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[Basic Block]

As someone who doesn't keep up with shit; does this fag post on other channels now? I used to watch 8-bit keys but thats abandoned and his main channel may have a video every 2-3 months.

He and his brother are preparing to open an arcade and have been posting restoration videos on this channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@TimeRiftArcade

I haven't seen anything particularly egregious out of the few I've watched.

 

[Rock hard as a Flintstone]

Final piece of advice (though you may be way ahead of me already): replace the battery with a CR2032 holder and 3V CR2032 button cell. These don't leak like the old Varta-style batteries do. Just be sure to put a diode on the voltage input side, to stop any attempted charging of the battery.

Absolutely, I know that NiMH barrel batteries still exist but there's no way anything other than a lithium coin cell is going near the board after I'm done with it. Also thanks for the advice.

 

[Waff]

I hate this new "YouTube" vocabulary. People who have been banned already don't use retarded words like "unaliving" when posting on Rumble/Odysee/their own fucking website.


It would be way more entertaining if Murray were the lunatic with anger manager problems from that 90s movie Falling Down. But he's not a chad, psycho or anything exciting by a long shot. Just some nerd who lost out to the YouTube economy and now restores video game cabinets and occasionally enlists the help of pet trannies.

I wish there would be just one single retro youtuber that isnt looking to be safe but I guess thats too much to ask these days. They'd probably be outed from the retro tech ring and shunned.

 

[Never Scored]

I'm in the middle of playing Varta cleanup crew (won't dox myself too hard by saying what its on). I've done a few soaks with white vinegar and tissue paper, then given the board a rinse down/scrub with a conductive brush and blasted it with isopropyl alcohol before letting it dry. The corrosion has gone under the solder mask in a few spots but miraculously, there are very few broken traces that I can see (I haven't tested continuity anywhere yet).

This is my first time cleaning up a battery leak this bad so does anyone have tips for newbies? Next step based on youtube is to remove the affected ICs/sockets, then scour the area with a fiberglass pen/polishing bit on the Dremel before tinning it and testing for continuity.

When I saw your avatar, I thought you were AnOminous.

 

[Rock hard as a Flintstone]

When I saw your avatar, I thought you were AnOminous.

No sorry, just a fellow appreciator of the best Fred.

 

[#lurker]

He and his brother are preparing to open an arcade and have been posting restoration videos on this channel:

https://www.youtube.com/@TimeRiftArcade

I haven't seen anything particularly egregious out of the few I've watched.

Even if he is a dork who sometimes cuts corners, his arcade restoration videos are pure kino. Very comfy viewing.

 

[Fcret]

Even if he is a dork who sometimes cuts corners, his arcade restoration videos are pure kino. Very comfy viewing.

I thought the arcade shit was a retarded idea that would turn into a massive boondoggle and deplete David's finances.

But no, the channel is a success. There's apparently actual local interest in the arcade which means it'll probably enjoy steady, profitable business. David wins again. Truly the DSP of retro youtubers.

 

[Kalsarikännit]

Even if he is a dork who sometimes cuts corners, his arcade restoration videos are pure kino. Very comfy viewing.

I'll say that I like the channel, but honestly prefer the videos done by the other guy. He seems to be really good at making things even better than they were new, rather than David's just restoring stuff to a "good enough" state.

But no, the channel is a success. There's apparently actual local interest in the arcade which means it'll probably enjoy steady, profitable business. David wins again. Truly the DSP of retro youtubers.

I bet the interest is in no small part due to the channel itself. If you've ever been in one of these "retro arcade"/"beercade" places, the machines are usually in abysmal condition, barely hanging on. The fact that Time Rift is offering an as-close-to-new-as-possible experience is probably a good part of the draw, and the restoration channel is basically just them putting their money where their mouth is.

 

[Migraine Box]

I bet the interest is in no small part due to the channel itself. If you've ever been in one of these "retro arcade"/"beercade" places, the machines are usually in abysmal condition, barely hanging on. The fact that Time Rift is offering an as-close-to-new-as-possible experience is probably a good part of the draw, and the restoration channel is basically just them putting their money where their mouth is.

Man, the operators around you must really, really suck. I'm blessed with my local arcade folk as they take great pride in keeping their machines as mechanically immaculate as possible. Only thing they're not big on is replacing side art unless absolutely necessary or repainting. NGL I do cringe a little when Time Rift strips off original side art that's still in decent shape...I get their reasoning, just,

That being said, I do quite like the Time Rift channel and David's involvement overall. It's not him alone doing the work like in his main channel, there's a whole team of people who all know what they're doing and how to do it well. Little to no chance of something like a paperclip incident ever happening with the arcade cabs lmfao. It's also nice in general to finally have a channel with a decent level of production quality dedicated to vintage arcade equipment like this.

 

[HootersMcBoobies]

If you've ever been in one of these "retro arcade"/"beercade" places, the machines are usually in abysmal condition,

I'm blessed with my local arcade folk as they take great pride in keeping their machines as mechanically immaculate as possible.

