I'm glad there was a follow-up to the grotty Apple II you picked up. Very cool to see it working again! I also watch 8-bitguy and didn't expect him to show up but he was definitely the right choice.
This felt like getting an Apple 2 for Christmas in the form of a Game Chasers episode… also why didn’t you at least clean it first 😂 what’s wrong with these guys?? 😂😂😂
Nah, Im kind of glad they didn't cleaned it first, imagine what will they do to clean it up, they probably will just spraying it with powerwash to clean a car while it actually need just a bit of wipe...lol
That 'language card' you pulled out that said MICROSOFT on it, is actually a z80 softcard. It allows you to use CP/M and other z80 CPU based software. It's not a language card, but it does have some ram to interface with the z80 CPU on the expansion card.
Always nice to see a system saved from potential land fill. It cleaned up pretty good too the 8-bit Guy did a good job getting it all working. The Apple II is a very nostalgic system for me, played Castle Wolfenstein in the science labs at college and thought it was fantastic at the time. I am lucky to have a working system as well.
I have a full apple IIGS set that I restored, it was a fun and challenging process learning how to disassemble everything, how to handle a CRT, how to recap power supplies, and how to restore a floppy drive, and now it proudly sits on my desk
I remember an old guy at work (not so popular) was sharing his postcard collecting at a meeting and nothing was said but I'm pretty sure everyone thought he was just a crazy old man and I wonder if we are going to be the same with retro games.
Ya know, it's awesome coming home from work to a new game chasers episode. Even if it's not a traditional " Chasing" episode, I'm just glad to have content... so thank you I appreciate you guys. Merry Christmas.
This was such a cool episode. I love seeing these old computers and how they work. Now I need to go check out 8 bit guy he seems super knowledgeable about this stuff. Great episode man
I remember an oversized joystick called a bit stick that we used for doing graphic work on an apple2. You could turn the stick when in its central position clockwise or anti-clockwise to zoom in or out on your work. That was around 1985.
Im a sucker for building computers and troubleshooting, and have watched 8-bit Guy's videos so this was a treat. Would love more of these troubleshooting/restoring videos on future finds.
What a magical crossover for people who watch TH-cam like tv. So strange but very cool just like when magnum Pi and murder she wrote crossed over back in the 80’s or so.
The 8bit guy is a legend and i so much enjoyed this ep….the oldest computer gaming i have is the Nintendo game and watch donkey Kong 2 and oil panic 🤘🏾and i used to love my Commodore 64 with my Atari along with the nes back in the day
Billy really does have a genius for storytelling in this format - besides a great video and crossover, that was the best profile of David (The 8-Bit Guy) you could get. Shows his talent, love, and dedication to preserving this part of computing and gaming history. Gotta hand it to these chodes... even chose to not fart in his presence. Keep up the great work!
Ah loved this. We had an apple llGS growing up and seeing the print shop logo reminded me of all the birthday invitations I made on that loud ass dot matrix printer. ❤
i just googled that Microsoft card, and it seems it's a processor card, which was supposed to allow the Apple II to run as a CP/M system, whatever that is
Loved the video! Brings me back to my days in elementary school where I used the Apple II E computers. Happy that your computer is working. Hope you get additional memory so it’s fully functional.
I'm to lazy to read down. So the 64k issue with the apple II+ could be a few things. Could be the card, the chips on the card or connections. One of the more common issues that even though the game requires 64k ram it also requires a IIe, IIc, etc. (Newer apple II computer). Not going into details on that. Most programs will tell you it requires a Newer apple II but some will not. The nec monitor is a great monitor to have for an apple II. I had one with my first Apple II plus and it was crystal clear. The other Microsoft card probably is a Z80 card used to run cpm. Then you have the 80 column card as pointed out. I think you also have a printer card. Educated guess on the third card over with broken cable might be a serial card. I hope this helps. Oh and for the rifa cap. That is a easy fix if you know how to solder stuff. If it does go off though. Enjoy the fart smell. :)
Really enjoyed this. So cool to see it working. Would love another update if you get the memory expansion working! I love tinkering with electronics when I get the time, this has inspired me to keep my eye out for an old retro computer. We had an Apple of some kind growing up, might have been a 2. Would be cool to tinker with one again.
