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@nicholsliwilson4 жыл бұрын
David, you really shouldn’t be embarrassed about using Planet X3 to demo a computer. At least you can be sure the game’s author’s not going to copyright strike you for it.
@rennierrodil61194 жыл бұрын
@@KillThad that's the point.
@KuraIthys4 жыл бұрын
lol. You'd hope not. But I've seen some truly bizarre horror stories of youtubers being copyright striked for their own content because some large organisation used it (without permission - yeah. THEY use it without permission, and YOU get in trouble for it. Great huh. XD) I swear KZbin is pretty far into corporate dystopia territory with it's whole copyright system...
@giornogiovanna7294 жыл бұрын
@@KuraIthys People joke about [Music Company] breaking into your home and charging you money just because you yell the lyrics in shower. Well, it's not *that* far away, is it?
@speckd84654 жыл бұрын
but david will sue himself
@nicholsliwilson4 жыл бұрын
ErtasVideos LOL! 😄
@nerdzrant4 жыл бұрын
This was a great opportunity and I had a great time. Thanks again David!
@helge0004 жыл бұрын
Thanks Matt for lending it out to David and all your effort! Got all of us a great video. Maybe call David quickly and ask him to retrobite the computer :)
@nerdzrant4 жыл бұрын
@@helge000 No problem I was more than happy to get it to him. I may at some point attempt to retrobrite the PC, or have it done.
@lnspector4 жыл бұрын
Why didn't you let him retrobright it? Cheers.
@ZexMaxwell4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Matt. You got some really interesting tech here.
@sailaab4 жыл бұрын
hey :) thank YOU for making this happen by reaching out to him and also letting him use, review it
@MichaelAStanhope4 жыл бұрын
The fact that you can get Planet X3 to play on that thing when most other titles wouldn't is a testament to your programming skills! Pretty cool.
@JohnDlugosz4 жыл бұрын
A cartoon from the period has the caption: "Sure it's portable! See the handle?"
@elderberrylinux52794 жыл бұрын
That reminds be of growing up with the Nintendo GameCube. It had a handle on the rear, but I never used it. I always put it in a special bag that held the system, cords, some game discs, and the GBA as well. I also seem to remember the bag being an actual Nintendo product, but I'm not sure. If so, even they realized that if you're already taking everything else in a bag, why not just put the GameCube in there too.
@bobblum59734 жыл бұрын
Hence the term used at the time, "luggable". 😮💪
@PicturesqueGames4 жыл бұрын
AVGN: Portable. Yeah, my ass is portable.
@CarrotConsumer4 жыл бұрын
It's all relative.
@VladoT4 жыл бұрын
"Program too big to fit in memory" appears on very old DOS versions because they treat EXE files as COM files and COM files have 64KB execution limit and I see this game has a 70+ KB EXE file.
@wishusknight30094 жыл бұрын
I forgot about that. Very good explanation.
@grasstails97373 жыл бұрын
MSDOS 6.22!!! MSDOS 6.22!!and 7.00
@squirlmy3 жыл бұрын
@@grasstails9737 FreeDOS. I'm feeling a little frustrated, like with Linux in '99, but eventually retro-computing fans will say "Why wasn't I using FreeDOS?"
@grasstails97373 жыл бұрын
@@squirlmy i dont even remember the purpose/meaning/point of my comment anymore
@lee4hmz4 жыл бұрын
I had one of these back in the early 1990s! One of the things that will improve the compatibility quite a bit is replacing the buggy Sanyo BIOS with a generic Phoenix XT BIOS. My brother and I tried it, and it fixed a lot of problems with both DOS and CGA compatibility. The odd floppy drives were Chinon, and I seem to remember them working pretty well.
@Kazuo1G4 жыл бұрын
I NEED TO TRY THIS.
@HappySlappyFace4 жыл бұрын
@@Kazuo1G lol i just read ur original comment and i thought that i should tell you about this
@amirpourghoureiyan16374 жыл бұрын
I thought that too, maybe even a BIOS from Quadtel would suffice as that has all the setup options integrated into the ROM.
@buenasnoches24 жыл бұрын
That was a long shot, you could brick the computer if something goes wrong. At least on those days, now you can copy the original rom with a EEPROM recorder.
@lee4hmz4 жыл бұрын
@@buenasnoches2 the BIOS ROM on this machine is a removable DIP EPROM, so we physically swapped with a BIOS from a no-name XT board we had lying around. It's really hard to brick something this old.
