This guy gets donations of things I can't find for sale anywhere for any price! The Famicom could run on batteries because it wasn't always common in Japan to have three plugs available for the TV, Famicom, and the disk system. Was more convenient for some in the small households. At least, that's what I've read and heard over the years.
That feature actually came in handy for me. The one I got came with a dud third-party AC adapter, and I really wanted to play it so a got some batteries at the corner store while I waited for the AC adapter to arrive. They last for a decent amount of time, I played through Zelda 1 and Eggerland off of the batteries, and it’s still running off of that.
Haweater A proper, safe power supply going to a Famicom isn’t going to be found in most US stores, because it takes 100V for input, while US wall outlets output 120V. The safest way to run a Famicom is to use the original power supply connected to a Step-Down Voltage converter. The batteries were just a temporary solution.
@@samuelbaugh4952 It still only takes a generic DC input with a standard barrel jack. It wouldn't be hard to find a random multi voltage wall wart that fit.
An interesting bit of trivia is that the original Final Fantasy was literally going to be Squares final game, their previous games failed and it was a last ditch effort to make money on a dying studio. Obviously the game ended up being so much of a success that they reversed their situation and now we have FF games coming out the wazoo.
Same here! I really hope maybe in the future he'll compile several games into one review video again. After all, a video like that adds more variety to the channel.
I agree. I've been interested in getting new games made for old systems, but there's so many out there that it's hard to separate the good from the crap. Reviews like his help with that!
He said that he won't be doing game reviews for the time being, so this means he won't be doing them now, but he'll probably get back to it at some point in the future.
Me too, one of the cool things about the retro-gaming scene is that actual commercial games are still released, and that they are pretty good. Please don't stop making these reviews!
Barcode Battler brought back some good memories from my childhood in the UK. A kid in my school had one and we all thought it was the coolest. Basically it was like a PvP card trading game, as were popular at the time, but these cards had barcodes so you could swipe your challenger into the game and then battle on the screen, kind of like a 90s version of Nintendo Amiibos crossed with a game like Pokemon. The interesting part was that you could of course scan anything with a barcode, so in theory you could make a can of chicken soup fight a loaf of bread, though I'm not sure if/how those kind of scans actually worked....!!
I was 12 when this came out. It did come out in North America. I lived in Ontario but I don’t remember if my friend got it on one of our trips to Buffalo. Indeed we randomly scanned the whole pantry. The results were absolutely wild.
I live in Denmark where it was also sold. I think the manual actually encouraged the player to scan anything....or maybe I was just nerdy and thought it was an obvious thing to do…. Anyway, I immediately started cutting out barcodes of different products. But apart from the technical aspect of scanning barcodes it was not very fun to play.
Ashens had a VERY old video featuring the Bar Code Battler, and with the barcodes that you scan yourself, the machine will give you the stats and the game provides blank cards where you can attach the barcodes to.
I faintly remember it though I never played it, yeah idea was you were supposed to discover barcodes with good scores by scanning household items, kind of like an early Pokemon Go! I think they just included some cards so you had access to a few straightaway.
Ooh, teletypes. Those still works with proper modern UNIX OS. It would be cute to see a modern machine, for example macOS Catalina or Ubuntu 19.10, being accessed from a teletype like this.
I remember the Barcode Battler from when I was a kid. Intriguing concept but in reality they were pretty rubbish. Definitely worth a review, especially if you've never come across one before!
I still have the Barcode Battler, the catch was to find a barcode from different places (everyday items like cereal package, magazines etc) that gave you a good monster or a massive power up. That was fun for a moment, but after couple months that enthusiasm died drastically.
I was perhaps a bit harsh with the "pretty rubbish" comment. In hindsight it was a really novel idea and worked well for what it did. But from the point of view of a schoolkid in the early 90s with all the Gameboys and Game Gears around, I'd have hated to have been the kid at school with the Barcode Battler - and I know, a friend had one!
Hey, David. Thanks for all you do. Man, I hope to see you free and clear in a future appearance wherever and whenever it may be. Godspeed. We need you.
One of my friends had this thing back in the day and he said oddly enough Food Lion branded soda gave a good result lol. My aunt also had a CueCat scanner for her PC if you remember that one, and I though it was neat when it did work scanning random stuff around her house lol.
Commodorefan64 I always wanted that cuecat as a kid and my parents were like you don’t need it. Now as an adult my fascination with gadgets that cost just under the threshold to make a purchase on a whim to only regret it a week later-should have listened to dad.
Pretty sure the unusual box at 8:04 is actually two magazine holders! I used to have a bunch of plastic ones that were the same shape. That's actually a pretty creative idea to use them for shipping something flat.
