Extra Electronic education and Music videos here www.patreon.com/lookmumnocomputer extended soundpack of the sounds in this video available here www.patreon.com/posts/48746142 i did a Video on the SWTPC kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXTcYZaml9OAgMk if you saw anything you might have been interested in in the garage just comment bailey said he would check the comments as he is getting rid of most of it.
3 жыл бұрын
Dude, use insulation boxes, its basically a 1 to 1 transformer, that way if you do blow out something. its the box and not the mixer or any other stuff in the line.
@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER3 жыл бұрын
@ indeed thats another option! but the mixer is a cheaper solution and its also a mixer so double use :D
@jorickleferink70653 жыл бұрын
Hey man! The company i work for recently got offered an old power supply (500A, 30V). It's huge, but its too old and unreliable for us to use profesionally. The offer states that we only have to pay for cost of sending. Are you interested, and if yes how can i reach you for the details?
@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER3 жыл бұрын
@@jorickleferink7065 that sounds massive! yeah id love to hear some details if you had a mo!probably the best contact here :) www.lookmumnocomputer.com/donations
@gazpf3 жыл бұрын
I have something for you in my barn if you want it, i bought it for £20 5-6 years ago from a guy who had just bought an old school to convert into a house and he was selling off bits and bobs that where left in there, so yes it's one of those mad machines that you only ever used to see in schools!! haha It is a tape, cassette type, recorder, well i'm not exactly sure what it is!! I think it's for recording school plays, talks, etc., as it has 4 mic inputs that all record onto just a normal cassette, not 4 track or anything. In fact i'll upload a video of it tomorrow on my channel for you on here so you can see what it is and if you want it, i don't want anything for it you can have it. I bought it as i'd never seen one before anywhere and, like yourself, i do some mad impulse buys were musical oddities and synths are concerned haha... It's not a little thing, its in big wooden case and box steel frame and about the size of 2 school desks together and waist high.
@ujicosnail3 жыл бұрын
This smells HAINBACH, I love it
@NVM_S3 жыл бұрын
SAMBACH* 😂
@mr-meek3 жыл бұрын
Same and same. I love these guys
@Hainbach3 жыл бұрын
@Marius Seifferth we did! It is on Sam‘s channel
@ujicosnail3 жыл бұрын
@@Hainbach hey! I love Wires so much, now I need PAR CR4-A plugin
@Inkreptile3 жыл бұрын
@@ujicosnail love your music great to see you here
@mikeselectricstuff3 жыл бұрын
Tek 585A scope - I used to have one of those..! Doubles as a 1kW heater
@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER3 жыл бұрын
haha yeah wow it does get warm! it is literally like a fan heater
@GodzillaGoesGaga3 жыл бұрын
😂 I has a 464 and it used to smell as it heated up!! Worked fine but you had to put up with the dust heat up thing.
@brysonfields22843 жыл бұрын
Lol thats really funny i have some older stuff i use to.keep.my room warm in the winter too
@linuxsquirrel3 жыл бұрын
If a lab accident merged Doc Brown and Marty McFly into a single person this is how they would spend their time.
@alathellzbellz3 жыл бұрын
That frequency response analyser is absoloutely spot on for testing speaker crossovers and filters. I have a similar one and you can program it with a range or span of frequencies and it will step / sweep through them all and measure the phase and gain (or rather attenuation) over the filter / crossover. Hence not directly musical but very useful tool for the work!
@McTroyd3 жыл бұрын
That actually isn't the worst microphone I've ever heard -- it's reminiscent of an old landline phone mic. Sounds like something they'd use for a rap interlude on a 90s-era pop song. Could be useful for all sorts of lo-fi effects I know you're into. Cool stuff! 👍
@hipinretku3 жыл бұрын
"Humongous knobs on the front..." yeah, that's what attracts me too... 😂
@Tedd7553 жыл бұрын
Same 😁
@alexholden3 жыл бұрын
That’s what she said.
@Doctormix3 жыл бұрын
9:00 AMAZING SOUND!!!
@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER3 жыл бұрын
Beefy ain't it!!