@swamprobin32914 жыл бұрын
"The term 'IBM Compatible ' means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. For example, [we] had visited Sanyo, the Japanese electronics manufacturer, early in 1983 and were shown a microcomputer that used the 8088 microprocessor, which is also used by the IBM PC. That was the only similarity between the IBM and Sanyo products. Not a single IBM program would have run on the Sanyo microcomputer without first making program changes. My Japanese hosts wanted to know what I thought of their soon-to-be-introduced product. 'To sell in America, it must be IBM compatible', I replied." - Adam Osborne, inventor of the Osborne 1
@t3hrasterbator4 жыл бұрын
That has to be the most satisfying disk mechanism ever. The toaster-like shot of the disk when ejecting is perfect.
@Stoney3K4 жыл бұрын
It still doesn't beat the Sharp X68000 drives which have an Apple-like motorized eject on a slot loading 5,25" floppy drive.
@LaneDenson4 жыл бұрын
The NEC APC had 8" floppies with a similar door mechanism. You don't want to get in the way of one of those when it came flying out
@haweater1555 Жыл бұрын
VWestlife would find the ejection satisfying.
@pgriggs21124 жыл бұрын
As soon as I saw “Sanyo”, I knew it was maybe 80% compatible. That was a dark time in DOS-land!
@barthonhoff55474 жыл бұрын
CandyGramForMongo absolutely! I had the Sanyo MBC-555 with 128kb, incompatible with almost everything. Memory expansion was nearly impossible.
@Dawwwg4 жыл бұрын
Sanyo went on to make some weirdly cool MSX computers in the 80s though...
@0mongo04 жыл бұрын
@@barthonhoff5547 The MBC-555 was marketed an MS-DOS compatible, which it is, not as an IBM PC compatible. The bios on an MBC-555 was loaded from floppy, so you couldn't boot from a disk for an IBM PC.
@mipmipmipmipmip4 жыл бұрын
@@0mongo0 would make it possible to create a custom bios though!
@vwestlife4 жыл бұрын
There were quite a few early '80s computers that were MS-DOS compatible but not IBM PC compatible, including not only Sanyos but also the Tandy 2000, DEC Rainbow, TI Professional, NEC APC, etc. The Sanyo MBC-550 series had graphics better than CGA, being able to display 640x200 graphics in 8 colors, but ran at only 3.58 MHz and was even less compatible with IBM PC software than this MBC-775. (There was an optional video card that gave it standard CGA graphics which did improve its compatibility somewhat.)
@c0deman0574 жыл бұрын
His shirt should say "Size DOS Matter"
@DrJMPrieto4 жыл бұрын
Dear 8-Bit Guy, thanks for your channel, I have been introduced to it by my 7-yrs. old son. He can spend hours mesmerised at what you do, and this brought me back memories of when I started to learn BASIC in a ZX spectrum, Apple IIc and much later bought a 386 with my first salary, and eternally exploring how to complicate things such as installing Windows 3.1 with DRDOS 6 as the base! My son says thanks to you and that he uses your videos to actually fix computers. Cheers from London and keep up the good 8-bit job!
@video99couk4 жыл бұрын
"See Sanyo Then Decide" they used to say. In this case though, I would probably have decided on something else.
@video99couk4 жыл бұрын
@tone167 I have an advertising flyer for Sanyo Beta video recorders, I'll have to dig it out, it might have been a UK slogan. They used to do some really good kit in the 1980s, excellent build quality and easy to service.
@anonUK4 жыл бұрын
@tone167 Wang Cares!
@WacKEDmaN4 жыл бұрын
the "motherboard" intel chip is dated 1983...the one below it is dated 30th week 1984..so it was definatly released after that (or atleast this one built)
@lo1bo24 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for David to look at various dates after he opened it up.
@OscarSanchez-je1dp4 жыл бұрын
It seems he rushed a little to finish the video, but still it was quite good.
@johnfrancisdoe15634 жыл бұрын
WacKEDmaN But that only dates this specimen or it's latest repair. There could have been thousands of identical machines rolling off the assembly line in the previous years.
@UnderEu4 жыл бұрын
I always got impressed by how many companies introduced (or, at least, tried to introduce) their own computer, back in the 1980s, always testing different specs, keyboard layouts, key features... I'd totally go nuts working with IT in that era :P
@Mishkafofer4 жыл бұрын
well, Android scene looks similar
@Nolroa4 жыл бұрын
Nothing different with modern Smartphone companies introducing their models with different elements, applications, platforms or their own App market, and all those things.
@justanotheryoutubechannel4 жыл бұрын
I love how beautifully sharp this computer’s built in sexy CRT is, which seems crazy since it’s an old colour shadow mask.
@Sixthhokage954 жыл бұрын
It's weird seeing a restaurant I grew up going to in a small country city in a KZbin video. Montana was one of the highlights of visits with my dad. Hope y'all enjoyed lunch there.