The Barcode Battler released worldwide was known as the barcode Battler II in Japan. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_Battler The fun of the games is using barcodes from everyday terms and seeing what stats they provide.
@@Fierofreak01 Currently known on TH-cam simply as "Ahoy." And oh man, if anyone out there has never watched his stuff, they should go watch it immediately. Amazing production values, tons of research, and interesting subjects narrated by a guy whose voice could give Attenborough's a run for its money.
TheRealColBosch I thought he changed his name! When I searched RetroAhoy, and both names shows up. I just thought I fat fingered it! And I agree, I absolutely love his content, I could listen to him reading an ingredients label!
I would 100% watch a video about that NES game. I'm newer to the channel than many of your long time fans but want to express my interest for future videos. New games for retro systems are definitely something I'd like to learn more about.
There's a guy in the UK that did the same, last unboxing. He had companies sending him free stuff.. . He had to pay the postage, it was costing him a fortune. He stopped doing them. He runs a bushcraft and outdoors channel, TA Outdoors.
It's sad to see this is the final Unboxing video, I really loved to see products that I never seen and how people donated things to you. I love your channel, keep up the good Work! :) Greetings form Hungary.
7:39 Oh, that silver box! Old memories kicking in! :) I recall the typical smell of the labels that came with 3M disks... I got my first PC for Christmas so this smell = Holidays. :D
Don't stop with the Canal, I watch here from Brazil keeping you alive the history of the primordial information technology. I would like to leave you my congratulations and continue with the wonderful videos. Hug!
The original Japanese version of the game was notorious in its homeland. There was a particular type of canned soup stock that was known to generate a godlike guy for you to use. It was sold out for months as children would buy excess cans of it to prevent classmates from being able to fight back with one. Mom and pop candy stores barely broke even that year, as kids were buying out cans of soup instead of buying candy after school.
I think I had one of those as a kid in the US, but it looked a bit different, like it had handles? I'm not sure if it's a similar idea, but I distinctively remember it having a weird cardish gameplay that made no sense to me.
@@TheGeekPub Idk, people don't like the guy for some reason. I don't really follow him, but can definitely attest he's a perfectly pleasant and genuine person to talk to while drinking beer in the hotel lobby. Certainly seems out of character to me for anyone to accuse him of scamming people. He also seemed pretty upset when he was talking about how people have this misconception that he's got a ton of fuck you money and a basement full of hoarded treasure, when that's not the reality at all (he doesn't evidently even have a basement, and he's a Texas teacher IIRC).
I don't think I have ever seen a game review on your channel, but if I ever did I would watch the hell out of that! I love your personality and old video games and would love to see that!
The Title "seriously" had me Panicking. But your clever idea of dealing with the "Space" problem reminded me of the SPCA "finding homes" for pets and warmed my heart. -- Its very interesting that the Channel is Evolving into a larger Networked Collection of Collectors and Content Creators. People don't live forever and my parents have worried about their precious collectibles and who would care for them or care about them after they are gone. As I get older I think similar things. An online networked community that turns into a content or repository database for Content creators and researchers to use (and that is being used) is simply 'awesome'. I'm happy that it even exists. I hope it grows and spans multiple generations.
For some reason I don't see your new videos appearing on my TH-cam frontpage anymore. I am subscribed and I did hit the alarm bell. Are there more people who have the same experience?
Megacat is local to Pittsburgh and me. Would love to meet up with those guys. I need to buy the one game where you're a snake lady. Stay safe 8-Bit Guy!!
The toggle switch on the Miniterm with the hand written "No Print"/"Print" looks to be a mod. According to this it dates from 1977. terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Computer_Devices_Miniterm_1203
Just send that stuff back to the Netherlands, I'll be happy to receive it, not only for storage...You just blow off Mega Cat studios :) I love the game reviews, one of my favorite videos
David's astoundingly understanding wife finally finally puts her foot down about "no more broken computers around the house" ? I know I get that about once every 9 mo or so...
Wow, the front of that teletype terminal looks really old like 1960s but the rear looks a lot more modern like '90s, the fan looks like it could be from now. The acoustic coupler reminds me of War Games, and they used to sell them here in the UK in Tandy (aka Radio Shack)
8:26 the barcode battler, I remember selling that one when I worked in a videogame story back in the days. It was a very short lived phenomenon in Sweden.
@@GarwoodNick Think pokemon only the monsters and such come out of the barcodes on everyday products. In essence the game use the barcode number as a seed value for producing in-game objects and beings, that were represented as numbers on the display.
Why? Was the modem used for packet radio? I've found the relationship between packet radio, telephone modems, and cassette interfaces fascinating. They each have different problems and have approached them different ways. One of these days, it would be fun to do a video on that... but only like 10 people would watch it, because it would be such an esoteric, technical topic.
