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I bought a Casio MX-10, an MSX computer / videogame system, and I disassemble it here for your enjoyment.

I got the MX-10 put back together and powered it up. Everything works great. No fault of mine. Remember how I said I'd double check the polarity at the end of the last video? I did not do that thing. Not an in depth review of anything, just demoing the device

I'm tubing for the first time. We received parcels and I will explain their contents.

I got this keyboard in exchange for services rendered along with a pack of floppy disks. At least the disks worked out. I'll warn you, this video is quite disturbing to the electronically minded. This keyboard had a bad life and met a tragic fate. The voice and sounds in the background are my girlfriend, Daria, working on her arcade project. I don't have any lighting yet so I had to use her office.

I realize update is a bit of a fib considering this is my first video about it on here, but we've had this machine for weeks so that's what it is. This is a Crowin Case, a Korean "candy cab" sit-down arcade game cabinet. We picked it up on local Craigslist for cheap on account of it being pretty bare and broken, and we've been healing and upgrading it. Neither I or my girlfriend Daria have ever worked on one of these before but we've done our homework for years and we're muddling through okay so far. Further updates to come!

I got a cheap joystick on eBay that I thought was much better than it actually turned out to be. Let's see how much effort I'm willing to put into it. I have to apologize for a couple things. The video exposure fluctuates wildly in the beginning and the audio quality keeps changing. I'm really, really new to video production and I'm shooting on my smartphone. The external mic I got is finicky and unidirectional and I forgot to lock exposure on the first segment. I also messed up my screen recording for the stick testing. I'm working on it though and should be improving as time goes on. Appreciate your patience!

I built a new workbench and received several projects to do on that workbench

This is an experiment, a podcast-style video in which me and two good friends explore eBay and discuss everything interesting about what we find. I've never done anything like this before, but some people expressed interest so I figured I'd give it a shot. I set this up ad-hoc and didn't realize a couple things: One, the video gets choppy when the webcam is fullscreen - had no idea until I was done shooting. Two, the dynamic range on this microphone is very poor and the audio gets loud and clips at times - I'm very sorry for that, but there's nothing I can do in post to fix it :( If you enjoy this, PLEASE let me know and I'll do more! If the length is an issue I can aim for shorter in the future, but I think it's always going to be pretty long if I'm doing multiple items (it's like 10-15 minutes per item.)

Although this channel is ostensibly about electronics, I also do woodworking and I really appreciate old tool restoration videos. So I made one. This video is deliberately long because it's intended for you to chill out and relax to, probably while you do something else. Let me know if you like this kind of thing and would want to see more, and if it'd be better if they were shorter.

This is a long-delayed overview of my DOS software archaeology project and the machine I'm going to be doing it on, along with some philosophy about why I want to do this project and what you can look forward to on this channel if you stick around. I don't intend to fill my videos with "comment like and subscribe", but I would ask this one time that if you're interested in this at all, please subscribe so I know you're interested. DOS machine project webpage: https://gekk.info/vga Patreon, if you want to support this project: https://www.patreon.com/gravisvids

This is the first half of the first episode of my vintage software series. I decided to start out with some games, because shareware discs are so easy to find and there's so much to explore, and the utility program for this episode will be in a second segment (it took up more screen time than expected.) I'm also still working out my "voice," since I've never done videos before and I'm still trying to figure out what works best, so I'm a lot louder and maybe a little abrasive in this one. Let me know in the comments if you prefer the before or after. You can find shareware CD ISOs on the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/cdbbsarchive

Went out on a treasure hunt today, found some cool stuff, came back nearly empty-handed - but the fun we had along the way was the real friends we made.

In which I BUILD a piece of 1980s PC hardware, from scratch, for kicks. This is meant to be a tutorial as much as a demo, so if you want to skip all the assembly, go to 26:00. Apologies for the hissy audio, I was using my mic straight into my camcorder and the levels looked fine but it turns out they were really low. Whoops. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Covox_S... - You can read the thin history here. It's a pretty basic electronics concept so it was bound to happen sooner or later, but I'm still stunned that it did - also stunned at how well it works.

We just picked up a first gen Korg Electribe ER-1 and it's absolutely a pleasure to use. I'm pretty rough at making music still so there are some noticeable errors and rough patches in this but I thought I'd upload it anyway, someone might enjoy it. Gear: Korg Electribe ER-1 Korg Monologue Ibanez DE7 Delay/Echo

I bought a VGA distribution amplifier used and needed to obtain a weird power supply for it. Follow along as I reverse engineer the power supply to figure out how to safely energize this gadget.