@iVTECInside4 жыл бұрын
Oh dear, EDLIN... Never thought I'd see that again.
@manuell35054 жыл бұрын
SA.COM: Sanyo Assembler?
@forthwithtx58524 жыл бұрын
I’ve eaten at that Montana in Stephenville. Been in that town several times. My son attended Tarleton State last year. Neat little Texas town.
@J_Tanzanite4 жыл бұрын
The 8-Bit guy NOT retro brighting something?! UNHEARD OF! jk love you
@EngineeringVignettes4 жыл бұрын
Inconceivable!
@hockypockies7804 жыл бұрын
@@halcyonoutlander2105 that actually made me laugh, good job.
@TravelingSolo4 жыл бұрын
Looks like the Sanyo MBC **series** was launched in 1982, with the 775 model coming out a couple years later.
@0mongo04 жыл бұрын
The Sanyo MBC series started with a bunch of CP/M computers.
@TravelingSolo4 жыл бұрын
0mongo0 and?
@0mongo04 жыл бұрын
@@TravelingSolo And the Sanyo MBC series started with a bunch of CP/M computers. What part didn't you understand?
@TravelingSolo4 жыл бұрын
0mongo0 you mean the part that is irrelevant? Regardless of the architecture or OS, the series was launched in 1982, which is likely where the computer museum got their date.
@TravelingSolo4 жыл бұрын
0mongo0 there were also DOS compatible machines launched the same year.
@Pizzamanrule4 жыл бұрын
The only video that the compact doesn’t get restored
@HelloKittyFanMan.4 жыл бұрын
"It has quite a few jumper wires on the back!" Yeah, as Dave the EEV Blogger would say, "bodge wires"!
@Okurka.4 жыл бұрын
Everyone in electronics called them bodge wires long before Dave did.
@stephenw29924 жыл бұрын
The Sanyo has nothing compared to an Olivetti motherboard.
@Kazuo1G4 жыл бұрын
I bought two of these two months ago, and they both have problems: 1. The first one has problems with the motherboard (probably shorted capacitors), and the CRT control PCB is completely gone, because it has a large crack running through it. (Which I'm working on remaking) 2. The second one has a bad power supply. The glue used to secure the large components is NOT friendly to their leads! So I'm having to find replacements. Also, I am SO glad that I saw this, because I was worried about several things that I wanted to do to bolster the capabilities of this computer.
@MidoriNatsume4 жыл бұрын
As a Mobile Suit Gundam fan, i can safely say: if two machines don't work, patch them together in something that works! (b ᵔ▽ᵔ)b
@enzoperruccio4 жыл бұрын
@T-Squared Since you have two computers with different problems, why don't you build a working one from both?
@Kazuo1G4 жыл бұрын
@@enzoperruccio Because I'm interested in giving one to a particular collector who is looking for one.
@thegenerousdegenerate93954 жыл бұрын
Like put and led panel and a pi in it? 😜 j/k!
@thegenerousdegenerate93954 жыл бұрын
@@Kazuo1G give em the leftovers and a link to a "how to repair" channel. Lol
@alonjudkovsky51374 жыл бұрын
"We'll see why when I take it apart" Greg: "WHATTT???"
@honkybear6664 жыл бұрын
Knowing that you game works on non standard DOS system says a lot about your programming skills. Well done 👍 Great video as always.
@creamthelapin4 жыл бұрын
Next video: Running Planet X3 on a literal toaster.
@Nolroa4 жыл бұрын
And makes it run... Warning that the game may not have compatibility with poptarts and cannot be placed to maximum toast.
@wytrzeszczux4 жыл бұрын
Is planet X3 new doom?
@jordanrodrigues12794 жыл бұрын
As long as it has at least an 8088 and CGA!
@KazPinkerton4 жыл бұрын
My best friend went to college in Stephenville, I've been to Montana a few times and I've been up those same rural highways very many times. Neat to see them here.
@gorillafighter40374 жыл бұрын
His accent pops out when he's driving.
@sassoleo4 жыл бұрын
Southern accent?
@picc90004 жыл бұрын
"Seventy-fawve" 😎
@delboy70394 жыл бұрын
Am I the only one thinking, So he finally bought the Tesla...!
@dougiebell99444 жыл бұрын
He bought a Tesla
@mahna_mahna4 жыл бұрын
Much like many Americans think there's one "British" accent, many Northerners seem to think there is one "Southern" accent. They think this even when they know there are many different "Northern" accents. Having lived and visited a few places in the South, I can definitely say that's not true. It's not even true within a state. A northern Alabama accent is as different from a southern Alabama accent as a Boston accent is from a Chicago one. Louisiana, Georgia, Texas, etc. (including various parts) all have very different accents. Just listen to (leave politics aside) Lindsey Graham (South Carolinas) talk, then listen to George Wallace (south Alabama). I wasn't able to find good examples for famous people from other areas (so many people move around - myself included!), but you get the picture. And even in a specific area, you get some people whose accent is thicker than others for whatever reason. My son has grown up in Minnesota, but he's picked up from me and probably sounds like the most "southern" person in his school.
