More retro computing joy from the Computing History Archive boxes. Who knows what silicon delights lurk inside? Go check out the Centre for Computing History - www.computinghi...
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@DarthTella7 жыл бұрын
I'd laugh if someone there handed him a box full of Pop stations.
@shoopnooop29527 жыл бұрын
With a game child also.
@redcomet_6227 жыл бұрын
shoopnooop and with a lot of fucking inflatable fucking crowns
@jedisalamander24577 жыл бұрын
That will be episode 5
@MrGeocidal7 жыл бұрын
The Chinese National Museum of Computing will send him a box full of Popstations.
@ProblmSolvd7 жыл бұрын
I'd love if someone pulled a lootcrate on him with pop stations. Fucking inflatable fucking crown!
@vasilykas1227 жыл бұрын
Stuart, if you're stuck in the Centre for Computing History and need help, blink twice.
@DragonslayerProd7 жыл бұрын
He may very well be doing it, for all we know.
@skootergirl227 жыл бұрын
That center is in cambridge, I live in that said city.
@rockerseven7 жыл бұрын
But we never see his face...he should snap his fingers twice.
@kirstygunn91497 жыл бұрын
Vasiliy Kas why would it be a bad thing to be trapped in the museum of computing history? it's awesome took my kids to it and I didn't want to leave. you name the computer they have it .played street fighter on the original arcade machine for ages with my son .we had lots of fun even my 65 year old mum loved the place due to the retro games and gadgets.
@vasilykas1227 жыл бұрын
k Dickens it's a joke.... because he has published 4 videos over the course of 7 months
@SteelSkin6677 жыл бұрын
The British Telecom thing is an old Prestel terminal (Prestel was the failed equivalent of the french Minitel videotex service).
@docgonzodotcom7 жыл бұрын
I was thinking that looks a lot like those french Minitel things when I saw it. Nice to see it confirmed here.
@wisteela7 жыл бұрын
SteelSkin667 Yep, viewdata
@Cyclobomber7 жыл бұрын
Right, when I was it I thought "hey, a British Minitel". I remember the Minitel. Made by France Télécom, was a sort of micro-terminal that was used to look up phone services (repertories, ads, business profiles and data, different types of services, and, most of all, a boat load of sex chat services and other sex lines that were massively overpriced du to how slow the analog connection was and how they charged overhead and made a few fortunes here and there, one of the most prominent being Xavier Niel, owner of the "Free" internet provider, which name is actually misleading because while at the beginning the service was "free" (i.e. no basic subscription + extra) it is now part of the "normal crowd" -which means around €30 a month for DSL and no data limit on your home internet). The thing was expensive, I sort of remember you had to rent it (maybe buy the terminal, I can't remember a friend's dad had one but I was 8 in 91, didn't think to ask about the price of course) plus pay by the minute of phone connection and it was using colors (for the most advanced models, the original ones were B&W) and a few images displayed using the lines, it was slow, cumbersome, but in some regards still more than just a novelty; it pioneered a little of what internet services would be: being able to look up stuff, mail-order stuff and do sex chat. Which is more or less the internet in a nutshell, plus torrents. Of course the internet bombed it to oblivion, the service disappeared completely and FT didn't even bother to collect the now useless things, but with some craft you can turn it into a CRT-Composite monitor. I seem to remember it was once even used as an attempt to hold ballots online, so you could vote for the next president or representatives using it, but AFAIK it never caught on. You can laugh at France, but this thing could have been big, and BT definitely thought there was something in there, since they seemingly cloned it (AFAIK the Minitel was the first and only of its kind, the rest of Europe refused to catch on). I still think it was a partial inspiration for what the internet became, to the point analog modems in France in the 90s often included a minitel emulation software for your computer because there was no online equivalent to look up phone directories or some services that had not yet transitioned.
@Cyclobomber7 жыл бұрын
*When I saw it Not when I was it. Sorry for the typo.
