Steve Goes Thrifting #1: Electronics, Laserdiscs, and Computers, Oh My!

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3 жыл бұрын

While on vacation recently I visited a few thrift stores and found some cool vintage electronics, computer accessories, video games, and even some laserdiscs! So join me as I go thrifting around Wildwood Crest, New Jersey.
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@vampiregoat69 3 күн бұрын

OMFG that dot matrix printer brings back my C-64 days. I feel 2nd hand stores are WAAAAY overpriced for OLD junk or even old anything

@devcybiko 2 жыл бұрын

That was fun. Thanks for taking us along. I had that Radio Shack programmable remote and used it for at least a decade. It was awesome. One cool thing about it was that you programmed it using your existing remotes. So, I could put the TV power plus the volume control on the sound system, and the cable box controls on the same "selection" and create a hybrid remote that controlled the entire entertainment system without "switching." I still long for a remote that can do as much.

@jackilynpyzocha662 3 ай бұрын

I hung out a Radio Shack for computers, software and accessories. 1992, a RLX 1000 full system with 20 mb hdd, 1 3 1/2" floppy drive, Windows 3.1, DOS 6.22 and my favorite software: Desk Mate, an early gui. It also had BASIC(version of), the unit, monitor, keyboard, mouse. I had a three year warranty, the hard disk drive had a defect, they replaced it for free(it jumped from DOS or Windows to Desk Mate at will). Home Organizer was part of Desk Mate. I had a dot matrix printer(theirs). IBM-compatible, so I could expand my software collection(Wheel of Fortune, MS Bob, "Expert Software" which had a planner, astronomy and light office suites.Print Shop (all on floppy disks). Almost $1,000.00 well-worth it. I miss the store, at the former Eastfield Mall in Springfield, MA(Boston Road). Palmer, MA had the same system. Radio Shack is now online, different items for sale. I miss that computer system. I would eat, socialize and shop, in one place! Holyoke Mall, nearby, also had Radio Shack, various malls in Western New England area. I don't have the system anymore(I sold it to a friend, very inexpensively, so her daughter could get learn about computers!

@ikangulama 3 жыл бұрын

I want that dvi-adc converter for $20 too :)

@BilisNegra 3 жыл бұрын

This was a fantastic video to just chill, relax, and enjoy. Nice!

@GrowlyBear917 Жыл бұрын

I like finding Atari 8 bit hardware at thrift stores, but there has been no finds in the last few years. I did get a food processor for $5 a while back. Then I took it home, filled it up with alphabet soup, now I have a word processor.

@jackilynpyzocha662 3 ай бұрын

Try Goodwill, Salvation Army and such stores for electronics!

@magesnz 3 жыл бұрын

about 2-3 months ago , i bought a nice but with a broken foot powermac g5, from a young man in quebec, awesome purchase, just need to upgrade it to 8 gig of ram

@DavidStahlOLDHAPPyMACs 3 жыл бұрын

Great Stuff Steve some Very Cool finds

@ActionRetro 3 жыл бұрын

It's Vulcan Kaylee!

@Mac84 3 жыл бұрын

Haha, yes! They probably had left over head sculpts and decided "Eh, nobody will know the difference!"

@dave4shmups 3 жыл бұрын

Great thrifting video! The Saturn is a cool console, but the game prices on eBay are super high right now.

@XodiumLabs 3 жыл бұрын

Um. Those SNES games. Holy crap. And that SNES!

@Mac84 3 жыл бұрын

I know! It was sooo tempting to just buy it all and make a few bucks reselling them. 😬

@JapanPop 3 жыл бұрын

The prices on the Snes stuff were so good! Super Metroid is hovering around $100! Wow,

@Mac84 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, if I would have known that, I would have purchased it! :O

@Natures_Intentions 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah a lot of the retro gaming consoles and games have gone way up in price. Especially on Ebay. I think a lot of the thrift stores are looking up Ebay prices and pricing using Ebay prices.

@stormk-1130 3 ай бұрын

5:00 50 bucks for that controller xD

@ashtonsretrocomputerroom 3 жыл бұрын

Great finds man! 👍

@mingohagen 3 жыл бұрын

I have had that snoopy spoon next to the pokemon DS game since I was a baby! :)

@mingohagen 3 жыл бұрын

I love that that machine gun printer is labeled as "Quiet".