@mackstertube4 жыл бұрын
My Dad a very similar one but it was an IBM. He was an accountant so used it at work and then brought it home. It had a 20mb hdd which we eventually doubled to 40mb. The first game we got for it was frogger. I do remember having from about 1985-6 onwards. I mean it looked nearly identical to this. It felt like it weighed a tonne to a 10 year old.
@kbhasi4 жыл бұрын
You mean the IBM PC Portable?
@raspberry1440kb2 жыл бұрын
God, I miss luggables with full-sized motherboards
@keselekbakiak4 жыл бұрын
I just had a bad day, and seeing this vide give me a huge smile. Thanks, david!
@panchamkauns4 жыл бұрын
Me and my dad had the MBC-555 when I was a kid! A stationary machine that came with a green screen and a simple buzzer instead of a speaker. It was just as incompatible, but a good-looking design! I am sure it’s still in my parents’ attic.
@bloodyl_uk4 жыл бұрын
Keep hold of it... whilst the Sanyo MBC range are noted for not being very compatible, there aren't many of them left in circulation.
@circattle4 жыл бұрын
panchamkauns Same. Originally we had MS-DOS 1.25 and the green screen. My dad acquired another with the colour monitor and MS-DOS 2.11. I was still using the green screen one for Wordstar in 1992. Worked well and so well built.
@diegoderokha67994 жыл бұрын
It's always a pleasure to visit your channel and learn every time a little more of computer history. Greetings from Chile.
@cookie12184 жыл бұрын
I literally screamed "OH YES!" when I saw your new video! On my recommendation!!!! Love your videos!
@evolicious4 жыл бұрын
This video is freaking excellent, such great production and writing. Subbed!
@CraigRodmellMusic4 жыл бұрын
I know it's going to be a good day, when the first thing I see after I wake up is a notification of a new 8-bit Guy video!
@user-sk1tb2hi7h4 ай бұрын
Whow! This was my first PC and it is still in the basement. It has an 8bit ISA slot (yes...ONE free slot :-) ) and I changed the cards all the time...8bit VGA, EGA, Hercules, MFM HDD controller, joystick controller for two joysticks with Atari/Amiga/C64 style connectors. I still also have a NEC Multisync 3D Monitor that I used for Hercules, EGA and VGA. Oh, that was a great time! I think I´ll get it out of the basement and replace the capacitors inside the power supply
@helge0004 жыл бұрын
In Rod Canion's memoir he actually mentions this incompatibility problem. He was convinced it would keep customers from buying these PC clones and made sure the Compaq Portable would run everything the PC did. I think the obscurity of devices like this Sanyo MBC-775 proved him right.
@watchm4ker4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. To anyone but a programmer, a computer is nothing without software. And them IBMs were everywhere in offices, having a cheaper or better-featured competitor that could still do everything your office machine did was a much easier sell. Who cares what software Sanyo has, does it run 1-2-3? WordPerfect?
@RetroDawn4 жыл бұрын
@@watchm4ker Yes, the 775 runs Lotus 1-2-3. And likely WP.
@bobblum59734 жыл бұрын
@@watchm4ker Agreed, I can't recall how many clones I'd worked with back then that would come close to being 100% IBM-compatible but then have some weird quirk. I forget the model number, but there was a Tandy with an 80186 CPU that I almost bought on clearance before finding out its limitations on compatibility. That may have been the first PC I'd seen with 12 function keys instead of 10.
@watchm4ker4 жыл бұрын
@@bobblum5973 The Tandy 2000. It was compatible to a degree, but it used an entirely different display driver. Not even text mode was truly compatible.
@bobblum59734 жыл бұрын
@@watchm4ker Okay, so I did remember the right model number! Thanks! Didn't it use non-standard cards as well? Not ISA bus card edge, I seem to recall connectors on both the card and main board, more like DIN 41612 Eurocard connectors (my experience with hardware back then is showing!).
@gdoug15294 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! I live in Stephenville!
