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[@BrokenVideoProductions]

The Microsoft poster is swedish. "Software for humans"

[@andrewdunbar828]

Yep Dutch has no funny symbols except sometimes ij looks like ÿ.

[@jorgrademaker]

@@andrewdunbar828 Yes we do. We also use the 'umlaut' (ä ö etc), just not in the exact way Swedish does. They use it (afaik, I'm not Swedish) to change the sound of a letter, we use it -when needed- to point out the beginning of a new syllable. And that ÿ is not a symbol, it's a letter. Yes, we have 27 letters in our alphabet.

[@AdriaanZwemer]

@@misterjeffa2128 i believe they're confusing ij and ÿ, because y-grec with dots is almost like a lange ij.

[@andrewdunbar828]

@@misterjeffa2128 Dutch doesn't actually use it, it's just a common misunderstanding. I can see it in Wikipedia and Reddit now when I Google for it. Then again, jorgrademaker is saying in this comment thread that it is used and he's Dutch (-:

[@andrewdunbar828]

@@jorgrademaker In Swedish ä, å, and ü are extra letters in their own right, their alphabet has 29 letters. As for ÿ, misterjeffa2128 is saying in this comment thread that he's sever seen it and he's Dutch. So I'll leave it between you to decide (-:

[@jorgrademaker]

Hi! Dutchman here. That Windows 3.0 poster isn't Dutch. It's probably Swedish.

[@SomePeopleCallMeWulfman]

It's Swedish. It reads: Microsoft. Software for humans.

[@dl8cy]

Swedish "programvara för människor" = "software for people"

[@jeromethiel4323]

It wasn't uncommon with human drawn PCB layouts, to stagger the chips slightly. For example, RAM chips, where you have a lot of address and other signals in common, if you put the chips slightly offset from each other, it made the layout easier to do. Because you could draw a diagonal for the signal lines, and everything would fit between the pins. It was when computers started doing the layouts, it was easier to have the chips in a straight line, and let the computer figure out how to route the traces.

[@Jesselovespinball]

I’ve said it before but what keeps me coming back is your genuine enthusiasm and energy towards this stuff . I am by no means a “tech” guy but I find the subject matter very interesting and the fact that you always explain things is a way that we can understand makes it wonderful! So thank you !

[@Torbjorn.Lindgren]

Notes on U.2 slots - you can get dirt cheap U.2 to M.2 NVMe plus M.2 SATA adapter boards (get the ones with a 2.5" shell and use thermal pads to transfer heat to it!) - and at least some specifically say both slots should work at the same time IF the U.2 slot has both PCIe x4 and SAS/SATA lanes. U.2 slots will also accept SAS and SATA 2.5" disks but whether they will work depends on what controller is used and how the slots are wired. They will obviously also accept U.2 PCIe SSDs - though on some machines only some slots has PCIe - it tends to depend on what the original purchaser specified from the options sheet when it was ordered.

[@jeromethiel4323]

Sadly, HP suffered from the same fate so many good companies fall prey to, they hired MBA's to run the business. And run them they did. Right into the ground. HP used to be a powerhouse. They were to go to company for scientific instruments and computers. Especially for engineering. And then the business people came in and looted the much revered company for quick profits. Now, HP is in pretty much a non entity anymore. What a hideous end to a company that used to mean something.

[@nickwallette6201]

Non-entity? But they sell ink cartridges now! And machines designed to dry them out.

[@davep5698]

Currently know best for suing the widower of Mike Lynch after a business merger from which HPE overpaid and then got annoyed about. He died in a storm when his yacht sank along with his daughter and some associates. They are going after the estate through the widowed wife for $4Bn. HP are scum.

[@MichaelAStanhope]

Those are some enterprise class modems there! we used to use those on our AS/400's at work.

[@wesley00042]

I have a similar one that uses proprietary protocols to increase speeds above the CCITT standards (when connecting to a matching one.) Wouldn't surprise me if there were some made specifically to accelerate 5250-type traffic.

