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

[Least Concern]

I just realized the thread title says "detroy" instead of "destroy." Well, it also says "bitguy" but I had seen that before.

He makes a good point near the end about not wanting tech restoration videos to become some sort of competition about who can repair the dirtiest, most messed-up machine, as it might cause some people to fake their vids by intentionally messing up a working system so they can claim they got it from a flea market or somewhere in that condition and make a restoration video from it, but possibly cause the system irreparable damage in the process. He says he already got accused of faking the video where he cleaned up an NES found on the side of a highway. It's a good point - wouldn't want to see these sorts of vids become the next "animal rescue" meta.

At any rate, I didn't know this machine existed. An Apple 8-bit with a 3.5-inch drive? Was any software actually published that could run on this without having to use an external 5.25?

 

[Mikoyan]

I just realized the thread title says "detroy" instead of "destroy." Well, it also says "bitguy" but I had seen that before.

He makes a good point near the end about not wanting tech restoration videos to become some sort of competition about who can repair the dirtiest, most messed-up machine, as it might cause some people to fake their vids by intentionally messing up a working system so they can claim they got it from a flea market or somewhere in that condition and make a restoration video from it, but possibly cause the system irreparable damage in the process. He says he already got accused of faking the video where he cleaned up an NES found on the side of a highway. It's a good point - wouldn't want to see these sorts of vids become the next "animal rescue" meta.

At any rate, I didn't know this machine existed. An Apple 8-bit with a 3.5-inch drive? Was any software actually published that could run on this without having to use an external 5.25?

See also Shango066's sendups of the third world 'found in the jungle' restoration videos that are fake as shit.

I doubt there was much if any regular 8-bit software on 3.5" for Apple but there might have been if they released such a thing.

 

[Foghorns at a Funeral]

I just realized the thread title says "detroy" instead of "destroy." Well, it also says "bitguy" but I had seen that before.

He makes a good point near the end about not wanting tech restoration videos to become some sort of competition about who can repair the dirtiest, most messed-up machine, as it might cause some people to fake their vids by intentionally messing up a working system so they can claim they got it from a flea market or somewhere in that condition and make a restoration video from it, but possibly cause the system irreparable damage in the process. He says he already got accused of faking the video where he cleaned up an NES found on the side of a highway. It's a good point - wouldn't want to see these sorts of vids become the next "animal rescue" meta.

At any rate, I didn't know this machine existed. An Apple 8-bit with a 3.5-inch drive? Was any software actually published that could run on this without having to use an external 5.25?

The thing is, those fake restoration video's already exist. It is a really weird genre of youtube video's to fake. One of the ones i saw, was a GBA that the guy behind the cam magically finds in a mudded up street corner and "fixes" it. The mud looks all shiny rusty brown like it is mixed with cow shit. There is loads of tells that the thing is fake as fuck. Like battery doors miss matching colors. How easy the fixing was etc.
I don't get the effort needed, to do these fake videos really. Every other (Fucking kill me for saying this word) legit restore youtuber channel, just buys junk off ebay and fixes that. It is obvious that the videos are made by people who are so bad at faking it, i would have watched them fail at fixing shit as the video's are good background shit when you need it to be.

 

[Least Concern]

The thing is, those fake restoration video's already exist. It is a really weird genre of youtube video's to fake. One of the ones i saw, was a GBA that the guy behind the cam magically finds in a mudded up street corner and "fixes" it. The mud looks all shiny rusty brown like it is mixed with cow shit. There is loads of tells that the thing is fake as fuck. Like battery doors miss matching colors. How easy the fixing was etc.
I don't get the effort needed, to do these fake videos really. Every other (Fucking kill me for saying this word) legit restore youtuber channel, just buys junk off ebay and fixes that. It is obvious that the videos are made by people who are so bad at faking it, i would have watched them fail at fixing shit as the video's are good background shit when you need it to be.

Reading your post made me realize that probably the easiest way to fake one of these vids would be to first record the device working and shiny clean, then break it and muddy it up and record the process of it being cleaned up and repaired - or "repaired." Snap the board in half and record that you found it that way, then record yourself seemingly soldering all the paths back together, then splice in the footage you recorded earlier of the device working perfectly. Can't actually repair it back to working condition? Who cares; you got enough footage to make into a profitable video and if the world suffers for having one less working TRS-80 Model 100 or whatever in it, it's not your problem.

Damn, now I'm depressed.

 

[Mikoyan]

Reading your post made me realize that probably the easiest way to fake one of these vids would be to first record the device working and shiny clean, then break it and muddy it up and record the process of it being cleaned up and repaired - or "repaired." Snap the board in half and record that you found it that way, then record yourself seemingly soldering all the paths back together, then splice in the footage you recorded earlier of the device working perfectly. Can't actually repair it back to working condition? Who cares; you got enough footage to make into a profitable video and if the world suffers for having one less working TRS-80 Model 100 or whatever in it, it's not your problem.

Damn, now I'm depressed.

We're in a world where a guy fucking wrecked a perfectly good plane for youtube clicks. Anything is possible. Anything.

Also if anyone destroys a Model 100, I'll fite them irl. That's almost as bad as rare PS/2 era IBM stuff.

