it back up, I have wondered if people would find the unfinished project on my hard drive after I departed this mortal coil. But here I am, posting it, against all probabilities. This is because the amount of ground covered is immense. There's thirty years of history in this video; I am summarizing a lot. I am ignoring certain unknowables, because this isn't Sega - nobody has 50 year old sales figures, and for a lot of these products I can barely prove they existed at all. Some of this stuff only exists in single low-res scans of magazine advertisements. So some of my claims here are inaccurate, and there are things I summarized very reductively, like the role film played. This is known, and unimportant. The value of this documentary is in understanding that things did not begin when and how we usually think they did, and whether any of that _matters_ is an exercise for anthropologists, because it's way beyond my capabilities. What I want you to know is that it _could have._ If you enjoyed this, please fill up my eBay fund so I can buy this ancient equipment to show off on here, either on my Patreon (https://patreon.com/gravisvids) or ko-fi (https://ko-fi.com/gravis) Thank you so much for watching! Tech Connections' Betamovie video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uZ13I2zvfM Here Come The Videofreex: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIv_KCS-0R8

This is a demo program included with what I believe is the original OS shipped with the FM Towns (TownsOS V1.1 L10, 1989) running in an emulator. If you increase the CPU speed the framerate smooths out a lot, but this is running at ostensibly the same speed as the original 16MHz 386.

This video is about a project I undertook to make an easy way for anyone to convert an NES gamepad to work on the PC Engine, since the PCE has a really detestable controller if you ask me. The parts are available inexpensively on Oshpark and Digikey and you can perform this mod yourself for less than $10. I believe this mod will work on the Turbografx-16 if you just use a full-size DIN-8 instead of a mini-DIN-8 cable; the pinouts appear to be identical, but attempt this at your own risk. Let me know if you try it and it works! If anyone is interested in a video about how to design the circuit and board, let me know and I'll put one together. If anyone's interested in a variant with turbo, I'd be willing to look into it but would appreciate a few bucks to cover R&D. My head showed up in a few shots unfortunately, and there are a couple steps I had to cut because the footage was entirely head-focused. I hope it doesn't disrupt things too much! PCB: https://oshpark.com/shared_projects/JTrqt5uF Necessary materials are linked in the Oshpark description. Donate to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis Support my channel: https://patreon.com/gravisvids

This is a tracker file of Axel F. that I've had since 2001. It's the only computer "cover" of the track that I ever personally liked, since it interprets the song into an entirely different mood. The only thing I knew about it is that the file is called cd_axelf.mod, but I've since been informed that it's from a PC demo called "Crystal Dreams" which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3W6zVP-tdGU I just wanted to stick it online somewhere.

This is a basic documentary video of me locating and replacing a failed RAM chip in an Apple IIc, in which I make a number of gruesome mistakes but ultimately am triumphant. I recommend not attempting this kind of project unless you're experienced at soldering, have removed ICs before, and have watched a bunch of videos about repairing 80s computers, because there are plenty of pitfalls; these machines are very fragile. I turned the camera off for the trace repair process because I was frustrated and needed to concentrate, but it's about like you'd expect - I stripped a tiny piece of wire, bent it, dropped it into the holes, then pressed the new socket in so it traps the wire ends in the through-holes. The only detail that isn't visible is that the other end of the lower bodge wire had no available hole to drop into, so I had to wrap it around the appropriate leg of the neighboring IC. I *did* run a RAM test with the lower trace missing (it took me four tries to get the trace repair right) and the result was *RAM ZP 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0. To check your IIc ROM version: - Boot up with no disk - Type "print peek(64447)" - Any response other than 255 means you have the RAM test feature. Links (not affiliated, just wanted to save you a goog): - Engineer SS-02 solder pump: https://www.amazon.com/Engineer-SS-02-Solder-Sucker/dp/B002MJMXD4 - Apple Floppy Emu: https://www.bigmessowires.com/floppy-emu/ Donate: https://ko-fi.com/gravis Support my channel: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

I am an adult now, I can finally do the thing I always wanted to do, and it cost me five dollars. A couple notes about this: Keep in mind that I couldn't exactly reshoot, for obvious reasons, so that's why the narration or pacing might feel off. I also don't think this result is typical of any modern hard drive, but I wasn't going to destroy a 2TB just to figure out what that sounds like. Donate: https://ko-fi.com/gravis Support me: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