Thanks for your patience! This took so long! Oh my god! I had so much trouble getting this recorded, everything was just DISASTROUS. But it's finally done - and I got a bunch of other stuff recorded too, so the next video will come much sooner!

Okay this one's a little rough - it has thrift store trips and stuff but it's long and the stores are not terribly productive. This is what the weekend had to offer though. Enjoy the eclipse footage, I hope!

Just a quick vid about the wideangle lens adapter I just received. It's not very hot but I figured this might help someone else who's starting out.

Review of Paint Write & Play, a program for young children to write picture books. Overall, not a bad app.

I did a stream last night with my friend Chris in which we played some horrible old games from his childhood. Thanks to everyone who joined! Sorry about the audio - it only recorded to the left channel and I don't have a way to edit it because of the format OBS recorded in.

In which I test software from the Micro-Star Software Club, which will be powering several videos going forward! Includes: - Inner Space (game) 5:48 - 3D Graph (useless app) 10:35 - FaxPerfect (cool app) 11:40 - SmartDraw (excellent app) 15:50 - Icon Wizard (useless app) 22:33 - Turbo Files (okay app) 23:55 - Home Program (horrendous app) 27:08 - Book It (To be Continued) 31:35

Okay, this one's kinda rough but I figure it'll have a limited audience anyway so I didn't want to reshoot when I discovered a bunch of awkward moments in post. Hope it's still okay. This video contains: Corridor 7 [3:47] Build demo [12:23] Corridor 8 [14:00] Source archive: http://www.lesbird.com/capstone/defau...

This is another children's picture book creator in the vein of Paint, Write & Play which I previously reviewed. Unfortunately I really don't like it, so this video just dunks on it continuously.

Picked up these gadgets on my last thrift store trip, finally had a reason to check them out, but honestly I was most interested in the electronics. Here's a deep dive into the circuitry of two IDE hard drive transfer switches.

Quick tour of my studio where I shoot all my stuff and some new things I just got. Audio's really badly clipped because I'm not used to using this lapel mic yet, couldn't fix it in post, sorry. :/

A mediocre rally racing game from 1996 with a spritely engine but not much soul to its name. Enjoy!

I found a beautiful electromechanical calculator at Goodwill in phenomenal condition for once (usually they're filthy and broken beyond reasonable repair). Watch this video to see me fumble my way through using a simple-ass adding machine! 00:35: Description of the device 04:45: Operating mechanism by hand 07:50: Electrical modification 19:30: Usage demonstration 23:30: Mechanics demonstration 23:45: Slow-motion footage

Another trip to a bunch of thrift stores; some interesting finds. The usual.

By the end of this video you are going to hate Green Day's When I Come Around

I got a very old gadget from the ebby and a lot of tapes. This one will probably be boring for a lot of people but if you need some background noise go right ahead.

I've been sitting on this thing for a year waiting for a convenient moment to demo it, and I'm glad I finally did. It's a truly ancient (as old as me that is) image - not video! - capture unit designed for the ORIGINAL IBM PC - no bloody AT, XT or PS/2! Raw images from the unit: https://gekk.info/vc1000

I loaded up the old Eidos game Urban Chaos because I had fond memories Well Guess What they were horribly misplaced

I play! Every! Kid Pix!! That I own!! Like I don't have 4, or 3D, so this isn't really a complete roundup honestly

Replacing the belt on a little tape player I found at the thrift store. Very little talking, though there's some noise later. It's a very sleepy Sunday.

To get back to utilities, here's a database app I salvaged from a huge lot of floppies I got on eBay. I shot a lot more video, but for Reasons I need to reshoot it all, so this is all you get today. Enjoy!

I just got a Tandy 1000 HX, which I'm really excited about, and although I won't be able to shoot any videos with it for a couple weeks I did need to repair the floppy drive, so here's that.

This is a sort-of-in-depth review of Tandy Deskmate 2 and Personal Deskmate 2, both for the Tandy 1000. I had some stumbles as I figured out this highly odd software, but overall I'm very pleased with what I found and I hope you'll get the same impression I did: this is a really neat set of tools for the time and place it was released!

Just dicking around with a weird old predecessor to flatbed scanners. Enjoy!

Here's a video where I make lots of mistakes!!!! I got a new MSX because I have no self control. This is part ONE of this video, where I talk about the device, about MSXes in general, and go through the process of building (and screwing up) a video interface cable for it. The NEXT video will demonstrate how the device actually works, and will be uploaded, uh, soon.

Here's part two where I actually demo the device! I'm not a great musician, please forgive. I really like the sound and I think it'll be a lot of fun once i get the proper software. Merry Chrim