That's cool that you have the community of collectors. It's kinda like a library. I imagine most doners are looking to make space and give their collectibles to someone who will care for them, so the goal is still accomplished!
Obligatory Banana Comment. Can’t wait for all this virus stuff to pass and we can get back to normal society. I also want to get an SD2IEC, but getting one with the (basically) necessary fastload cartridge and shipping it to me would cost around $100.
That sounds about right. I have 3 now, and I've paid around that price for each of them (a bit more for the one in the larger case with the DIP switches and dual IEC ports.) A Pi 1541 will cost around $80-$100, when fully set up, too. A vintage 1541 is typically somewhere in the $80-$150 range. I paid a bit under $200 for a 1541 Ultimate with shipping and around $250 for an Ultimate 64 and Turbo Chameleon. My Tandy 102 and 200 both now have a Rex flash storage module, and that cost $80 or so, shipped. So that's pretty typical for modern retro storage hardware.
@@tomwilson2112 What? An actual (working, I assume) 1541 is now worth $80-$150? If that's true, I have a small fortune. In pretty much every variety. Holy cow, I'm gonna have to look into this. 10 years ago, I could barely give one away. I wonder why? They used to be everywhere, and everyone uses other solutions now.
My personal favorites are the Amiga SCSI card and peripheral, because being able to connect newer SCSI devices to old hardware is just great! I actually have an 18 GB SCSI HDD from 2002 connected to a 286 PC and it works perfectly (albeit only 8 GB are usable due to the limits of the SCSI controller). If you want to try this for yourself all you need is an ISA SCSI card, a 50-pin SCSI ribbon cable, an adapter from 50-pin to whatever your HDD has, and of course an SCSI HDD that supports SE (single-ended) connections (the disks usually say LVD/SE on the label). Make sure the cable is properly terminated, either in the adapter itself, in the HDD or with a separate terminator, and your are good to go! As mentioned, only part of the disk capacity will be usable - 1 up to 8 GB depending on the SCSI controller, but it's still so much easier to find those SCSI disks from the early 2000s than any old IDE drives. Btw. for some old PCs you can also "oversize" IDE HDDs and use new drives, but this heavily depends on the BIOS and IDE controller and also the disk itself. In the best case the usable disk size will be reduced due to limitations in old BIOSes, but on some machines there will be strange errors e.g. when formatting partitions and on others it does not work at all.
Genuinely relieved to hear about the Timex 2068. As a HUGE fan of The Sinclair ZX Spectrum, I remember you mentioning some time ago about looking to review its American counterpart. Spain also had a company involved with Sinclair called Investronica. They produced the ZX Spectrum 128 (with numerical keypad) - I wonder if there was a Timex with 128k? I didn't realize you were missing some components - I thought you had just "forgotten" about it altogether! Nice to see the ROM cartridges as well - a very welcome addition.
That "unusual box" with a curve is a magazine holder. You put your magazines/comic books in it, and you put the holder on a shelf, and your magazines won't get bent out of shape.
I was afraid reading this video Name at first!. I thought you were stopping the channel Please don't ever stop doing what you do. your amazing! I've learned so much from all the videos you've posted.
I hope you don't completely give up on game reviews. I'm sure you're crazy busy, but even short basic ones would be much enjoyed by those of us who enjoy them. Big support to the retro game devs as well - of which you are one :)
I read "final" and "channel announcements" and that got me scared, I was thinking for a second that the channel was ending!
Me too, but then I thought it was a April Fools video that didn't make it on time...but no...just final unboxing
Lol same
CoTeCiOtm : Sadly there’s far too many retro computers left to retrobrite and spray WD40 on.
Haha true
Me too. Almost got a heart attack :-)
The 8 bit guy is the only person who can make me watch him wipe stuff and not feel bored
Wiping dirt off keyboards is certainly a fun sport. ;D
The real title is: Wife says enough is enough!
LoL
Look at Henny Youngman over here
😂
Hahahahahahaha
Haha
This guy gets donations of things I can't find for sale anywhere for any price!
The Famicom could run on batteries because it wasn't always common in Japan to have three plugs available for the TV, Famicom, and the disk system. Was more convenient for some in the small households. At least, that's what I've read and heard over the years.
That feature actually came in handy for me. The one I got came with a dud third-party AC adapter, and I really wanted to play it so a got some batteries at the corner store while I waited for the AC adapter to arrive. They last for a decent amount of time, I played through Zelda 1 and Eggerland off of the batteries, and it’s still running off of that.
A one time purchase of an outlet cube tap at a dollar store would be cheaper than to keep feeding it with disposable batteries from the same store.