^^; had to watch this twice because half way threw we lost power were I live from a storm, so I finally got to watch entire video now and its great, working on old electronics, computers, game consoles is such a good time ^^ glad to see you got it working as well, great video.
Man what an awesome and wholesome video. Cant believe you guys got to meet 8bitGuy and how he was willing to do his best to help you get the Apple II Plus working.
Man I've followed you guys for years and years, and I've followed 8bit guy for years and years. Seeing the thumbnail for this video almost gave me a stroke. I've never thought about your channels colliding like this. It has never even crossed my mind that the both of you are Texas bound. 10/10 episode as always, I'm just perplexed that you guys somehow crossed channels.
The Apple II is relatively easy to work on, and parts are readily available. Shouldn't have any problem finding a replacement memory expansion card. If it were me, I'd replace all the capacitors in the power supply, especially the RIFA's. 12:20 The mystery card here is a Z80 co-processor card.
Wow this is amazing that it works . Im just seeing this video now because youtube never recommended it or never notified me even though i have notifications for game chasers on .
i remember as a 13-year-old back in 1986 my school had an apple ii & a apple iic. it wasn't until year's later in the 90's i went to goodwill & i picked one up for $15 & i still got it today.
The main reason most drives would not read is the RPM of the drive gets out of wack, we used to have to adjust at least one of the ones in lab on a weekly basis back when..... there is a "speed" test disk/software for the disk drives you could run then adjust the speed on the drive to be within specs is you can find a copy still ... if i recall the speed adjust is on the back right side - small flat head
After coming home from a super busy day at work and seeing a new episode out, you guys helped bring joy back to my day. Thank you. Every episode is a great one. Keep it up gents!
This is just as awesome as it get, I remember in latest 8-bit guy retrospective about Apple ][ he have some trouble finding the early model of it and some days later Billy found one...
I used to have an Apple ][+ computer and lots of software but I let it all go quite a few years back. The noises from the drive take me back. There are times I miss not having the computer. I did keep all the documentation I had accumulated. I could help identify some of the other boards if I had some close up pictures of them. The board in slot 1 might be a rea-time clock board but that is just a guess based on some common uses for that slot. The video card at 5:14 is most likely a clone of a Videx 80-column card. Videx was a popular 80-column card back in the day. The card at 6:33 is a Z-80 CPU card. It was used to run the CP/M operating system.
New Chasers episode! SWEEET! I just got the CRT setup in the game room. Street Fighter 2 on the multicade. Cat in the Hat on the V-Pin, it's freakin Christmas morning up in here let's go!
Dang, Billy. You didn't even attempt to wipe the dookie off the Apple II before bringing it to The 8-Bit Guy? That might as well be a fart dumped on the computer he had to wipe off for you. I'm glad it worked out for you in the end. I hope you get the 64K ram to function.
My first experience with a Tesla... driver side door handle was malfunctioning (unbeknownst to me), spent 10 minutes thinking I was doing something wrong. I go over to the passenger side and got in, easy peezy.
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Possibly my favorite episode here.
Is it because there is less us?
I really enjoyed this followup bonus video! I love me some old computers. 👍
What's up MJR ?
Love David Murray!! Congrats to the guy who got to go on that date with Norm!
I love these “side episodes.” Very cool that he was able to get a grimey old Apple 2 in working condition.
Spoiler
oh man, and you even got a copy of one of his games out of it, that's freaking awesome! he always struck me in his videos as a genuine dude
I know!
Yup. It's not a GC episode without something like "not being able to open a door" being checked off on the Bingo card...
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The crossover I never expected, so excited for this!!
I literally can’t believe it! It’s my ultimate TH-cam dream come true! The Game Chasers + The 8-Bit Guy = ❤❤
It was great going to his place
yeah he seems like a realy nice guy, id love to meet him one day. ive met all you guys and youre a bunch of fart smellers. jk love you guys@@TheMelvor
@@TheMelvorI bet it was! Man, I wish I could go there myself! 😄
Dope crossover. I've learned a lot from 8-Bit Guy over the years.