@NightmareBeatz4193 жыл бұрын
Giving me distortion effect vibes ☺️
@mikeselectricstuff3 жыл бұрын
Thing with 2 huge knobs are a pair of variacs. Could be handy for circuit bending mains operated stuff?
@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER3 жыл бұрын
yeah i had an idea it was a variac! i didnt show in the vid but it has 2 variacs on the back of it aswell
@alathellzbellz3 жыл бұрын
@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER Actually they are absoloutely not variacs, and I am sure neither are the two units you place on top. The two in the box are Bercostats, as per the name on the bezil themselves. They are large, high current wire wound variable resistors - I have a few identical ones here and actually made an almost identical box to that big one. The big box with two bercostats is 100% definitely a load bank, it will be filled with large resistors on heatsinks brought out to the terminals on top and bottom, as will be the bercostats. It is useful for testing power supplies. Likewise with the two boxes with the mains socket on, I am fairly certain are rehostats (bercostat being a brand of rehostat) When you dimmed the light I am sure you were altering the resistence in line, not the voltage across the light as the dimming was very non linear. Variacs are very specifically an AC device with transformer laminations and are more in keeping with a autotransformer than a rehostat.
@theknarlyboy3 жыл бұрын
This really was a joy to watch dude, the stuff dreams are made of. Im a young RF electronics engineer in the UK and i share your enthusiasm greatly for this kind of vintage test gear. The place i work has wonderful contraptions like yours all over the place, adapted and changed to suit a purpose. Ive been lucky enough in fact to bring some of it home. I hope to visit the museum of everything else one day and see these specimens for real! Keep safe man✌️
@Doctormix3 жыл бұрын
Dude!! you're giving me more GAS with every video you make 😂 How are you doing mate? Hope to catch up with you again soon 🤟🕺
@Reliquancy3 жыл бұрын
Your new video is the next one in my notifications to watch lol.
@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER3 жыл бұрын
Hahahah doctor mix test equipment addiction is happening I can see it now haha
@wingsandthings.3 жыл бұрын
Modern gas, modern gas
@F-Andre3 жыл бұрын
LMNC and Doctor mix :) nice
@ChrisTheGregory3 жыл бұрын
5:20 Based on the units in the dial on the left, that Wayne Kerr is used for small amounts of Siemens.
@vintagecrtgaming8553 жыл бұрын
Lovely meeting you bro! Glad it’s gone to a good home!
@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER3 жыл бұрын
Wheyy; nice man! Btw if anyone saw anything in Bayley's garage comment on here this is Bayley's channel
@A7exandersca7es3 жыл бұрын
Subbed
3 жыл бұрын
Wear a mask dude
@trevorhaddox68843 жыл бұрын
The people on EEVBlog forum would happily take all those voltage calibrators.
@JONOVID3 жыл бұрын
the EEVBlog test-equipment-anonymous-(tea)-group-therapy-thread can help with test-equipment buying addiction
@Doctormix3 жыл бұрын
Wayne Kerr. I'm not gonna think of anything else all night now.
@pascoebrock58773 жыл бұрын
So when are you 2 going to do a video got a good feeling it would be some class sounds much love as ever xx
@Barefoot_Joe3 жыл бұрын
Bet you've heard it a lot :o)
@johnpossum5563 жыл бұрын
Just think of how those two big knobs are the electronic equivalent of b00bs.🤣🤣
@metocvideo3 жыл бұрын
I wonder how the receptionist at Wayne Kerr answered the phone..... “ Hello Wayne Kerr.........”
@Kholaslittlespot13 жыл бұрын
I bet he had a great time at school
@brianclingenpeel51232 жыл бұрын
like 60% of what he does is just violent knob turning lol. i love it
@cambridgemart20753 жыл бұрын
I have the Wayne Kerr's younger sibling; it might be musical as it uses an audio frequency oscillator to measure inductors and capacitors. The trombone things are co-axial line extenders, used to adjust or match the phase response of an RF transmission line. I used to use a Solatron Sclumberger Frequency Response Analyser in our lab in Stevenage, I wonder if it's the same unit!
@fissionchips88403 жыл бұрын
I'm so sorry.. studied electronic engineering at uni but.. "Wayne Kerr" still gets me every time to this day!! 😁👍 That's about my level
@j.dragon6513 жыл бұрын
I am a machinist, I had to call my cohorts over to check out this engineers name on a blueprint, Bum Suk Wang!
