16:00 interesting i was thinking that the “hands free” laws were prolly a big part of this type of product’s decline,, but the 2.5mm jack for headsets is interesting guess price was a big detractor like u said lmaoo thanks for researching and sharing !

@1:32 - I watch old TV shows from PB and if you watch a lot of the Columbo or McMillan and Wife episodes, you see them using these car phones a bunch. For the very early 70's, some of the technology available was pretty amazing. One episode of Columbo had a phone system that would read a card and then make a phone call to a patient and leave a prerecorded message as an appointment reminder. All automated. in 1969.

Before I even watch the video, I want to make a comment. Remember "Spencers Gifts"? Back when I was just out of HS, I bought a plastic "car phone" from one of their mall stores. It came complete with a mounting base, handset and fake antenna to stick on your roof. We would pile in the car and drive around the are pretending that we were talking on a real car phone. Those were the days. That was right about the time that pagers were popular.

The SEER rating on that dinosaur must be coprolitic.

(new car phone in the 2000's) I can imagine that it would be useful for taxi's, busses and miscellaneous bulk transport (and other work 99% done in a vehicle) would still have a use for this sort of thing, whether it's for breakdowns, new orders, or just double-checking information, but there would still be a cost comparison with normal cell phones

what a cool accessory in the 'ole Eagle.

Is it for calling only or can you also play music over it?

Now I wana know, can it hijack the stereo to play music? If it does can the "car phone" be used to control the misic and show titles & stuff

Even for a niche product, that one might have been a little bit overpriced. Even the 400 CAD they asked you for that unit. but thank you for showing this. a nice device, but the fact it's not a "hands free" might be a little bit dangerous for driving

That four screw mount the car phones used became a defacto standard that was referred to as an AMPS mount

Oh no what did u do xD Now I want one for my station wagon :D Very informative and interesting video! Thank you ^^

Some additional anecdotal detail on the car phone history. BMW was still putting permanent car phones into their higher end models until 1999 or so. My family had a 1996 328i, a 1997 740i, and later a 1999 740i; all of which had permanent car phones. Both of my parents also had cell phones they carried, but hands free kits were not as common or refined at the time, so I would memorize their work number, their car phone number, and their personal cell number (one of which is now MY current phone number) and guess what they were doing moment to moment so that I could try to reach them if needed. In 2000 my father purchased an E39 M5, and that car both did and didn't come with a car phone. Instead of a permanently mounted phone, it came with......an M Branded StarTAC! This worked exactly as you'd expect. When you were driving you'd plug it into a cradle in the center console and you'd have your car phone, and then when you were done you'd unplug it and go about your life. That phone was such a reliable & convenient that my mother ended up getting one as well, having BMW retrofit her 3-series to accept it, and both of them lived out of those phones until getting smart phones. So yes, at least in the luxury car world, car phones lived on into the 90s for increasingly unjustifiable reasons, but they were definitely there.

Wow, that takes me back. Had a bag phone through a carrier called Cantel - thought this was going to be a review. Can remember the manufacturers warned not to use it around gas pumps, supposedly a spark was possible when you made a call.

Nice, I remember reading about these years ago but never saw one. Really nice to see it demonstrated!

I love the Mini-Disc Stereo!

I roam arround in a couple of 25 year old Citroen Xantias, I could quite fancy this, sorta period correct. Thanks John.

Oh its 'Car-Tel' not Cartel lol.

I do love the StarTAC.

I feel like they needed to think twice about choosing the name "Cartel Solutions." Sounds like a logistics company that specializes in submarine shipping

Just watched your video. It was a big help. Someone I know has of these they still use that suddenly stopped working. Now they can’t get the cash drawer open. The manual crank you showed seems to be the solution. Is there a drawing or photo or a specification for the shape of it? I don’t have immediate access to the machine or I could just look. I would like to bring a crank with me next time I see them. If not, I guess I will have to either fake it or take measurements and photos of theirs.

