8 Vintage Computers | Ashens

[@FourDozenEggs]

As an American, the ZX Spectrum is the only thing where I feel obligated to say "zed" for the Z. It just sounds off to call it the Zee X Spectrum.

[@brandonwenzel2844]

Agreed

[@timg2727]

I love how you present the sponsored portion of the video as actual, watchable, entertaining content. Basically every other KZbinr could learn from you.

[@andymadden8183]

Like the ones that spend one minute or more talking about the sponsor.

[@Timeward76]

The only other one I've seen make the sponsor segment so entertaining is michael reeves, although that is for... Entirely different reasons.

[@kribz4576]

Agreed

[@PopeCromwell]

App is now abandoned, unfortunately.

[@JaredConnell]

​@@PopeCromwellHopefully he got his payment up front and it wasn't predicated on him signing up a certain amount of users after a certain amount of time

[@m0nkeyb0i666]

The description for the Game Child should have been "Very important quest Item"

[@LexonTheDragonGod]

Yeah

[@samholdsworth420]

Yeah

[@TheJinxCast]

Yeah

[@sublimed5155]

He must be drowning nostalgia, having all the systems he probably wanted to have as a kid. That’s awesome.. keep living your dreams, man!

[@samholdsworth420]

All you needed as kid is the NES!!!

[@samholdsworth420]

And SNES!!!

[@samholdsworth420]

Preach

[@bengraham8833]

Interesting note about the Z80 processor -- it's still used in various forms today in basically all TI graphing calculators.

[@TheLarryburns84]

is this why you can cram games onto them sometimes?

[@owensenger9728]

@@TheLarryburns84 yeah. You can get some fairly good NES and GB emulators because it's almost exactly the same hardware

[@oldguy9051]

@@TheLarryburns84 That and the fact that it was in lots of homecomputers back then. This produced a LOT of people able to program in assembly language. Those older machines have a simplicity that people can more easily understand - and then work around their limitations like not a lot of memory. This can also create a challenge like especially with the Atari VCS 2600 console (very limited RAM, very limited graphics). A well-established architecture like the Z80 (or 6502 or 68K) can last decades if adoption and support is good. Several of those CPU architectures are now mostly sold as "modules" to implement in custom chips which of course need to be programmed, too...

[@immy4104]

@@onlyfenians you should probably lay off the drugs a bit, mate.

[@daemonspudguy]

Funny story about that. Zilog has announced that the Z80 is being discontinued in June of this year.

[@NeoMorphUK]

That variable resistor on the Commodore 64 is to tune the tv channel into your TV. I had the Commodore 64 and the white C64. But even better was the Amiga that followed it. I bought an Amiga 500 after watching a copy of Dune II on it. That game was amazing. I had an Amiga 500 and an Amiga 1200 that even had a proper hard drive that I modded to the beast. 600mb of storage was a lot in those days. I miss Commodore.

[@nomesynomes4434]

A Commodore 64 was my very first computer in 1988 at age 10. Many fond memories of it, I still occasionally fire up an emulator to play some old favourites. Amused that you mentioned not typing out long theses on it... my mum did all the assignments for her graduate diploma degree on it in 1993 AND crashed the 64K of ram on a regular basis while doing so!

[@samholdsworth420]

Almost a senior citizen now

[@stephen_stig_p]

64 megabytes of RAM in the CPC 464 - I spat out my tea!

[@GameHammerCG]

That’s a bit of a shock, yeah. The CPC can only handle up to 4Mb.

[@grimTales1]

@@GameHammerCG He also said the Electron had 32Mb - did he mean 32K?

[@GameHammerCG]

@@grimTales1 Yeah. The cut-down BBC Micro couldn’t handle that much RAM.

[@CammieRacing]

Definitely made me do a double take

[@kowell]

64Mb of ram back in 1984 would probably have been quite expensive and quite massive in physical size.

[@deitykord8804]

That is the most relevant ad I have ever seen. It's almost like they made this app specifically for Ashens.

[@Nibelsnarf11]

So many freaks saying the ad was too long. Ashens could make a 30 minute ad of one of the most boring apps and I still would enjoy watching the video.