[@ssl3546]

almost certainly the mystery button on the printer activates ink-saver mode, making text "grey" to save ink

[@jeffcarling4860]

HP was just wild! What a cool company

[@ExperimentIV]

the poster is definitely in Swedish! “software for people”

[@KAPTKipper]

Sock-oh Maine 16:33 Looks like the button switches from draft & NLQ - Near letter Quality

[@sokoloft3]

Yep, Sock-oh pronunciation. Its commonly mistaken

[@jessicam.4148]

Fun thing you can do with HP 48gx if you have a HP printer with IR you can print the graphics from calculator to the printer wirelessly over ir

[@jeffcarling4860]

This channel never let you down. Just awsome stuff❤

[@cmelft2463]

Am i the only one who finds this the most wholesome tech channel? The videos are always great

[@Jody_VE5SAR]

Loved my HP calculator lineup! I've had numerous scientific and business models (12C, 28C, 48sx, 48gx)... then the 50g, and finally the 50 prime G2. It's the pinnacle of calculators, IMO... and likely the last of a dying breed with smartphone tech taking over.

[@sokoloft3]

Heck yeah. Glad the firewire card could be of some use to you in the future! Was too good to throw out and I know I'll likely never use it.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

I love PCMCIA Cards and ExpressCards, I seem to have established a collection of them.

[@thiesenf]

"Programvara för människor" is Swedish for "Software for Humans" Gissa hur jag vet... :-)

[@bob_mosavo]

For the serial cable and your HP-48, you should only need a modem program that supports the Kermit protocol. That's what I used to use to load programs onto my HP-48SX. Also, there is an IrDA at the top, which you can share data and/or programs with another HP-48 👍

[@darkwinter6028]

IIRC, it’s IR, but not IrDA…

[@ChrisDreher]

​​@@darkwinter6028, came to same the same thing. The HP IR for the calculators is not IrDA, like you said. Understandable why folks got them confused, though.

[@blackrippin]

The vintage video game videos might do really well. I found you from the hydro thunder video

[@ianhasnochannel]

HP 48GX is hands down the best calculator ever made.

[@ChrisDreher]

Agreed. I still have my 48SX, which is arguably the 2nd best calculator HP made, though some would say the 48G (no X) was 2nd best.

[@jeromethiel4323]

Modems are such an interesting item. They were how a lot of us early adopters of the internet (for those of us not on a campus) had to use dialup. And i have every dialup modem i ever bought, somewhere. Because i insisted on having external modems, so i could use them on both my PC based computers and Amiga's. So a straight up external serial modem was the way to go. I should have (somewhere) a 2400 baud all the way up to 56K. And they all worked when i put them away.

[@nickwallette6201]

What kind did you get? I've gotten interested in modem history lately. (I know, that's an incredibly nerdy thing to say, but we're among friends here, yeah? haha) It seems like once you got past the initial Bell models, Hayes was the place to be from their original Smartmodem up through 9600bps, at which point Rockwell entered the chat in the price-leading Supra 14.4k, kicking off an epic fight for the crown with USR. It seems most people (myself included) considered the Courier to be the reigning quality champion, with Rockwell chipsets being the Volksmodem for everyone who just wanted the affordable option. That made things interesting in the 56k era, where X2 was only supported by fairly substantial USR/3Com telco equipment (e.g., TCS), while K56flex was everywhere -- right down to Cisco expansion modules for ISR routers. That was the battle of prestige vs. ubiquity, and it almost seems like a different reality in retrospect than it felt like being there at the time. Then, of course, v.90 reset the board and things got commoditized to the point where the phone jack was practically just another input on your sound card, and everything was done in software.

