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Roland MC-303, Partial Reshoot

Based on some of the feedback I decided to re-shot the last half of the video after spending some more time with the device so I could do a better job demoing it. I also attempted to compose and pe...

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MC-303 Teardown and Repair Attempt

I would be interested in some feedback on this one because it was a  departure from my recent videos and a return to the style of video I  started out making. I'm frequently recommended t...

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RGB LED Daylight Simulator - Final Version

Alright, this video is now done. There is some kind of visual artifact after the intro that I don't know why happened but it did it twice with different renders. It make be a problem with the new v...

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Early Preview: RGB Daylight Simulator

This is a fairly early look at the next video. It has some rough edges, "by" instead of "at" in the beginning, ungraded/color-corrected clips, and missing some some things like a schematic visual a...

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Update and Small Project with Quick Video Turnaround

Hello, I've still been working on stuff in the background. The VGA capture video is pretty much fully researched at this point and I have about half to two thirds of the script done for it. It's ju...

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The Out of Date Build Video

Here is the video that I had nearly done that I mentioned in the last update. I did rough color correction on most of the shots but it's not a fully polished video by any means. I'm beginning to fo...

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Update to the Computer Build and Delay

I wanted to give everyone an update where I am with this. I'm going crazy trying to finally get this done and while I think and hope I'm getting close to the end I'm not exactly sure how I'm going ...

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Current Project Update

I'm getting good at picking projects that are full of problems, frustrations, and delays...

I built a new editing system that I wasn't really planning on and I'm working on a video about it,...

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How VGA works

Pending any issues cropping up, this should be the final version of this video.

Changes from the last version:
- A note about SVGA mismatching and some cuts to make it matter less and be ...

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Early Version Video: How VGA Works

Hello, I am so sorry for how long it has been since my last video. This project has just been one thing after another with delays and things that pop up. This isn't a final version of this video bu...

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Next Project Update

Hello, I know it's been a while since I've had a video ready but it's been one of those projects that keeps feeling like it's going to over after just one more thing and then another thing...

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New Blog Post: rEFInd Dual Boot

I am setting up a new modern system that will be getting featured in a video soon. But I wanted to dual boot linux and Windows on it for hardware support reasons. I've been meaning to detail some o...

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New Website!

https://techtangents.net/

I've finally gotten around to making a proper website and have put some stuff up on it already. On...

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SK-88 Repair Extended Cut

Here is the super long cut of the SK-88 repair video. I felt this was too long but I explain a few of my thoughts for some things in a lot more detail in this. Mostly for the 3D printing. So it may...

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Roland SK-88 CPU Replacement and Key Rebuild

This is the first project at my new workbench! I'm not totally thrilled with the lighting in the wider shots but I think it may have been good for up close shots.

This is repairing the secon...

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New Electronics Workbench and Gear Tour

Getting this thing installed and setup was an unexpected detour from my projects but a very welcome one! I now have a proper workbench for designing and repairing things! I mention it about 30 time...

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Tandy WP-2 Word Processor

Consider this a preview upload, something went wrong between the rendered file and the upload. The actual file looks fine but this is a little too contrasty and saturated. It's probably the color s...

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Rambly August Supporter Updates

I kind of just wanted to do one of these because it had been a while and needed to reassemble a keyboard. So I put two and two together and this is the result!

I had the lights a bit too clo...

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Windows 95 25th Anv. Gateway 2000 Rebuild

I'm posting this one a little later than usual because I have been working on it right up until now to get it done for release tomorrow.

But here's a video on rebuilding a Gateway 2000 G6-33...

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Pocket Mechanical Calculator - Addiator Clone

I was sent this calculator in the last mail video and it is just one of the coolest simplest things I've come across. This is just a fun little look at putting it through its paces to see how you c...

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Final Version: Pentium PC MIDI Upgrade

Here's the final version of the Tiny Pentium PC's MIDI upgrade. This has the hardcopy supporter print out in it as well! Thank you to everyone who jumped on to that. After setting it all up it turn...

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Pre-Release: Tiny Pentium Sound Card Upgrade

Hello! I am finishing up the next video right now and rendered out a pre-release version of it here. I've got a few more things to tighten up and a couple of graphics to add. This is also going to ...

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Hardcopy Supporter Tier Added!

As I mentioned in a post I have been thinking about adding a tier for printing out names at the end of videos on an interesting printer. Well I'm ready to try it out now!

The new tier has be...

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Game Streaming

I've been toying with the idea of playing some of my older games in streams on Twitch. I finally gave it a shot and rather enjoyed it. Here's a recording of it.

This isn't exactly my normal ...

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New Tier? Hardcopy Supporters

I think I mentioned this ins one of my behind the scenes videos that I'm been considering this idea and I keep forgetting to record a sample before the end of the month so I can ask what everyone t...

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More than two floppy drives?

This was an interesting video to tackle that didn't really go how I planned. I thought it was going to be much harder to get 4 floppy drives installed and working once I finally got my hands on a 4...

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HP-38E and More Battery Replacement - Micro Tangent

Here's the video on getting that HP-38E working without getting one of the weird batteries it needs. This was cut from the existing mail footage because it covered it well enough to not need to res...

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Mail Call 0x07

I'm finally opening viewer mail that's been sitting around for way too long!

This video was delayed by really bad internet issues that kept me from being able to upload it for three days. So...

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Render Server Upgrades - Supporter Early Access

This video has been too long in the works. I'm really sorry. I kept running into problem after problem and it just kept going.

But it's finally done and now that my server is back up and run...

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Supporter Behind the Scenes Update

Hello!

I've been meaning to make one of these for a while and I had a fun idea on how to do this one.

One correction, at one point I think I say "mid March" when I meant "mid May". It ...

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