The title doesn't lie, and the answer is mildly cursed but par for the course. Something I didn't mention is that this applies to almost all consoles released in the entire decade, and in fact a significant number (like the Colecovision) ONLY had RF out; the NES was one of the first consoles to have composite at all. If I could do it all again I'd mention that. I'd also keep my Casio CZ-1000 instead of throwing it away when I was 25. I can't say it enough times: Don't try this at home! Because it's illegal but also because it's mean to your neighbors! DTV is unreliable enough without the hobbyist next door making things worse. Be kind, share the spectrum, move over for bicycles. The clip of Bonanza was not meant to be in the video but it was very funny sped up so I forgot to delete it. It was the episode where a mine collapses under the courthouse. Donate: https://ko-fi.com/gravis Support me: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

These phones promise PBX-style features: intercom, paging, conferencing - without a PBX. How is that possible? A clever way to improve very old technology by applying even older technology! More info on my research into these can be found here: https://gekk.info/articles/ksuless.html Donate: https://ko-fi.com/gravis Support me: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

A selection of fine home design software from around the turn of the century. Best of luck. I kept the review to the most interesting parts and didn't do in-depth demos of most of the features in these apps because of how unpleasant they are to both use and watch. They're all intensely fiddly when you get down to the minutiae, and the video would have been two hours of me fighting to get appliances rotated correctly. Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/gravis Support my channel: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

This is a neat find from a pretty sad thrift store trip. A little bit of raw footage from it at the end but keep an eye out for another video with more extensive tests and commentary. Tip me: https://ko-fi.com/gravislizard Support my channel: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

This is one hour of music (*NOT* looped) from the 1995 DOS game Dreamworld-Adventure. That's right, this is not a loop as far as I can tell, the game has some kind of algorithmic music system. I made a brief video about it here: https://youtu.be/oWRNyJlpnOs I obtained this by using Adlib raw capture in DOSbox to run off a DRO of the games music for an hour, then I used Adplug in foobar2000 to render it (Jarek Burczynski core, 96khz, ESS FM EQ, surround enabled) to MP3. If you were to download the game (see below) and leave it running you would get new variations on this music. At a later date I will run this on a real Soundblaster and upload a rip of the "authentic" OPL music. You can find the MP3, raw Adlib rip and game here: https://archive.org/details/dwa_002 Or here: https://gekk.info/music/dreamworld/

This was a completely unexpected find, but it's why I trawl through old videogame and software collections looking for stuff I don't recognize. Please note: The music is not quite "authentic" because I didn't run this on a real PC, soundblaster or adlib. The music you hear is actually the raw Adlib notes exported from DOSBox and then played back with Adplug in foobar2000, rendered to mp3. This is no less "authentic" than ripping it straight from DOSbox, since both are emulated. When I have a chance to run this on a real PC I will upload an actual rip from line out on a Soundblaster. One hour of Dreamworld-Adventure music: https://youtu.be/BIVVmcjUEjY You can find the MP3, raw Adlib rip and game here: https://archive.org/details/dwa_002 Or here: https://gekk.info/music/dreamworld/ Tip me if you enjoyed this: https://ko-fi.com/gravislizard Support my channel: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

I've had this thing for ages and finally knocked out a video about it. I was trying to find Just The Right Presentation and I just couldn't because I had so little info beyond the object in my hands. Sorry if this one's a little rough and has some, uh, "plot holes." I reshot it three times and finally put something together from the scraps and called it finished. Contribute to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravislizard Support me: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

There is no episode 2! Because there's no Big Blue Disk #2 online. If I ever find it, I'll make an Ep 2. This covers the January 1987 issue of Big Blue Disk, and at this point things were a little more exciting than issue one, but the publication is still having trouble finding their footing and finding quality software. Please let me know what you think! Donate: https://ko-fi.com/gravis Support me: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsQd_lVuH1s In which I explain the sad fate of the JVC, but also demonstrate a feature or two, and share what footage I have. Look out for more thorough pro camera videos from me in the future. Enjoy! https://ko-fi.com/gravis - Donate to my channel https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids - Support me so I can make less ugly videos

I just got this video camera and I couldn't wait to show it to you. Keep an eye out for part two where I'll demonstrate functionality and show you actual footage. Part 2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqdhSE731w0 https://ko-fi.com/gravis - Donate to my channel https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids - Support me so I can make less ugly videos

