I previously did a video on a typewriter working as a printer and in researching that I found that there were IBM Wheelwriters with a printer option. I managed to get my hands on one despite them being extremely rare!
It's actually a bit of a mixed bag though because at it's absolute best,...
I mentioned that I had written out a more in depth part to go with the ST video and I've got it finished and published here: https://techtangents.net/2021/07/23/first-...
2021-07-23 14:12:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Here is the floppy drive repair for the Atari ST as a separate video. This has a new intro and outro as well as some new footage from opening the drive but is otherwise mostly the same as what was in the long version.
This should be the final version of this video barring any issues with it. I massively trimmed this one down and only used about 14m of the original video as is and decided to pull out the floppy drive repair as a separate video to come later. I replaced the majority of the end with a scripted VO...
2021-07-21 02:13:58 +0000 UTC View Post
After searching for at least six years I finally managed to get my hands on an Atari ST! When making this video I was really excited and had a particular idea of how I wanted to make it, but a number of things worked against that. This is a non-final version of the video that is the "full picture...
2021-07-15 14:15:01 +0000 UTC View Post
This is a device I've been trying to get my hands on for years! I finally had the stars align for me to get one for a great price and I am elated to finally have one! It needed a little bit of work that ended up being nowhere near as bad as I thought it would be.
On the whole this printer ...
I've been trying to get this one done for nearly a week now but have had a ton of technical issues. But I wanted to get an update video made on how I am and upcoming projects, I am back to filming regular videos now!
2021-07-03 16:20:05 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's my first crack at a simpler video to produce for right now. I'm fairly happy with how it turned out and I actually had some good fun with this one because I've enjoyed looking at this catalog a number of times myself.
Now that I've done this once I have a better idea of what this ki...
Earlier this week I woke up with severe pain and had to go to the ER, I won't get into what exactly happened but the results weren't definitive. I'm not currently in pain, but it's only because I have an idea of what has happened now and how to avoid it. But need to see a specialist for more answ...
2021-06-03 15:38:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxbcIZfe3x0
Woah! It's actually a part 2 to something! I kid but I' know I'm not very good about getting around to those. This was one I really wanted to get done...
Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PcWXyiqF40
Here is the final version of the video that I just released. Thanks for the feedback on the last one! I added a couple of things to this one from that...
Video Link: https://youtu.be/OhCZwq6ixCA
I picked up this Sony Vaio Slimtop recently and wanted to get it going. I wasn't really planning on making this a two part video, but there was a lot more to get done on this compu...
Video: https://youtu.be/nAwwhFipVWQ
I couldn't leave well enough alone and bought a fan controller for my server. I was just going to deal with it, but I sunk so much money into the fans and was so close to havin...
This was another one of those projects that didn't really go as I planned. I was sent a replacement motherboard for my server and took the opportunity I would have to easily get to everything in the case to replace the fans that are failing. I tried to make it completely silent with all noctua fa...
2021-04-22 21:57:29 +0000 UTC View Post
I didn't have a chance to give everyone here early access to this one so I apologize. I was working as quickly as I could to get this one done and released on a Friday.
The videos I've been putting more time into are taking longer than I planned so I decided to get a quick project done I'v...
I posted about this one a while ago and mentioned in the update but the boards are here now and totally work!
I'm currently working on a video about ripping CDs which is...not...what I said I was going to be doing. But it's a convoluted extension of the SCSI emulator video and another proj...
I wanted to just record something quick to give some updates on where some of my current projects are at. I've got a few things in progress but little things keep popping up and slowing me down. I should be able to get something out soon, I may just have o cut back my plans a bit on making a bigg...
2021-03-31 18:01:44 +0000 UTC View Post
I stayed up until just about 2am to catch it as it rolled over so I'm pretty tired as I type this but,
thank you all so much.
This last week has been a bit of a whirlwind of projects. I had buckled down and got a lot of testing done on the SCSI2SD review. But after some last minute developments, that video is actually getting expanded as a comparison between the SCSI2SD and MacSD. The MacSD was something I found out abo...
2021-03-25 01:57:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Almost every video I do with CRTs in them I get questions about why my hands or other things in front of them seem to "glow" and I figured it would just be easiest to make one video that explains the whole process.
I have to color correct CRTs in every single shot they are in because brigh...
I finished up the video about my test bench! It started out with 4hrs of footage and I tried to cut it down to only what was really needed because there was a lot of experimentation in the build process for this.
It came out way better than I thought it would, it was just a lot of work to ...
The thing I mentioned would be coming soon in the last sneak peek and oh man I don't know if I've ever been more excited for something. This is the first CD-ROM drive released to consumers a Philips CM-100. I still need to get a few things so I can use it but as soon as I am physically able to, I...
2021-03-16 19:19:16 +0000 UTC View Post
I bought this PSU a while ago and got talking about it with some people who I would have thought would have known they exist but they seem to have slipped under the radar for some vintage computer enthusiasts. So I thought I would take a quick look at it and talk about how I've used it.
I'...
I thought I would try something a little different here for supporters and give a little update on something I've been working on. This is a test bench I'm building for old computer parts, it's started out as an ATX style kit but I wanted to heavily modify it to suit my needs so it's been a slowe...
2021-03-14 02:13:39 +0000 UTC View Post
This video is the epitome of things not going how I expected. I have been working on the second part of the SCSI2SD stuff, but realized that was going to take a while and was feeling like I was on a bit of a roll with videos and wanted to keep up the pace. So I thought I would record a quick mail...
2021-03-10 13:19:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I really appreciate all the feedback and suggestions I got on the poll. It helped me decide how to finish this one. I know most of the votes were for one long video, but I remembered I have a second channel so I decided to do something between that and the second most popular option. So I split t...
2021-02-25 23:06:45 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, I could really use some feedback. I'm at a fork in the road on this SCSI2SD video I posted. I tried shortening it a lot but the way this video flowed isn't working well for that. I'm afraid it will be almost as much work to do that as it would be to make a whole new video again on the sa...
2021-02-20 23:09:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, I have some broader stuff I want to talk about first. Sorry for the production delays again...I had some less than ideal luck on projects this month. I got a 21" VGA Trinitron CRT I thought I could repair and it turned out to have some crazy management computer stuff in it that you can't j...
2021-02-20 14:45:56 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been meaning to do a supporter update video for a while now, so here's a near hour long ramble on some things I've been meaning to talk about.
Mentioned Links:
Y2K Tape: ht...
Whew, this one ran into a couple of additional hurdles to get finished but I think it came out well in the end.
I don't know how much I want to give away on this video because I was extremely surprised and happy with everything about this.