Random Bits 0256: Winter Cleanup, HP Plotter from CuriusMarc, Vintage Computing

[@mattparker9726]

3:27 Rinoa please don't give up! Your tenacity and increased quality over the years on youtube give me hope for my tiny channel. Please don't throw out those 486 MBs, I'm currently looking for a new project 486. They are getting quite hard to find at reasonable prices nowadays.

[@skeletalrust8757]

the framing and the light of the shot cleaning the sunroof...! ah! lovely. I've been wondering after your little homestead out there. I just put an order in for an ebike - you were the first person I ever saw on one and now the pieces have all come together. Beep beep! You've inspired me a lot over the last year since I found your channel - I've gone from a mouseish former fundie to wielding power tools and living in coveralls. I got my radio license, converted a van, did way more camping, exploring, tinkering, and experimenting. Thanks for being you. I'm glad you're alive. Thanks for everything Miss Rinoa.

[@RinoaL]

well that warms my heart to hear. im glad you are learning skills.

[@CuriousMarc]

Freakin’ UPS. I’m glad it survived. Forgot to tell you, this plotter originally comes from Europe, so it is probably set for 220V (I think I indeed saw that briefly on the back). Make sure to set it back to 110V! Good luck with your plotter, have fun learning HP-GL!

[@RinoaL]

oh! good thing to point out too. but hey at least we dont have the problem europeans have, us having it switched wrong normally isnt as terrible. hehehe

[@kosztaz87]

Oh that lovely retro Thinkpad. Reminded me that I should dig up my old Thinkpad T22 and fix it. I remember it had the dreaded "blink of death" issue, only periodically turning on.

[@ThePRESTIGE34]

I’m not telling you what to do but I And much more viewers would also love to see videos of you cleaning up like you used to do a lot I miss them

[@yoctoflop]

Those old HP plotters are some incredible engineering. I have a 7550A plotter which was one of the fastest ones made, and honestly it makes me upset with the speed of things made today. If a plotter made 35 years ago can move so fast that it's a blur, and still move to within 1/40th of a mm, I expect better today dammit!

[@grendel1960a]

we used to use those years back, they can either use felt pens of ink pens (like drawing pens), I seem to recall they are just a straight shaft with a flange a set distance from the tip, an easy make in a 3d printer. we also had its big brother the full A0 paper sized one in our drawing office, that could take up to 3 hours to do a print, so you had to make sure it had new pens before you started, this was the only way you could do colour back in the 1980's the quick alternative took just 5 minutes and was an electrostatic process for black and white, great memories.

[@mattparker9726]

you, Paul Elkins, and Robert Murray Smith are the best YTers on the platform, in my opinion. Especially in the 'maker' space.

[@hollybrereton3140]

Twice in my Life I have taken everything i owned and trashed it all, both times i lost things but in both cases on and learnt this is no right or wrong with possessions you can’t take it with you, you can only do what feels right at the time and sometimes that cathartic start was what we needed.

[@Adamisgood24]

I've been watching your videos, since forever!

[@ThePRESTIGE34]

It’s been too long I’ve been waiting for one of these videos for a bit Love the content thanks for taking Time to share with everyone

[@UnreasonableSteve]

When it comes to shipping, if it's not packaged well enough for you to throw it at a wall, it's not going to survive... Because that's exactly what the shippers will do to it. Glad the plotter survived!

[@Adamisgood24]

I still got a shelf full of VHS tapes, and a CRT with a built in VCR.

[@OrangeYTT]

everybody loves a little analog

[@eletronica-mm5yf]

A neve deixa o quintal um pouco mais limpo...kkk Ótimo unboxing.👍❄

[@pulesjet]

Damn I hate the S word. Our well crapped out for three days split pipes. We had water at the well not up to the house. Just got it working yesterday. Flushing the poop required buckets. LOL. Thanks to our 800W of solar and 10Kwh of battery we was not in the dark or going with out. .

[@SpringRiverHollar]

Your work shop is awesome , it has character .Enjoy your package from Marc and I'll see you on the next one .