@SteelSkin6677 жыл бұрын
Minitel terminals themselves were really cheap, at around 20F or later ~3€ a month for the rental, but the services were much more expensive though (usually 0,35€ a minute for 3615 services, and 0,86€ for 3617). I remember you had to disconnect as soon as you had the info you wanted on the screen, and it would stay on the screen. I've only used it a few times, but my dad used to use it all the time right up until it was discontinued in 2012, because it was the easiest way to look at his bank balance. Prestel was actually launched a few years before Minitel, and many countries in the world had a videotex service, often based on Minitel or Prestel, but I think France is where it was the most successful, mostly because France Telecom really pushed the format. They even gave Minitel terminals away for free to the early adopters in the early 1980s. (I'm responding in English so that everyone can understand the conversation)
@MarcKloos7 жыл бұрын
I had a Little Professor back in the day and now I'm very brainy. Thank you mom and dad! 👍 And I want that ZX80!
@leetri7 жыл бұрын
Holy shit, that calculator thing that looked like an old guy really brings me back. We had a ton of those at school when I was like 10, had completely forgotten they even existed.
@PsychicRadroach7 жыл бұрын
I really wanted him to pull out the Wii and go "What the hell is this thing? I've never seen anything like it before in my life!"
@elijahdavallos69557 жыл бұрын
PsychicRadroach the long remote thing is like an awful sexual device!
@Loponstorm7 жыл бұрын
I just wanted him to pull it outta the box so the word "WII" wasn't dead center in the screen at all times, always present when he's talking about things, like a high pitched background noise you can't unhear.
@AgentTasmania7 жыл бұрын
That's kind of what Nintendo overall is for anyone who doesn't ravenously consume everything they spew out.
@tomkenning54826 жыл бұрын
'And this is a cheap rip off of the WLL'
@AdamDaviesSussex7 жыл бұрын
I love these computer history archive boxes.... Like blind bags, just less shit!
@AgentTasmania7 жыл бұрын
And to make a change, I would actually be mildly interested in owning some of the contents.
@RobRandomVids7 жыл бұрын
+AgentTasmania Me too
@BLY997 жыл бұрын
These are better than all those Loot Crate shit.
@AgtX9997 жыл бұрын
Adam Davies he should have burned the crap things with his blowtorch
@AdamDaviesSussex7 жыл бұрын
That would be worth watching... Downside being the fire alarms would go off, killing all elctronics in the room!
@justaguyinashed7 жыл бұрын
I greet random people in the style of Ashens, "Hello!". I'm just waiting to find someone who gets it. I'm in Oklahoma and I am not British.
@DarkVeilGaming7 жыл бұрын
Hey, fellow Oklahoman in the comments! Small world.
@Sampler197 жыл бұрын
An excellent greeting!
@justaguyinashed7 жыл бұрын
DarkVeilGaming Nice. Hello!
@a.r.16117 жыл бұрын
Jason Rainey add the bleep bloops, I promise it'll help
@justaguyinashed7 жыл бұрын
sixtopian If they watch Archer, they are good people that I wouldn't mind meeting either.
@Zizumia7 жыл бұрын
Holy shit! I used to have a Little Professor when I was real young. I haven't seen that thing since I was like 4. To be honest, I never knew that the front cover was of a man reading a book. As a kid I always thought the book was his clothes.
@davidelrick3131 Жыл бұрын
Had one
@philtowle4683 Жыл бұрын
He was naked behind the book
@custardo7 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the CRT thing is a Prestel Terminal (old interactive bbs/teletext-hybrid)
@ZakTDuck7 жыл бұрын
That's definitely what it is, well spotted!
@custardo7 жыл бұрын
I do like my Teletext!
@wisteela7 жыл бұрын
custardo It is
@CzyBam7 жыл бұрын
"Or a snake who's choking on a big Smartie, oh well!" Had me laughing!
@TheBigL17 жыл бұрын
That "Bigtrak" RC tank is adorable! I haven't played with an RC car in ages and I still want it.
@UncleFeedle7 жыл бұрын
Little Professor was actually pretty amazing. My education-obsessed dad got me it one Xmas, the year I'd started school. I played on it relentlessly. Within a year I'd pretty much mastered all the number bonds and operators, and even the teacher noticed the improvement. It's only years later that I now realize how great this gadget was. I think they need to bring it back, and all kids starting school should be issued with one as standard!
@OtterlyInsane7 жыл бұрын
Thompson MO5 memory pack is for a Thompson MO5. The ZX80 has been upgraded to a ZX81, you can tell by the keyboard.
