Epic! 8-bitguy uses 1 weird trick to detroy rare prototypes!

[Cats]

The year is 2023 and 8bitguy still looks like a soft shell turtle

 

[ZipDisk]

CRD is carrying his parents and the tranny. He said it was killing him.
I wonder if he'll lose the depression weight and the dead weight now that he no longer has to. (Probably not)
I carry my mom because she is financially irresponsible. If not for my dad's union pension I'd probably be dead. I can't imagine subsidizing a fat load of shit on top of that, and still making the time to fuck around with old netbooks.

 

[SNEED.EXE]

The year is 2023 and 8bitguy still looks like a soft shell turtle

I went to VCF Midwest last year and I swear I saw him asking the guy at the door if he was "turtley enough for the Turtle Club".

 

[Fcret]

CRD is carrying his parents and the tranny. He said it was killing him.
I wonder if he'll lose the depression weight and the dead weight now that he no longer has to. (Probably not)
I carry my mom because she is financially irresponsible. If not for my dad's union pension I'd probably be dead. I can't imagine subsidizing a fat load of shit on top of that, and still making the time to fuck around with old netbooks.

I'm not sure why he's subsidizing the tranny. In one of his earlier vids, he mentioned that his boyfriend (who I assume is now the tranny) got a job by faxing their resume out, so I assume at one point they were employable. Part of me wonders now if he's actually into the tranny at all or if he's desperately trying to make it work after the person who used to be his boyfriend trooned out.

 

[innocent jogger]

I don't really care about his strategy series but PETSCII Robots is definitely a game that made me want to play it from the previews, even if I haven't actually bought a copy.
Shit, I think you can even play the X16 version for free on the site.

He mentions in the video that there are shareware versions of PETSCII Robots available here.

Thanks for the link, I was curious too but didn't want to buy a copy.

I downloaded the Genesis port and tried it today and honestly it's not that good. The sound is pretty decent. The graphics aren't bad (although you can tell they were copied from the Amiga and don't really have a "Genesis" look). But man, the bad scrolling started giving me a headache immediately and the controls suck ass.

The worst part of the controls are the fact that you can only fire your gun if you are also pushing a direction on the D-pad. So you basically have to be running toward your enemy the entire time, taking damage as you go. Add this to the fact that the robots take multiple hits before they go down and move faster than you. I wasn't able to kill more than 3 'bots without dying, got bored after a few tries and quit. I probably won't try it again.

 

[Pee Cola]

2,200 Forgotten Vintage Computers Are Being Liberated From a Barn in Massachusetts (A)

A surprisingly good article from Vice about the NABU PC, a failed 1980's computer from Leafland.

Back in the late '80s, some dude bought the remaining stock (2,200 units) at a rock bottom price, stashed them in a barn for 30 years and then started selling them off on eBay last last year.

YouTuber Adrian Black got wind of it and made a video, which made the NABU a cult item among vintage computing enthusiasts.

Last year they were going for $60 a piece, now they're up to $100 each as stocks have almost run out.

 

[tehpope]

David looks old, shows off a place in DFW building the first 100 Commander X16s, addresses da haters, and talks about the future of the product.

 

[TenMilesWide]

TL;DW:
New keyboards in from Perixx, new stock of yamaha sound chips (and another pin-compatible alternative found), Suntronic handling PCBs + a factory tour, latter half of video "addressing misinformation" and going back over the old roadmap from 2019.

David looks old, shows off a place in DFW building the first 100 Commander X16s, addresses da haters, and talks about the future of the product.

Aw ya ninja'd me.

 

[ditto]

Last year they were going for $60 a piece, now they're up to $100 each as stocks have almost run out.

NABU developer Leo Binkowski has a YouTube channel where he does through all his NABU equipment and software.

Leo actually ported and shipped dozens of games and other stuff for the NABU during the 80s.

It's 1000 times more interesting than David's toy project or watching LGR talk about a mousepad while doing a Duke Nukem impression.

 

[Pee Cola]

NABU developer Leo Binkowski has a YouTube channel where he does through all his NABU equipment and software.

Leo actually ported and shipped dozens of games and other stuff for the NABU during the 80s.

It's great how some of the OG NABU people are still doing stuff. DJ Sures is another one. His Dad and a couple of his relatives worked at NABU, and just like Leo he kept doing NABU stuff even before the NABU was rediscovered by the internet. He made the NABU Internet Adapter, which emulates the original NABU Network via a USB to RS-422 adapter.