[@TheWarped45]

I have been kind of sluggish the past 2 years on projects but just got into it recapped a Gibson medalist amplifier got it working and at the moment a roberts tube type reel to reel got the amplifier part working but now the motor overheats I put a 5 mfd capacitor still the same some I will put what it calls for 2.0 mfd at 250 volts ac just odds and ends.

[@jeromewysocki8809]

It looks like your HP plotter might have an HPIB interface. Mine did. It had real thick cables connecting it. I probably still have those cables somewhere.

[@skeletalrust8757]

motherboards for decoration!!! rinoa you are my queen

[@mattparker9726]

20:55 the 1987 DOS version of Sid Meier's Pirates!.

[@charger959]

My dad had a plotter like that in his office when I was a kid, totally fascinating! I can't wait to see yours working! I've got a pcmcia to usb 3 around here somewhere, I don't know if that'd work on something that old though.

[@jameskolby]

You've probably had a hundred comments already say this, but that mouse looks like it has an adb connector on the end of it. Thanks for the great video! I really love seeing honest content!

[@RinoaL]

oh nobody said that actually, it might fit my old mac.

[@UnreasonableSteve]

@@RinoaL A lot of the older optical nice need a specific grid-based mousepad for tracking, so if it doesn't seem to work on a desk it may be worth trying to find (or even maybe print?) such a mousepad

[@RinoaL]

good idea

[@mattparker9726]

8:22 what about going on eBay and buying some laptop cameras? they also come with mics built in. Could be interesting. You could also make a home security system that could be easily hidden that way.

[@TheFurriestOne]

I make no promises, but I know I have some PCMCIA modems somewhere. Even used them to get online years ago! Just dial-up, but they did work. Also, I'm still using my 1995 Toshiba Satellite (with Win95) for my fiction-writing. Anyhow, if I run across the modem-cards while cleaning I'll try to remember to set them aside.

[@RinoaL]

well modem cards arent so useful

[@Pytchblend]

Im excited to see you get these working!

[@RinoaL]

worked a day on the 286, almost have the floppy drive working.

[@UnreasonableSteve]

Careful with indoor fires - even with relatively high quality fuels, carbon monoxide can be an issue. If you do burn indoors, make sure you have good CO detectors!

[@RinoaL]

already have one, but charcoal burns clean anyway

[@samuelsalins8309]

Interesting 👍

[@glockenspielsdesk]

your room is cleaner then mine

[@pulesjet]

Whish I had a Barn like you do. You done did good.

[@mattparker9726]

hmmm this is AWESOME!

[@greggdavidtaylor9290]

i used to have the exact same computer with the cards - when u find them i will send them - if you get some before then you will have spares !!!

[@tarstakars]

A lot of homes in South Korea are heat with charcoal..

[@pulesjet]

Enough to make things damp or wet.

[@mattparker9726]

also, I see a lot of purple insulation boards. Are you going to insulate that shed?

[@pulesjet]

At 63 I don't do cold so well. We have protections in place that can be carried on for a month or two. Food for more then 6 months. More then hungry at he end. How sad . Modern Man does not maintain provisions like us old folks.

[@redapproves1330]

I kept our first computer, a 286, for so long I kind of regret finally throwing it away few years ago

[@Lee_Adamson_OCF]

We should have a contest, to see whose shop is messiest. :P

[@thingyee1118]

Saw HP Plotter and got worried it was Harry Potter lol! Glad it’s actually HP Plotter and therefore useful.

[@DIYwithBatteries]

01:04 it looks like you are breaking the glasses Haha... :D

[@jamesparker2337]

Making a fire in furnace may be more enjoyment?

[@dr.zarkhov9753]

Rin, that appears to be an old school ADB mouse for older Macs, not PS/2 with a missing pin.

[@RinoaL]

yeah i found that out, gives me hope. might be able to just connect it to an arduino or something.

[@MrKillswitch88]

Vintage Thinkpads are pretty good money as I've been selling off some of my collection mainly due to lack of spares, those with the DSTN screens are a real disappointment once they go bad.

[@gerardjachymiak5822]

what are you going to do with the workshop when you move?

[@RinoaL]

Not planning on moving at the moment. If i do move to the east coast as i am evaluating, i would keep this here for a local machine shop when here.