@BertGrink3 жыл бұрын
The Thompson MO5 and MO7 were French computers, weren't they?
@ellldiabloo7 жыл бұрын
I'm surprised they let you back in there! Not exactly being careful with anything
@bazahaza7 жыл бұрын
He probably filmed all these in one day.
@AgtX9997 жыл бұрын
SharpEnough23 i bet they have A1 top condition stuff they keep in vacuum sealed locked boxes or something
@twentythree36447 жыл бұрын
It's funny how he's concerned about not touching "The brain" when moments before he pretty much threw everything else out of the box :')
@AgtX9997 жыл бұрын
It would be funny if it turned out they gave him the boxes they were going to throw away & hes rummaging through all the chaff.
@LisaDever7 жыл бұрын
I had a Little Professor as a kid and totally forgot until this moment!! The nostalgia value is incredible
@Apple2gs7 жыл бұрын
At 2:18, you have there an Applied Engineering "Viewmaster 80". An 80 columns text display card for the original Apple II and II Plus computer (or knock-off clones). Before 1983, Apple II's could only produce 40x24 ASCII text, so you required one of these third party cards to do 80x24 text. The second RCA connector is a pass-thru so you didn't need to fiddle and switch cables just to see 80 columns (imagine that!). This particular 80 columns card had an unusual bonus, an input for a light-pen! Oh, and a bit of useless trivia, it retailed for US$149 back in 1988.
@n0isyturtle7 жыл бұрын
Honestly, I would watch an entire channel of just this.
@readyrepairs7 жыл бұрын
ashens is my father
@hgxnorton19867 жыл бұрын
lucky bastard
@mccobsta7 жыл бұрын
readyrepairs prove it give us a dna test
@tbb0337 жыл бұрын
Who is your daddy, and what does he do?
@skootergirl227 жыл бұрын
*sigh* just Jeremy kyle it lol.
@renannaw7 жыл бұрын
tbb033 He reviews crap on the internet. Poor "daddy".
@TheAmymeowcat7 жыл бұрын
It is so fascinating watching your videos like this. My grandfather loved all the early computer stuff and I remember the name Amiga from his equipment. He was also into short wavy radio, even had a set up he could send images! Long before the internet was used for such things. Sadly he passed away in 2001 shortly after September 11th. Often times when I watch your computer related videos it makes me think of him. When I was younger I didn't appreciate such things like I do now, so I never learned much about it from him. Thank you for teaching me in his place. I'm sure he would have liked you. I know I do. I have watched 98% of your videos. Take care and keep it up!
@Mackarious7 жыл бұрын
I love this videos, and Ashens has singlehandedly made me want to go to the Centre for Computer History...
@mslaerik667 жыл бұрын
I Just bought a 64 gig flash stick for 18 dollars amazing how far things have come
@BlazertronGames7 жыл бұрын
mslaerik66 be funny if it was one of the rip off Chinese ones, that are actually like 4-8gb
@slawor47 жыл бұрын
BlazertronGames 4-8gb if you're lucky
@RobRandomVids7 жыл бұрын
I bought one of those before! I got it and thought "sweet, a 64gb memory stick" and when I plugged it in I found it only had about 4gb. Interestingly I also bought a 32gb stick from the same company that looked almost identical apart from the sticker and it was actually 32gb like it said
@Loponstorm7 жыл бұрын
I dropped a 4 gig barely used Micro-SD card and couldn't be bothered to look for it for more than 30 seconds considering how small that is, but then your comment made me realize it had more storage then all these combined, Including the modern two (well, one doesn't have internal storage and the Wii has 512mb), and in comparison the 4 gig is so tiny that dropping it meant losing it!
@mjc09617 жыл бұрын
But... But... Now I'll never get to see what a Wii and PSP look like! 😭
@lisaisanut7 жыл бұрын
I fucking love these videos, and have absolutely no idea why. Also, the edge connector on that computer card was eerily similar to the HP bus card connector used on the Empire Strikes Back Graflex lightsaber (for my fellow Saber nerds out there). Gave me the tingles.