@cheaterman494 жыл бұрын
IMHO the fact that Planet X3 works on this computer is a testament to your programming skills! No platform-specific hacks, nothing fancy, just good old code that works and somehow runs FAST even on very old machines! :-)
@SlickNicky104 жыл бұрын
So close to 1 million subscribers. I've enjoyed watching this channel for years since about 250K. Great job reaching this milestone 😁
@twocvbloke4 жыл бұрын
I can't help but think "Manx Beard Club" seeing that model name... :P
@theshadowman13984 жыл бұрын
It’s amazing what they called portable back in the day. It’s like bolting on a hand strap to an ITX tower and calling it portable
@paradoxzee68344 жыл бұрын
Funny how back than portable tech was huge boxes with a handle but today if it does not fit in your pocket people does not consider it portable. When the OG Nintendo Switch came out I read comments like that, how it was to huge for a pocket so they dont consider it as a portable device
@EgoShredder4 жыл бұрын
It was portable compared with what constituted a computer only twenty years earlier. Try fixing a handle to the whole building floor / room and lifting that! :-D
@ovalteen44044 жыл бұрын
People in the know called them "luggable" instead.
@wintherr35274 жыл бұрын
it was obviously called portable because it was 'movable' from place to place, unlike most computers of the time, not because it was easy to carry around like a modern laptop.
@krzysztofczarnecki82384 жыл бұрын
More like bolting a handle to a Coca-Cola vending machine. An ITX can be considered"portable " if for example a Gamecube can, which did have a handle - you might go visit someone or move it from work to home, but have the separate TV/monitor and maybe keyboard and mouse on both locations
@carterhurt19104 жыл бұрын
I can always bet on an 8 Bit Guy video being entertaining and informative. Thanks for your hard work on all your content.
@broski4994 жыл бұрын
That intro song gets me every time. So distinct and positive. It reminds you that some great content is on the way.
@fisqual4 жыл бұрын
Your game works because you are an incredible and very considerate programmer. ...And also it might help that you have access to a slew of different types of machines for testing. I imagine most off the shelf games back in the day never got near as much testing (on different machines) as Planet X3. Anyways, great video as usual!
@TDGalea4 жыл бұрын
All this time and I never knew you were a Tesla owner! 👀
@ThomasGrillo4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for sharing this with us. I remember seeing one of these in a shop, in my neighborhood, back in the mid 80s. I wanted it so bad, but a friend had one, and warned me off it, due to the software limitations. Too bad the plastics of the day don't hold up as well, over time. Glad you mentioned the plastic restoration product.
@LMacNeill4 жыл бұрын
What a shame that thing wasn't 100% compatible -- they would've sold a ton of them if it had been, I'd bet. But as it is, that computer is just a footnote in the history of computing -- one which virtually no one remembers... Excellent video -- thanks for showing us this piece of PC history. And thanks to Matt for letting you borrow it so we could all see it.
@BruceChastain4 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see someone bring that to starbucks to do some work.
@jessragan67144 жыл бұрын
Hell, you could build a Starbucks INSIDE that thing.
@CarrotConsumer4 жыл бұрын
@tone167 Vegan body builders use soy protein, so they could lift that just fine.
@thegenerousdegenerate93954 жыл бұрын
Sounds like somebody's excited about their new car. Lol Congrats man, those Teslas are nice.
@Damien.D4 жыл бұрын
Except you need to split your roadtrip in half and let the other guy do the rest for you, but, hey, sure, it's the future...
@SirFrag324 жыл бұрын
@@Damien.D There was a time when gas stations weren't available either, and people said all they had to do was let their horse feed on grass :P
@syntaxusdogmata33334 жыл бұрын
Next video: David yanks out the infotainment system and replaces it with a Commodore 64.
@SirFrag324 жыл бұрын
I really don't understand why people expect instant results with the progression of technology like this. Release an electric car, and expect it to function like a gas car on day one is just unreasonable. You know what you're buying into when you buy an electric car, and you do so knowing the current limitations. There will be a day when charging stations outnumber gas pumps.
@JaredConnell4 жыл бұрын
@@Damien.D when youve been driving for hours on end sont you want to get out, go to the bathroom, and get some food and drink anyways? In that time you'll have another few hours worth of power anyways
@SilverCymbal4 жыл бұрын
Loved seeing the whole story with this, another great video!
@covrace4 жыл бұрын
David, I had a sanyo mbc-550. It too ran dos 2.11. Your review is spot on and actually explains quite a bit. Thank you.
@nigelcooper11914 жыл бұрын
The reason why the newer versions of DOS didn’t work on the machine had nothing to do with the proprietary version of DOS for the machine. The reason was the version you tried to boot from the XTIDE was of DOS 6.xx which requires a minimum of 512k of RAM. You only had 256k. if you don’t have enough memory it will say “Starting MS-DOS...” and then the whole computer locks up because it ran out of memory
@LunaTheStars4 жыл бұрын
*LGR wants to know your location*
@MrDeeg054 жыл бұрын
I bet he knows it already though
@lauratimmel34023 жыл бұрын
Clint has visited before, I think multiple times.