@j.dragon6513 жыл бұрын
@@fissionchips8840 That was his name, I'm not making it up, nothing brilliant about it lol.
@Avatar_EU3 жыл бұрын
You may want to contact Mr Carlson's Lab about some of that test equipment.
@nigehomer97443 жыл бұрын
The round mains connection on the nixie volt meter is a Bulgin connector. They are popular on vintage hifi gear like Leak & Quad. If nothing else, you have some excellent vintage enclosures and knobs to re use.
@Stuartrusty3 жыл бұрын
No way! :-O A Motorola EXORciser! 2 of these were in an electronics lab where I used to work, in use up until 10 years ago to my knowledge! Never thought I'd see one of those old beasts again! So much of the old test gear that I started my career as a test engineer with. Especially remember the big old trolley mount Tek'scopes and that Nixie tube meter model I remember, I'm sure I've used one at some point in my career. Yes, I've even used some Wayne Kerr test kit in my time too. There's a lot of work in fixing these old beasts, I'm so glad that the likes of you and HAINBACH are giving these monsters a new lease of live, awesome work!
@shadowman33202 жыл бұрын
Love the old Tektronix oscilloscope. I worked there for 30 years and in the early days I had a 547 on my bench. Enjoy the old relics!
@russellzauner3 жыл бұрын
Yes, used a curve tracer here and there over the years but they always had a phosphor tube by the time I got into electronics. If nothing else you can test transistors now. :-) as far as what's inside I would expect a pattern generator consisting of graduated bias circuits to generate an output curve that shows the electrical operation of the component under test within whatever limits/range of operation you're setting.
@PaulWady3 жыл бұрын
You totally get the joy of gear like this. Back in the 80’s I loved stuff like this. It’s like technoporn films. Brilliant. More more!!
@sapiotone3 жыл бұрын
"Stack of acorns" - Digital squirrel or what??? What an awesome stash!
@astrazenica77833 жыл бұрын
Love the resistor displays
@144megabytes3 жыл бұрын
From electronic musician to museum curator! I love it lol
@dazasc39943 жыл бұрын
just stumbled on your channel, i work in e waste recycling and, like you, save allllll the interesting old test gear that turns up, had some crazy stuff over the years
@5pr1nk572 жыл бұрын
UK based?
@randomdestructn3 жыл бұрын
Nice tektronix 585A! That's the peak of tube scope technology. I picked one up years ago and it has served me pretty well. Take a look inside of it. It's absurd how many tubes it has. edit: also re 10:55 you can use those DC sources as voltage sources if you want by just throwing a resistor on the output. Choose something of proper resistance and power rating so the scale matches up and nothing blows.
@peterjantzer47673 жыл бұрын
I'm 66 and I've used some of these. Best of luck toyou young man
@Kholaslittlespot13 жыл бұрын
What kind of stuff did you work on? Genuinely interested
@Jonny_Does_Breaks3 жыл бұрын
Sure you will have lots of fun with that lot. I used to use some of that equipment when I worked in a calibration lab. Enjoy
@johnwilson49093 жыл бұрын
I have not had that much fun in decades! Keep up the [insert your favorite adjective here] work!
@Rivenworld3 жыл бұрын
Wow! Would love to get my hands on half of that stuff... Brilliant!
@etimon1d3 жыл бұрын
"Excuse me, i'm looking for a Wayne Kerr..."
@ronaldlundbohm8153 жыл бұрын
Some of those freg generators may have a variable cap inside the vanes get dusty and cause a lot of scratchiness We used to clean them up with cardboard
@marklimbrick2 жыл бұрын
If you use 40khz with ultrasonic piezo thing then amp up a matching piezo pickup. Movement creates heterodyne from reflected sound. Done loads of this at one time. Pages of a book sound like water.
@GemmatheCat3 жыл бұрын
Mr Carlson’s lab would be interested in all of this kit.
@FabFunty3 жыл бұрын
as long as it doesn't work or was repaired by someone else before 😂
@GemmatheCat3 жыл бұрын
@@FabFunty ha! Totally. But that’s how we learn from him!