@robinburt57357 жыл бұрын
That mouse was for an Acorn Achimedes. The buttons from left to right are: Select, Menu and adjust. Adjust was basically the same as select but pressing it didn't close the menu you were on as well.
@TheChloeRed7 жыл бұрын
Sorry.. Same mouse body, but the Arch uses a mini-din connector. That connector is the BBC Micro Userport connector. That's the late model AMX.
@robinburt57357 жыл бұрын
Oh i agree +TheChloeRed i did not recognise the connector which looked like it had been home converted from an Archimedes into something else.
@TheChloeRed7 жыл бұрын
Yeap, amx took the logitech body, and converted them to userport use. The actual connector is the same they used on multiple mice, the side exit to the cable wasn't common on anything else I remember. Also if you had a BBC master, the connector was the same size as the cut out for the socket in the base. That lead to "fun" removing it!
@robinburt57357 жыл бұрын
I have to ask, did the BBC Micro support a three button mouse?
@TheChloeRed7 жыл бұрын
Technically, the BBC didn't support a mouse. All the support was in the ROM for the mouse, so you could support anything you coded for. AMX mice normally came with 3 buttons I had an early one like this on the left www.flickr.com/photos/nickhowes/3143193697 and one of the later ones like upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/AMX_Mouse_%28Type_2%29_%28top%29.jpg/220px-AMX_Mouse_%28Type_2%29_%28top%29.jpg The one in the video is the model after the 2nd I had.
@TheDutyPaid7 жыл бұрын
You need LGR with you, he knows his stuff.
@hexenfree7 жыл бұрын
LGR and Ashens collab. Now that'd be a site to behold
@MarcKloos7 жыл бұрын
LGR and Ashens and Larry Bundy Jr!
@alecjahn7 жыл бұрын
He probably doesn't know as much as Ashens about obscure British/Euro computers, though. Maybe I'm wrong. That would certainly be An Excellent Collab.
@alexyerkey81397 жыл бұрын
alecjahn I see what you did there...
@MarcKloos7 жыл бұрын
All we're missing is an Aussie. How about adding Dave Jones from EEVBlog in the mix!
@PedroBenolielBonito7 жыл бұрын
These videos about old tech with genuinely passionate Ashens are always the best. The names of the old computers always make me giggle, for some reason.
@Skuplia7 жыл бұрын
MY DAD USED TO HAVE THE QUICKSHOT SUPER WARRIOR THING AND I JUST HAD A HUGE WAVE OF NOSTALGIA
@hobbified7 жыл бұрын
Rockwell was a huge company, making all sorts of aircraft, spacecraft, and machinery. They did a lot of programmable logic, and apparently designed calculators (like the one you were looking at) for their own engineers. Their best household familiarity came from designing the first 14.4 modem, and one of the pre-standards 56k flavors (K56Flex). The division responsible for modemy stuff was later spun off as Conexant.
@LordTommyB2 жыл бұрын
I have come here in 2021 just to say that I wish Ashens would return to the Centre for Computing History because these videos are FANTASTIC
@ShanetheFreestyler7 жыл бұрын
Ahh, textual sigh. I wish I could afford plane tickets over there to see all the retro electronic stuffs from decades of old! One bit I recognized straight off was the Little Professor. I had one of those growing up, and we may still have it buried in some corner with other electronic tat we've had boxed up since we moved years and years ago!
@icuseriously33467 жыл бұрын
When I was a kid, my parents didn't often get us new stuff. We had a lot of partial board games and puzzles from yard sales. I remember having one of those Little Professor things but it didn't do anything or have anything with it. It was just in a random box of crap. I did not remember it until seeing it just now.
@Psychlist19726 жыл бұрын
I loved the Little Professor. I went through two of them as a young kid in the late 70s. It was the only electronic game I had until many years later. Loved it.
@phils46347 жыл бұрын
Built a Sinclair ZX-80 as a kit (I seem to remember they were ALL kits). Zilog Z80 CPU with resident BASIC compiler. Interesting build, and this machine ended up as our central heating controller for many years (until an unfortunate "near strike" lightning event!)
@SiegmundFretzgau7 жыл бұрын
I had one of the Little Professors as a kid, found it again when throwing stuff out, it was still working!