Haweater A proper, safe power supply going to a Famicom isn’t going to be found in most US stores, because it takes 100V for input, while US wall outlets output 120V. The safest way to run a Famicom is to use the original power supply connected to a Step-Down Voltage converter. The batteries were just a temporary solution.
@@samuelbaugh4952 It still only takes a generic DC input with a standard barrel jack. It wouldn't be hard to find a random multi voltage wall wart that fit.
and then bitches about not having enough room for them, talk about ungratefulness
How cool would it be if there was a retro computer library to house all of this type of equipment and let people check it out when they need it?
There is one of those already, it's at the cradle of aviation museum in long island
There is. He went to one in an episode but I can't put my finger on which one it was.
Look up the HP Computer Museum - pretty cool
That's an awesome idea!
Says 27 mins but this comment 4 hours ago..
I have a distinct feeling the "last unboxing" will be about as last as the "Final Fantasy". Things always work out that way
Like a "final concert tour" from KISS,Rollin Stones, or Cher.Oh,come on do one more you aint dead yet.
An interesting bit of trivia is that the original Final Fantasy was literally going to be Squares final game, their previous games failed and it was a last ditch effort to make money on a dying studio. Obviously the game ended up being so much of a success that they reversed their situation and now we have FF games coming out the wazoo.
8:01 Suomi mainittu, Finland mentioned :) Thanks for the new upload!
Nah it'll be like Windows 10 -- a rolling release. It will just be one eternal unfinished unboxing video, released in pieces.
I can't wait for final unboxing 7 remake.
i actually liked your game reviews a lot. it'll be a shame you won't be doing these or unboxings.
Same here! I really hope maybe in the future he'll compile several games into one review video again. After all, a video like that adds more variety to the channel.
I agree. I've been interested in getting new games made for old systems, but there's so many out there that it's hard to separate the good from the crap. Reviews like his help with that!
Flutterwhat I also enjoyed the game reviews. Hopefully David will at least make a couple more reviews in the future.
He said that he won't be doing game reviews for the time being, so this means he won't be doing them now, but he'll probably get back to it at some point in the future.
Me too, one of the cool things about the retro-gaming scene is that actual commercial games are still released, and that they are pretty good. Please don't stop making these reviews!
Barcode Battler brought back some good memories from my childhood in the UK. A kid in my school had one and we all thought it was the coolest. Basically it was like a PvP card trading game, as were popular at the time, but these cards had barcodes so you could swipe your challenger into the game and then battle on the screen, kind of like a 90s version of Nintendo Amiibos crossed with a game like Pokemon. The interesting part was that you could of course scan anything with a barcode, so in theory you could make a can of chicken soup fight a loaf of bread, though I'm not sure if/how those kind of scans actually worked....!!
I was 12 when this came out. It did come out in North America. I lived in Ontario but I don’t remember if my friend got it on one of our trips to Buffalo. Indeed we randomly scanned the whole pantry. The results were absolutely wild.
I live in Denmark where it was also sold.
I think the manual actually encouraged the player to scan anything....or maybe I was just nerdy and thought it was an obvious thing to do…. Anyway, I immediately started cutting out barcodes of different products.
But apart from the technical aspect of scanning barcodes it was not very fun to play.
Ashens had a VERY old video featuring the Bar Code Battler, and with the barcodes that you scan yourself, the machine will give you the stats and the game provides blank cards where you can attach the barcodes to.
@@SwiftDK The commercials certainly encouraged you to scan anything and everything with a UPC
I faintly remember it though I never played it, yeah idea was you were supposed to discover barcodes with good scores by scanning household items, kind of like an early Pokemon Go! I think they just included some cards so you had access to a few straightaway.
Ooh, teletypes. Those still works with proper modern UNIX OS. It would be cute to see a modern machine, for example macOS Catalina or Ubuntu 19.10, being accessed from a teletype like this.
Yea
FWIW, I watched all the game reviews you did, especially for homebrew titles.
Yeah, I think more indie retro devs need game reviews - even if few people watch them. The more exposure, the better.
Now that he's announced discontinuing game reviews I bet interest will spike.
No game no more?
Nostalgia really hits hard seeing those packed Floppy Disk. Have not seen them in a while
“Not making game videos because no one watches them “
Checks views... 100k-200k each.
Yup, seems legit 😂
Travis MCP now its 3k
i feel famous when my video reaches 50 views
I remember the Barcode Battler from when I was a kid. Intriguing concept but in reality they were pretty rubbish. Definitely worth a review, especially if you've never come across one before!