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I knew 8-Bit Guy would clean this computer. He's like Sheldon and his obsession with cleaning 😊
To be fair, "Melvor the Great" is a pretty badass title. Also, 8-bit guy was such a champ to get this running for you.
Not only did he make his own game, he made his own PC and made a new game for that.
Several other people made that computer.
@@Okurka. He was the head guy behind it though.
Great seeing a few guys getting together and working on a common interest. Great video, and very inspirational.
Glad you enjoyed it!
My two favorite geek shows finally meeting! A killer crossover, indeed.
Hey, you can't use that word! That's our word...
@scorpinok3006 hahah trust me; it's very much my word too. 😅
@@superstarichiban 😉😂
Lol
Melvor coughing right when he was speaking 😅
That Apple II computer booting up gives me some mega Alien movie vibes with the green text and the sound.
Yup
Melvor hacking his lungs out mid interview had me losing it😂😂😂
I'm glad there was a follow-up to the grotty Apple II you picked up. Very cool to see it working again! I also watch 8-bitguy and didn't expect him to show up but he was definitely the right choice.
This felt like getting an Apple 2 for Christmas in the form of a Game Chasers episode… also why didn’t you at least clean it first 😂 what’s wrong with these guys?? 😂😂😂
Nah, Im kind of glad they didn't cleaned it first, imagine what will they do to clean it up, they probably will just spraying it with powerwash to clean a car while it actually need just a bit of wipe...lol
Melvor coughing during that interview lol
Don’t let this awesome video distract y’all from the fact that CHRISTMAS ROBOTICA is a musical masterpiece.
That 'language card' you pulled out that said MICROSOFT on it, is actually a z80 softcard. It allows you to use CP/M and other z80 CPU based software. It's not a language card, but it does have some ram to interface with the z80 CPU on the expansion card.
So satisfying when the 8-bit guy was cleaning the apple 2
I'm a huge fan of 8bitguy, and it's awesome that you two were able to meet up.
Always nice to see a system saved from potential land fill. It cleaned up pretty good too the 8-bit Guy did a good job getting it all working.
The Apple II is a very nostalgic system for me, played Castle Wolfenstein in the science labs at college and thought it was fantastic at the time.
I am lucky to have a working system as well.
This video reminded me of getting together with my friends in the 80s working on our Amiga. Good times and great video. Thanks for the follow up
Glad you enjoyed it
It was so amazing to see two of my favourite channels collaborate. 8-Bit Guy is such a treasure to computing, electronics and TH-cam.
I have a full apple IIGS set that I restored, it was a fun and challenging process learning how to disassemble everything, how to handle a CRT, how to recap power supplies, and how to restore a floppy drive, and now it proudly sits on my desk
This video was good on its own with 8 bit guy and Billy, but Melvor’s inclusion took it up another level and made it fantastic.
I remember an old guy at work (not so popular) was sharing his postcard collecting at a meeting and nothing was said but I'm pretty sure everyone thought he was just a crazy old man and I wonder if we are going to be the same with retro games.
Things I never thought I'd see in my lifetime, 8bit guy with the game chaser's 😅
The crossover I've been waiting for.
The crossover I never expected. Nice work to all!
Watching this video gave me so much joy. I grew up using Apple II's in school, and even learned BASIC on one of these. Great stuff!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Ya know, it's awesome coming home from work to a new game chasers episode. Even if it's not a traditional " Chasing" episode, I'm just glad to have content... so thank you I appreciate you guys. Merry Christmas.
Not knowing there's is a new episode of Game Chasers and it pops up on your feed is one of the best feelings ever!! Good shit!!
This was such a cool episode. I love seeing these old computers and how they work. Now I need to go check out 8 bit guy he seems super knowledgeable about this stuff. Great episode man
The Microsoft card is an add on, Its purpose was to simplify porting Microsoft's computer-language products to the Apple II.
I really enjoy people helping each other especially gamers and computer, saving retro computer and games, thanks!
I remember an oversized joystick called a bit stick that we used for doing graphic work on an apple2. You could turn the stick when in its central position clockwise or anti-clockwise to zoom in or out on your work. That was around 1985.
That was so entertaining and educational. Thank you for doing this.
Our pleasure!
