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@Pentium4Proto Жыл бұрын
As an owner of a ti-83, thanks, i didn't know i could make my own graphlink cable.
@reisenImperishableNight Жыл бұрын
As an owner of a ti-nspire it luckily uses mini usb so i dont have to use a wacky cable
@Zanpaa Жыл бұрын
@@reisenImperishableNight mini USB is pretty wacky.
@chadbranston9741 Жыл бұрын
If you ever loose the cable you can just buy a Nugget and it's bound to come with one
@reisenImperishableNight Жыл бұрын
@@Zanpaa true that aswell but not as wacky as the cable used in the video
@madmax2069 Жыл бұрын
@@chadbranston9741 I'm sorry. But what?
@BigNerdSam Жыл бұрын
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."
@jamesblackett1267 Жыл бұрын
I know! never saw that coming
@gonelucid Жыл бұрын
And the cable was the easiest part imo
@Samporium Жыл бұрын
after reading this comment I should've been ready, but I still wasn't
@KJ.420 Жыл бұрын
I knew it was coming lol. James could revive a dead test light, James can just make a cable :)
@DreamCodeLove Жыл бұрын
James must really hate Apple ...
@Simplebutsandy Жыл бұрын
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.
@EpicVideoGamer7771 Жыл бұрын
I did that with python on mine
@TylerBonenfant Жыл бұрын
I used to love making games on my 84 in math, took away from the boredom of learning the same stuff two years in a row after being taken out of my honors classes for no reason
@Dan-di9jd Жыл бұрын
That's nothing. I made a periodic elements lookup program in basic and I was the cool guy for months in chem class lol.
@hamzasajjad6792 Жыл бұрын
we were doing qbasic back in 6th and 7th grade and I was the best at coding in my class. Nobody likes a nerd tho 😢
@nope-gx5vz Жыл бұрын
I remember improvising solver programs on tests because I was too lazy to do the work by hand and programming was just easier lol
@mini-corpus435 Жыл бұрын
Still can't believe this channel exists. It's like a damn fever dream
@Smokinjoewhite Жыл бұрын
But one of those fever dreams that you actually enjoy.
@radhinkabagaskara5595 Жыл бұрын
It's like Dankpods' spirit animal came to life
@lily_skye Жыл бұрын
people keep saying this; why? Is this James notorious for something?
@Dave11078 Жыл бұрын
@@lily_skyehe’s in many of the videos made by dankpods, probably one of the most popular tech channels.
@DennisDemonTime Жыл бұрын
@@lily_skye wait, how did you get here without knowing who James is?
@bacon.cheesecake Жыл бұрын
Building your own cable is such a James thing to do, I love it
@davep5698 Жыл бұрын
Thats a dank beat behind the tinkering. I love how it builds with your tooling around too. Perfect
@MattRio42 Жыл бұрын
Perhaps from Dankpods?
@davep5698 Жыл бұрын
@@MattRio42 I dunno, whats the chances they know each other... /s
@majomist Жыл бұрын
Oh god I didn't even realise that's what the music track was!
@davep5698 Жыл бұрын
@@majomist 😂 it took me a minute too, as he was getting frustrated with the jack I was grooving along and then I actually listened to it and realised it was a custom, to the moment bit of playing
@Thesnakerox Жыл бұрын
@@MattRio42 It didn't take long for me to also wonder if Dank recorded the drum loop in the background!
@Bennythejet55 Жыл бұрын
You can tell Wade made the music for this and I absolutely love it.
@deathsyth8888 Жыл бұрын
Who's Wade? Do you mean Dankmus or Dankpods?
@Muumaajii Жыл бұрын
@@deathsyth8888 Dankpods is Wade
@illustriouschin Жыл бұрын
If that's a live drum accompaniment then that's pretty innovative!
@ExplosionsCentral Жыл бұрын
@@illustriouschin no way, if it was live accompaniment, you'd hear wade giggling at james' jerry rig insanity
@spingleboygle6 ай бұрын
wait he did?
@sbierle85 Жыл бұрын
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
@Fyshtako Жыл бұрын
I would have never guessed how tech savvy you were from Garbage Time. Keep it up man, these videos are both fascinating and hilarious.
@timfagan816 Жыл бұрын
Ahhha is this James from garbage time!
@synonymdave Жыл бұрын
Hey, his genius is unparalleled in both channels.
@SlowOffTheMark9 ай бұрын
😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
@BudderPlayzz Жыл бұрын
If we don’t get a smart fridge gaming video Imma be upset mate.
@pyroratt Жыл бұрын
He about to play GTA 5 on a Samsung smart fridge
@s8wc3 Жыл бұрын
If this man were to have a smart fridge it would be Atari powered
@Aeduo Жыл бұрын
@@pyroratt San Andreas should be possible.