I hesitate to say "welcome to a new series" - maybe that's what this'll be, or maybe I won't make it past ep.1. In this video, I will review - in excruciating detail - every single app on the inaugural "Big Blue Disk" diskmag. I am not highlighting or filtering anything; I want to address it with as much critical analysis as I can, and that means digging into the entire zeitgeist of the era. That could take a while, so expect these videos to end up pretty lengthy if I do more. I have no idea if I'm biting off more than I can chew here, but I recorded and edited this months ago and I don't think it's garbage, even if it's not a white-knuckle rollercoaster. Please let me know if you want to see more of this; it's really hard to know if anyone would enjoy it other than me, so that feedback would really mean a lot. "Smash that like," I guess? If you were around for this era and any of my conclusions are criminally wrong, please let me know as well and I will publish corrections. I was born in '88, after most of this was already over, and most of my knowledge comes from magazine scans and the like. Donate or support me if you like what I make: https://ko-fi.com/gravis https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

Against my better judgment, I have once again gone to the store. Donate to my channel: http://ko-fi.com/gravis Support me: https://patreon.com/gravisvids

In which I show off some more devices, hopefully a little more interesting than the last time. I should note that I was not able to stabilize this video due to my video editor basically just shitting the bed. I hope it doesn't make you puke. Once I have a better CPU and RAM I will reencode and reupload. Donate to my channel: http://ko-fi.com/gravis Support me: https://patreon.com/gravisvids

[This video is blurry and hideous due to a nearly catastrophic production failure, noted in the video.] In this video I disassemble a couple of ancient video scalers and analyze their circuitry. There will be a part two soon in which I look at a lot of other devices that may be more interesting. Stay tuned! Donate to my channel: http://ko-fi.com/gravis Support me: https://patreon.com/gravisvids

The audio on this video sucks, the video is kind of hastily cut and maybe not very clear and the project was only kind of a success. apologies.

The second part of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUo5aXwN2iE I'm stunned at how bad this program is. It's actually, in ways, worse than 3D CAD. Donate: http://ko-fi.com/gravis Patreon: patreon.com/gravisvids

Part 1 of a two-part video. I finally got CAD 3D, the 3D counterpart to the fantastically awful Quick And Easy CAD. You can see that video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV09b_8RMmI Donate to my channel: http://ko-fi.com/gravis Patreon: patreon.com/gravisvids

I don't know if this is actually my fifth goodwill video but that's the title you're getting. https://youtu.be/yR6VYzcM-bs?t=434 weird stuff video Donate to my channel: ko-fi.com/gravis Patreon: patreon.com/gravisvids

Here's a simple project, converting an "AC Adapter" from DC to AC output. Enjoy! Donate to my channel: ko-fi.com/gravis

Here's a short video detailing some weird stuff I bought, please enjoy

This is the coolest "kids" art program I've ever found. I love it and I need to get more footage of it once I install the full version. -- Watch live at https://www.twitch.tv/gravislizard

Here's part two where I actually demo the device! I'm not a great musician, please forgive. I really like the sound and I think it'll be a lot of fun once i get the proper software. Merry Chrim Donate to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis Patreon: https://patreon.com/gravisvids

Here's a video where I make lots of mistakes!!!! I got a new MSX because I have no self control. This is part ONE of this video, where I talk about the device, about MSXes in general, and go through the process of building (and screwing up) a video interface cable for it. The NEXT video will demonstrate how the device actually works, and will be uploaded, uh, soon. https://www.retrogamingcables.co.uk - If you need high quality cables for old game consoles and computers, this website can help. No affiliation. Donate to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis Patreon: https://patreon.com/gravisvids

Just dicking around with a weird old predecessor to flatbed scanners. Enjoy! Donate to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis Patreon: https://patreon.com/gravisvids

This is a sort-of-in-depth review of Tandy Deskmate 2 and Personal Deskmate 2, both for the Tandy 1000. I had some stumbles as I figured out this highly odd software, but overall I'm very pleased with what I found and I hope you'll get the same impression I did: this is a really neat set of tools for the time and place it was released! Patreon is... on hold, because Patreon sucks right now. Donate to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

I just got a Tandy 1000 HX, which I'm really excited about, and although I won't be able to shoot any videos with it for a couple weeks I did need to repair the floppy drive, so here's that. Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/gravislizard Patreon: https://patreon.com/gravisvids Donate to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

To get back to utilities, here's a database app I salvaged from a huge lot of floppies I got on eBay. I shot a lot more video, but for Reasons I need to reshoot it all, so this is all you get today. Enjoy! patreon: https://patreon.com/gravisvids donate to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

Replacing the belt on a little tape player I found at the thrift store. Very little talking, though there's some noise later. It's a very sleepy Sunday. Donate to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis Patreon: https://patreon.com/gravisvids