It's 1000 times more interesting than David's toy project or watching LGR talk about a mousepad while doing a Duke Nukem impression.

The smaller retro channels make some of the best content these days.

 

[ditto]

The smaller retro channels make some of the best content these days.

Really wish people would just YouTube their own retro gear instead of sending it in to big channels like LGR.

His mailbag videos are so depressing. Lengthy unboxing, a few seconds on camera, maybe a joke about where he's going to store it or how he'll never have time to do a video on it. Then never seen again.

His basement is going to be someone's Computer Reset 30 years from now.

 

[innocent jogger]

8 Bit Guy has made a lot of entertaining and informative videos. At least ones that were fun for my crazy brain anyway. But his content has really dried out the last few years. The Genesis version of his epic game sucks and I am too cheap to buy the other ports without trying them first. He should probably quit now, before Slobwave comes a'knocking....

 

[seri0us]

Really wish people would just YouTube their own retro gear instead of sending it in to big channels like LGR.

His mailbag videos are so depressing. Lengthy unboxing, a few seconds on camera, maybe a joke about where he's going to store it or how he'll never have time to do a video on it. Then never seen again.

His basement is going to be someone's Computer Reset 30 years from now.

Reached out a handful of years ago; LGR claims that if he dies there's plans for at least some of it being sent to museums, 8 Bit Guy's might be sold but he "really doesn't want his wife to have to deal with all of that", and Techmoan's will go "right in the skip".

8 Bit Guy has made a lot of entertaining and informative videos. At least ones that were fun for my crazy brain anyway. But his content has really dried out the last few years. The Genesis version of his epic game sucks and I am too cheap to buy the other ports without trying them first. He should probably quit now, before Slobwave comes a'knocking....

I hope the Murray household has plans for when Patreon and Adsense peter out.

 

[Pee Cola]

Reached out a handful of years ago; LGR claims that if he dies there's plans for at least some of it being sent to museums, 8 Bit Guy's might be sold but he "really doesn't want his wife to have to deal with all of that"

Not all retro YouTubers are hoarders.

I know a few people aren't huge RMC fans, but the great thing with Neil is that he puts donations out on display for people to see and use at The Cave. Fair play to him; building a museum from scratch is no easy task.

Adrian Black has been known to pass surplus machines onto other collectors in his local area. I guess that's one upside to living in Portland, you might score a free C64.

Then there are the other much smaller channels who buy most (if not all) their own stuff, and have been known to sell stuff to other collectors to fund new items for their collection. Not to mention those who fix other people's machines and make videos about it, such as GadgetUK164.

I get the feeling the people who donate stuff to the really big YouTubers such as LGR and The 8-Bit Guy do so because they've formed an unhealthy parasocial relationship. These chumps would be way better off selling these things on eBay.

Techmoan's will go "right in the skip"

In Techmoan's defence, he pays for most of his gear himself and he has a British sense of humour. I suspect what'll really happen is that Mrs. Techmoan will put it in an estate sale.

 

[Fcret]

I also like MichaelMJD and Action Retro.

 

[PixarsTedKennedy]

8 Bit Guy has made a lot of entertaining and informative videos. At least ones that were fun for my crazy brain anyway. But his content has really dried out the last few years. The Genesis version of his epic game sucks and I am too cheap to buy the other ports without trying them first. He should probably quit now, before Slobwave comes a'knocking....

Same. I like David's stuff. I just wish he would slow down with the extra-curricular activities. I'm dumbfounded by how 'surprised' he was that programming a game and then shipping physical copies to people takes up so much time. I'm too young to have been playing around with a C64 in the 80s so I always found his videos to be fun, but there's only so much I can take of his wish fulfillment of game dev/computer mogul.

 

[Migraine Box]

It's great how some of the OG NABU people are still doing stuff. DJ Sures is another one. His Dad and a couple of his relatives worked at NABU, and just like Leo he kept doing NABU stuff even before the NABU was rediscovered by the internet. He made the NABU Internet Adapter, which emulates the original NABU Network via a USB to RS-422 adapter.

The smaller retro channels make some of the best content these days.

I was able to see a lot of this working irl not too long ago by someone knee-deep in the NABU world and it's genuinely fascinating. Once its newfound niche ironed out all its drama, they've been able to pull off insane things. From what I remember, they've developed a custom system ROM you can swap in that replaces the entire need for the network box, so all you need to get the NABU up and running is a USB to serial adapter and a laptop with wifi. They have a website where you can emulate the network and a ton of the original software.