Most of the retro arcades I've seen are in good condition. In my travels, the best I've found are the Las Vegas Pinball Museum (they have a cool machine that will break a $20), and the Pinball Palace in Brunswick, Georgia. If I ever make it out to Texas, I do want to check out Time Rift.

I do cringe a little when Time Rift strips off original side art

I did a little at first, but I'm guessing they are buying licensed art. It's interesting how many little players (I'm gonna guess Pinball/arcade companies that still have old licensing contracts?) still make a small chunk of this business off of selling this stuff to restorers. If it's essentially the same printed art, it doesn't bother me that much. We're talking about new prints of mass produced originals (probably using the same TIFF files from the 80s/90s). We're not talking about the Mona Lisa (still overrated)

 

[Kalsarikännit]

Most of the retro arcades I've seen are in good condition.

Must just be that the ones I've been to suck, then. Glad to hear that it might not be the norm.

 

[残念。]

I wish there was a company that could screen print art into old metal Atari control panels and the like. Playing an asteroids with a sticker overlay feels like ass.

Most art you buy now is scanned from old games, not the same files. There are some companies that sell really shit art.

Also stop drilling holes for your dumb ass free play button. This is the 21st century, we have the technology to fix that shit.

 

[Spruce Supremacist]

I've said this multiple times but I cannot stress this enough. Don't buy from old computer shops, don't buy from "retro" warehouses or any ebay store or hell even thrift store. All will gouge you of your cash. Your best bet is to get a list of all the recycle centers within a 50 mile radius of where you are and call them all up and ask if you can buy scrap off them. Its basically garunteed that at least one will say you can. I found one and I was able to get 2 iie's from it for only 5$ each. I also got a bunch of miscellaneous stuff that retards would consider "RARE, ONE OF A KIND, ETC." for next to nothing. For instance I got multiple scsi to usb cables for only 25 cents each.

This is true. Several years ago I stumbled upon a top-loader Panasonic 3DO at one of those recycle centers, which was placed in a small warehouse meant to hold items that people bring in to give away. It was such an odd thing to find, especially since it's complete unobtanium in my country, even among retro console collectors. The CD motor was borked, so at least I got several tens of eurodollars from selling it off to some rando online.

 

[BikeLock]

He's even shown his gun on a YouTube video. He also has a second channel called Awesome Airguns, but he hasn't uploaded to that in years.

With how he cut that security screw I would've thought he would've been autistic enough to own an HS2000 (The Springfield XD, before Springfield put their name on the side).

huh.

 

[BikeLock]

Looks like the Glock is real and he is just your typical Texan who takes a rifle to the sandwich shop. I guess the airguns are another nostalgic hobby, like the old computers and synthesizers.
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My nigger, that is a 10/22, what is you doin?

Edit: Also, holy shit sammich maker guy, what is YOU doin' being a sandwich bitch at your age?

 

[HootersMcBoobies]

Murry just released another video on his solar setup

How much money does this guy have to get two wrapped Teslas? Didn't he have a Leaf at one time, and a Chevy Bolt? Guess he got rid of them? I think he refitted an Eclipse or some other low end sports car back in the 90s with an electric motor too.

Anyway, I've been looking at creating a solar setup. I hate how all of his Ecobees use an app and probably connect to their servers. I have PoE cameras and I keep them on an entirely separate network not connected to the Internet. It seems like every solar all-in-one unit has some dumb "cloud" thing that's listed as a feature. I just want a controller that can charge batteries, pull from solar and mains, and has some API (or hell even a serial database) that would let me pull all the charging info and pump it into a local InfluxDB without any of the cloud/app shit.

 

[mr_negativity]

Videos like this remind of how paltry and expensive green energy is. His energy usage is 100 KWh per day. He generates on average 25 KWh. Assuming the price of electricity is 20 cents per KWH he is producing $5 per day of electricity. For every $1,000 dollars spent it will take 200 days to earn back his principle. Dallas on average has 135 sunny days per year, 97 partly sunny days, leaving 133 cloudy days per year. He will be lucky to get full production 200 days per year.

Lets assume the installed cost to duplicate his setup is $20,000. I would say this is a very low estimate. The actual cost is probably much higher. At 5 dollars per day of income it will take 4,000 days of good solar production to simply break even. That would take about 11 years assuming every single day will be sunny. Those lithium batteries, are not going to last that long. It is extremely likely that when this equipment goes into the landfill/toxic waste dump, total life cycle cost vs total energy produced is going to be higher or about even with the cost of grid power.

Then there are the intangibles. The roof penetrations may have shortened the life of the roof resulting in an earlier $10,000 dollar replacement expense. Insurance companies will see the solar panels, the highly flammable lithium batteries and raise your rates to the moon.

I can buy a 10 year US treasury for $20,000 dollars and make an easy $2 per day of income without loss of principle. Averaging $5 day may be possible via the same $20K investment in a stock market index fund over the same period of time.