[@jeromethiel4323]

@@nickwallette6201 Never could afford a Hayes or a US robotics modem. Mine were all no name, budget models, but they all worked just fine, all the AT commands recognized, you name it. And since they were all external, none of this winmodem crap. The modem does it all internally, and just passes data and commands over the serial. I'd have to dig through my old crap and find them, but i know i didn't throw them away. Fun fact, back in the day i could not figure out how to configure my roommates IBM PC to talk to my Amiga through serial, but we both had modems. So i bought a 2-1 RJ-11 jack, because i needed a dial tone to dial out. Dialed a random number, ran over to my roommates machine and answered, then unplugged the phone jack from the wall (they are both still plugged into the 2-1 jack), and i was able to use modem software to transfer files. Now, i would have just figured out how to serial to serial, but that was just a little beyond me at the time. Modems i understood. Serial, while i understood it host to client, host to host was just that little bit out there.

[@nihonam]

I still have a couple of modems in my stuff. One was donated to me by some generous guy who wondered why i connect on 2400 to BBS we both visited regularly. It is some noname internal ISA modem from Germany I believe: it has some odd 1 minute delay between calls. And another one is the last dial-up modem I used IDC 2814bxl, late on rockwell chip, not that coll Lucent-based, but still very trustful. And after it ADSL era came, and the one I used to connect is also here, but I can't tell what it is, som rebranded one for local provider.

[@jeromethiel4323]

I forgot, i also bought at one point a TRS-80 Modem I. Runs at the blistering baud rate of 300. ^-^

[@MrNoobed]

11:02 i think that might be a coincidence. Those sort of modems were common in the 80s and 90s- you could hookup your terminal equipment to a phone and dial into it. And the commercial versions like that were just pretty wide.

[@zbradbell]

I still have my 48GX from back in the day. I remember making my own serial cable for it, the custom connector was just some female pins and electrical tape.

[@oliverw.douglas285]

Those modems remind me of the units, that were typically used on 56k/64k (frame relay) Leased Line Circuits, usually through the local telco. Adtran & Motorola were two of the more common manufacturers, who made modems such as these. I suspect there were dialup equivalents, which used the same form factor & case style.

[@Ad-fu3wi]

Yup, did this with Microcom modems

[@oliverw.douglas285]

@@Ad-fu3wi Used a rack-mounted version of the Microcom Dialup modems, for secure access to non-networked pieces of equipment. Solid gear, with reliability for long-term use.

[@SomeMorganSomewhere]

Yeah, looks like a pair of "dry pair"/"private loop" modems used for leased lines

[@manganmegamangan]

programvara för människor it´s swedish and translates to programs for humans/people. (i´m swedish)

[@Cory_]

The Sega Saturn has something very similar to that CDI card. Plugs into the back, and its two main functions are higher quality FMVs in certain games, and a video CD playback.

[@darkwinter6028]

I remember seeing a couple of those FireWire cards hanging up on pegboard in Fry’s back in the day (never had a need for one - all my laptops at the time had it built in; and didn’t have any PCMCIA slots anyway).

[@nicholasdill6630]

Holy Crap a 48GX! My dad had a 48G in college and it rules! He used to have Tetris on his that he got off another guy who also had one in the mid 90s. Good memories

[@bustanutbabybutttttz]

Me watching this on vacation in Issaquah Washington as soon as the video starts: 😳

[@fnjesusfreak]

2:33 looks more like Swedish than Dutch.

[@douro20]

That Penril modem is certainly newer than that SE/30- it is a 33.6k modem, and the V.34 standard wasn't ratified until 1994. There were some Microcom modems which had an alphanumeric LCD on them.

[@EasyMac308]

Good job nailing the pronunciation of Issaquah.

[@FlyboyHelosim]

Just casually opening packages with a gutting knife. LOL

[@jeffcarling4860]

"Software for people"

[@jeffcarling4860]

Software for humans ... well swedes

[@SomeMorganSomewhere]

I wonder if I was the only one who noticed those dual QSFP NICs he had in the background when he was talking about the Gigabyte server...