[@mikekz4489]

Nibelsnarf 11 Yes. I think Ashens took as much time as was necessary to demonstrate the app.

[@robjackson4050]

that's just it the ad didn't need to be there period

[@Timeward76]

I love that he got distracted by the app just browsing it

[@sebastianlacroix5871]

@@robjackson4050 it probably did need to be there so ashens can pay his bills lol

[@t4ky0n]

@@sebastianlacroix5871 and to buy more tat, for more videos, for more sponsors, for more tat, REPEAT

[@fullchomp]

[sees first product] youtube: _joy_ stick ? DEMONETIZED

[@summbuddie9120]

Deachuu ehehehe.

[@minefilms1122]

you cant have joy without the delicious taste of coca cola!

[@LeviathanRX]

Luckily this particular video is sponsored already, KZbin has lost this round.

[@fullchomp]

+LeviathanRX which also means he couldhave S W O R N

[@zhaosMan020]

It's a youtube buddy

[@wakkowarner123]

Honestly, Ashens could talk about anything at all and I'd still watch. I come for the personality -- the subject's just a nice bonus.

[@8mu-]

21:49 I saw the blob of snot hit your hand 😊 but i won't tell anyone.

[@Ralphfish4]

😢

[@Baconkiin]

Looks more like saliva

[@csgas0]

its saliva.

[@8mu-]

Too thick to be saliva. Only he known for sure.

[@SirFossils]

It's not too thick to be saliva. Unless you have some weirdly watered down saliva, or weirdly white snot.

[@philipcorner574]

8:36 The screw-adjustment there is probably for changing the channel of the RF output. Do you remember that VCR's used to have them, too? When Channel 5 started, they had to send people round to everyone's house to adjust them because it broadcast on this previously reserved area of the spectrum (around channel 37, if I recall)

[@PlatonistAstronaut]

You can't spend five minutes watching an ad to support a KZbinr you love, that gives you hundreds of hours of free entertainment? This is why we can't have nice things, people.

[@petti78]

But we do have nice things.

[@PlatonistAstronaut]

Do we, though? Do we?

[@_Super_Hans_]

When I was skipping the ad I was surprised how long it was

[@bitterlemonboy]

Well, you are free to spend the rest of your free time watching ads to support your creators. I will be using my time for better things, such as sleeping and drinking water

[@Ralphfish4]

I don't know why anyone would be angry at the ad at the start. I'm happy he makes money doing what he loves. In my opinion, the ad was as entertaining as the rest of it. The ad consisted of him giving commentary on a product, just like the rest of the video. BUT ALSO, you feel the joy of knowing that he made more money on that bit of the video. That is, assuming you wish him well. I get the vibe that many in several comments sections would like to know that off camera, their favorite creators are living in cardboard boxes.

[@PostApocolyptica]

Ralphfish4 I mean, at least he disclosed it clearly and before he got into the meat of the video. Works for me.

[@drwhoscumrag]

I'm generally skint so can't do patreon or anything. I feel that the least I can do is watch an advert, especially considering the amount of videos I've enjoyed.

[@MrJoeyWheeler]

People whose content consists of their opinions about things (i.e reviews) shouldn't be so easily swayed into promoting things by money. It creates a clear conflict of interest and renders their opinion on all things questionable. There's also the fact that people don't like being advertised to. And the fact that "in-video" ads such as this are not "skippable" unless you know where it ends. Plus, it's at the beginning of the video, meaning the content you came to see is after the ad. If sponsorships are at the end of a video you can click away without losing anything.

[@BoomNoBastic]

bami2 You don't HAVE to watch it. No one is putting a gun to your head. You can easily just move on to a different video or do something productive instead of whining about someone's job (KZbin is where Ashens makes a living) How dare Stuart make money on KZbin.

[@jaomang]

He should get a job

[@tendercomrade2330]

"if something terrible happens" what? like for instance, storing a computer board in an oven maybe? haha ;)

[@Zicconnuts]

+Nathan ビープ音レタス For obviously Stuart haven't put a Double Dragon arcade board in an oven only to discover it while preparing beer bread.