@Matethepotate7 жыл бұрын
I've just noticed how kind this fan base is congrats ashens on having such nice people subscribed to you
@LawmanIL7 жыл бұрын
I think it's cool that the UK has it's own unique computing device legacy. I had never heard of the ZX, Acorn, or Jet Set Willy series until KZfaq.
@enigma7767 жыл бұрын
Acorn computers were pretty much in every school here. Whether it be BBC Micro or the Archimedes. Been trying to emulate the Archimedes but having little to no luck.
@bwc1976 Жыл бұрын
11:50 Xtree! That was the best. And the museum looks like I always wanted my house to be some day.
@Sharky3D7 жыл бұрын
seeing that old mouse brought back some memories from the old school days. always remember those acorn computers and programming a stupid turtle thing to move where told it
@kanped7 жыл бұрын
I worked for BT for a while in around 2009 doing cold-call sales. I may be remembering wrong but I think the DOS-based software we used had the functions that were mapped to buttons that BT PC.
@Macho_Fantastico7 жыл бұрын
Still have one of those Little Professors, remember it fondly as a kid. Didn't realise it was Texas Instruments though.
@chuckleshelicopterwigwamjo73157 жыл бұрын
Last time I was this early, the UK was still in the European Union
@kevboard7 жыл бұрын
there is nothing worse than a factually wrong joke...
@dogspoonforsale23657 жыл бұрын
OoooOOooOOoOOOoOOOOoo he comes from the future.
@rambi10727 жыл бұрын
Simon Pickford not even technically, just are in every sense of the word
@BlazertronGames7 жыл бұрын
Chuckles Helicopter Wigwam Jones we still are, lol
@Kochiha3 жыл бұрын
Ah, Rockwell! The company that used to be a giant conglomerate but is much smaller nowadays, famous for making things like the B-1 bomber and the Retro Encabulator!
@clussylove7 жыл бұрын
I really like these videos its cool to see old tech, especially old British tech that was never here in the states.
@apophisdd7 жыл бұрын
I used to have one of those Super Warriors. Was a great stick and used it for years.
@paulgascoigne53437 жыл бұрын
I notice the old Nokia 8110 there briefly towards the end. I had one of those and remember it being a common problem that the brush contacts would eventually wear down through opening and closing the slider so you'd have to wiggle it and give the person calling you an ear full of crackle. still, there's something satisfying about answering a call by the sliding faceplate and the click. it was in honesty a bit of a poser phone (made famous in The Matrix). a few of us used to mod the back-lit display by swapping out the led's as they were fairly easy to get to. so if you wanted a fancy purple display you could.
@AstAMoore7 жыл бұрын
The red display is actually a 7-segment LED “bubble” display. The plastic overlay (the “bubble”) over each digit acts as a magnifying lens. If you take it off, the digits look absolutely tiny.
@collectingonthecheap563537 жыл бұрын
You never fail to cheer me up after looking at Politics on social media.Thank you for having this channel, it's always a pleasure to watch you.
@deanc91957 жыл бұрын
I know almost nothing about old hardware... this is just really relaxing...
@georgef5517 жыл бұрын
I had one of those "Little Professor" calculators. Was disappointed to not be able to use it as an actual calculator. The 70s LED display was interesting at least.
@NickTick7 жыл бұрын
I really like these computing history archive videos.
@PyroBlitzPlays7 жыл бұрын
I barely know what any of these old computer things are, but I still find this interesting.
@MrDalevich7 жыл бұрын
I actually had one of those Quickshot Apache joysticks for my Atari 800XL (and later my Atari ST). I had a brand loyalty thing going on with them. I also had the Cruiser which was a weird hand held joystick thing with different tension settings on the stick. What a trip down misery....I mean memory lane.
@OnlyEpicEmber7 жыл бұрын
I went here for my birthday. Amazing place, I recommend a visit
@notapinecone48707 жыл бұрын
CrAzYgIrL inside the box?
@VINNIEDNB7 жыл бұрын
Not a Pinecone yeah you get put in a box and ashens man handles you till you did
@notapinecone48707 жыл бұрын
PLUMMY MANDEM yes please! Where do I sign up?
