Open Floppy Surgery - Warped Disk Fix Tech Tangents II 2024-08-30 | This disk has a sticking jacket and needed to have the media put into a different one in order to get a good read of it. I hadn't tried this before and figured it was worth a shot.
I was Wrong - Xerox Memorywriter 645S Works! Tech Tangents II 2024-01-29 | This is a followup to this video: youtube.com/watch?v=hudO51kU15w&pp=ygUNdGVjaCB0YW5nZW50cw%3D%3DHere is the imaged disk: archive.org/details/xerox-prepared-raw3
Dot Matrix Ribbon Quick Refurb Hack Tech Tangents II 2023-09-26 | I went to record this months printout only to find the ribbon in the printer I was going to use was completely dry and I didn't have a replacement.So for giggles, I tried dabbing a little isopropanol on the ribbon as it was printing and was able to tease some life out of it. So, I figured if a little is good, a lot must be better! This was a more successful than expected attempt at quickly breathing some life into a dead ribbon again. I'm not sure if it will last or could be optimized, but it at least worked for me for what I wanted it for.
How I Create my Hardcopy Supporter Printout Tech Tangents II 2021-10-14 | This is a code tour of the python script I wrote for formatting and printing the names of my hardcopy supporters on patreon and youtube.I decided I would open source the code as I was making this video so you can find it here: github.com/AkBKukU/hardcopy
1980s Printer Speed Comparisons Tech Tangents II 2021-08-07 | I recently did a video on an IBM Personal Wheelwriter and mentioned how slow it is. I'm starting to get the idea that it's mostly down to it being a daisy wheel. I don't have any other daisy wheel printers I can compare it to (but will be looking for one now), but I thought it might be worth comparing it to the other printers I've used to print out my supporter page at the end of my videos.This is a comparison of 4 different printers, representing three different print methods, all from the 1980's. Each printer was printing a different but similar sheet and I timed out the print to the point where it had finished the 5th line and moved the carriage back to the 6th line.
Tiny Pentiums New Mechanical Keyboard and Mouse Tech Tangents II 2021-04-09 | I picked up a set of Cherry peripherals for my Tiny Pentium and they are fantastic. I don't think I can do better than these given their size.If you also want to grab either of these here are some links to them on ebay that will help me out if you get one:Mouse: ebay.us/YcAMTVKeyboard: ebay.us/coaQyc
Why CRTs Make My Hands Glow on Video Tech Tangents II 2021-03-22 | I get this question a lot so I figured I would address it once here.It's all down to my filming lights, and my editing. The filming lights are unreasonably bright for a CRT. They blow it out completely. But I need them for the camera to pick up everything in the scene well. So I edit the video to make the CRT appear more like it should if I wasn't using extremely bright lights. It's purely to balance out issues caused by the process of filming them.
A New AT PSU Disassembly and Review Tech Tangents II 2021-03-19 | If you want to get one of these, here is where I got mine: ebay.us/YBAwj9I can't say how long it will last or what the noise output might be, but for what I've used it for, it's been pretty good. I would definitely buy another one if I needed an AT PSU.
Virtual SCSI Drive Experiments and Testing - SCSI2SD Part 1.5 Tech Tangents II 2021-02-26 | This is an offshoot video that was originally a continuation of part 1 here: youtu.be/ptB8MgjmADkBut I was so impressed by the SCSI2SD that I decided it warranted a better look than me rambling for an hour so I will be doing another video on it's features and using it soon. But this shows some of my initial testing and multiple different uses and tests as I was trying it.
IBM Monochrome CRT P7 Phosphor Persistance Tech Tangents II 2020-09-04 | This tube uses a P7 phosphor coating that emits an initial bright blue light followed by a long yellow decay. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphor#Standard_phosphor_typesThe two light colors mix temporally in your vision to produce a white image.I filmed the effect by reducing the shutter speed of the camera while filming to shorten the window of the visibility of the fluorescence decay.
Addiator Division (9s Compliment) Tech Tangents II 2020-08-10 | This is 365 ÷ 7The nines compliment is 2, but we add one to that to correct the "underloading" that happens by dropping carried 1's.
Camera Mounting Shenanigans Tech Tangents II 2020-07-28 | I have been going a little bit crazy with camera upgrades recently and needed a way to change out parts. So this is what I came up with for that.