[@tendercomrade2330]

Zicconnuts honestly one of my fave vids I forgot what it was called so thanks for reminding me!

[@PostApocolyptica]

That MSX keyboard is gorgeous.

[@MarcZERO1980]

Skip to 21:47 to see Ashens spit in to his hand.

[@ReverendTed]

I hope that was spit. I was worried there was a Xenomorph on his ceiling.

[@v0xxhub647]

good eye, noticed then skimmed the comments for the time stamp XD

[@csgas0]

*UNWATCHABLE*

[@mistie710]

I thought that it was some sort of commentary on the Dragon he was manhandling at the time.

[@TaxEvasionUS]

I misread this as split his hand open for some reason

[@sambomacho1]

Loved this video. But you said Megabytes when you meant KiloBytes several times lol

[@Anex952]

Sam Kadoche that would be like if you had 1 terrabyte of ram today

[@Nighterlev]

+ANEX 1 terabyte of ram? that's old school We're in the 1 Petabyte ram standard.

[@csgas0]

Nighterlev thats more than overkill

[@Anex952]

Raton it's the minimum requirement for The Witcher 7.

[@jakublulek3261]

MSX was actually educational standard in Eastern Bloc for some time. I remember rows of MSXs from my elementary school in mid to late '80s, there were clones of ZX Spectrum used also but MSX was standard and even bussiness and educational software was created for them in big numbers. After that, Apple II clones and Atari ST shortly replaced them (Atari ST was pretty common as bussiness and office machine in early '90s) but DOS machines replaced them around 1994-1995, but even in early 2000s you still can see 16-bit machines in classrooms as back-up or as first introduction for first graders. Hell, I have vague memory of my teacher in kindergarden, using I think CBM's VIC-20 for playing funny sounds and showing simple matching games.

[@phonebooksan]

ashens is the only youtuber where i watch the entire ad instead of skipping it

[@SmeddyTooBestChannel]

Been eagerly awaiting a video like this for a while.

[@epikalpuppy1169]

Me too, retro tech videos are his best.

[@SquareBiscuitProductions]

You and everyone else mate! XD

[@fmsyntheses]

This is why we fell in love in the first place.

[@epikalpuppy1169]

Shots fired

[@TheMSXChannel]

MSX was a big thing in Japan and some parts of Europe. Beside the MSX1 model, there's also MSX2, MSX2+, and MSX turbo R models. There were tons of games released for the MSX2 specifically, so a MSX2 definitely recommended over a MSX1, especially since they're backwards compatible with most MSX1 softwares. By the way, in case anyone is wondering: Ashens showed Knightmare, a Japanese 60Hz game, being played on 50Hz mode, meaning that the game and music were playing slower than intended.

[@obsidian9998]

The ad was revilement and entertaining, so it didn't disrupted my experience.

[@bwc1976]

The MSX standard was an awesome idea (other than the lack of smooth scrolling capability for games), I wish it had caught on better outside of Japan.

[@sadonion4378]

i was on pornhub earlier today and saw a comment from chef excellence lol. seriously, of all the places to meet an ashens fan.

[@wetlettuce4768]

'An excellent encounter'

[@sadonion4378]

@Wet Lettuce the cool thing is he was in character lol. it was a comment about making spaghetti iirc. let me see if i can find it lol.

[@NickGoblin2]

PornHub isn't for 0-3 at all you sad onion.

[@Jamiesuitor]

“an excellent wank”

[@akitsuna7854]

It also suprised me the first time

[@scottcowan7343]

Just got the app. Paid promotion or not it doesn't matter. Ashens can make anything interesting.

[@earlgrey9740]

R.I.P snups

[@SidusNova]

Best possible way to do sponsorships. It was so relevant to your channel that I didn't even mind sitting through your ad bit.

[@Jack.RB.93]

It’s gonna be a sad day when the brown sofa finally gives and has to be replaced :(

[@mikemoos]

One day there will just be a thumbnail with a burnt down sofa on it.

