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Data General Dasher Terminal CRT Repair

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In this video I had a to take a detour from my planned projects to fix the Dasher. It had been acting squirrely for a while but I was kicking the can on a deeper restoration until som...

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TT-2: Data General Dasher and microNOVA Serial Adapter Cables

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This is another simple little second channel video on making some cables for the Data General computer and terminal to make it possible to interface it with other devices. They use a ...

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Data General microNOVA Almost Couldn't Be Fixed

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After the stream with Usagi and trying to fix the 6039 floppy drive I determined that there must be a problem with the microNOVA itself that was causing my inability to be able to wri...

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TT-2: Data General microNOVA Fan Meltdown

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This is a simple second channel video on a repair I had to do to the microNOVA after one of it's fans failed. I also wanted to take a moment to shout out bone conduction headphones as...

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Supporter Update: March 2025

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I've wanted to do this update video for a while but every time I did it something changed right after I filmed it! Right now it's all still accurate, though the stream subject I said ...

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Data General 6039 Floppy Drive Bring Up

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The work continues on the Data General microNOVA, in this video I decided to turn my attention to the 6039 dual floppy drive unit. The inability to change memory that we found at the ...

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Data General microNOVA Refurb and Powered Up!

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Sorry this one took longer to edit, it was of course filmed on the same day as the first part of this stream with Usagi Electric but the edit for it was absolutely brutal. I've also b...

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2nd Channel Vid: Variac Bring up of HP 5245L Electronic Counter (With Nixie Tubes!)

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A quick little second channel video here that some of you might find interesting. I finally had a chance to try out a Variac I was given when I got an HP 5245L Electronic Counter with...

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Data General Dasher Terminal Refurb With UsagiElectric!

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Alright, it finally happened. A Data General device has actually been brought back to life on my channel! And with the help of the incredible Usagi Electric!

Seriously though, ...

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The 8086's Last Gasp - Tandy 1000 RL Hard Drive

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This week's video is a simple one because I've been prepping for the upcoming stream. I figured I'd take a look at getting a Tandy 1000 RL Hard Drive working. I saved this machi...

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UPCOMING STREAM: Data General Dasher Terminal With Usagi Electric

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I've got a really special announcement, on February 18th (just under a week from now) Usagi Electric will be stopping by the office and we're going to tear into my Data General Dasher...

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February 2025 Supporter Update

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I needed to just sit and work today on some capacitor sorting while waiting for something and I figured it was a perfect opportunity to record an update video. Spoiler, I don't have a...

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GPIB On Linux

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First, this video is going to be re-rendered tomorrow, my server decided to add a line in the lower middle of this for no reason. The audio is also not great for a chunk of it because my ...

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MFM Hard Drive Archiving - MFM Emulator/Reader

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I'm barely getting this one in under the wire, but things haven't gone according to plan recently. This device has been on my radar for a while but I didn't have a great reason to ge...

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Every IBM PC Problem at Once - Nightmare 5160 Repair

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With the holidays messing with schedules I was hoping to do a make a simple video out of a stream. My subject was an IBM 5160 recently acquired by a family member that I offered to he...

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10G Fiber Home Network and Rebuilding my Sever Rack

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Depending on how you look at it, this video has been in the works for 3 months, 1 year, or 3 years because I've been planning this for at least that long. I just completed a total reb...

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Thermal Camera for Hardware Debugging

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This is a video concept I've been keeping in my back pocket in hopes of making it to cover a break at some point, but instead I'm using it to cover for a bigger project on redoing my ...

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Apple II HDMI Card - A2DVI

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This was an impromptu video after I ended up spending most of my recent time on testing new hardware for an eventual 10Gb fiber network project for my editing machines at home.
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Software on Paper - 1985 Cauzin Softstrip

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This is the video I've been working on for nearly a month. Almost entirely in research and testing, and also learning more about the Apple II plus I needed to use it with. This is abo...

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Apple II Learns to Print

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The project I've been working on had to take a detour to an Apple II and covered pretty much everything I wanted to in a followup video to my first time with an Apple II from last yea...

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CP/M On a TRS-80 Model 100 - REXCPM

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When I recapped my TRS-80 Model 100 I had installed a REXCPM with the intention of learning how to use it later. This is a really cool device that allows you to run CP/M on a Model 10...

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[Preview] EPYC Server Noctua Fan Conversion

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Yet again, this one took longer to get done than I expected. But I had another life thing happen in the background I had to scramble to attend to that took up more of my time. I think...

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Cataloging and Asset Tracking with a Wiki

Sorry this one took so long and I didn't have any preview time. I ended up changing directions on the next video and didn't have as much time as I thought to get this one done. But the next video i...

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Supporter Update: September 2024

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I finally had things be stable for long enough to make this video. So many paths have been gone down during the last month or so that I almost forgot to mention some pretty huge thing...

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Open Floppy Surgery - Warped Disk Fix


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A small one here but I needed to image a disk with a sticking jacket and knew transplanting the media itself would be the best option. I'd never done that myself or seen it done s...

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Video Preview: Mail (August 2024)

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This is the first video I'm doing the method I mentioned where this is not the final release version. This is missing the printout at the end and I still need to film that to add it (...

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TRS-80 Model 4 High Resolution Addon

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Sorry for posting this one late, a project I'm trying to get into a usable state has been a pain and this slipped my mind.

This video is one I've been wanting to make since I ...

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Keypad-Fix Review - Carbon Pad Keyboard Repair

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Sorry this one is going up a couple days later than I meant, I've been distracted by things right now.

This video was an attempt at a "better" stream edit, making the video was...

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IBM 5154 EGA Monitor Repair...Eventually

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I recently needed an EGA monitor for a project where I'm trying to get a PCB design package working on an 8088 system. This IBM 5154 was coincidentally just listed on ebay right as I ...

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Supporter Update - July 2024

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I need to do a quick supporter update here because there are some unexpected changes with the office that are going to impact whether or not I stay here and upcoming video production....

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