@t55a23 жыл бұрын
I have the same pulse generator at 10.30, has some great tones available, Lyons Instruments. Common in University labs, well-made stuff.
@kadenfurr96993 жыл бұрын
Now I must fulfill my destiny. Now I must go scavenge abandoned labs for their sweet sweet test equipment.
@paulanastasi25803 жыл бұрын
I used that round 3 pin connector skt you asked about in a project years ago. I got them from RS components they're not cheap but they have soooo much stuff.
@jamesh54603 жыл бұрын
Sweet! Just think about all the retro knobs and switches and cases that can be re-tasked into some ridiculous musical machines! Exciting stuff.
@MobCat_3 жыл бұрын
that moment when you come up with a rack size just because it worked better for you and now kosmo format is becoming a real thing supported by companys, i love it.
@zooblestyx3 жыл бұрын
"Where are you off to, Sam?" "Just seeing someone in Stevenage about a couple of huge knobs on the front, luv. Don't wait up.""
@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha that's pretty much how the convo to my partner went
@madmodders3 жыл бұрын
3:45 awwww, he looks really sad...
@_rlb3 жыл бұрын
Was gonna say that :) Always nice to see a Pareidolia.
@1peanut3 жыл бұрын
Eddie VanHalen used a Veriac on his Marshall amps back in the late 70s and early 80s to dial in the voltage.
@joeyschnare60503 жыл бұрын
i love this set man, so cool to see you make sound !
@timstoffel47992 жыл бұрын
That device in the trunk looks like an RF bridge of some sort. It has a small fortune of GR874 connectors with it. Those connectors are unique because they are hermaphroditic. A good working Tektronix 585 oscilloscope is also a nice find. I believe that is good up to about 80 MHz or so, with a dual timebase. You mentioned video. Dual timebase scopes are great for video work. In any case, these 'scopes were plagued by an interesting aging problem that happens to vacuum tubes, called 'cathode interface'. You are very lucky if that 'scope is free of it.
@digitaldobbie3 жыл бұрын
Sam, you are becoming a Steam-punk synthesist, very cool!
@craigsimpson21213 жыл бұрын
The connection on the back of the nixie multimeter looks like a bulgin three pin. In the 90s I tried to get some for an early 70s sound to light unit but was never able to source them and ended up changing them
@chicken_flavoured_bacon32303 жыл бұрын
Sam.. you're awesome, please never stop
@nullbyt3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing! I love checking out vintage equipment like this I'm excited to see what you end up doing with it :)
@Veptis3 жыл бұрын
Got a story to share on the GAS thread? I want to get into electrical engineering, but I am afraid of hoarding test equipment, I done need a scope tho and a serial interface - got to troubleshoot my thermal cameras to mod them into digital out. I do have a chest full of random electronics with heavy duty cables and military style connectors and I don't know what to make with it
@overanged3 жыл бұрын
The solartron 1170 frequency analyser brought back memorys, used to use them to test frequency response of amplifiers etc and calibrate microphones and other transducers. That one may have an ieee488 port, it allows linking of test equipment and controlling them via an external computer.
@S0K0N0MI3 жыл бұрын
Haha, Sam likes humongous knobs.
@Gazarhya3 жыл бұрын
The mystery box looks like some sort of RF cavity. Used for notching out RF (well actually the opposite, allowing only a specific frequency to pass.
@88Spint3 жыл бұрын
"Thats glowing more then it should!" Cracked me up right there xD
@danielmendes56823 жыл бұрын
wow this is so retrofuturistic
@spazimdam3 жыл бұрын
Cool. Some of that equipment sounds very electric and dangerous. Massive old test equipment should make some gnarly songs.
@dykodesigns3 жыл бұрын
The frequency response analyser sounds like a helicopter. Chop, chop, chop, with a bit of fiddling you’ve got yourself an airwolf!
@SoundAuthor3 жыл бұрын
Hainbachitus: A rare disorder that leads to compulsive test equipment purchases.
@themagicvillage3 жыл бұрын
Awesome stuff dude! so glad to see someone doing this!
