In the Modern Tech Fails series, we tackle the Samsung ML W laser printer, which fails like all its siblings for stupidly simple reasons. Nice video of the solenoid repair in Russian : https: youtu.be PM Lc DpLFc Previous video where we tear down a failed Capxon capacitor and a good...

   We restore a vintage HP A dual quot; diskette HP IB drive, and put it to good use by playing the Colossal Cave Adventure on the HP calculator. quot; Floppy Playlist: https: youtube.com playlist list PL BVApb tOBmcSGTdc zuEgp MxF amp;si FWBA AhHjoQ gh HP Playlist: https...

   We repair a classic HP A digit voltmeter, and admire its ultra complicated A to D converter. HP Multislope II ADC patent: https: patents.google.com patent US A en Ian Scott Johnston video on HP backlight mod: https: youtu.be oEu nqOkKxo Blacklight display mod: https: www...

   We get a chance to inspect the actual Apollo Guidance System that flew in NASA’s F Digital Fly By Wire experimental plane. We explain how it worked, and recover the software from its core rope memory. The result is a bit of a surprise Apollo Guidance Computer Restoration Series: https: youtube...

   Our jet fighter analog mechanical computer is operational We fly the bench at supersonic speeds like it’s all over again. Depstech DS endoscope: https: amzn.to ZnA s Depstech Official Website : www.depstech.com Bendix MG Restoration Playlist: https: www.youtube.com playlist list...

   We jury rig a tube based AC probe for our HP C VTVM. Will it do better than our modern Keysight multimeter Answer: yes Atkelar’s Second HP C Restoration: https: youtu.be VlpNK vdQKA Stuff that supports the channel: Amazon links for the tools I use in the lab supports the channel if...

   We had a pretty low key new year’s eve at home this time, so we chilled next to the wall of clocks around midnight. We rsquo;ve got some heady clock company in there, including a cesium clock, a flown Soyuz clock and a giant vintage Solari flip clock. Happy New Year to you all. Some previous...

   Our teletypes sing Jingle Bells for you, and wish you a merry Christmas. Original QST article: https: drive.google.com file d DROZ wChx jCNFvJOHm JZ pJGvPN view usp drive link My corrected version is further down below. Stuff that supports the channel: Amazon links for the tools I use in...

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   We back out the last remaining modification from our NASA receiver and return it to its original Apollo voice channel. If we are successful, we’ll get to hear the voice from the astronauts the exact same way it was transmitted during the missions. And I hopelessly butchered the name of our hero...

   We got a beautiful and complicated CDC TMG Teletype Tester from a viewer. Which does not work and does not have any documentation. But that’s not going to stop us, right Usagi Electric Channel: https: www.youtube.com UsagiElectric Stuff that supports the channel: Amazon links for the...

   Another classic Hewlett Packard instrument saved from the trash bin: the HP C VTVM Vacuum Tube Voltmeter . Stuff that supports the channel: Amazon links for the tools I use in the lab supports the channel if you buy from there https: www.curiousmarc.com amazon links Channel merch on...

   Just a few beauty shots of my Friden STW calculator. More videos about it here: https: www.youtube.com playlist list PL BVApb GbzkFwdKpuyPo Ty h b Stuff that supports the channel: Amazon links for the tools I use in the lab supports the channel if you buy from there https: www...

   We marvel at a MITE AN TGC A V Teleprinter, a miracle of teletype miniaturization from . Imagine, only lbs Teletype model restoration playlist: https: www.youtube.com playlist list PL BVApb eQLTCk xx RAGEYHH q ASR Teletype restoration playlist: https: www.youtube.com...

   Core Rope Memory, which contained the programs that landed man on the Moon in the s, is insanely complicated. But that won’t stop Mike from making a custom reader for it, so he can recover Apollo Guidance Computer programs lost to history. Mike Stewart’s Core Rope Visualizer: http...