[@SirFossils]

The sofa gave out ages ago. Now all he has is a little piece of the sofa that he only keeps for the sake of not making fans angry by using a different sofa in videos. Well at least that's the rumour that I've heard.

[@darktetsuya]

MSX was hands down my favorite of this lot! Konami hopped on board early on and came out with a good selection of classic arcade ports and some new original titles (Metal Gear, Snatcher) wish I owned one!

[@TheLarryburns84]

it also has possibly *the* worst Super Mario ripoff I've ever seen... as Vinny from Vinesauce said about it- "Super Boy!.. from Korea!.."

[@darktetsuya]

@@TheLarryburns84 I think I've heard of that one, I would believe it that it was awful lol

[@divinedegenerate]

The Acorn had 32MB of RAM? I think you mean kB...

[@kimnice]

Well Amstrad CPC 464 had 64MB of ram..according to Ashens..

[@Stonemonkie1]

Wonder how much 32MB of RAM would've cost in 1983 Edit: just looked it up and about $2000/MB so something like $64,000 for 32MB RAM. Could've probably bought a house for that back then.

[@SirBruceX]

He liked the Dragon32 so much he began salivating at the very thought of it.

[@eyl4745]

Your videos make me happy, thank you.

[@eddief32]

If I remember correctly, the rheostat next to the tv connection socket was for adjusting the clarity of the picture or changing the channel the unit sent the UHF signal out on.

[@jameslewis2635]

Being a previous owner of an Atari St I still feel drawn to computer systems that feature a cheese grater on the top.

[@Raina713]

I'm catching up on old videos and got excited about Snupps. Looked it up and they didn't update it, so I can't get it. Now I'm sad because I was going to load my old Atari games and can't do it now.

[@DarkArterialGore]

I had the first three computers shown here back in the day. I used to love copying my friends games when I first got a dual tape deck recorder...it was super exciting being a pirate child.

[@TackyFlamingo]

The only paid promotion that I actually paid attention to. I got the app, followed ashens and joined the group. I quite like it

[@caldera11]

that's actually a pretty sweet app

[@georgebowyer5170]

its good to see an ad thats actually relavent to a channel for once and that Stuart clearly genuinely likes

[@Localhorst86]

32/64 Megabytes of RAM in 1982? That Dragon machine must have been a BEAST. Get it? Beast as in Dra... Nevermind.

[@Benzyl]

The traditional forgetting which one it is Kb/Mb/Gb because it's moved on so much in 35 years.

[@Ramza042]

I actually had an Atari 65xe back in 1987 at the wee age of 12. To me it was amazing. I managed to bung together a drawing program in basic that used a joystick when I was about 13. the good ol' days.

[@entomopathogenicfungus904]

Shame the app is now dead!!! Looks like it only lasted 1 or 2 years

[@gabrielloko30000]

Man it's more better than see a long documentary about each system. This video was more quick and with good pace!

[@tombates9122]

Skip to 23:33 if it's too much trouble for you to sit through an ad which helps support the channel.

[@baileyshaw1335]

I’m 20 and have no affinity for any of these old computers but listening to Ashens talk about it makes me incredibly intrigued

[@franscartoons]

A video on the BBC Micro would be lovely!

[@drag0nmare]

I'm so glad you're a Saturn head like me! :'D I love that gem of a console with all my heart!

[@JaboyJaq]

Not as much as LGR loves old computers

[@Esqofosd]

Sure about that? Dud you miss 21:49 ?

[@KolkhozeNetwork]

Jacob McQuistion LGR and ashens are not comparable

[@Clay3613]

LGR is almost a hoarder.

[@TheTurnipKing]

Clay3613 nah. Its just a different expression of the same basic nostalgia thing. It's just Clint had PCs, and we had Microcomputers.

[@JaboyJaq]

lol he def is

[@IanC14]

The Z80 in the Mega Drive was used for sound and for the Master System backwards compatibility feature

[@rawrawraw161]

When it comes to KZbin, which is still free to watch, and where a lot of us spend a lot of time on, there's a refusal to accept that these people that provide us entertainment need to eat and pay bills. We use adblocks on their pages and complain that they are sponsored. We've been paying for tv licences, watching ads on tv, paying Netflix, Prime, cinema tickets, Spotify, etc. for years now. Even when we torrent we are aware that that is paid content. We've been paying for entertainment, yet, every single time one of these people who post the videos we enjoy, dare to gain some cash out of it, we enrage like savages. HOW DARE THEY.