I still have the Barcode Battler, the catch was to find a barcode from different places (everyday items like cereal package, magazines etc) that gave you a good monster or a massive power up. That was fun for a moment, but after couple months that enthusiasm died drastically.
ctrl-alt-rees I have one and find the idea really great. But you have to be into be a bit into rpg’s to really appreciate it i think.
@@AriHaapasaari So it's like Magic or Pokemon (the card game), but with bar codes from random places? Interesting!!
@@tomwilson2112
No, it is like Pokémon the video game. Or Pokémon GO without all the downsides.
I was perhaps a bit harsh with the "pretty rubbish" comment. In hindsight it was a really novel idea and worked well for what it did. But from the point of view of a schoolkid in the early 90s with all the Gameboys and Game Gears around, I'd have hated to have been the kid at school with the Barcode Battler - and I know, a friend had one!
Hey, David. Thanks for all you do. Man, I hope to see you free and clear in a future appearance wherever and whenever it may be. Godspeed. We need you.
5:07 really? Damn that's a shame, I'd watch that video gladly
me too.
I seem to recall that a barcode from a Michael Jackson CD was one of the best barcodes to have for that Barcode Battler.
One of my friends had this thing back in the day and he said oddly enough Food Lion branded soda gave a good result lol.
My aunt also had a CueCat scanner for her PC if you remember that one, and I though it was neat when it did work scanning random stuff around her house lol.
Ya man, it was basically Pokemon Go for the 90s
Commodorefan64 I always wanted that cuecat as a kid and my parents were like you don’t need it. Now as an adult my fascination with gadgets that cost just under the threshold to make a purchase on a whim to only regret it a week later-should have listened to dad.
A pack of Japanese noodles was another.
I always found lego barcodes made good weapons.
Pretty sure the unusual box at 8:04 is actually two magazine holders! I used to have a bunch of plastic ones that were the same shape. That's actually a pretty creative idea to use them for shipping something flat.
Yes and they're from IKEA :D
most definitely magazine files!
That is correct. :)
The Barcode Battler released worldwide was known as the barcode Battler II in Japan.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcode_Battler
The fun of the games is using barcodes from everyday terms and seeing what stats they provide.
I remember when Ashens did a review on this years ago
This reminds me of those "Skannerz" things I had as a kid!
the nod to techmoan was the cherry on the cake :)
Brothers from different mothers
NOW I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I DON'T REALLY LIKE FLOSSING MY TEETH...
Matt has much better puppets tho'
Stay around 8-Bit guy! Never leave
10:46
and to quote another famous TH-camr, "that's is for the moment"
Me: [TECHMOAN INTENSIFIES]
Juango 500 The exact quote should be “That’s it for the moment, as always, thanks for watching.”
@@Claro1993 is that ETAprime?
Pacoroto No, he’s talking about RetroAhoy.
@@Fierofreak01 Currently known on TH-cam simply as "Ahoy." And oh man, if anyone out there has never watched his stuff, they should go watch it immediately. Amazing production values, tons of research, and interesting subjects narrated by a guy whose voice could give Attenborough's a run for its money.
TheRealColBosch I thought he changed his name! When I searched RetroAhoy, and both names shows up. I just thought I fat fingered it!
And I agree, I absolutely love his content, I could listen to him reading an ingredients label!
I would 100% watch a video about that NES game. I'm newer to the channel than many of your long time fans but want to express my interest for future videos. New games for retro systems are definitely something I'd like to learn more about.
5:44 Love those type of keys! Not only for nostalgia, but they also had a really nice feel to them.
End of an era. I have thoroughly enjoyed the unboxing videos you've done. Thank you for sharing.
First time I ever heard "The last unboxing."
Edit 2: Yeah, That's weird more likes?? Likes: 287.
omg ur name really confused me at first and I thought you found a way to change the comment time lmao
Unbox Therapy should do a "reaction video"
Nice
There's a guy in the UK that did the same, last unboxing. He had companies sending him free stuff.. . He had to pay the postage, it was costing him a fortune. He stopped doing them. He runs a bushcraft and outdoors channel, TA Outdoors.
Same... If it's joke...
It's sad to see this is the final Unboxing video, I really loved to see products that I never seen and how people donated things to you.
I love your channel, keep up the good Work! :)
Greetings form Hungary.
7:39 Oh, that silver box! Old memories kicking in! :)
I recall the typical smell of the labels that came with 3M disks... I got my first PC for Christmas so this smell = Holidays. :D
Don't stop with the Canal, I watch here from Brazil keeping you alive the history of the primordial information technology. I would like to leave you my congratulations and continue with the wonderful videos. Hug!
Oh wow, I'd almost forgotten about Barcode Battler. FYI, David, it was sold in Canada too.
