As an owner of a ti-83, thanks, i didn't know i could make my own graphlink cable.

I really should have been ready for James to say "I don't wanna pay $60 AUS for cables so let's make our own."

My first foray into programming was writing BASIC programs for my calculator. I whipped up a simple number guessing game and was the coolest guy in the class for about a week.

Still can't believe this channel exists. It's like a damn fever dream

Building your own cable is such a James thing to do, I love it

Thats a dank beat behind the tinkering. I love how it builds with your tooling around too. Perfect

You can tell Wade made the music for this and I absolutely love it.

James just making his own cable is so awesome. I like how he goes over how he did it instead of just glossing over it. Not a tutorial obviously but I appreciate how much work he puts into something as simple as a cable

I would have never guessed how tech savvy you were from Garbage Time. Keep it up man, these videos are both fascinating and hilarious.

If we don’t get a smart fridge gaming video Imma be upset mate.

Watching a guy build a cable to avoid buying something and then have it work feels like a miracle, good job mate!

As someone who used to code apps and games on TI-83 Plus in my high school days, glad to see someone raising awareness about graphic calculator gaming. :) Just so you know, there are many far better games available, many of which actually decent ports/clones of famous games, as well as some great games specifically made for this platform. Some were coded in TI-BASIC, but most were programmed in Z80 assembly.

0:30 “I don’t wanna pay that” literally explained my personality 💀

So glad to see you're making videos, always a must watch whenever a new video drops!

0:34 I can’t explain it, but as someone who enjoys making cosplays and DIY fashion, I relate to the way James looked at the schematic and thought “This is expensive, but I have all those parts, so I can make that myself.” It’s so cool to see the same thought processes happen with completely different materials!

Much better with the quiet background music! Looking forward to more uploads

I installed flappy bird on people's calculators for $10 a pop when in high school😂 so this video was a blast from the past. Thanks for the memories lol I also had a janky homemade cable like yours lol

Whenever you upload, I can hear Wade chanting "JAMES. JAMES. JAMES. JAMES. JAMES." in my head 😅

Oh, and in case anyone is curious, in Ireland we don't use these. We use €2 Classwiz Casio calculators, unfortunately we miss out on all this mischief.

Hold on, is the drum loop in the background recorded by Wade/Dank? It sure sounds like it!

Dude, that's awesome! I remember my brother putting Pokemon yellow on a graphing calculator like 12 or so years ago. It still blows me away! Looking forward to seeing your next projects! Btw, did Wade make that background music for you? If those, twas awfully Dank of him!

I'm digging the background music! So cool that James has a channel! It's really cool to see him work his magic. Keep up the good work, man!

The homebrew scene for the TI-84 is way bigger. I remember back in highschool i was playing portal and mega man during math class

I had a TI-84 in high school that I still use to this day , and it still has all the games I loaded onto it back then.

The backing music does _so much_ to help fill space. Thank you for putting some in!

I live for this stuff man. Got a TI-83 Plus myself. I had a Link cable but I’m not sure what happened to it. May have to try this one out myself.

Thoroughly enjoyed this, and the cat at the end *chefs kiss*

God this is amazing! I wish this was a channel when I was in highschool! I would have loved this

I love how James can mod basically anything

I'm glad I found this channel. As a Russian engineer, I relate to your type of engineering

I literally just sat down to have lunch and was actively looking for something to watch when this upload popped up. Ol' mate James coming in clutch.

I don't know what's better, the concept of the video, the fact he's making his own data cable or the fact the highest resolution of the video currently is 360p

Love the cat cameo at the end of every vid

The Z80 microprocessors in those calculators is the same as the gameboy. In fact you can emulate gameboy games on it. It is more tricky, but totally doable. You can also hook up headphones or a speaker to the jack at the bottom. You can even play piano, music, and grayscale movies on them. No much of a movie given the limitations, but still. There may be a way around the storage limit with a library called USB8x, but I never actually did that. I started programming on these calculators. That's where I get my username.

James is like the old man with all the knowledge

Hey love this. I taught myself ti-basic so I could make simple games on my ti-83 instead of paying attention in math class. If you had a computer and the link cable you could make games in z80 assembly, but as I did not I made all my games in ti-basic using the keyboard on the ti-83. Took forever to type anything.

thank you for the cat at the end

I'm impressed by his skill at cutting, splicing and soldering wires. (Did not expect the cat at the end)

3:32 same mate.. same 😢 😂😂

i can see the differences between dank and jame's channels become more apparent. jame is developing into a unique youtuber in his own right. love you jame!

I absolutely love your channel James! Much love!

0:07 They still make brand new TI-83 plus models to this day as a budget option

2:04 I'm not even kidding, I just looked at my watch and it's actually 5:26 AM. What are the odds of that?

Frank looks kinda different or is it just me?

the dank expanded universe

1:57 that boot up sound bring back SO MUCH NOSTALGIA

The Wolfenstein 3D "port" is the best game for the Ti-83+ in my opinion. Plays very similarly to the original game. There's also a version of Doom that isn't as good, but still impressive.