[@robjackson4050]

isp makes it paid not free and it's different this site has tons of ads as is and some of us pay for red

[@skalty9868]

Raescope ha, you have to buy a television license

[@skalty9868]

rob jackson but none of that money goes to the KZbinrs, or at least, not enough anyway. So let them have this.

[@Chef_Alpo]

"We"

[@daedelous7094]

About the C64, the datasette tape deck is actually plugged in to the slot 2nd from the left, the "small cartridge" like one. The two ports next to the TV one, one DID infact get used with the disk drive.

[@NyanBi]

People need to realize that no ads= no income. Believe it or not, big KZbinrs need money to make videos, or buy old computers in Ashens case. Stop whining about the sponsored ad, and skip it if you don't want to see it.

[@seven9zero640]

The dragon 32 was our first family computer. My mum used to love the text adventures, and me and my sister used to play scramble and (I think it was el bandito) the ants stealing fruit from the spider. Later I got a spectrum +2 with the Dixon’s premier collection, played Batman, head over heels and legend of Kage to death. Oh and double dragon, midnight resistance, turtles and dan dare 3

[@SSofIreland]

To everyone who's moaning about the paid promotion and "nyehhh, he sold out," I think Jontron put it best: "Jontron is free to watch, but here's a list of things that aren't free: food!"

[@OdaSwifteye]

The Apocalypse has basically screwed everyone who isn't corporate. His videos aren't making money like they used to. Paid promotions is fair but moving to a different website to start getting ad revenue again would be smart.

[@senseikensei7470]

SSofIreland 5 minutes is a bit long if I do say so myself.

[@wendyokoopa7048]

SSofIreland got that right. Ashens needs to eat and wear clothes. To add petrol in his tank. Pay his cell phone. We get mad when our favorite content creators advertise apps they use but then we forget they'd be back working normal jobs or begging

[@brisingerfaelorn]

Yes but Jontron is a massive twat.

[@senseikensei7470]

Brisinger Tudders JonTron is fucking hilarious and a nice guy. What are you talking about?

[@Asterra2]

In before the annotations correcting the several instances of "megabytes". Not that I blame him. I remember trying to find an old 40GB hard drive I'd misplaced, only to ultimately discover that it was actually 40MB.

[@jammadamma]

Yo Ashen! You keep saying "megabytes of ram". 21:04 and other places! I'm outraged! Objection! Unsubscription!

[@JoLiKMC]

"Oop, need a space on 'Game Boy.'" Respect, Ashens. You'd be surprised by how many people don't realize it's actually _two_ words.

[@JoLiKMC]

Aaand... you immediately lost those points by repeatedly mixing up kilobytes and megabytes... and, worse still, _you bloody Eli disrespected Klax!_. Can't respect folks what disrespect the game there is always time for.

[@Dweller777]

Megabytes?

[@slashloveruk]

That MSX brings back so many memories for me. I had Maze of Galious which had exactly the same music as Zelda. A lot of the games were made by Konami.

[@VinceR3000]

I had a C64 but always envied Yie Ar Kung Fu, I think it was exclusive to MSX for a while?

[@ClayMann]

you only need one game on the spectrum, Chuckie Egg! Probably the best game ever made....about eggs.

[@iaincowell9747]

"you only need one game on the spectrum, Chuckie Egg!". No, there were so many good speccy games. Robocop, R-Type, Batman The Movie, Jet Set Willy, etc. "Probably the best game ever made....about eggs". No, that would be the Dizzy games.

[@TheHerooftime796]

Clay Mann Billy Hatcher would like a word

[@cnsmooth]

Clay Mann made by either code masters who became rare if I am right

[@noka79]

Clay Mann moon buggy also. Or moon patrol

[@darkdialga777]

LIAR LIAR LIAR! TO THE RANCOR PIT WITH YOU!

