The 8-Bit Guy

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  • Premiered: Mar 2007
  • Episodes: 295
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Season 2015
2015x1
Apple and Steve Jobs Biggest Mistakes (1): The Macintosh
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 19, 2015
The first episode in a miniseries about Steve Jobs' and Apple Computer's mistakes. I take a look at their two leading products in 1986.
2015x2
Use a bunch of USB Flash drives in a RAID array.
Episode overview
Air date
Jan 25, 2015
I experimented with creating a striped RAID array using 8 USB flash drives.
2015x3
Restoring an Apple A1048 keyboard
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Air date
Feb 08, 2015
I found an Apple keyboard in really nasty shape. Beyond just being dirty, the keys had faded to yellow. I almost threw it away, but instead decided to do a full ...
2015x4
Restoring Two Apple Keyboards and a Mouse
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Air date
Feb 22, 2015
In this video I restored a A9M0330 and M0116 Apple keyboards.
2015x5
Apple Keyboard Evolution (1): 1983-2015
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Air date
Mar 28, 2015
Watch the evolution of Apple keyboards from 1983 to today and see people's reactions to them.
2015x6
Apple Keyboard Evolution (2)
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Apr 05, 2015
This episode has no summary.
2015x7
Why you should give Comic Books a try!
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Apr 20, 2015
In this episode I'll show you how I got started reading Comic Books and graphic novels.
2015x8
Unwinding an LTO backup tape with a bicycle.
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Apr 25, 2015
In this video, I'll unwind an LTO 3 backup tape using a bicycle to find out how long it is. Also enjoy a few ...
2015x9
Build an iMac G3 cat house
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May 08, 2015
Build a cat house and scratching post from an Apple iMac G3. Complete walkthrough on disassembly, including discharge of the CRT. Then construction of a ...
2015x10
Ultimate Battery Backup Hack/Mod.
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May 17, 2015
In this episode, I take an APC battery backup and modify it to have 3 direct DC output jacks as well as an LED display with voltage readout. This gives me a ...
2015x11
Are apple iBook laptops collector's items yet?
Episode overview
Air date
Jun 08, 2015
In this episode, I'll show you just how collectible the iBook series of laptops are, what they are selling for currently, and what they may be worth in the future.
2015x12
Farewell R.I.P. Firewire, Hello USB!
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Jun 18, 2015
Since firewire is essentially dead and obsolete, I made this video both as a eulogy to a great data bus and also to show my solution of how I transitioned several ...
2015x13
CPU Heatsinks to cool microwave dinners
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Jun 24, 2015
Watch how I converted some old Pentium II heatsinks into a cooler for microwave dinners.
2015x14
Rebuild a laptop battery pack
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Jul 12, 2015
In this episode I show how to rebuild a Lithium battery pack for a laptop.
2015x15
Repairing a damaged EV charging cable
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Jul 24, 2015
In this video, I'm splicing a damaged EVSE cable for a Chevy Volt.
2015x16
Meet the little-known "Soundblaster" Keyboards
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Aug 01, 2015
This episode has no summary.
2015x17
How "oldschool" graphics work (1): Commodore and Nintendo
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Air date
Aug 17, 2015
In part 1, I cover the limitations of color on older 1980's computers and game consoles such as the Nintendo Entertainment System and the Commodore 64.
2015x18
How "oldschool" graphics work (2): Apple and Atari
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Aug 31, 2015
In this episode I cover Apple II and Atari 2600 graphics modes.
2015x19
How Oldschool Sound/Music worked
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Oct 06, 2015
In this video, we'll cover 3 different eras of computer music, the Internal Speaker, FM Synthesis, and PCM Samples.
2015x20 Season finale
Is it Obsolete - The Core Duo MacBook?
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 08, 2015
Are the 32-Bit CoreDuo MacBooks (and other computers running CoreDuo) Obsolete?

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