@iyadindia8623 жыл бұрын
I think LGR and this guy work together
@nikodoge993 жыл бұрын
Correct. A lot of youtubers in this community are friends, 8-BG and LGR included.
@WildBillCox134 жыл бұрын
Liked and shared. My first machine was a discarded Telecheck machine with an 80/86 processor and no O.S., just a slot for a 5.25" Floppy. A buddy (I.T. with border patrol for 30 years) with a lot more expertise than I brought me a floppy with Q-Edit, D&D, and Empire; the Wargame of the Century on it. B&W all the way. Now my machine is an 8 core with 12GigaRAM and I use it to write novels, import hand drawn illustrations, play games, and more. About Ultima 3. One of my friends was so excited by Ultima (from the earliest days) that he invested in Lord British's new effort . . . can't remember the name. That game never really took off, so he's a firm fan of Fallout 76 now.
@AlternateArmsSD4 жыл бұрын
Wow! I had never even heard of that computer! Great video. Also, show X3 on everything! Its a fantastic game and you should be proud to show it on every video!
@CDRiley4 жыл бұрын
You took US 377 to Stephenville and back. (I am from Great State of Texas)
@daveb50414 жыл бұрын
Ahhhh the first thing you do on those old computers: A:\ A:\ b: B:\
@bloodyl_uk4 жыл бұрын
My crystal ball is telling me you were intoduced to computers by your community. 😂
@aussieguy10124 жыл бұрын
Does that change the bootable drive?
@DFX2KX4 жыл бұрын
@@aussieguy1012 not quite. A: is the boot floppy, B: is where all of your programs/the game you want to run is. you can't boot from B on these. This is why Hard disks in windows start at C:, as these machines came before a hard drive was necessary (nor did everyone always choose to use up 2mb of precious hard drive space for DOS).
@mmestari4 жыл бұрын
@Timmity3 That's only because people don't have 2nd floppy drive these days. Usually not even 1.
@mmestari4 жыл бұрын
@Timmity3 Well stick more than one bootable USB-sticks in your PC at same time, and see what happens.
@heathglennon71014 жыл бұрын
Man, the nostalgia I feel when I’m watching all these videos. Most of these PC’s and technology was available to me only in 2nd hand or in elementary school. I used to take these things apart and put them back together again. It’d be awesome to hear the old whirr and buzz of an old hard drive or floppy drive.... oh man... the degaussing of the monitors tooo..... man I’m getting old!
@WRKFLO4 жыл бұрын
OH MY GO YOU AREEEEEEEEEEEEEE, im in arlington! iv watchd like prolly half of all your videos on 8-bit keys so far. slowly coming to this realization was like an added layer of lore to this series.
@AlyxxTheRat4 жыл бұрын
The 80's was a fascinating time for computers. Some computers were specifically built for business usage because the business market was perceived as more lucrative.
@vinesthemonkey4 жыл бұрын
that still holds partially true today. consider workstations vs gaming PCs
@AlyxxTheRat4 жыл бұрын
@@vinesthemonkey Yeah, fair point.
@EscapeMCP4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, David's point at the end about Sanyo missing out on the gaming market seemed a little odd to me. Back in the 80's you'd have to be a trust fund kiddie to afford one of these. These were squarely aimed at high end business users.
@oldtwinsna83474 жыл бұрын
Businesses were willing to pay out the money to gain a strategic advantage over other companies. That was the difference between now and today, where computers operate more as appliances.
@3dmaster2054 жыл бұрын
That's because in those days the PC WAS more lucrative in the business market. The PC only became a genuine gaming machine until half a decade later.
@niels_m_h4 жыл бұрын
I'd guess the poor compatibility has to do with its ROM BIOS implementation being insufficiently IBM compatible. It would explain why both "unbranded" MS-DOS and so many games fail to work, if they depend on BIOS functions that are poorly written or incomplete, while other games work perfectly if they rely very little/not at all on BIOS.
@kargaroc3864 жыл бұрын
It also explains why Planet X3 would work perfectly, since I doubt that such a programmed-for-fun, specialist game would rely on much BIOS code at all.
@AlejandroRodolfoMendez4 жыл бұрын
maybe if you do a BIOS chip mod, for a regular compatible one, it would had work with most software.
@niels_m_h4 жыл бұрын
Replacing the BIOS might work if the system is otherwise fully standard ISA architecture, yeah.