[@SisterToSleepx]

17:32 "let this be the epitaph for my heart..." (sorry; couldn't resist! You got it stuck in my head!)

[@benclarke9922]

I think Ashens would only include a paid promotion in his video if he liked the product himself. He provides us with free entertainment and really good content. Always. With the state of KZbin at the moment this is probably necessary for him. It really doesn't matter what you're reviewing Stewart you always seem to interest me. Thank you for your integrity.

[@IanC14]

Ben Clarke yeah the way he got distracted by at the end of his spiel makes me think he generally likes it, hence why he promoted it.

[@satnav2000]

I love videos like this. I find old computers and retro consoles etc to be really fascinating. Great video Ashens

[@trevgauntletneu_gaming]

Hold on, I thought he was eating them. Goddammit...

[@YokiDokiPanic]

Omg, This is the first time these app-ads have something I want! I'm surrounded by consoles, transformers, vintage megazords, and loads of other toys as we speak. So cataloging them will be really handy in case something happens to them. Thanks for sharing, man!!

[@ssj2matt]

Honestly that snupps thing looks good. I'll give it a look.

[@GameHammerCG]

The round port by the joystick port on the CPC is a stereo output mini jack. You can plug headphones or a speaker system into it.

[@jedisalamander2457]

This is the first time I ever actually downloaded an app from a promotion.

[@97channel]

8:34 It adjusts the output frequency to a TV. When they sent someone round to retune everyone's videos and whatnot so that they didn't clash with the new Channel 5 signal in 1997, that's what they adjusted.

[@Topy44]

Oh wow. As much as I usually hate paid advertisement in KZbin videos like this, this appears to be basically what I have been looking for forever. And as it happens I just started sorting out my collection of stuff and _today_ was thinking "Wouldn't it be cool to have a simple way to make an inventory of all this crap?". This is perfect. For once I must say: Thanks for recommending this. This looks awesome.

[@kasper-3099]

I cannot tell you, just how much I enjoy these videos - keep up the good work.

[@karmascamera5275]

Fun Fact: An emulator for the ZX Spectrum had been tucked away in the files of Goldeneye 007 that was discovered only a few years ago

[@Denhalen79]

Oh the Commodore 64. This brings back memories. First you had the tape deck. Later came the floppy disk drive. The tapes took ages to load, while the floppy loaded quickly. It was a console that you also could program your own games, using code books. But more then often you made a mistake somewhere or the book had a mistake. Making your game wonky. The Commodore also had a mouse and a pre-runner of a Windows 3.11 like program. It was called Geos.

[@nervesconcord]

This app is brilliant, now if you know where a person lives you can determine whether it's worth robbing them or not.

[@johneygd]

Those 8bit computers were amezing for it's time and they still are.

[@GreyDevil]

Dat spit glob at 21:49

[@wiredjoker]

I had quite a few of those but the Dragon 32 was by far my favourite. Loved playing Chuckie Egg Thanks for the memories

[@spiney199]

Man these CPU speeds. 1MHz? It's certainly a testament of how far we've gone when my CPU these days is a 3GHz 8 core CPU.

[@vincentmuyo]

Or how little, in some regards, considering 3GHz processors have been a "fast" standard for like 20 years. (Which is a bit of a dishonest argument) ;)

[@AstralPhnx]

Technology moves hella fast. The 68K architecture was king back then, x86 and PowerPC later took over, PowerPC fell off and ARM came to take its place and really those are the two main combatants in the CPU market nowadays, ARM and x86. Granted it's way more complex than that since there's many other architectures out there and things like PowerPC and the 68K still live on in niche applications like embedded systems and servers. Computers truly are amazing

[@Santor-]

@@AstralPhnx 6502 for life!

[@ahums16]

Wow. 3:39 and I'm sold. I can honestly say this is the first promotion that has worked on me - and on a social media site, no less. I only have a Facebook account and a Google+ account I use for friends. Now this? This I can get in to. Thank you Ashens!

[@23Scadu]

Snupps seems like a good way for burglars to scout out lucrative targets.