I play! Every! Kid Pix!! That I own!! Like I don't have 4, or 3D, so this isn't really a complete roundup honestly Donate to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis Patreon: https://patreon.com/gravisvids

I loaded up the old Eidos game Urban Chaos because I had fond memories Well Guess What they were horribly misplaced

I've been sitting on this thing for a year waiting for a convenient moment to demo it, and I'm glad I finally did. It's a truly ancient (as old as me that is) image - not video! - capture unit designed for the ORIGINAL IBM PC - no bloody AT, XT or PS/2! Raw images from the unit: https://gekk.info/vc1000 Patreon: https://patreon.com/gravisvids Donate to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

I got a very old gadget from the ebby and a lot of tapes. This one will probably be boring for a lot of people but if you need some background noise go right ahead. patreon: https://patreon.com/gravisvids donate to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

By the end of this video you are going to hate Green Day's When I Come Around patreon: https://patreon.com/gravisvids Donate to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

Another trip to a bunch of thrift stores; some interesting finds. The usual.

I found a beautiful electromechanical calculator at Goodwill in phenomenal condition for once (usually they're filthy and broken beyond reasonable repair). Watch this video to see me fumble my way through using a simple-ass adding machine! 00:35: Description of the device 04:45: Operating mechanism by hand 07:50: Electrical modification 19:30: Usage demonstration 23:30: Mechanics demonstration 23:45: Slow-motion footage Patreon: https://patreon.com/gravisvids Donate: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

A mediocre rally racing game from 1996 with a spritely engine but not much soul to its name. Enjoy! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids Donate: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

Quick tour of my studio where I shoot all my stuff and some new things I just got. Audio's really badly clipped because I'm not used to using this lapel mic yet, couldn't fix it in post, sorry. :/ Patreon: https://patreon.com/gravisvids Donate: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

Picked up these gadgets on my last thrift store trip, finally had a reason to check them out, but honestly I was most interested in the electronics. Here's a deep dive into the circuitry of two IDE hard drive transfer switches. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids Donate to my channel: ko-fi.com/gravis

This is another children's picture book creator in the vein of Paint, Write & Play which I previously reviewed. Unfortunately I really don't like it, so this video just dunks on it continuously. Previous vid, Paint Write & Play: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_u-Rq_t3Gg Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids Donate to my channel: ko-fi.com/gravis

Okay, this one's kinda rough but I figure it'll have a limited audience anyway so I didn't want to reshoot when I discovered a bunch of awkward moments in post. Hope it's still okay. This video contains: Corridor 7 [3:47] Build demo [12:23] Corridor 8 [14:00] Source archive: http://www.lesbird.com/capstone/default.htm Donate to my channel: https://ko-fi.com/gravis Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

In which I test software from the Micro-Star Software Club, which will be powering several videos going forward! Includes: - Inner Space (game) 5:48 - 3D Graph (useless app) 10:35 - FaxPerfect (cool app) 11:40 - SmartDraw (excellent app) 15:50 - Icon Wizard (useless app) 22:33 - Turbo Files (okay app) 23:55 - Home Program (horrendous app) 27:08 - Book It (To be Continued) 31:35 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids Kofi: ko-fi.com/gravis

I did a stream last night with my friend Chris in which we played some horrible old games from his childhood. Thanks to everyone who joined! Sorry about the audio - it only recorded to the left channel and I don't have a way to edit it because of the format OBS recorded in. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

Review of Paint Write & Play, a program for young children to write picture books. Overall, not a bad app. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

Just a quick vid about the wideangle lens adapter I just received. It's not very hot but I figured this might help someone else who's starting out. Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007OX85V2/ PLEASE NOTE: As I mention in the video, ordering this MAY NOT get you the product I show in the video. I don't trust this seller to actually send the same thing for every order.

Okay this one's a little rough - it has thrift store trips and stuff but it's long and the stores are not terribly productive. This is what the weekend had to offer though. Enjoy the eclipse footage, I hope! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids One time donations: https://ko-fi.com/gravis

Thanks for your patience! This took so long! Oh my god! I had so much trouble getting this recorded, everything was just DISASTROUS. But it's finally done - and I got a bunch of other stuff recorded too, so the next video will come much sooner! My Patreon: https://patreon.com/gravisvids

I bought a VGA distribution amplifier used and needed to obtain a weird power supply for it. Follow along as I reverse engineer the power supply to figure out how to safely energize this gadget. My patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