[@davegt27]

we had those small printers come with our test station (f16) (worked like crap), we switched to laser printer as soon as we could

[@petermikus2363]

18:59 one would argue that the 50G is the ultimate HP calculator. But that's kinda down to preference i guess

[@MatroxMillennium]

My CD-i console does not have an expansion slot. But it's a portable unit manufactured by LG so it makes sense that it wouldn't, lol. I believe it has integrated Video CD support though.

[@myleft9397]

13:25 lol it's a reunion of sorts, good video, sometimes a mail call is all you need [edit: 14:25 :O :O :O]

[@HalianTheProtogen]

CD-i has the chillest, most aesthetic version of _Tetris_ you will ever see. The soundtrack is up on KZbin.

[@BilisNegra]

4:23 Framing? Well, maybe Clint can help!

[@kiwatech]

as a modem nerd i'm jealous of the modems lol cool stuff

[@Brommes]

woot grats on 200k :)

[@ShallRemainUnknown]

Have you ever before actually closely inpected the print head of a factory-new unit, or else is it *possible* that these models are quickly quality-tested at the factory with a cartridge which leaves a bit of ink residue even on brand new units? (Such very minor signs of "use" is definitely the case with certain products...)

[@Toonrick12]

Hey, how come you haven't added any new videos to the Mailcall playlist?

[@UpLateGeek]

I did notice a couple of network cards conspicuously appeared next to the new server. I'm guessing you're just going to directly connect them for some kind of clustered storage system and access to data from either for workloads. They look like QSFP slots, so either 40G or 100G. A 40/100G network switch would be pretty expensive donation, especially if it's a Cisco model. I've only got experience with Cisco, but I'm sure you could pick up an old Dell 40G switch for a lot cheaper than a Cisco one. Actually, purely coincidentally, just yesterday I was reconfiguring an old pair of Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2 switches for redeployment. They've got 48 x 10/25G ports and 12 x 40/100G ports in a 1.2U form factor. They were surplus from when we shut down one of our offices about a year ago, and now I'm just getting around to reconfiguring them to upgrade another office that's got a whole lot of really ancient network gear.

[@jenselstner5527]

HP RPN Calculators. :oD You have to make another video about them.

[@douro20]

I somehow managed to lose all of my HP RPN calculators, including the 48G I had at one point.

[@GothicDude-mu5qf]

Myself, I'm slowly building a collection of games for my Super Famicom.

[@galeng73]

No, it's "Sah co" with the co sounding like cocoa. Sah Co. It's coastal Maine. I'm way inland. Amusingly, I have been wondering what to send you so that you could have Maine pinned on your map. That solves that problem just perfectly and will save me some effort.

[@Andy-fd5fg]

Stop showing the full Zipcode..... you can still look up the full address, well at least down to the street/building level, which you have carefully removed

[@jeffcarling4860]

Swedish

[@Mr.CellophaneHart]

You would have gotten a lot more but Clint's channel comes first alphabetically. XD

[@benelleliv]

ive got a bunch of cables and motherboard miscellany from an old data center I used to run. where can I send it?

[@galeng73]

That's how a calculator should come.

[@brookerobertson2951]

Wow bots.

[@HrLBolle]

4:24 Hasn't Clint (LGR) worked as a professional frame in the past?

[@Toonrick12]

Yes, but I don't know that the two have ever met IRL.

[@HrLBolle]

@@Toonrick12 either of the 2 probably has a thingy the other wants and would be willing to travel for.

[@angelorusso3219]

Can someone send this guy a package opener so he doesn't have to use Jason's knife?

[@jerezer2009]

we need to see your video game console collection make a video please!

[@davidhildreth]

@24:46 GPU speed really isn't so important for most editing tasks in Resolve. GPU RAM, CPU speed and disk speed are all more important unless you're running lots of NR or something like that.

[@blackrippin]

god I love shoilin soccer so much lmao

[@andresbravo2003]

Man, that’s a lot of mail packages!

[@lennaertedens4624]

if it was Dutch it would say "Programma's voor mensen"