[@zeinno]

I had the Amstrad CPC 464 with a colour screen. Happy, simpler days. And that app is going to consume my life from now on, I can feel it.

[@TheGlitched64Reads2]

Well damn, this is the first paid promotion in a video I actually went and got. I have been trying to catalogue my games with pictures on a harddrive and this makes it much easier, like Ashens mentioned, for insurance purposes and just for a bit of fun on top of that.

[@michaelkitchin9665]

I will never get tired of the ZX Spectrum's look. Pity I was an Amstrad lad growing up. They did bring a colour monitor out for the CPC eventually. I also had an MP-1 for it. I've only now just found out what that does.

[@hughmungus1235]

I'd love to hear a swear word.

[@senseikensei7470]

Jon Doe Piss.

[@Onio_]

Fuck.

[@jamesgrimwood1285]

Popstation

[@simontay4851]

Shit Semprini

[@Horzuhammer]

Blimey.

[@midierror]

there are few things in life as enjoyable as an ashens video. all hail the godfather of electronic tomfoolery!

[@zoolio]

Commodore 64. My childhood baby. Not gonna lie. I miss the screeching from the tape when loading a game

[@machosker]

T Mad nope, no scream on the C64, they had games that played music when loading

[@zoolio]

+machosker While some games were silent whilst the epileptic fit inducing colours flashed on the screen and then music played while a picture loaded line by line a lot of other games just screeched. Just search youtube for C64 loading noise for examples.

[@valley_robot]

Nope no data loading noise on the c64 mate , sure you don’t remember the spectrum?

[@meetoo594]

@@zoolio C64 never screeched, it was either silent or had music playing. Spectrum and the BBC (i think) among others screeched, maybe you are remembering one of those.

[@Tyrone_M]

To me, the Apple II will always be my favorite vintage computer.

[@arvizturotukorfurogep6235]

Yet you have an Atari logo.

[@TumbleGamerTK]

I need a website to manage my game collection.

[@bobsaget8791]

TumbleGamer I wish a youtuber would spend the first five minutes of their video to show off just that

[@shieldtrigger]

myvideogamelist. It's not a "collectors" site but you can make videogame lists so you can have a count.

[@kosmicorchestra9470]

you guys need to chill out, for 1, this app actually looks pretty useful and i may download if i have enough space on my phone, and two, how can you expect quality content like this and get pissed off when someone wants to sponsor it?

[@TheSaabClinicUK]

You kept saying "mb of ram", you mean "kb of ram" !.

[@arvizturotukorfurogep6235]

The Atari 8-bit computer line went from the most badass looking machines to the XEGS that looks like an easter egg candy joke on april's fools day.

[@gregorysturge4917]

64 Megabytes huh?😉

[@wisteela]

Excellent video. I've owned or still have a selection of these. ZX Spectrum: 16 and 48K model were available at the same time, then 16K was discontinued Commodore 64: Next to TV is an adjustment for TV channel, then you have monitor, and serial port most often used for floppy drive and printer, then tape deck, then user port Acorn Electron: The floppy driver unit was called the Plus 3. I have one, and it uses 3.5" disks. Toshiba MSX: It was indeed the most popular MSX computer here in the UK Dragon 32: The little expansion connector is the parallel printer port. Also, there were compatibility issues with the TRS-80, which was actually the TRS-80 Colour(Color) Computer. Easier to look this up for info. Also of course, that's 32K rather than MB.

[@DeuteriumtheSentientMattress]

At the very least, Ashens doesn't read from a piece of paper for his promotions...

[@TheChloeRed]

The Acorn disc drive for the electron was the Plus3, which had a 3.5inch drive built in, and was the start of ADFS (advanced disc filing system) instead of the BBC's normal DFS to control it.

[@15-Peter-20]

More eating old food vids pls Ashens

[@OdaSwifteye]

No, stop. He doesn't get to talk about old tech enough as it is.

[@mikemoos]

Plenty of old tech channels. I've been watching Ashens for years, this has never been an old tech channel. Go to LGR.

[@Macho_Fantastico]

Have fond memories playing on Acorn Computers in primary school early 90's.