@OnlyEpicEmber7 жыл бұрын
If you were asking of you get to see inside the storage of this place, I doubt it. We were only there for about 2 hours so we didn't have time to ask
@Josh1017 жыл бұрын
I still have a Psion series 3a - this brings back memories
@thecheese42557 жыл бұрын
Your videos bring a smile. Thanks!
@trekkiepro7 жыл бұрын
Keep these coming. I'm learning so much about these old things, and i'm loving every minute.
@PhilC1847 жыл бұрын
The T I calculator was actually a red LED display. As an electronics apprentice in the 70's I was once presented with several pages of figures that needed statistical analysis, enough to keep me busy for days. I borrowed one of those, knocked together a quick programme and had the whole lot done in half a day. Then had to go and do it manually as they didn't trust the results from this black magic device!
@WritInWater7 жыл бұрын
Rockwell were a huge name in the air and space industries in the latter half of the 20th century. They built the B1 Lancer bomber, along with other aircraft, but were probably most famous for building the Space Shuttle Orbiter. I wasn't aware of their electronics products, such as the calculator, but it uses the generic Rockwell logo. Looking them up, they have been split into other companies now, with their semiconductor electronics branch being the basis for Conexant.
@skootergirl227 жыл бұрын
I LIVE IN CAMBRIDGE,THAT CITY IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS EXCELLENT MUSEUMS AND UNIVERSITIES.
@_Super_Hans_7 жыл бұрын
It's also well known for all the Muslims who live there it's becoming like Bradford.
@skootergirl227 жыл бұрын
RACISTS!!!!
@mkultrasoldier7 жыл бұрын
Georgina allpress Triggered
@TheUltimateBlooper7 жыл бұрын
Oh boy, thanks for bringing my attention to the museum! Need to take a train down Cambridge way when I have a spare day... O_O
@GenaTrius4 жыл бұрын
Man, having seen all this stuff, I really would like to go there. I hope I remember if I ever end up planning a trip to the UK. If the Centre for Computing History and indeed the UK are still there when I might get around to that...
@RobbYarber7 жыл бұрын
Recognized that logo on the Rockwell calculator and it is indeed THE Rockwell company that built the space shuttle orbiters!
@numnuts16667 жыл бұрын
I had a Super Warrior when i was a kid, really good stick for its time.
@shitbag.7 жыл бұрын
By far my favorite ashens content.
@darkfent7 жыл бұрын
I really love this series
@BertGrink3 жыл бұрын
Ahh, the TI Programmable 57; I have fond memories of that model, it was the device that taught me programming. I have, in fact, bought another one on ebay a few years ago, and thus laid the foundation for a smallish, but slowly growing, collection of vintage calculators. Yes, I _*AM*: a geek! 🤓 Correction: The TI 57 and all its brethren frrom that epoch had red LEDs in the displays, except one model, the TI 45, which indeed did have a VFD - Vacuum Flourescent Display. Aside from the display, the TI 45 was pretty much the same as the original TI 30.
@natgrant13647 жыл бұрын
Well this is weird. Just a couple days ago, I was wishing there were more of these videos of Stuart in the Computing History archive and this friggin' thing pops up. Nice!
@BoxOfFeet7 жыл бұрын
I LOVE those old red LED TI calculators. I want a TI-58 so bad!
@djmccaskill867 жыл бұрын
I love these computer archive openings
@Lachlant19847 жыл бұрын
I remember playing with Little Professor in school when I was 7, that was back in 1991. I actually kind of liked the thing and wouldn't mind getting one of my own if I can. As for the Texas Instruments calculator, it probably uses a red LED based screen and not a vacuum tube, I think by vacuum tube you probably meant vacuum fluorescent display.
@mpoukanouka66227 жыл бұрын
2:35 It's a TV tuner card, i know all about it because I live in a Balkan shithole and thats the outdated shit we learned in computer science class back in 2010
@ComradePants7 жыл бұрын
Rockwell is actually a former American defense contractor. They made Hellfire missiles and the B1-B Lancer. Also, they apparently made calculators.
@ozonesama7 жыл бұрын
Oh neat ! I have two MO5 at home, they were the most prevalent BASIC computers in schools in the late '80s, and I'd be happy if I had that that memory extension cartridge. :)
@Novabug7 жыл бұрын
I had one of those red led Texas calcs. classic stuff.
