Cathode Ray Dude [CRD]

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.

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

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

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

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?

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.

This device - the Sony Vaio PCG-GT1 - 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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Back in the day, playing games that came on multiple discs could be SO irritating. 20 years later, I fixed it.

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.

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.

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 d

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

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.