I like the sound effect

Ha, that's fun. Briefcase phones were a real product at one point. According to my dad, one of his step-dads had one in the early 70s. He was a long haul trucker, so he'd routinely be out in the middle of nowhere, Alaska. Weighed some 20-odd pounds (most of which was the battery) and probably had more in common with a shortwave radio than modern cellphone.

love the blinkenlights

The form factor used in this system was called NLX. It was a low cost pc form factor made by Intel, so you could probably just slide a pc nlx board in and it would just work.

I took my horizontal window unit and installed a bar across the top and then put foam for the rest of the vertical

looking at the motor online it seems like it can handle 12v, maybe even more.

Y great grandmother still has hers and in real good condition, tho i never seen her play it.

You've just blown your chance to put the Hughes Probeye into real action ;)

Amazing sir. So much work .

I just plug it in and turn it on until tantalums explode. 😂 Just kidding.

Move out, Iron Man, there's a new hero in town: Tantalum Man!

I gave up at 4:24. Didn't come here to get a tutorial about how a fridge works and all the other peripheral demonstrations of erudition the fellow thinks enhances the video. They don't they waste time. Came to learn about repairs and mentioning which (of their many problems would be addressed at the beginning would simply have been the thoughtful thing to do. But no...not much thoughtfulness here.

Do you have a part number for the BUSS 125V 4A fuse? Or will really any 4A though hole/axial work for that?

I have one and seems like it eats up batteries (rechargeable NiH, AA)!!

The Type 6 keyboard was absolute garbage.. to the point that people left it in the pack and bought adapters for the Type 5 to USB instead. The weak rubber dome keys make extensive typing feel like digging in warm mud. I never had a worse keyboard ever, especially not from a premium vendor. Thankfully, Sun noticed the many complaints and released the Type 7 a few years later, which was more or less a Type 5 with USB controller inside. Also, I'm quite sad that Sun stopped making desktop machines after the Ultra 45.. the T2 CPUs would have been great in developer machines with their many cores.

WHY HAVEN'T YOU PUT A SMALL FAN INSIDE THE EXHAUST TUBE OR AT THE END OF THE TUBE TOO ACTUALLY PULL THE AIR NOW YOU HAVE A PUSHER AND A PULLER

I have a four reel all stop except#4.otherwise seems like it works. I do have the other type upper control board? Any ideas?

Thanks for all your information, how cab I contact you? I need some help. Respectfully Tommy

My Jobo CPP2 was purchased in 1988 and last week the agitator motor stopped working. Upon inspection I found the T 1.25 A fuse was blown. I replaced the fuse but the motor still did not work. The problem was a bad rectifier which was replaced with a $14 USD rectifier. Running smoothly now. The only other problem happened in the late 1990s when I had to replace the water pump impeller shaft that corroded into two pieces. For processing the reservoir is filled with pre-heated water so the CPP2 heater only has to maintain the correct water temperature during processing. My darkroom is controlled to a 15-20% humidity and an ambient temperature between 68 to 75 F year round.

Are both micro chips the same or different

Well, whoever built this computer did a fantastic job !! This is a real work of art !!

What memories!! And with the BSR record changer - the Crosley of the 1970s. My older sister had a closed-top lid console that might have been branded Morse Electrophonic. Even if not, about the same department store thing.

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It can analyze heavy equipment vehicle?

YEAH YEAH WE CAME TO BLOW YOUR SYSTEM!

Awesome video my friend. I'll be driving the Eagle down in the next few months and we'll have to test my car. I just want to see the results on the ol dot matrix printed paper for nostalgic reasons :) What an awesome piece of equipment to have laying around hehe

Read The FRIENDLY Manual. :o)

You can just make a Phenelic spacer for the carb and you will never have vapor lock issues. Also the extra height on the carb might also give you some extra torque.

My unit was leaking, so I finally decided to open it, with the aid of this video. Turns out there's a little spout that was machined to have too deep of a curve and the water would splash back out. I just had to pull out the spout and flatten it a bit. Problem solved! Thank you.