@johnfrancisdoe15634 жыл бұрын
Niels M H I seem to recall the following relevant factoids: 1. PC-DOS accesses some obscure machine details during startup, such as retuning the floppy controller to fit 360K on a 320K floppy. 2. DOS 2.11 had an unfortunate way to layer the DOS 1.x CP/M style and XENIX style file APIs. This may have wasted too much RAM before loading some applications, at least by default. 3. PC-DOS 2.x may not know how to get the hard drive size from the BIOS and will most certainly fail to recognize larger FAT16 disk layouts. Hard drive partition tables actually have dedicated partition type numbers for DOS 2.x compatible partitions.
@stargazer76442 жыл бұрын
I have one of these and mine runs msdos 6.20 just fine.
@aspectcarl4 жыл бұрын
Great review! Reminded me of my first desktop computer I bought in 1987, Sanyo MBC550, I was very excited when I first bought it but my bubble soon burst when I tried running anything on it! Still it taught me a lot about pc’s and salesmen 😅
@airnith4 жыл бұрын
Yay another portable! I love seeing all of these different porables, they are probably my favorites to see from that time period.
@mx0r4 жыл бұрын
Ant that is my biggest beef with EVs... 150mi trip should not be something to consider, not alone worry. I did almost 400mi yesterday (and I am driving such amounts every other week), big part of it off highways... I really hope there will be 700mi batteries soon.
@bikkiikun3 жыл бұрын
Since this is a Japanese computer, it is not unlikely, that the North America / International release came months or years after the release in Japan.
@carterodell18054 жыл бұрын
Almost to 1 million subs! Congrats David! You deserve it!
@nagumokawasaki4 жыл бұрын
I had one of those at university back in the 80s. Cost my mum about £700 at the time. Loved that luggable. Had a logitech mouse too which plugged into an expansion bus board.
@Crashedfiesta4 жыл бұрын
Ahem. (puts on best nerdy voice) I think you'll find that the keys have stayed white because they are not ABS. They are probably made of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). 😁
@Fusiongearz4 жыл бұрын
thanks nerd!
@straightpipediesel4 жыл бұрын
Not really. The reason is the keycaps are considered too small to require flame retardant in the plastic. Flame retardants are generally required in plastic pieces over a certain weight, 2 g IIRC, regardless if they were ABS or PBT. The yellowing is predominantly due to the highly reactive bromine coming out of the brominated flame retardants. By the way, BFRs are toxic and bioaccumulative. I would wear gloves when retrobriting as long term exposure can't be good for you.
@AlvaroR044 жыл бұрын
So that computer is interesting in my opinion.
@NerdyEd4 жыл бұрын
Your videos are so informative. Thanks. I'm sure you will get to 1 Million subscribers soon.
@rvenden4 жыл бұрын
Terrific, David. Thank you for reviewing this interesting machine. Your findings go far to explain the machine’s obscurity. Roger in Wisconsin
@sonicunleashedfan1244 жыл бұрын
At first, I brushed the notification off, then I looked at the notification, never tapped so fast
@kpanic234 жыл бұрын
Just read it as "fapped", and thought, boy, that's what I call a fan!
@sonicunleashedfan124 Жыл бұрын
@@kpanic23 wtf is wrong with you
@vittosphonecollection41344 жыл бұрын
When I saw the notifications I stopped to do all I was doing at *IMMEDIATLY* putted the video
@gwishart4 жыл бұрын
You know the videos aren't broadcast live, right? You can watch it at a time that's convenient and appropriate - you don't have to interrupt what you're doing.
@vittosphonecollection41344 жыл бұрын
Well, I care more about his videos than the thing I was doing: I was only watching an Intro of a game
@vittosphonecollection41344 жыл бұрын
@@gwishart I think a video about a computer is more important than a video of an intro of a game...
@flg9474 жыл бұрын
You’re at the road to 1,000,000! Good Job! Keep On Making Great Videos!
@christalbert7222 жыл бұрын
I had one of these...NEW! :) I picked it up in the late '80s at a surplus store, marked way down. Put a "6-pack" card in it and had a blast. Games, including MS Flight simulator... and even ran an early version of AutoCAD on it. (had to swap floppys back and forth to run FS and AutoCAD. At the time I ran it on DOS 3.31 that I'd lifted from my Compaq work machine. Really ran in to very few compatibility issues. Loved the "pinch" floppy drives. I replaced one with a 40m harddrive and controller.... there was room for an additional ISA slot on the bottom bussboard... I had to solder in another ISA socket, canted at a bit of an angle, to get the drive controller board in there and still have my other cards. I got a lot of use out of that machine. I gave it to a friend years later after upgrading... I wish I'd held onto it now of course!
@willmatheson4 жыл бұрын
When did you get a Tesla? And where's that video? :-p
@PackardKotch4 жыл бұрын
I think as his previous car videos suggested he wanted to get a Tesla likely asap.