@skycloud4802 Жыл бұрын
Toaster
@thespoonman2918 Жыл бұрын
Watching a guy build a cable to avoid buying something and then have it work feels like a miracle, good job mate!
@amytant Жыл бұрын
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.
@Aeduo Жыл бұрын
I played a couple Metroid 2 clones. Not my favorite metroid but they were well done. Also some unplayable pacman game that scrolled the screen so it just turned in to mud.
@chellwil6150 Жыл бұрын
I remember playing a version of final fantasy on my ti-83 plus, it took up just about all the memory on it, but it was worth it
@Mister_Brown8 ай бұрын
best one by far was phoenix
@ThisNameIsNotTaken994 ай бұрын
@@Mister_Brown Kinda interesting to think about now, everybody at my school had phoenix and a couple others but I have no idea who was actually getting them onto the calculator to begin with, before they got transferred around via link cable.
So glad to see you're making videos, always a must watch whenever a new video drops!
@scout814511 ай бұрын
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!
@Furko08 Жыл бұрын
Much better with the quiet background music! Looking forward to more uploads
@Tech_481 Жыл бұрын
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
@azurestar3417 Жыл бұрын
Whenever you upload, I can hear Wade chanting "JAMES. JAMES. JAMES. JAMES. JAMES." in my head 😅
@NevNeedsALife Жыл бұрын
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.
@Thesnakerox Жыл бұрын
Hold on, is the drum loop in the background recorded by Wade/Dank? It sure sounds like it!
@Regnilla Жыл бұрын
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!
@jdogisswag Жыл бұрын
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!
@coreyw7934 Жыл бұрын
I'm fairly certain that that is wade on the drums, sounds like his setup
@numerouscolours Жыл бұрын
@@coreyw7934 It's gotta be right? James fixes his nuggets, so Wade makes background music for his channel. Seems fair.
@group2gaming Жыл бұрын
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
@m_ism Жыл бұрын
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.
@SymphoMatt Жыл бұрын
The backing music does _so much_ to help fill space. Thank you for putting some in!
@NALTOHQ Жыл бұрын
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.
@elcapitantommy Жыл бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed this, and the cat at the end *chefs kiss*
@TheBorhork Жыл бұрын
God this is amazing! I wish this was a channel when I was in highschool! I would have loved this
@bamptpo Жыл бұрын
I love how James can mod basically anything
@KOTYAR0 Жыл бұрын
I'm glad I found this channel. As a Russian engineer, I relate to your type of engineering
@group2gaming Жыл бұрын
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.
@AshP210 Жыл бұрын
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
@SleepDeprived255 Жыл бұрын
Love the cat cameo at the end of every vid
@calcaware Жыл бұрын
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.
@Aeduo Жыл бұрын
Can it play bad apple?
@JJschannel255 Жыл бұрын
Ok
@brandontechnerd Жыл бұрын
James is like the old man with all the knowledge
@shadowfox30 Жыл бұрын
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.
@hellohaveagoodday6 ай бұрын
Yo dude that's so cool! That must've been one hell of a pain to do though
@KairosQ Жыл бұрын
thank you for the cat at the end
@Sunflare-vq2uy11 ай бұрын
I'm impressed by his skill at cutting, splicing and soldering wires. (Did not expect the cat at the end)
@89medic Жыл бұрын
3:32 same mate.. same 😢 😂😂
@quadrifern Жыл бұрын
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!
@mano5191 Жыл бұрын
I absolutely love your channel James! Much love!
@NinjaWeedle Жыл бұрын
0:07 They still make brand new TI-83 plus models to this day as a budget option
@MachineWashableKatie18 күн бұрын
If your budget is 90 bucks
@indigocoolvinyl00 Жыл бұрын
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?
@justindesrosiers3145 Жыл бұрын
Frank looks kinda different or is it just me?
@Pigness7 Жыл бұрын
the dank expanded universe
@DerrickRG Жыл бұрын
It's like a GTA IV expansion.
@gwarriorfromhell5 ай бұрын
1:57 that boot up sound bring back SO MUCH NOSTALGIA
@stockicide Жыл бұрын
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.
@arkapalbhattacharya7996 Жыл бұрын
I realized today growing up this was who I wanted to be.
@LucyTheCat Жыл бұрын
Honestly would love a TI calculator but nobody seems to have one over here
@user-kq4hf8se5b9 ай бұрын
Back in the 80's and 90's the teachers guarded those Texas instruments calculators with their lives.
@NicoleOyama Жыл бұрын
i'm very fascinated by the engineering of the cable to do the transfers. love the videos already james :D
@AB0BA_69 Жыл бұрын
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" 😅
@BNSF1238 Жыл бұрын
It's dank pods but in red
@NamelessMoreOne Жыл бұрын
I couldn't help but hear Wade going "no, James, it's broken, stop, it's over" just like with the broken voltage tester.