@tekvax013 жыл бұрын
(0:25) oooooooh....... paper tape reader! Nice haul dude!
@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER3 жыл бұрын
annoyingly that was the only thing not included it has gone already :(
@tekvax013 жыл бұрын
@@LOOKMUMNOCOMPUTER booooooo..... :(
@FadedSignals Жыл бұрын
It would be cool to tune these, and make Kontakt instruments out of them. You could even run them through some pedals, and make some nice libraries. I like the gritty broken sound of some of these. It would be cool to run them through some granular pedals, and some reverbs. Running them through pedals like the Microcosm, Blooper, Habits, Empress Reverb, CXM 1978, etc.. would be cool to hear.
@RegebroRepairs3 жыл бұрын
8:50 Well, that's certainly a waveform! Yowza!
@WaterWhiteTuber3 жыл бұрын
That wooden box with the blue unit and BNC connectors with gray knobs... reminds me of navy RF equipment. In a box like it's field portable. Maybe it's used for testing or maybe it's simply meant to be a portable transmitter. Like an old-schools seal-phone or something. But most of that looks like old-school RF equipment vs being digital. IE: Obsolete and possibly illegal to use.
@johnrehwinkel72412 жыл бұрын
I was wondering why the plug-in stuck out, then realized it was an older style 540/530 series Type G plugin, but a newer 580 series scope. And that brightly lit tube may well be fine, some voltage reference tubes like 85A2 and 5651 glow like that in operation.
@malfattio28943 жыл бұрын
I picked up an HP200lx DOS palmtop the other day and it's a really fun bit of old tech. You could probably use one as a MIDI controller or just make music with the PC speaker
@macronencer3 жыл бұрын
11:32 EPIPHANY! You just made me realise how similar the opening music from Red Dwarf is to Also Sprach Zarathustra.
@gideonwackers76933 жыл бұрын
9:17 that's a 85 volt VR tube, it's supposed to glow like that
@z4zuse3 жыл бұрын
Amazing mix of hoarder, artist and nerd here. Thanks
@Kholaslittlespot13 жыл бұрын
And punk
@z4zuse3 жыл бұрын
@@Kholaslittlespot1 it is a rare mix
@HamburgerAmy3 жыл бұрын
ty for all the fun over the years. ♥
@MrPafleouf3 жыл бұрын
if you want to build a cable for the DMM1 (the tuber multimeter) looks like ground is is the bigger one so line and neutral are the others
@excitedbox57053 жыл бұрын
Those current and voltage analyzers are awesome. I actually need those but shipping to Germany would probably cost a bunch. I actually saw one of those Scopes (don't remember the model number) on eBay classifieds for over 500 ~ a year ago. It had multiple channel modules and since they go up to 500 Mhz they still sell for quite a bit of money. There are no modern options for less so if you need the higher bandwidth that is still a viable option
@tuff_lover3 жыл бұрын
Hainbach: _why do I hear boss music?_
@DanHillman3 жыл бұрын
Hah, one day Sam will be ready to take him on, one day...
@Sick19823 жыл бұрын
Bad meme template comment
@tuff_lover3 жыл бұрын
@@Sick1982 you liked your own comment
@Ghozer3 жыл бұрын
Make the KV meter an 'ambient noise level' meter for the museum.. will be interesting to see it peak when people make different noises with all the different machines :D
@AdamTheAd-vanc3d3 жыл бұрын
Wow . You planning a military take over Sam lol. That was one massive pile of mystery equipment. Great share.
@woosix77352 жыл бұрын
The current calibrator are surely useful in an electronics context, eg matching transistors or something like that?
@qrdnk3 жыл бұрын
08:50 this kicks a**... great stuff! (bleeps and blips are always appreciated)
@Bleats_Sinodai3 жыл бұрын
9:17 it could be a voltage regulator tube. Those are usually filled with either neon or argon gas, and don't have a filament. That one looks like a neon-filled type!
@EdEditz3 жыл бұрын
@ 4:45 That's a type 585A Tektronics oscilloscope. I have a type 545. It's got 102 vacuum tubes in it. When I turn it on it will nicely warm a room in half an hour. =) That Wayne Kerr (LOL) resistor thing is like a potmeter right? You could use it for a filter cut off maybe.