The original Japanese version of the game was notorious in its homeland. There was a particular type of canned soup stock that was known to generate a godlike guy for you to use. It was sold out for months as children would buy excess cans of it to prevent classmates from being able to fight back with one. Mom and pop candy stores barely broke even that year, as kids were buying out cans of soup instead of buying candy after school.
I think I had one of those as a kid in the US, but it looked a bit different, like it had handles? I'm not sure if it's a similar idea, but I distinctively remember it having a weird cardish gameplay that made no sense to me.
very intetesting! was it sold in greenland, too?
- i think i have one in my collection of electronic retro tech
Ah yes ending it with a quote from Techmoan :)
I still need a ton of things for my museum. So I'll store some donations for sure!
John Scamcock, is that you?
@@rturner99 WTF?
Same
@@TheGeekPub Idk, people don't like the guy for some reason. I don't really follow him, but can definitely attest he's a perfectly pleasant and genuine person to talk to while drinking beer in the hotel lobby. Certainly seems out of character to me for anyone to accuse him of scamming people. He also seemed pretty upset when he was talking about how people have this misconception that he's got a ton of fuck you money and a basement full of hoarded treasure, when that's not the reality at all (he doesn't evidently even have a basement, and he's a Texas teacher IIRC).
@@rturner99 He's the other Murray brother, not a scammer. 🙄
I don't think I have ever seen a game review on your channel, but if I ever did I would watch the hell out of that! I love your personality and old video games and would love to see that!
I love your game reviews and would love to see you review those games you got.
Always happy to see another upload from 8-Bit Guy!
The Title "seriously" had me Panicking. But your clever idea of dealing with the "Space" problem reminded me of the SPCA "finding homes" for pets and warmed my heart. -- Its very interesting that the Channel is Evolving into a larger Networked Collection of Collectors and Content Creators. People don't live forever and my parents have worried about their precious collectibles and who would care for them or care about them after they are gone. As I get older I think similar things. An online networked community that turns into a content or repository database for Content creators and researchers to use (and that is being used) is simply 'awesome'. I'm happy that it even exists. I hope it grows and spans multiple generations.
Finding homes for PETs… i see what you did
Please continue doing game reviews! I love learning about all the awesome independent games that are on the market!
4:05
“A great device for pet owners.”
Like a dog or cat?
th-cam.com/video/PfriI_DDifE/w-d-xo.html
j/k. This one loves a good pun.
I really likes the way you breezed through. Many other You-tubers would have taken over an hour to do half as much WELL DONE. Tom
Keep up the good work indeed, and stay healthy and happy.
Cool video with cool stuff. I hope you and your family keep well in these troubled times.
For some reason I don't see your new videos appearing on my TH-cam frontpage anymore. I am subscribed and I did hit the alarm bell. Are there more people who have the same experience?
same
Squirrel Monkey Here’s an explanation; TH-cam hates actually interesting channels
You answered your own question. It's the home page, not the sub page lol.
Thank you for putting the Channel announcement first. You're an A+ youtuber. I got scared you were quitting
Megacat is local to Pittsburgh and me. Would love to meet up with those guys. I need to buy the one game where you're a snake lady. Stay safe 8-Bit Guy!!
I love being a snake lady.
Woohoo Pittsburgh, yeah!
XCOM?
what is the title, I REQUIRE THE INFORMATION
The game is called Little Medusa. It was released on Steam and several retro cartridges.
i like your game reviews, love to see how these games are made and the perks =D
Love your videos man, keep it up, sad to hear the final one tho, but it’s ok!
Really looking forward to future videos.
Love your channel!
The toggle switch on the Miniterm with the hand written "No Print"/"Print" looks to be a mod.
According to this it dates from 1977.
terminals-wiki.org/wiki/index.php/Computer_Devices_Miniterm_1203
Dude! Please don't stop your videos! They are absolutely great! I mean, please don't (ever) stop your fantastic work with your channel! 👍
Just send that stuff back to the Netherlands, I'll be happy to receive it, not only for storage...You just blow off Mega Cat studios :) I love the game reviews, one of my favorite videos
Jan Jacobs niet alles voor jezelf houden hè haha'
Ik sta ook open voor donaties :)
Some really great stuff there that I have never seen. I am looking forward to you diving into them. Thanks for sharing with us.
If Perifractic’s stuff wasn’t from PCB Waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy, I’m going to be disappointed
It was. I watched the video where he announced and showed off his prototype.
Confirmed!
But why not go with something extremely cheap like JLCPCB ;P
@@ForwardBias They are a bit cheaper for sure. Then again you get what you pay for. Better quality = less returns and problems for me to handle 😊👍
We went with JLC and our PCBs came all warped.... But I mean the traces were high quality
Great video, David! Looking forward to all the videos you bring in the future. Be Safe Out There, David!