We just picked up a first gen Korg Electribe ER-1 and it's absolutely a pleasure to use. I'm pretty rough at making music still so there are some noticeable errors and rough patches in this but I thought I'd upload it anyway, someone might enjoy it. Gear: Korg Electribe ER-1 Korg Monologue Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo

In which I BUILD a piece of 1980s PC hardware, from scratch, for kicks. This is meant to be a tutorial as much as a demo, so if you want to skip all the assembly, go to 26:00. Apologies for the hissy audio, I was using my mic straight into my camcorder and the levels looked fine but it turns out they were really low. Whoops. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covox_Speech_Thing - You can read the thin history here. It's a pretty basic electronics concept so it was bound to happen sooner or later, but I'm still stunned that it did - also stunned at how well it works. My patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

*** Part two uploaded! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV09b_8RMmI This is the first half of the first episode of my vintage software series. I decided to start out with some games, because shareware discs are so easy to find and there's so much to explore, and the utility program for this episode will be in a second segment (it took up more screen time than expected.) I'm also still working out my "voice," since I've never done videos before and I'm still trying to figure out what works best, so I'm a lot louder and maybe a little abrasive in this one. Let me know in the comments if you prefer the before or after. You can find shareware CD ISOs on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cdbbsarchive My patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

Went out on a treasure hunt today, found some cool stuff, came back nearly empty-handed - but the fun we had along the way was the real friends we made. My patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

This is a long-delayed overview of my DOS software archaeology project and the machine I'm going to be doing it on, along with some philosophy about why I want to do this project and what you can look forward to on this channel if you stick around. I don't intend to fill my videos with "comment like and subscribe", but I would ask this one time that if you're interested in this at all, please subscribe so I know you're interested. DOS machine project webpage: https://gekk.info/vga Patreon, if you want to support this project: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

Although this channel is ostensibly about electronics, I also do woodworking and I really appreciate old tool restoration videos. So I made one. This video is deliberately long because it's intended for you to chill out and relax to, probably while you do something else. Let me know if you like this kind of thing and would want to see more, and if it'd be better if they were shorter.

[WARNING - SOMETIMES GETS LOUD] This is an experiment, a podcast-style video in which me and two good friends explore eBay and discuss everything interesting about what we find. I've never done anything like this before, but some people expressed interest so I figured I'd give it a shot. I set this up ad-hoc and didn't realize a couple things: One, the video gets choppy when the webcam is fullscreen - had no idea until I was done shooting. Two, the dynamic range on this microphone is very poor and the audio gets loud and clips at times - I'm very sorry for that, but there's nothing I can do in post to fix it :( If you enjoy this, PLEASE let me know and I'll do more! If the length is an issue I can aim for shorter in the future, but I think it's always going to be pretty long if I'm doing multiple items (it's like 10-15 minutes per item.)

I built a new workbench and received several projects to do on that workbench

I have now reuploaded this video three times. Please enjoy I bought a Casio MX-10, an MSX computer / videogame system, and I disassemble it here for your enjoyment.

I got a cheap joystick on eBay that I thought was much better than it actually turned out to be. Let's see how much effort I'm willing to put into it. I have to apologize for a couple things. The video exposure fluctuates wildly in the beginning and the audio quality keeps changing. I'm really, really new to video production and I'm shooting on my smartphone. The external mic I got is finicky and unidirectional and I forgot to lock exposure on the first segment. I also messed up my screen recording for the stick testing. I'm working on it though and should be improving as time goes on. Appreciate your patience!

Reposted from old personal account. I'm tubing for the first time. We received parcels and I will explain their contents.

Repost from old personal account. I got this keyboard in exchange for services rendered along with a pack of floppy disks. At least the disks worked out. I'll warn you, this video is quite disturbing to the electronically minded. This keyboard had a bad life and met a tragic fate. The voice and sounds in the background are my girlfriend, Daria, working on her arcade project. I don't have any lighting yet so I had to use her office.

Repost from old personal account. I realize update is a bit of a fib considering this is my first video about it on here, but we've had this machine for weeks so that's what it is. This is a Crowin Case, a Korean "candy cab" sit-down arcade game cabinet. We picked it up on local Craigslist for cheap on account of it being pretty bare and broken, and we've been healing and upgrading it. Neither I or my girlfriend Daria have ever worked on one of these before but we've done our homework for years and we're muddling through okay so far. Further updates to come!

I got the MX-10 put back together and powered it up. Everything works great. No fault of mine. Remember how I said I'd double check the polarity at the end of the last video? I did not do that thing. Not an in depth review of anything, just demoing the device Part I: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh0w2DTg3qs