@DSP1073 жыл бұрын
Hmmm! Maybe U could make some awkward noise out ot these gear, by just lowering oscillator frequencies to the audible range... BUT! Now I know what was the SWTPC for! If you look carefully, in between in the original pile, there is a Motorola EXORciser! (Memory blower/chip tester/in-system simulator) A must for 6800 developers of the era!
@DaedalusYoung3 жыл бұрын
People call me Wayne Kerr on a daily basis.
@karlklee94183 жыл бұрын
I want to go to the museum. NOW!!!
@rockradio928 Жыл бұрын
You could have some fun with the RF signal generators by setting two or more to the same frequency and getting an audio beat between them. They will drift about a bit, but could be interesting 😄
@UlIxes13 жыл бұрын
A high voltage generator can generate all kinds of sounds if you apply the output to hands and feet of a volounteer. "Volounteers needed for a special mission" used to say my Action Man in the 60s.
@TLO73 жыл бұрын
lmfaoooooooo hahahaha bro your thumbnail and title made me laugh so hard for some reason idek why. Just knowing about how you are and seeing what you're getting into is so entertaining
@gabrieloalgo3 жыл бұрын
"Wayne Kerr & the Rehabs"
@the_washingmachine12953 жыл бұрын
Wow, I'm kinda interested into seeing how these things would originally work, but I'm also somewhat afraid that he's gonna modify them before xD
@anthonypurpera65173 жыл бұрын
i'm glad he reached out, i was one of many urging him to do so!
@timbermicka3 жыл бұрын
Perfect for beefy bass in the style of Flat Beat or Dooms Night
@johnpossum5563 жыл бұрын
Mr Carlson's Lab has a video about a transistor curve tracer. I admire your chutzpah to go out and get this stuff as well as making an actual Museum. There is a Pavlok's radio museum near me and I donated 5 quarts of tubes to them, an oscillograph wobbulator my uncle gave me and a couple of other things. You might try using a frequency divider on the high frequency Marconi Oscillator to bring it into human range of hearing. For the multiple PSU stack you could put like a small piece of wood trim with some hidden RGB uplighting it and have them flash with the music. Or assign each color a frequency. I always love those old Tektronix Oscilloscopes because they were literally built for war. They've got silver contact rails and some were modular. Again, great content dude!
@Tinmar_Isation3 жыл бұрын
8:43 wicked Drum and Bass Reece Bass 🤟🤟🤟
@Rebar77_real3 жыл бұрын
You should see if Banggood will send you a 3D printer to Mr. Kerr over. You'd love it for weird plugs let alone the knobs and switches and cases you can make. Worth suggesting for your craftworx. Have a great one.
@Rob_653 жыл бұрын
That is an impressive set of test equipment. Almost a museum collection on it's own. Ah yes - a real curve tracer. Last time I used one was in 1984 or so 🤫
@elektroarkivet3 жыл бұрын
What a harvest! :-) That huge Tektronix oscilloscope may be suitable for some serious circuit bending! I have a similar one, a 502A dual beam oscilloscope, and right now I'm working on a much smaller Tektronix 310A that I have turned into a three- or four oscillator drone machine/rythm generator. (and I've only got shocked once so far...) Using the sweep generator of an oscilloscope as a sawtooth audio oscillator is really cool! -The trigger circuit can make it follow the input frequency at a subharmonic in a quite musical way. I'm putting together a simple demo video right now... :-)
@mojomannen3 жыл бұрын
Marco Reps would be so jealous of this.
@timtrzepacz34523 жыл бұрын
Oh hey, I have that same oscilloscope! Because it has tubes, it takes 20 minutes to warm up before you really get a picture...
@cambridgemart20753 жыл бұрын
Sam, that weird 3 pin connector is a Bulgin 3A power connector, tha mating plug is SA2403 and RS stocks them
@UNSCPILOT3 жыл бұрын
Upvoted to get this to his attention, good find!
@theorulez3 жыл бұрын
At *8:56** that sounds like some Phat bass that would do well in drum and bass track.* Heavy metal!
@Rivenworld3 жыл бұрын
You are one lucky dude to get your hands on gear like this, well done.