@jonathan_herr4 жыл бұрын
I saw that logo and was like "tesla?"
@TheRealLaughingGravy4 жыл бұрын
It's probably a 1982 Tesla.
@bobblum59734 жыл бұрын
If it's a Tesla then he probably got it cheap because it needed Retrobrighting!
@toomaskotkas44674 жыл бұрын
The 8-bit guy drives a Tesla and asks for the financial support on Patreon. Well good luck with the free money.
@davidj81374 жыл бұрын
At this point, I think you can put a handle on any vintage tech and call it "portable".
@roxcyn4 жыл бұрын
Nice collaboration! Thanks guys!
@CloneShockTrooper Жыл бұрын
Your videos are really enjoyable Dave 😊
@rdmguy124 жыл бұрын
Great, now I'll NEVER be able to get one of these! 😭
@rdmguy124 жыл бұрын
@@wv9mm I still find great deals through recyclers and thrift stores, but if you want something specific, then it's too expensive. I just picked up a working Compaq Portable 286 for $20 and EGA card for it for $35. Just gotta pound the ground. Although If I lived near Computer Reset, I'd have spent all my money there!
@EgoShredder4 жыл бұрын
@@wv9mm Unless you acquire your stuff from people clearing out their homes and not using Ebay etc.
@sumplais4 жыл бұрын
I hope to be picking up a kaypro 2 and a Compaq portable for $90 each this week...I'm pretty sure one can find such things for even less.
@spokehedz4 жыл бұрын
I'll bet that they put the color screen in here as a "Oooh! Shiiiiiny!" feature.
@realRichHunting4 жыл бұрын
I've been watching your videos for years and never knew you were from fort Worth. I'm from Arlington. Love your channel.
@surefmeurope57664 жыл бұрын
Always love your channel 😎
@Aragubas4 жыл бұрын
Planet X3 to Commander X16, like if you want this
@martinocko94 жыл бұрын
somebody got a tesla
@jay-gi9dk4 жыл бұрын
love your videos ,keep up the good work
@typxxilps4 жыл бұрын
Great adventure to explore the early days of PC. I was happy to own a c64 in 1983 and 4 years later I got my first laptop ... and I should be now around 100 of them.
@TimothyTimPSP4 жыл бұрын
Who else got the "Cake" commercial? :(
@JaredConnell4 жыл бұрын
You think cake runs on this sanyo?? Lmao
@TimothyTimPSP4 жыл бұрын
@@JaredConnell Hahahah!
@FlopFan694 жыл бұрын
TimothyTim PSP no ads here
@TimothyTimPSP4 жыл бұрын
@@FlopFan69 KZbin red?
@milfhunter69994 жыл бұрын
TimothyTim PSP The cake is a lie
@fastica4 жыл бұрын
"There's no charging stations for my electric car" Such a 1st world problem...
@MarcoMazziniYT4 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and informative video, as always. See you soon for the Million subs announcement!!!!
@steveace-driving-videos4 жыл бұрын
Back in the 80's one of the first PC's I used was a Sanyo MBC 550/555, the training centre was annoyed that they weren't as compatble as expected. Great video which reminded me of my long forgotten past 'PC' history.
@ZeroG844 жыл бұрын
"Portable"... 19kg with a handle. okeeey.
@ChakkyCharizard4 жыл бұрын
Luggable
@wintherr35274 жыл бұрын
but it IS portable- from place to place, not too often.
@cloudstrife19834 жыл бұрын
20KG "portable" Lol
@iscander_s4 жыл бұрын
If it have handle, then it portable :D
@wytrzeszczux4 жыл бұрын
Don't tell it IBM. Portable mainframes are probably not Best idea
@CarrotConsumer4 жыл бұрын
It's more portable than a 5150.
@rsalek4 жыл бұрын
My dad had a really old portable computer called the Kaypro. It had a similar design to this one. I remember playing games on it; there were no graphics whatsoever, but they utilized actual characters to build scenes and or text based games. It was pretty neat and at the time seemed highly advanced because of the portability!
@LiveeviL69694 жыл бұрын
Quite an accomplishment to write such an advanced game that works so well on an old computer that won't even run games created at that time. Well done!
@djlamar24 жыл бұрын
By the way David I like any of your content but this is what I like the most. Just seeing old vintage computers :D
@fffUUUUUU4 жыл бұрын
@David, congratulations in your new Tesla! 🏎 Well deserved purchase sir.
@fnersch33674 жыл бұрын
Great presentation. Gets the old computer juices going. Thanks.
@crazycatlady12924 жыл бұрын
I’d be terrified at the thought of what would happen if it was accidentally dropped. 😬 Thank you for the videos! Very informative yet easy to understand 💗