Everything that Dodongo comes out of his mouth is gold 😂
Dodongo at the end there I died 😂😂😂
Great video tho. More collabs plz!
Im a sucker for building computers and troubleshooting, and have watched 8-bit Guy's videos so this was a treat. Would love more of these troubleshooting/restoring videos on future finds.
6:02 "I'm a Commodore expert." 🤣🤣🤣
what a great idea for an episode. loved it!!!
What a magical crossover for people who watch TH-cam like tv. So strange but very cool just like when magnum Pi and murder she wrote crossed over back in the 80’s or so.
Make sure to keep that other disk drive. Chances are it just needs to be realigned.
Awesome colab of two of my favourite TH-cam channels 🎉❤
Wow, thank you!
Been having a really crappy day until now. Thanks for raising my spirits Mr. Hudson!
The 8bit guy is a legend and i so much enjoyed this ep….the oldest computer gaming i have is the Nintendo game and watch donkey Kong 2 and oil panic 🤘🏾and i used to love my Commodore 64 with my Atari along with the nes back in the day
New episode!? With the 8-bit guy?! Awww yeeeeeeeeeeah
I would like to pre-order Melvor the Great for PS5, please.
Who am I kidding... It'd end up a text-based game. Like one of the really old ones, with just...text
I loved and miss his 8bit keys channel!
Billy really does have a genius for storytelling in this format - besides a great video and crossover, that was the best profile of David (The 8-Bit Guy) you could get. Shows his talent, love, and dedication to preserving this part of computing and gaming history. Gotta hand it to these chodes... even chose to not fart in his presence. Keep up the great work!
Amazing! Have a great Christmas and New Years Chasers & family! 🎉
The collab, I didn't know I wanted, but actually got and enjoyed!
Now to fix the memory and figure out what the extra parts do, head up to the PNW and crossover with Adrian's Digital Basement!
Ah loved this. We had an apple llGS growing up and seeing the print shop logo reminded me of all the birthday invitations I made on that loud ass dot matrix printer. ❤
Every time they say "This Thing" take a shot, in no time you would be blackout drunk. BTW loved the video!
I believe that Microsoft Card was their Z80 CP/M card for running Wordstar and other CP/M programs
Getting an alert of a New episode made my Freakin Day!!! Merry Christmas fellas 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
i just googled that Microsoft card, and it seems it's a processor card, which was supposed to allow the Apple II to run as a CP/M system, whatever that is
Love it when 8 Bit Guy doesn't blow up a computer
Nice to see you replaced 8-Bit Eric with The 8-Bit Guy.
8-bit upgrade
David is one of the best TH-camrs out there. Very smart, informative and very humble.
Humble? He calls himself a Commodore expert in this video.
This was awesome! So cool to see you guys getting that old PC up and running
Loved the video! Brings me back to my days in elementary school where I used the Apple II E computers. Happy that your computer is working. Hope you get additional memory so it’s fully functional.
Thanks for sharing!!
This was a awesome show I love seeing old video games being restored and not ignored it's a beautiful thing
Thanks!
I'm to lazy to read down. So the 64k issue with the apple II+ could be a few things. Could be the card, the chips on the card or connections. One of the more common issues that even though the game requires 64k ram it also requires a IIe, IIc, etc. (Newer apple II computer). Not going into details on that. Most programs will tell you it requires a Newer apple II but some will not. The nec monitor is a great monitor to have for an apple II. I had one with my first Apple II plus and it was crystal clear. The other Microsoft card probably is a Z80 card used to run cpm. Then you have the 80 column card as pointed out. I think you also have a printer card. Educated guess on the third card over with broken cable might be a serial card. I hope this helps. Oh and for the rifa cap. That is a easy fix if you know how to solder stuff. If it does go off though. Enjoy the fart smell. :)
New episode. Its a christmas miracle.
Really enjoyed this. So cool to see it working. Would love another update if you get the memory expansion working! I love tinkering with electronics when I get the time, this has inspired me to keep my eye out for an old retro computer. We had an Apple of some kind growing up, might have been a 2. Would be cool to tinker with one again.
I've seen the Apple II Plus going from $200 to $2,000 on E-bay....