I realized today growing up this was who I wanted to be.

Honestly would love a TI calculator but nobody seems to have one over here

Back in the 80's and 90's the teachers guarded those Texas instruments calculators with their lives.

i'm very fascinated by the engineering of the cable to do the transfers. love the videos already james :D

I know James is a pro and knows what he's doing, but watching him solder with his fingers so close was a bit of a "pucker moment" 😅

It's dank pods but in red

I couldn't help but hear Wade going "no, James, it's broken, stop, it's over" just like with the broken voltage tester.

This is a really good channel for a beginner electrician like me who is still learning things thanks a lot for the tricks you showed

More like this please, I just love the random chaos when you're building stuff.

Ah this brings back so many good memories! I had a TI-86 which even had the option of loading external programs in assembly, i had full fledged port of Super Mario for Gameboy and Sega Columns on it, mindblowing

Man this takes me back to middle school when they had a massive surplus of these things collecting dust in boxes and they all came in that clear blue color that for some reason i really liked as a kid. Looking back I'm mad I didn't grab one to keep. While it is handy that most phones today have calculators preinstalled a weird part of me misses handling one of these.

I think I still have my TI-84ce but instead of GTA I believe I put Super Mario but my teachers didn't like I was playing with it because it was super obvious; mainly that I was in social studies playing with my calculator.

This channel is the panicle of human engineering.

I appreciate that you now have music in the background - Especially as you got Wade to make it.

I love how the text based GTA programmer loved GTA so much he didn't feel the need to spell gangsta right. Because it says "gansta" Maybe a typo, maybe he had only heard the word and didn't realize it should have the word "gang" in it, because he lives in a utopian \ gated community that has no OG's and everyone picks up their dog's poop and there are cherubs flying around shooting people with dopamine arrows, and poor people are pixelated, so as to not disturb the caviar.

Lmao bro I can't believe I watched the whole vid and kept laughing at you playing those silly games 😂

This is the most cyberpunk DIY I’ve ever seen. Just absolute electronic anarchy goin’ on.

my school had cables so of course we all had games on our calculators, loved playing bomberman

Dude your videos are great! You and Wade are going to build a KZfaq empire!

What an amazing channel I stumbled upon. That level of tinkering is something I dream about being able to do.

As an owner of ever ti version ever, thanks for your video. It was funny and very nostalgic for me.

0:35 "NO JAMES, this way too much engineering! You're really running with this?"

I had this in middle school in the 90s this took me back these were our smartphones

I used to make games and sell them with a friend. Having the link cable in school made you a legend. Lol.

YES, I LOVE YOU ALREADY GOD DAMNIT In Romanian, my language, a PC is called a Calculator, so it's funny. Laugh.

Here before it blows up. The KZfaq algorithm and I wish you luck!

"In Touch with Tomorrow" to the Win98 loading screen killed me.

Finally, I have been waiting for a new upload. Glad to see you back Mr. James.

god I love this channel so much, its like watching real life Macgyver

Back in high school our calculators couldnt play games, but we could type out words. I'd type out the lyrics to the Perfect Strangers theme song and leave it for the next person to be really confused.

I used to love those calculators in school. A friend at the time learned how, and taught me how, to code games into the calculator and play them. So this brings back memories, though we never played GTA LOL and I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t remember how to do it anymore. 😅

I do enjoy that Wade is playing the drums as background music.

I love the "fuck it ill do it myself" mentality

I absolutely love how simple his channel name is, it's just James Channel I can't help but just say it in a very simple emotionless robotic voice.

Commenting to help boost this in the algorithm, keep up the good work!

The background music definitely adds to the video. Great addition!

You scare me with your know-how and methods. But, im here for it!!

Today I learned my vice has multiple functions, one being desk weight

"This was not supposed to be the hard part"... I cannot relate more

YEAHHHH calculator gaming with Jimmy!

"In touch with tomorrow?" *Windows 98 boots up* Got me rolling on the floor

I watched almost this entire thing without realizing this was DankJames

So happy James got a channel, don't pressure yourself!

“I don't want to pay $60 by the time it gets here so I'll just make one” turns out I was James all along.

The Toshiba flash screen to windows 98 made me chuckle out loud. Perfect

Making your own cable is a huge flex.

That Win98 startup sound awakened long-lost memories...

James you do some quality content, electronic gadgets and cars are my favorite things. Keep up the good work my dude.

You're a technical genius! Keep these videos coming, James!

One of the best TI-83 games I played back in the day was a version of drug wars. Top notch

I graduated HS in ‘07, but the TI-83+ was our required graphing calculator as well (although we had to buy our own; they definitely were not provided to us). That RPG style GTA game in the video here looks incredibly similar to a game called Pimp Quest that was popular at my school.

My favourite thing a friend got on my school calculator was Doom. I think it was the Ti-84, though.

A chaotic Australian coder on KZfaq will always be tasty content 🥵🤌