 

[Don Yagon]

The thing is, those fake restoration video's already exist. It is a really weird genre of youtube video's to fake. One of the ones i saw, was a GBA that the guy behind the cam magically finds in a mudded up street corner and "fixes" it. The mud looks all shiny rusty brown like it is mixed with cow shit. There is loads of tells that the thing is fake as fuck. Like battery doors miss matching colors. How easy the fixing was etc.
I don't get the effort needed, to do these fake videos really. Every other (Fucking kill me for saying this word) legit restore youtuber channel, just buys junk off ebay and fixes that. It is obvious that the videos are made by people who are so bad at faking it, i would have watched them fail at fixing shit as the video's are good background shit when you need it to be.

We got a thread about those "restorations". They don't even have any effort put it, some even show a different computer altogether as an end-result.

https://kiwifarms.st/threads/youtubes-recommended-vietnamese-computer-repair-experts-videos.109533/

At the very least they are doing it to the junk builds and never bothering with acquiring any rare stuff. And it's all electronics, after all. Some do this to kittens.

 

[Pee Cola]

I don't get the effort needed, to do these fake videos really. Every other (Fucking kill me for saying this word) legit restore youtuber channel, just buys junk off ebay and fixes that.

The worst part is that all these fake resto videos put a cloud over the legit extreme resto videos out there. But like you said, a lot of these legit fixer-uppers are from eBay or otherwise have the receipts.

 

[Foghorns at a Funeral]

The worst part is that all these fake resto videos put a cloud over the legit extreme resto videos out there. But like you said, a lot of these legit fixer-uppers are from eBay or otherwise have the receipts.

The one bad thing is that they do drive up the prices on spares and repairs stuff on ebay. Sort of like the retro game youtubers. it is annoying if you want to replace parts in a failing game console and half the youtubers have took up the supply.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

The worst part is that all these fake resto videos put a cloud over the legit extreme resto videos out there. But like you said, a lot of these legit fixer-uppers are from eBay or otherwise have the receipts.

A similar thing have been going on for a long time with those 5 minute craft/lifehack videos. It's just fake as shit but it gets clicks.

 

[nigga that crab pollack]

It is obvious that the videos are made by people who are so bad at faking it, i would have watched them fail at fixing shit as the video's are good background shit when you need it to be.

the entire genre of indians and chinese people badly faking how-to videos is nonsensical until you realize that they are valuing the time spent faking that video less than you value the time you spent watching it. in their mind they aren't "making how-to videos" they are "gaming the youtube system." like it's a real brain squeezer because you would expect someone faking youtube videos to be doing it for their own personal ego or to gain face because that's the motivation for most people in the west but these people are just following the patterns and the flow of the video genre so that people can just leave them on auto-play.

they are not meant to be paid attention to, they don't even care that their videos are shit because they're leeching off of the nipple of youtube for table scraps.

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

the entire genre of indians and chinese people badly faking how-to videos is nonsensical until you realize that they are valuing the time spent faking that video less than you value the time you spent watching it. in their mind they aren't "making how-to videos" they are "gaming the youtube system." like it's a real brain squeezer because you would expect someone faking youtube videos to be doing it for their own personal ego or to gain face because that's the motivation for most people in the west but these people are just following the patterns and the flow of the video genre so that people can just leave them on auto-play.

they are not meant to be paid attention to, they don't even care that their videos are shit because they're leeching off of the nipple of youtube for table scraps.

Something that is still fake but at least takes some effort, skill and planning is those fake ass "primitive building" videos.

 

[seri0us]

Something that is still fake but at least takes some effort, skill and planning is those fake ass "primitive building" videos.

"yes I totally built this cabin olden style in the middle of nowhere, nevermind the fact I have a shit ton of resources and I'm constantly using electric tools"

 

[Smaug's Smokey Hole]

"yes I totally built this cabin olden style in the middle of nowhere, nevermind the fact I have a shit ton of resources and I'm constantly using electric tools"

Maybe I shouldn't be so harsh, many people have grown up in Minecraft where water is always blue and banging a rock against a tree spawns perfectly cut logs. They don't know better.

 

[nigga that crab pollack]

Something that is still fake but at least takes some effort, skill and planning is those fake ass "primitive building" videos.

and yet all of that manpower and talent being utilized to get like $200 in ad revenue. like i guess it's still a pretty creative hustle but at the end of the day it's a hustle and in the grand scheme of things not a very effective one if the goal is money. or clout, even.

 

[Pee Cola]

This is the best restoration video I've ever seen. It starts off slow but it gets more amazing as it goes on.

 

[Bonesjones]

and yet all of that manpower and talent being utilized to get like $200 in ad revenue. like i guess it's still a pretty creative hustle but at the end of the day it's a hustle and in the grand scheme of things not a very effective one if the goal is money. or clout, even.

Now exchange that into third world dollars and see what it is. That might be months or years of regular wages.

 

[Least Concern]

Something that is still fake but at least takes some effort, skill and planning is those fake ass "primitive building" videos.

I came across this video about those the other day…

I had actually seen one of the videos he gives as an example of a fake and while I didn't spot excavator tracks or anything obvious like that, I definitely had a hard time buying it as real.

 

[Least Concern]

Dave takes a break while Retrobriting the case of a rare VIC-20 to dunk on the europoors and their comically-tame "heat wave."

He then spray-paints the case because he just gives no fucks.

 

[BIG BILL HELL'S]

He then spray-paints the case because he just gives no fucks.

Good job on not watching the video. (He painted another case he had lying around, discovered that he sucks at spray painting, and decided to leave the original alone.)

 

[Pee Cola]

He then spray-paints the case because he just gives no fucks.

Could be worse.