^^; had to watch this twice because half way threw we lost power were I live from a storm, so I finally got to watch entire video now and its great, working on old electronics, computers, game consoles is such a good time ^^ glad to see you got it working as well, great video.
Hope you enjoyed it!
The Aliens vibes I got from it turning on....this is pretty cool.
Epic find. Merry Christmas boys thanks for a rad year of game chasing. Still can't believe Chasing the Unknown came back! 🔥🔥🔥💀🤟
Man what an awesome and wholesome video. Cant believe you guys got to meet 8bitGuy and how he was willing to do his best to help you get the Apple II Plus working.
😎 The hole time I was waiting for one of you guys to FART in that tiny room... lol 😅
Man I've followed you guys for years and years, and I've followed 8bit guy for years and years. Seeing the thumbnail for this video almost gave me a stroke.
I've never thought about your channels colliding like this.
It has never even crossed my mind that the both of you are Texas bound.
10/10 episode as always, I'm just perplexed that you guys somehow crossed channels.
fantastic episode. i love tinkering with old consoles, handhelds, and tech in general! loved every minute of this!
Glad you enjoyed it!
The Apple II is relatively easy to work on, and parts are readily available. Shouldn't have any problem finding a replacement memory expansion card. If it were me, I'd replace all the capacitors in the power supply, especially the RIFA's.
12:20 The mystery card here is a Z80 co-processor card.
Never thought i would enjoy a video on an apple 2. Kudos. Great episode.
Thanks! 😃
Wow this is amazing that it works . Im just seeing this video now because youtube never recommended it or never notified me even though i have notifications for game chasers on .
i remember as a 13-year-old back in 1986 my school had an apple ii & a apple iic. it wasn't until year's later in the 90's i went to goodwill & i picked one up for $15 & i still got it today.
The main reason most drives would not read is the RPM of the drive gets out of wack, we used to have to adjust at least one of the ones in lab on a weekly basis back when..... there is a "speed" test disk/software for the disk drives you could run then adjust the speed on the drive to be within specs is you can find a copy still ... if i recall the speed adjust is on the back right side - small flat head
After coming home from a super busy day at work and seeing a new episode out, you guys helped bring joy back to my day. Thank you. Every episode is a great one. Keep it up gents!
Our pleasure!
This is just as awesome as it get, I remember in latest 8-bit guy retrospective about Apple ][ he have some trouble finding the early model of it and some days later Billy found one...
So awesome! Love seeing these youtuber crossovers. So great! 👍
I used to have an Apple ][+ computer and lots of software but I let it all go quite a few years back. The noises from the drive take me back. There are times I miss not having the computer. I did keep all the documentation I had accumulated. I could help identify some of the other boards if I had some close up pictures of them. The board in slot 1 might be a rea-time clock board but that is just a guess based on some common uses for that slot. The video card at 5:14 is most likely a clone of a Videx 80-column card. Videx was a popular 80-column card back in the day. The card at 6:33 is a Z-80 CPU card. It was used to run the CP/M operating system.
Two of my favorite youtubers on the same video, what a time to be alive.
The language card might be fixable. Parts for old electronics are surprisingly still available. You may just need to find a specialist in that field.
omg what a crossover! 2 of my fave channels!!
The thought had not appeared in Billy's head to have 8-bit guy to sign his snes game lol
8 Bit guy crossover! Love it!
I never heard of 8bit guy but he seems to be a real one!
New Chasers episode! SWEEET! I just got the CRT setup in the game room. Street Fighter 2 on the multicade. Cat in the Hat on the V-Pin, it's freakin Christmas morning up in here let's go!
The first computer I had that had a floppy drive was an Apple ][+. Just hearing that boot sound is very nostalgic.
Dang, Billy. You didn't even attempt to wipe the dookie off the Apple II before bringing it to The 8-Bit Guy? That might as well be a fart dumped on the computer he had to wipe off for you. I'm glad it worked out for you in the end. I hope you get the 64K ram to function.
My first experience with a Tesla... driver side door handle was malfunctioning (unbeknownst to me), spent 10 minutes thinking I was doing something wrong. I go over to the passenger side and got in, easy peezy.
David Murray is a national treasure