@jacobknowles30077 жыл бұрын
I loves these videos they teach me about old computers
@Poki37 жыл бұрын
That Apache Joystick (or one that looked just like it) was my main C64 joystick back in the day.
@frogfan57777 жыл бұрын
10:28 Nintendo was experimenting with the Joy-Cons.
@aventador82607 жыл бұрын
I went there last year near the end of the summer holidays, I wouldn't have if it wasn't for the videos you made
@girlsdrinkfeck7 жыл бұрын
these videos remind me of back to the future 2 when marty looks at that old 80s electronics shop
@RIXRADvidz7 жыл бұрын
the TI 57 programmable was essential to Advanced Placement Chemistry and Physics, Geo/Trig, Calculus, and Diffy-Q (differential equations), it also came in handy in the BASIC/FORTRAN classes......yes, I'm That Olde.
@ALurkingGrue7 жыл бұрын
Likely that British Telecom Tandata terminal. At a guess I would say it's probably was used to connect to Prestel.
@TheSportCompact7 жыл бұрын
The BT "computer" is actually a terminal, nothing more. If memory serves, BT used to offer a terminal service, like how they had one in France, and this was one of the devices used to connect to it. It is probably a VT100 or similar setup too.
@jafafa7 жыл бұрын
Never heard of Rockwell? Ever heard of the freaking SPACE SHUTTLE? Yeah, that was Rockwell.
@QuantumShow20227 жыл бұрын
British Telecom thing is a kind of terminal. It played on the idea of the 28.8k modems iirc, maybe lower being the backbone of the "internet" as it was back then; that's a new one, I have seen so many of those in pictures and they all looked less like that and more like teletype machines with a phone attached.
@GlassesnMouthplates7 жыл бұрын
Being a person who always choose Logitech everytime I need to replace my mouse and keyboard, I'm mesmerized to see that three buttons ancestor to the one I'm using now.
@randysavage89797 жыл бұрын
It amazes me how much random early computers he can recognise and talk about
@Horzuhammer7 жыл бұрын
I'm not even thirty just yet, nor am I any kind of calculator-enthusiast, but I'm positive I've used both of the first two calculators during my school years. The TI one was definetely somewhat of an attraction at the turn of the millenium when my schoolmate had one.
@MrMullen717 жыл бұрын
hahaaaa seeing J.J and Jeff plugged into the turbografx brought back memories.
@gRiMrEaPeRsco7 жыл бұрын
These videos are very interesting but I'd love to see the more obscure devices in action.
@vladmocanu98027 жыл бұрын
I swear to god man...you are the best content creator on this platform. I fuckin love your content.I'd love to see u upload more.Keep up the good work!
@Jamal_Tyrone7 жыл бұрын
The Quickshot Apache looks like an older version of the Quickshot Python, which had auto-fire and was great for flight simulators on the Amiga.
@briang95817 жыл бұрын
Ashens was rummaging through an old computer warehouse when he awoke, The Little Professor. Once a mere learning tool for children, it somehow acquired sentience from the surrounding electronics. Now The Professor with Ashens as its guide solves crimes only it can calculate... [cue 80's techno theme]
@philtowle4683 Жыл бұрын
We used to have the bbc model b at school. You used to press a key and turn it off and on and it would wipe the memory. The IT teacher Mr.Pollard who was also the R.E. teacher would then go mental. Good times.
@FindecanorNotGmail7 жыл бұрын
That TI calculator has a LED display. The funny thing is that the LEDs are tiny tiny things on the circuit board and so they have to be fronted with a single piece of plastic that has a lens that magnifies each digit.
@dmosses85557 жыл бұрын
loving the old school stuff ash
@Kumimono7 жыл бұрын
That Telecom thingy reminds me of the old "dumb" terminals they used to have in banks and stuff. Connected to a server, just a screen and a keyboard. Much like the terminals in Fallout, if you want a popculture example.
@ChadWSmith7 жыл бұрын
"over the holidays" - Ashens hasn't updated his end tag since last year. D:
@PoisendFan7 жыл бұрын
hi Ashens. I have been subscribed for 2 years already and ur videos are great!