@jamesvalentino7024 Жыл бұрын

Epic!

@ObiWanBillKenobi 9 ай бұрын

17:44 The copyright on the screen is 1993. That is extremely late for a dedicated word processor-monitor-printer!

@ManleyEvangelista 3 жыл бұрын

After the pandemic. I want fly back to America and go thrifting/yard sailing again. I missed doing it, when I was still living back in the US.

@sadmac356 3 жыл бұрын

The coolest things I found recently are a music CD locally, and then Freddi Fish and a copy of Sad Macs, Bombs, and Other Disasters (3rd edition) while out of town). Saw some laserdiscs at that store but didn't get them

@Mac84 3 жыл бұрын

Nice! The Sad Macs series of books are always excellent.

@theseob Жыл бұрын

That boxed jvc videorecorder could be used in the usa. It was 110 to 240v switchable, and it had ntsc playback. Look at the logo in the top right corner. It says m-pal and ntsc. A lot of european vcr’s of the 90’s where able to playback ntsc tapes on a pal tv screen. With the bonus of having a scart plug.

@Natures_Intentions 3 жыл бұрын

Wow that Sega Saturn game virtua fighter 2 I just got that game in the original long case. Great finds

@burdebc1 3 жыл бұрын

I checked my local thrift store earlier today, but it was a complete bust.

@killab138 3 жыл бұрын

7:11 METEOR MAN!!!!!

@BushidoBrownSama 5 ай бұрын

Good eye

@SuperMoleRetro 2 жыл бұрын

I would have grabbed all of those video games! Hard to find much of anything anymore much less all in one spot.

@louiseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 2 жыл бұрын

I ❤️ your Videos

@kbhasi 2 жыл бұрын

(4:57) This reminds me of someone who listed a Kobo Glo HD as a regular Kobo Glo. Of course, I bought it and also because it had a faded screen. (7:57) That looks to me like a collection of mockbusters. (19:35) I see someone wanted to have a Maroon 5 themed iPod…

@DerekWitt 3 жыл бұрын

$50 for a Wii game? Did I see that right?! That sounds rather exuberant…

@St0rmcrash 3 жыл бұрын

Neat finds, especially that word processor. I wonder if that thing has the awful Smith Corona Leaf Spring switches in it's keyboard. Seems like a ribbon problem as in one shot you could see the impression of the "e" on the paper from the daisy wheel even though it didn't get inked onto the page. Really wish I'd had the guts to mess around with my Dad's old Magnavox Videowriter before it got tossed out at e waste

@jackilynpyzocha662 3 ай бұрын

Dot Matrix Printer for website!

@bitdigital8052 2 жыл бұрын

Super Metroid $10, shoulda grab that. Score on the 1050 tho

@jackilynpyzocha662 3 ай бұрын

Which Mac (Apple) OS version shown with the dot matrix printer, information, please, thanks.

@lukedavis436 3 жыл бұрын

I own a Bubblejet Starwriter 300

@mrt.7146 Жыл бұрын

Assume you already have Apollo 13 on LaserDisc? If not .... 😱

@Mac84 Жыл бұрын

Haha, yes I do. I have the DTS surround sound version.

@exile2828 3 жыл бұрын

What is the video playing when you are showing the display adapter working?

@gallowsgryph 3 жыл бұрын

It's an apple internal music video called "I think we're a clone now". It's here on KZfaq, and hilarious to watch.

@jackilynpyzocha662 3 ай бұрын

Pretty phone, does it work?

@Castawot. Жыл бұрын

i found 2 ps2s for 22 bucks each

@AirknightTails 3 жыл бұрын

1:47 I'm sorry. But as someone who likes the Infinity Series and speedruns 3.0. That Thrift Store's pricing is SUPER Ridiculous

@Mac84 3 жыл бұрын

Exactly, I’ve seen GameStop sell these sets cheaper!

@AirknightTails 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mac84 If only I can actually FIND the Sets at GameStop nowadays xD

@DerekWitt 3 жыл бұрын

@@Mac84 and the GameStops around me are not known for being cheap either. We do have several Vintage Stock locations. Their record selections are quite impressive. Their game consoles and games not so much.