Stream VoD: Finally Playing Deus Ex Tech Tangents II 2020-07-21 | Streamed live at: twitch.tv/techtangents
First Twitch Stream in 9 Years: Playing some SW Ep1 Racer! Tech Tangents II 2020-07-18 | Streamed live at: twitch.tv/techtangents
LS-120 Seeking Tech Tangents II 2020-07-07 | I have no idea if this is how the drive normally initializes or not.Here I do the following: 1. Run a "DIR" on the disk2. Eject it and put it back3. Run a "DIR" on the disk again
Running the Killer Poke on a PET 4032 Tech Tangents II 2020-04-13 | I'm working on a video going into more detail on the Killer Poke and after getting in touch with André Fachat who wrote this great write up ( http://www.6502.org/users/andre/petindex/poke/index.html ) I was asked to take some measurements with it running.Thinking about the screen shrinking more, I suspect it isn't just in the bottom half, I bet it is centered but the linearity is changed and it is compressed significantly at the bottom.
Floppy Drive Refurbing: 1 Year Later Tech Tangents II 2019-10-04 | I went to use my 5160 and it's floppy drive was giving me trouble. So I rewatched my "Floppy Drive Refurbing" video to see if it had similar symptoms. After that I thought it might be interesting to make a short follow up a year later.Original video: youtube.com/watch?v=q6uTAWpqaEYI haven't really used this system all that much outside of what has been on camera since then so you could really consider this a worst case. And it definitely held up fine.
Kings Quest 2 Intro on a PCjr - New Lighting Test Tech Tangents II 2019-10-02 | This was a test of my lighting after adding some of these: amzn.to/2nXfeM7
Roland SC-55 + TD-7: Descent Title Music Tech Tangents II 2019-07-02 | Here are all the recordings from this session:youtube.com/watch?v=t29Xeb4KsOs&feature=youtu.beyoutube.com/watch?v=NfQDLBT2YlI&feature=youtu.beyoutube.com/watch?v=6jRKnP4V5-Y&feature=youtu.beyoutube.com/watch?v=hOnmwXmZP_k&feature=youtu.beThese weren't meant to be high end recordings of the music, it's just a mic up to the speaker. I was able to make them though with almost no additional effort while making a video on the TD-7( youtube.com/watch?v=2SRfspq5j2s ) so I thought I would.
Roland TD-7: Freestyle Tech Tangents II 2019-07-02 | Here are all the recordings from this session:youtube.com/watch?v=t29Xeb4KsOs&feature=youtu.beyoutube.com/watch?v=NfQDLBT2YlI&feature=youtu.beyoutube.com/watch?v=6jRKnP4V5-Y&feature=youtu.beyoutube.com/watch?v=hOnmwXmZP_k&feature=youtu.beThese weren't meant to be high end recordings of the music, it's just a mic up to the speaker. I was able to make them though with almost no additional effort while making a video on the TD-7( youtube.com/watch?v=2SRfspq5j2s ) so I thought I would.
Roland TD-7: MultiFiesta Tech Tangents II 2019-07-02 | Here are all the recordings from this session:youtube.com/watch?v=t29Xeb4KsOs&feature=youtu.beyoutube.com/watch?v=NfQDLBT2YlI&feature=youtu.beyoutube.com/watch?v=6jRKnP4V5-Y&feature=youtu.beyoutube.com/watch?v=hOnmwXmZP_k&feature=youtu.beThese weren't meant to be high end recordings of the music, it's just a mic up to the speaker. I was able to make them though with almost no additional effort while making a video on the TD-7( youtube.com/watch?v=2SRfspq5j2s ) so I thought I would.
Roland TD-7: Pages Tech Tangents II 2019-07-02 | Here are all the recordings from this session:youtube.com/watch?v=t29Xeb4KsOs&feature=youtu.beyoutube.com/watch?v=NfQDLBT2YlI&feature=youtu.beyoutube.com/watch?v=6jRKnP4V5-Y&feature=youtu.beyoutube.com/watch?v=hOnmwXmZP_k&feature=youtu.beThese weren't meant to be high end recordings of the music, it's just a mic up to the speaker. I was able to make them though with almost no additional effort while making a video on the TD-7( youtube.com/watch?v=2SRfspq5j2s ) so I thought I would.