With these solar setups you get all the capital costs and risks of being your own electric company, but you still have to pay the electric company. You essentially up-fronting a massive amount of money to get a slight discount of your energy which will take 7+ years to pay back, or never.

The same people who brag about how much money they are saving on solar, are the same type of people who think they are making money at the casino. They ignore the losses and only count the gains.

 

[HootersMcBoobies]

Lets assume the installed cost to duplicate his setup is $20,000. I would say this is a very low estimate.

He gets a lot of that shit mailed to him from Ecobee. So most of the controllers and batteries he pays nothing for. I doubt he's spent anywhere near $20k himself.

You can get cheaper options. In most cities you can get on Craiglist/FB and always find used panels (200w-300w) for like $60 ~ $200 a panel. I checked right now in my area and found several unused/new-on-pllaet LG farm panels for $125. You will not get the tax write-offs for most used panels, or stuff that doesn't come from an official solar distributor, but it's probably not worth the reimbursement if you can get them way cheaper from the start. I think in earlier solar videos he does state the prices of some of these panels and I think he sourced them from similar locations.

I have a friend who has batteries he hasn't used in storage I was thinking of buying off of him as well (if they still hold a charge. Certain brands are shelf stable and others are not).

The roof penetrations may have shortened the life of the roof

Yea I do not want roof solar. If I started to experiment, I'd build some basic frame and put them out as ground solar in my yard (I have plenty of tree-free yard). Building wooden frames are cheap. My roof is well over 10 years old. Once I figure out how I want solar to work, only then would I even consider roof mounting them, and I'd roll that cost into contracting for a full roof replacement. It makes no sense to add roof solar unless it's after a roof replacement (and I'd recommend a metal roof too).

It is extremely likely that when this equipment goes into the landfill/toxic waste dump

JerryRig did have a video on Li-Cycle recycling process. I have a lot of doubts, since it's obviously a big Li-Cycle promo video. There are a lot of unknowns past the "black mass" phase, but it does seem like there's at least a process. It's unlikely the super large batteries used in home solar or cars would end up in landfills.

But I agree with you generally; it's really not cost effective unless you're looking at 15+ years (and even then unlikely due to maintenance). My own interest is focused on a couple of goals. 1, it just seems cool. 2, building something privacy aware and with open source web applications seems something not a lot of people have done. 3, general prepping for when we see more insane stuff coming from governments around the world.

The most expensive piece of a solar system seems to be the controller for handling mains/panels/batteries. All-in-one units easily run $5k; although at those price points, vendors are probably more likely to answer questions regarding keeping the boxes disconnected from the Internet.

 

[quaawaa]

Videos like this remind of how paltry and expensive green energy is. His energy usage is 100 KWh per day. He generates on average 25 KWh. Assuming the price of electricity is 20 cents per KWH he is producing $5 per day of electricity. For every $1,000 dollars spent it will take 200 days to earn back his principle. Dallas on average has 135 sunny days per year, 97 partly sunny days, leaving 133 cloudy days per year. He will be lucky to get full production 200 days per year.

Lets assume the installed cost to duplicate his setup is $20,000. I would say this is a very low estimate. The actual cost is probably much higher. At 5 dollars per day of income it will take 4,000 days of good solar production to simply break even. That would take about 11 years assuming every single day will be sunny. Those lithium batteries, are not going to last that long. It is extremely likely that when this equipment goes into the landfill/toxic waste dump, total life cycle cost vs total energy produced is going to be higher or about even with the cost of grid power.

Then there are the intangibles. The roof penetrations may have shortened the life of the roof resulting in an earlier $10,000 dollar replacement expense. Insurance companies will see the solar panels, the highly flammable lithium batteries and raise your rates to the moon.

I can buy a 10 year US treasury for $20,000 dollars and make an easy $2 per day of income without loss of principle. Averaging $5 day may be possible via the same $20K investment in a stock market index fund over the same period of time.

With these solar setups you get all the capital costs and risks of being your own electric company, but you still have to pay the electric company. You essentially up-fronting a massive amount of money to get a slight discount of your energy which will take 7+ years to pay back, or never.

The same people who brag about how much money they are saving on solar, are the same type of people who think they are making money at the casino. They ignore the losses and only count the gains.

To be fair, David, since he's a conservative tech enthusiast and not a leftist eco nut, has been very clear that he buys solar and batteries for reliability concerns, not because it makes financial sense or to "save the planet". In his most recent video, he outright calls net-metering a scam that would bankrupt the power grid which is a truth that I've never heard any other solar promoter say. Usually, solar lovers are in denial that they use the grid as a battery and get extremely hostile when you tell them that net-metering is an unsustainable subsidy that needs to go away.

 

[Migraine Box]

To be fair, David, since he's a conservative tech enthusiast and not a leftist eco nut, has been very clear that he buys solar and batteries for reliability concerns, not because it makes financial sense or to "save the planet".

Also, I think he's going a little overboard because of the 2021 winter storm. His property sustained quite a bit of water damage because of it, right as he was finishing construction on the 'studio'. The 'tism in him understandably wants as many preventative measures against something like that ever again.