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Retrobright Damages Plastics - 10 Year Test

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I was originally going to make this a TT2 video but I posted this early on my discord server for feedback and most people there seemed to think it would be better off as a main channe...

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Worlds First Portable Touchscreen - Casio IF-8000

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This is a device that I was sent in a mail video a long time ago now and it ended up being a fascinating device! Somehow this simple Casio from 1988 has managed to slip under...

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TT2: Forgotten Magazine - Bar Code News

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When I'm researching a topic for a video I find I get the most complete picture when I go too far into the subject and related things. Knowing where you cross the line between relevan...

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TT2: DECWriter II Print Head Repair

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Alright, here's the repair attempt I mentioned at the end of the DECWriter II video. It was as hair raising as I feared so I am glad that I waited to attempt it. This was the most del...

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1974 DECWriter II Hardcopy Terminal

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I've been on the lookout for a hardcopy terminal since before I even got the Data Generals, the idea of using a computer directly on paper is fascinating to me. And I finally got my c...

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TT2: VTech Type-Right - 1985 Pre-Computer Typing Tutor

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I've been planning to revamp my home filming area for doing quick videos for a while and after filming most of the Atomic Keyboard video at home I realized I needed do that sooner tha...

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Atomic Keyboard Prototype - A Modern Dasher Keyboard

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This is a really exciting video for me, when I was in the middle of working on my Dasher terminal a completely unrelated project was forming by some other people to recreate the Dashe...

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Minor Video Delay

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I've had a delay in video production after encountering some surprisingly aged caps that I'm working on reforming still. It's coming along but I am having to take it slow based on the...

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Japanese Exclusive Floppy NIN Tron OST Made Real


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A very quick on here that I'm actually going to preempt the last video for. The new Tron Ares movie soundtrack by NIN got a Japan exclusive release that looks like a flop...

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TT2: Firmware Modding Bluray Drives for Redump in the Disc Robot

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So after getting the CD Robot working I discovered that the drive I had picked and painstakingly modified to work, still weren't going to cut it. They would crash hard when I...

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New Fry's Electronics Linux PC from 2005 - GQ3131 with Linspire

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This video is one I would never think I would be able to make. After what I feel like is an incredibly lucky score of something that would be ewaste to even 99% of computer collectors...

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Reverse Engineering CD Changers for Archival Use - Aleratec

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Finally it's done. In this video I go over the laborious and ridiculous process I went through to get a disc duplicator robot, well two of them, set up to be usable for disc ripping. ...

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September Update

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I'm trying to get back into work on the next video. I'm not fully ready personally but the channel's ad revenue is down to about 30% of what it was before I started this project and I...

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I Need to take some recovery time

I had to say good bye to my cat Gulliver yesterday. What I thought was regaining weight with more focused feeding, turned out to be fluid build up from new heart issues that can't be treated with k...

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Early Preview - CD Ripping Robot Reverse Engineering

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I am not going to be able to finish the video for release this weekend. I had a critical vet visit with my cat today and I probably don't have long left with him. My heads not in the r...

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Video Delay

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I'm making, or I guess made since I'm a little late here, the decision to delay the next video. It's on the subject I show in this preview video that will give you an idea where I'm at...

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IBM Compatible...Typewriter? - Juki Sierra 3400

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So the Amiga was a bust...I mentioned in my update video that I wanted to record a video on that next but it's PSU is toast. It seems like most people just replace the guts to repair ...

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Supporter Update: 2025-08

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It's been a while since I've done one of these and wanted to talk a bit about recent projects as well as upcoming ones. This has been an interesting year so far and very different for...

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MailCall 0x11: Mail from viewers like you!

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It's time for a mail video, I've had a lot of stuff I've been waiting to open (and some I couldn't wait on) that was sent from very generous viewers!

This wasn't my full plan f...

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TT2: My Custom Scan Post Processing Script

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I completely forgot I meant to publicly release this yesterday, it's not super critical though. I'm going to put it up tomorrow morning.

In preparation for the Dot and the manu...

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Widescreen CRT PC Portable - Computer Devices Dot from 1983

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This is a video I never would have guessed I would be able to make, I've been on the lookout for a Computer Devices Dot since my video on the origins of the 3.5in floppy disk. Well a c...

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I Made the Map Nintendo Didn't for Mario Kart World

Hello, yes, this is actually a video about a modern game from Shelby from Tech Tangents.

Okay, so this is a weird one. While I was on my break the Switch 2 had just come out and I was playin...

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TT2: SimH Data General Nova Setup

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In the last video of the microNOVA series I mentioned the potential of making a video showing how to use simH to emulate a Nova like I was to work with the disk images. There was a lo...

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TT2: Simple Epoxy Mold - Dasher Knob Repair

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This is quick little video where I attempted repairing the knobs on the second Data General Dasher terminal I now have. This is a very common fault where the knobs that retain the ver...

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Nixie Sony Calculators - SOBAX ICC-400 and ICC-550

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This is a video 7 years in the making, or at least one I've wanted to make for 7 years. After I got my SOBAX ICC-1600 I've been keeping an eye out for the first models in the SOBAX li...

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TT2 - Safely Remove Vintage Chips Using Chip Quik

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Time for another simple second channel video! In this one I wanted to walk through a method of using Quip Quik as a safe method for removing vintage chips and dealing with fragile old...

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Using a 50 Year Old Computer - Data General microNOVA is Done

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This is it, the Data General microNOVA finally! We've gone through all the hardware needed to make it work over the last four months and it's all ready. So in this one I am able to pu...

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TT2: Cowon A2 - Dvix Media Player from 2005

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Time for another second channel video, this one is a first look at a candidate for my desire to use an early high end portable media player from the mid 2000s. This is about the Cowon...

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Resurrecting Floppy Drive - Data General 6039 Repair

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We're closing in on the end of the first series of Data General videos, this video is solving the last problem preventing the system from being usable. The next one will be about how ...

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TT2: My Open Source Archiving Workflow Software - pyDiscRip

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I gotta keep this short because I need to leave for the office in minutes, but I've been working on a new workflow software for how I automate imaging and arching media. It's finally ...

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