I have that boombox on the wall...It only plays Run DMC
I enjoy your restoration videos a lot, and I look forward to see you restoring the Amigas as well 😀
David's astoundingly understanding wife finally finally puts her foot down about "no more broken computers around the house" ? I know I get that about once every 9 mo or so...
These old computers pay the bills, sweetheart! 😂
What can I say? I just love all the unboxing videos, and I'm gonna miss them! Anyway, I'm a big fan! Keep up the good work, yeah!
Wow, the front of that teletype terminal looks really old like 1960s but the rear looks a lot more modern like '90s, the fan looks like it could be from now. The acoustic coupler reminds me of War Games, and they used to sell them here in the UK in Tandy (aka Radio Shack)
Im sad to see the unboxing vids stop but I get it. Def excited for the rest of the commodore series!
"a great device for PET owners" Ahh the PET puns.
Love these videos. Must feel like christmas från the 8-bit guy :)
8:26 the barcode battler, I remember selling that one when I worked in a videogame story back in the days. It was a very short lived phenomenon in Sweden.
It sounds like a really strange concept
@@GarwoodNick Think pokemon only the monsters and such come out of the barcodes on everyday products. In essence the game use the barcode number as a seed value for producing in-game objects and beings, that were represented as numbers on the display.
@@digiowl9599 ok that's kind of interesting. I can see how that might be popular for a while.
::: never reviewed :::
id really like to see more restoration projects! i find them so satisfying and enjoy watching them all!
I do feel, like so many other items now, things here are changing - don't know if for the better or worse. Just more distant...
What a fitting last box that was though. As if the final piece of the puzzle was revealed.
Really looking forward to the videos.
I, for one, enjoy the game reviews.
Sadly, I did too. I am really surprised they get so few views, typically about 1/4 what a regular video gets.
Perhaps people prefer your hardware-related videos? I know I do
The second note from MegaCat would have been good to read out, considering that game was made in tribute of one of the developers who died.
@Itsacreeper The IT This guy has a million subs, and he's looking for advice from you?
No more unboxing videos.. :( Sad times, sad times
Luckily for us we can view all the older unboxing videos all over again!
Me: OK, it's really time to sleep now
The 8-bit guy: *I don't think so*
05 ItepK that is literally hat happened to me
it daytime here
It's 10:50 PM here
I was just going to sleep, 11:02 PM here (Czech Republic)
Almost 4:00 pm
Next Episode : How to Recycle Cardboard Boxes
A ham would LOVE that miniterm.
Why? Was the modem used for packet radio?
I've found the relationship between packet radio, telephone modems, and cassette interfaces fascinating. They each have different problems and have approached them different ways. One of these days, it would be fun to do a video on that... but only like 10 people would watch it, because it would be such an esoteric, technical topic.
@@tomwilson2112 RTTY.
www.electronics-notes.com/articles/ham_radio/digimodes/what-is-rtty-radio-teletype.php
I love me some restoration videos. Looking forward to all you have planned actually.
He's been keeping up with the Commodore.
Love watching the unboxing vids...Hate to see them end.
8:02 The way he pronounced Matti Reinikka's name made me laugh.
i think he pronounced it quite well. :)
That's cool that you have the community of collectors. It's kinda like a library. I imagine most doners are looking to make space and give their collectibles to someone who will care for them, so the goal is still accomplished!
Obligatory Banana Comment.
Can’t wait for all this virus stuff to pass and we can get back to normal society. I also want to get an SD2IEC, but getting one with the (basically) necessary fastload cartridge and shipping it to me would cost around $100.
That sounds about right. I have 3 now, and I've paid around that price for each of them (a bit more for the one in the larger case with the DIP switches and dual IEC ports.)
A Pi 1541 will cost around $80-$100, when fully set up, too.
A vintage 1541 is typically somewhere in the $80-$150 range.
I paid a bit under $200 for a 1541 Ultimate with shipping and around $250 for an Ultimate 64 and Turbo Chameleon.
My Tandy 102 and 200 both now have a Rex flash storage module, and that cost $80 or so, shipped.
So that's pretty typical for modern retro storage hardware.
OBLIGATORY MANGO COMMENT.
Sd2IEC also supports JiffyDOS, so if you have a JD Kernal, no need for the FastLoad cart.
bozimmerman :o
@@tomwilson2112 What? An actual (working, I assume) 1541 is now worth $80-$150? If that's true, I have a small fortune. In pretty much every variety. Holy cow, I'm gonna have to look into this. 10 years ago, I could barely give one away. I wonder why? They used to be everywhere, and everyone uses other solutions now.