Not all retro YouTubers are hoarders.

To be fair, not all retro computer YouTubers are hoarders, but a lot of retro computer guys kinda are. There's a saying in the circles, "it's not hoarding if there's still room to add more".

 

[Waff]

Really wish people would just YouTube their own retro gear instead of sending it in to big channels like LGR.

His mailbag videos are so depressing. Lengthy unboxing, a few seconds on camera, maybe a joke about where he's going to store it or how he'll never have time to do a video on it. Then never seen again.

His basement is going to be someone's Computer Reset 30 years from now.

I remember one guy said this on 4chan a while back as a joke and it stuck with me cause I genuinely saw him doing this shit. I bet he shows off some random shit he found at a thrift store, yard sale, etc. then marks it up on his vids as ***RARE*** and ***RETRO*** so as to then be able to resell the items on ebay for 3 times the inital amount.

 

[DagothUr]

Saw other people mention Usagi electric so I thought I'd throw in my 2-cents as a viewer.

I definitely recommend him to anyone who is interested in older systems or more obscure stuff. Very interesting to a gigautist like me.

It's true that people on his Discord do a lot of the work. A lot of people are working on the Centurion minicomputer project with him, including some people who actually worked for the company at the time.
A lot of the work that needs to be done is complicated, especially stuff for the Centurion that involved a lot of autistic effort in revere engineering software, so I don't really blame him for letting discord niggers take that burden.
It's much better than him being a faggot and gutting the systems to put a raspberry Pi and LED strip in them.

And AFAIK he is an overall beginner, like a lot of his earlier videos on vacuum tubes are not totally accurate and his electronics and computing knowledge is limited.

He also previously tried to make a sell a vacuum tube 555 timer kit. Twice.
It was a complete failure and I haven't heard anything since.

My biggest concern is that he keeps undertaking new large projects.
He still hasn't got all the Centurion stuff working, the Vacuum Tube computer just got redesigned, there's the (at least 1) PDP-11 and now he's somehow acquired a Bendix G-15 (an actual vacuum tube computer from the 50s) on loan?
Seems like he is taking on way more than he really ought to.

Someone also mentioned they saw his cars in the background?
He said at some point how he used to build/repair vintage cars. I assume that's how he finances all this stuff, and also explains why he has that huge CNC mill.

Also he's a Texan who lives on a ranch in the middle of nowhere. So that's pretty cool.

 

[Mikoyan]

Saw other people mention Usagi electric so I thought I'd throw in my 2-cents as a viewer.

I definitely recommend him to anyone who is interested in older systems or more obscure stuff. Very interesting to a gigautist like me.

It's true that people on his Discord do a lot of the work. A lot of people are working on the Centurion minicomputer project with him, including some people who actually worked for the company at the time.
A lot of the work that needs to be done is complicated, especially stuff for the Centurion that involved a lot of autistic effort in revere engineering software, so I don't really blame him for letting discord niggers take that burden.
It's much better than him being a faggot and gutting the systems to put a raspberry Pi and LED strip in them.

And AFAIK he is an overall beginner, like a lot of his earlier videos on vacuum tubes are not totally accurate and his electronics and computing knowledge is limited.

He also previously tried to make a sell a vacuum tube 555 timer kit. Twice.
It was a complete failure and I haven't heard anything since.

My biggest concern is that he keeps undertaking new large projects.
He still hasn't got all the Centurion stuff working, the Vacuum Tube computer just got redesigned, there's the (at least 1) PDP-11 and now he's somehow acquired a Bendix G-15 (an actual vacuum tube computer from the 50s) on loan?
Seems like he is taking on way more than he really ought to.

Someone also mentioned they saw his cars in the background?
He said at some point how he used to build/repair vintage cars. I assume that's how he finances all this stuff, and also explains why he has that huge CNC mill.

Also he's a Texan who lives on a ranch in the middle of nowhere. So that's pretty cool.

I'm perplexed at him taking on that G-15 project. That's going to take forever even if he dedicated himself to it which he isn't since he keeps finding weird new Centurion stuff and wants to remake his own toobputer.

I'm more okay with him having help than some others because 1: he always attributes it, and 2: he really has pulled out a lot of info (especially on the Centurions) that likely would've been utterly lost to time otherwise.