[@zarfact]

How did you get that projector screen tv to stay on that wall?

[@RinoaL]

watch the video on it.

[@TheIcool76]

Why not make a video of a time-lapse of you cleaning up your workshop. Ppl love that sort of time-lapse

[@RinoaL]

because most of my cleaning is slow, requiring me to use materials.

[@chrismartin4892]

More videos on salvaging old electronics

[@RinoaL]

Dont worry i have more already filmed.

[@mattparker9726]

try and make a cair with that oak. I need a new chair. I suspect a lot of folks would buy something a bit more... practical? Also it's bigger and more difficult to make so much more money.

[@greggdavidtaylor9290]

if you can get up yo it you can fix your window with locktight !

[@radio-pirol]

as you smashed that plastic roof to get the snow off I was like....o.O next thing is a hole in it... but maybe it isn't that old to be brittle... but it will be in some years... you might clean up that NEC a bit and put some new glass in the window? for old software you might look up vetusware… That strange mouse might be from a graphics tablet.

[@mattparker9726]

6:02 I vote for solar.

[@grendel1960a]

old mouse type socket, keyboards have a similar one

[@grendel1960a]

i still have a win 98 laptop, its been a while since i tried using it

[@FPVSlacker]

I'll buy a push stick

[@themadatheist1976]

Dear Northern Person, PLEASE KEEP YOUR FREEZING COLD FRONTS OUT OF FLORIDA!!! We do not like the cold. Mm-kay?

[@gerald4027]

What is a capacitor?

[@RinoaL]

lol

[@gerald4027]

@@RinoaL .have you ever see a pcmcia card that is hooked to a scuzzy drive via a 1/2 cable?,because I got one.Takes to many watts to run it via laptop. It might of belonged to the Airforce back in the 70s.

[@gerald4027]

@@RinoaL .I got a scuzzy HD connected to a PCMCIA CARD via 1/2 inch wire cluster of more than 50 small wires.I plug the card into 8 of my old 1980s laptops and there is not enough watts .all laptops shut down.I got the device from a Airforce Pilot 25 or more years ago.Could have some good information on it.Any idea how to get it going or could it be id locked to a unit?

[@RinoaL]

well, you could try seeing how to add power. i wonder if its designed to short out in a normal laptop to make sure it wasnt easy to read. but most likely nor

[@STONEDay]

Too bad for the border eh. Can't just throw electronics in letter mail internationally. Got a high power pcmcia network adapter with two external antenna connectors on it. Great for longer distance wireless links.

[@caodesignworks2407]

Get your hustle on, don't feel weird or whatever about hocking your goods. You gotta get paid too and the entire reason you're making them is to sell them. I get it though. I always feel weird posting about my etsy business on social media or promoting it places. Also, your bedroom is as clean as mine. That is, for many, that's a mess. But it's an organized mess.

[@amnesiac-original]

You live in a nice place. I am jealousy

[@raphaelhernandez3594]

It's true when you are marketing you have to be pushy and persistent.

[@BixbyConsequence]

You like to work on stuff; why never fix the window? Too practical?

[@RinoaL]

never really is an issue,

[@aidanscapeing]

How about a big restoration project, then get the project sponsored on patreon by viewers.

[@Maybeitsmaybelline0]

archive.org should have older programs for 95

[@ZippoX05]

Get your hustle on, I think it would be cool to put the stuff on etsy you make on a live stream. Just like AvE always says, make cool shit put it on the internet.

[@sjc8229]

You should checkout Linus Tech Tips channel he's quite pushy to push his home merch

[@RinoaL]

yeah i dont want to be like that.

[@t_4178]

hoarder ;)

[@ambreiachaney]

Girl!! I’ve been chunking stuff too!! Lol 😂 it’s in the stars ⭐️ time to clean the clutter

[@Evokvn]

21st

[@o.m.g3944]

U should buy a 3d printer

[@RinoaL]

i have 3 lol

[@o.m.g3944]

Do they work

[@RinoaL]

yes

[@o.m.g3944]

Nice let's make something

[@greggdavidtaylor9290]

if you can get up yo it you can fix your window with locktight !