My personal favorites are the Amiga SCSI card and peripheral, because being able to connect newer SCSI devices to old hardware is just great! I actually have an 18 GB SCSI HDD from 2002 connected to a 286 PC and it works perfectly (albeit only 8 GB are usable due to the limits of the SCSI controller). If you want to try this for yourself all you need is an ISA SCSI card, a 50-pin SCSI ribbon cable, an adapter from 50-pin to whatever your HDD has, and of course an SCSI HDD that supports SE (single-ended) connections (the disks usually say LVD/SE on the label). Make sure the cable is properly terminated, either in the adapter itself, in the HDD or with a separate terminator, and your are good to go! As mentioned, only part of the disk capacity will be usable - 1 up to 8 GB depending on the SCSI controller, but it's still so much easier to find those SCSI disks from the early 2000s than any old IDE drives.
Btw. for some old PCs you can also "oversize" IDE HDDs and use new drives, but this heavily depends on the BIOS and IDE controller and also the disk itself. In the best case the usable disk size will be reduced due to limitations in old BIOSes, but on some machines there will be strange errors e.g. when formatting partitions and on others it does not work at all.
Looks like you changed cameras, which one did you get?
First reply
@@MinecraftPlayer-tl5lx are you a 9 year old
@@alb9047 no but i am first reply
@@MinecraftPlayer-tl5lx the only thing I herd from 9 year olds is FIRST FIRST FIRST so that makes you a liar
@@alb9047 your spelling looks like you are a 9 year old 'herd'
Genuinely relieved to hear about the Timex 2068.
As a HUGE fan of The Sinclair ZX Spectrum, I remember you mentioning some time ago about looking to review its American counterpart.
Spain also had a company involved with Sinclair called Investronica.
They produced the ZX Spectrum 128 (with numerical keypad) - I wonder if there was a Timex with 128k?
I didn't realize you were missing some components - I thought you had just "forgotten" about it altogether!
Nice to see the ROM cartridges as well - a very welcome addition.
That type writter had full on twin exhaust pipes lol 😂
Stay safe buddy! Best wishes from Northern Italy ..
I had a watch from Radio Shack in the late 90's that from this distance looks exactly like what you are wearing! I trust this isn't one of those?
You are correct. I wear an Apple Watch.
@@The8BitGuy Just shows how ahead of their time Tandy products were!!!
That "unusual box" with a curve is a magazine holder. You put your magazines/comic books in it, and you put the holder on a shelf, and your magazines won't get bent out of shape.
Bro! You right down the street from me right now! Ya'll doing ok?
One of the two type of unboxing videos which will make me to watch them to the end.
If I were you, I'd ask for more and more donations to make unboxings and restorations
Looks like I’m a bit late to the party! Just found 8-Bit Guy today. Nice video and explanation as well, keep it up 👍
9:21 I woud ´´kill´´ for the stuff they send you there
I was afraid reading this video Name at first!. I thought you were stopping the channel Please don't ever stop doing what you do. your amazing! I've learned so much from all the videos you've posted.
"this is a great device for pet owners" I tried it on my dog buster and it didnt work! help!
FWIW I've really enjoyed your game review videos, they're always interesting picks that don't get too much coverage.
Me : "Cant wait for that LGR & David video :D "
... ( Remembers corona virus ) ...
Me : " Guess I CAN wait :( "
I love seeing so many Jacobs
Little did he know that the second he said corona he would be demonized
No they're not doing that anymore
I hope you don't completely give up on game reviews. I'm sure you're crazy busy, but even short basic ones would be much enjoyed by those of us who enjoy them. Big support to the retro game devs as well - of which you are one :)
Just a mere "thank you Michael" for a complete famicom disk system???
jeeeze put some love in it
I think it's just his personality, he seems like a pretty quiet person who rarely shows a big reaction to things. Doesn't mean he's not appreciative!
This is how he reacts to practically every donation.
He knew what most of them where I think he’s just showing what’s in the box. At least he’s giving things a good home. Instead of landfill.
@@danielsonhud48 Damn, I need to go to a landfill to see if I can find a Famicom Disk System.
You’d be surprised what people throw out though.
I absolutely watch your game reviews I love them :D I would love to see more.
Yeah, the card for the Amiga is a SCSI HardCard, just missing the drive.
Dear the 8 bit guy,
I like your videos, and keep up the good work!
Let’s be careful
You never know when he gets sponsored by Raid: Shadow Legends
Sponsoring RAID: Shadow Legends is the TH-cam equivalent of contacting COVID-19.
Love watching these videos. A little part of my day where the world is sane, reasonable, pleasant, predictable and .. well .. nice.