@codex8678 Жыл бұрын
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
@Zerbey Жыл бұрын
More like this please, I just love the random chaos when you're building stuff.
@morgunkorn_ Жыл бұрын
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
@TheSeventhDeadlyMatador Жыл бұрын
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.
@earthnormal7024 Жыл бұрын
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.
@togqledgggg5963 Жыл бұрын
This channel is the panicle of human engineering.
@rossmallo Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that you now have music in the background - Especially as you got Wade to make it.
@Boogie_the_cat8 ай бұрын
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.
@The_Scoops Жыл бұрын
Lmao bro I can't believe I watched the whole vid and kept laughing at you playing those silly games 😂
@graphicgraphites Жыл бұрын
This is the most cyberpunk DIY I’ve ever seen. Just absolute electronic anarchy goin’ on.
@furiouspunkboy Жыл бұрын
my school had cables so of course we all had games on our calculators, loved playing bomberman
@dannyboy5514 Жыл бұрын
Dude your videos are great! You and Wade are going to build a KZfaq empire!
@ktak28116 ай бұрын
What an amazing channel I stumbled upon. That level of tinkering is something I dream about being able to do.
@gmgunner Жыл бұрын
As an owner of ever ti version ever, thanks for your video. It was funny and very nostalgic for me.
@TheMaristBoy8 ай бұрын
0:35 "NO JAMES, this way too much engineering! You're really running with this?"
@westsidefucku8853 Жыл бұрын
I had this in middle school in the 90s this took me back these were our smartphones
@ZackBeNinja8 ай бұрын
I used to make games and sell them with a friend. Having the link cable in school made you a legend. Lol.
@forotheman Жыл бұрын
YES, I LOVE YOU ALREADY GOD DAMNIT In Romanian, my language, a PC is called a Calculator, so it's funny. Laugh.
@masonce98 Жыл бұрын
Here before it blows up. The KZfaq algorithm and I wish you luck!
@warrenrexroad117211 ай бұрын
"In Touch with Tomorrow" to the Win98 loading screen killed me.
@KeanuReevesBoss429 Жыл бұрын
Finally, I have been waiting for a new upload. Glad to see you back Mr. James.
@valfreyja2107 Жыл бұрын
god I love this channel so much, its like watching real life Macgyver
@dexstewart8628 күн бұрын
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.
@WhateverProduction49 ай бұрын
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. 😅
@stephenkilpatrick9224 Жыл бұрын
I do enjoy that Wade is playing the drums as background music.
@tyhyde-smith2424 Жыл бұрын
I love the "fuck it ill do it myself" mentality
@dj-protoOfficial Жыл бұрын
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.
@semicolon5376 Жыл бұрын
Commenting to help boost this in the algorithm, keep up the good work!
@SuperGalaxy Жыл бұрын
The background music definitely adds to the video. Great addition!
@thegloriouswizard5270 Жыл бұрын
You scare me with your know-how and methods. But, im here for it!!
@plapbandit Жыл бұрын
Today I learned my vice has multiple functions, one being desk weight
@jogalong7 ай бұрын
"This was not supposed to be the hard part"... I cannot relate more
@JAL_EDM Жыл бұрын
YEAHHHH calculator gaming with Jimmy!
@tenseven1398 Жыл бұрын
"In touch with tomorrow?" *Windows 98 boots up* Got me rolling on the floor
@quinnmarchese63139 ай бұрын
I watched almost this entire thing without realizing this was DankJames
@RealNeonPlayz Жыл бұрын
So happy James got a channel, don't pressure yourself!
@GingerNingerGames Жыл бұрын
“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.
@LettoOG Жыл бұрын
The Toshiba flash screen to windows 98 made me chuckle out loud. Perfect
@therealreyfamily Жыл бұрын
Making your own cable is a huge flex.
@ryxtan10 ай бұрын
That Win98 startup sound awakened long-lost memories...
@SRQmoviemaker Жыл бұрын
James you do some quality content, electronic gadgets and cars are my favorite things. Keep up the good work my dude.
@MuntyMcCoy Жыл бұрын
You're a technical genius! Keep these videos coming, James!
@floating__eye Жыл бұрын
One of the best TI-83 games I played back in the day was a version of drug wars. Top notch
@doomtho425 ай бұрын
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.
@thomasfrye6335 Жыл бұрын
My favourite thing a friend got on my school calculator was Doom. I think it was the Ti-84, though.
@InfiniteOops Жыл бұрын
A chaotic Australian coder on KZfaq will always be tasty content 🥵🤌