SCISYS Travel Mate | WHO'S Gareth Morlais? | Can I FIX It?

[@WalkinTalkinHawking]

Found this channel about 6 months ago by chance when attempting to restore some wii remotes. Now my favourite KZbin restorer. Love how you let us know what you are thinking whilst working through the process! Keep up the great work, mate!

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks mate! Really appreciate that. It's very nice to hear and I'm glad you like the videos! 👍

[@HavingFunRepairs]

Watched for the repair, stayed for the ending 🤣 "stupid game". Job well done as always!

[@StezStixFix]

Haha, thanks! I've never been very good at chess 😁

[@Mymatevince]

🤣🤣 Very enjoyable video Garry Kasparov, I mean Steve.

[@StezStixFix]

Haha, thanks Vince! 😁

[@TyPoProteus]

Heres me, checking the comments for a response from Gareth!

[@nathancarpenter2193]

Oh that couldn't have had a better ending, your videos make me actually laugh out loud, that doesn't happen often for me. Just discovered your channel yesterday and I've loved every video I've watched so far! Thank you for the great content!!

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Nathan! Really nice to hear that, I'm glad you're enjoying them! Don't go too far back in my library though, some of those really make me cringe! I'm much better now! 😆🤣🤣

[@Rocky1138]

@@StezStixFixBollocks. Your old videos are just as good.

[@clive2813]

Hi Steve, Just to let you know that I am absolutely addicted to your videos. I especially enjoy the variety of devices that you fix. Thank you so much for sharing

[@MrGibbie2210]

love the humour Steve, its refreshing to see someone "give it a go" and still show the bad ones, this one was a win. Loved the "Excellent... I lost"

[@KeirMurphy]

My grandfather had one of these in the late 80s. My "fond" memory was that you had to push the pieces hard into the board to have it register your move i.e commit it. Some pieces would leave an indentation on your fingers due to the jagged nature of a Knight etc (i.e. horse's head), particularly as the units got older and needed more force for the move to be registered. Ouch!

[@badger2313]

I had this as a kid way back when they came out, that its so old and has the pieces still in it is impressive.

[@JoeyDoesTech]

Haha the ending tickled me. Great little fix pal, solder mask was a nice touch to make it last I think 👌

[@StezStixFix]

🤣 I'd love to say that I deliberatley lost that quickly, but i'm just genuinely that rubbish at chess! Thanks dude 👍

[@ianhaylock7409]

@@StezStixFix As you're into retro consoles, there's a really good chess game on the original xbox. It has a tutorial that really works. Improved my admittedly rubbish chess playing. Give it a go.

[@chrisgebben2043]

great fix i was confused why it was checkmate at first but then i realized that stez may have mixed up the positions of the knights and bishops places on both sides (if im looking right) because if it was correct it would only be check

[@Raziel1984]

i also thought "why check mate? he can put the bishop in between" ... and as i saw your comment then i realized it was not set up correctly XD

[@goku445]

That is called the Fool's mate. He searched for the quickest way to lose at chess. xD

[@falken_gt4]

I got one of these new in the 80s and recently found it again, same problems but worse corrosion on the terminals, put them in lemon juice and had to replace a wire that had wicked the corrosion up. All working now, polished up the case. It came with 4 spare queen pieces, 2 of each colour.

[@midinotes]

Something quite nostalgic and fun about a chess game with just LEDs and a bleeper. None of this techy rubbish, LCDs, sound effects, just the basics. Impressive how everything is driven by one custom chip with hardly any ancillary components. I guess some rookie considered taking this to a pawn shop, but after a price check mate, he popped in his local bishop for some chips and decided instead that knight to put it on ebay. After you queened it up it's looking like the king of the chess sets! Nice repair, and a nice connection back to BBC Wales (my hometown). 😊

[@gb7767]

Nice fix Stez, in response to your "whatever it's called" statement, silk-screen is the white writing and symbols, the green stuff is called conformal coating

[@StezStixFix]

Ah, gotcha! Thanks G B 👍

[@nonchip]

it's technically solder mask (which is funny cause he said that like a sentence later). conformal coating goes *over* parts.

[@gb7767]

@@nonchip thanks for correcting me on that one, I always thought they were used interchangeably. I learned something new :)

[@paulpollock3804]

Most wholesome KZbin argument ever.

[@jazznblues9496]

I was not expecting the Fool's Mate at the end, nice.

[@paulturner5208]

Nice fix. Looks like one my Dad used to have, I could never win. Been a while since I played chess and also have forgotten which way round the board you move and if you get money for passing go.

[@StezStixFix]

Haha. Yes! I was hoping someone would pick up on that! 'You're those ones there... the ones next to you.... Now make your move"! 😂

[@dean345678]

Found this channel a week ago and I hope you rewatch these and recognise how far you've come, but also I want one of these chess things now

[@DanBird]

Great fix, surprised all the pieces where still there with being so old. I remember playing with things similar to this as a kid when going out for the day with my grandparents on a few hours coach trip.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Dan! I was also surprised that everything was there, it does appear to have been well looked after and probably been in storage for a number of years. I didn't have anything like this as a child, so I feel like I missed out! 😁

[@norlin76]

Wow, I had this exact same game when I was younger and was talking about it this past week! Awesome to see one of them on one of your videos.

[@ReiverBlue1971]

I had one of these and I played it EVERY holiday, especially during car rides. I'm still absolutely rubbish as I can't remember beyond about 2 moves! Nice to see one alive again with the same opening moves I remember :P

[@SPCleaver]

God this video took me back a bit !! I used to HAVE a SciSys Travel Mate II before I upgraded to the Kasparov Chess Computer. Many happy (& frustrating hours) trying to beat the computer. The initial light on the left hand side lighting up the number ONE, shows that the computer is playing at LEVEL ONE out of 8 (8 being the hardest level of course). I think the highest level I ever got where I was still able to fairly consistently beat the computer was level 5.

[@LogiForce86]

Oh nice... coincidentally noticed we both have the same black/yellow snips to strip our electronics down with. Excellent snips those! 👍

[@stilts121]

I liked this channel before but then you go and reference Bottom and now I LOVE it!

[@EAKugler]

OMG, I had one of those as a kid, it was the Kasparov edition. It actually looks like you are missing a couple of pieces. There should be a couple of secondary queens for each color.

[@chris-pike]

Hi Steve good to see another of your fixes on this SciSys Travel Mate II Electronic Chess Game - Nice 1 👍

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Chris. Much appreciated 👍

[@lepicto]

I used to own one of those! Never got checkmated that quick though! 😂

[@neilwilliams4684]

That was only a check. He could move his Bishop one place in front of the King. On a second look I see that he's put the Bishops and Knights in the wrong positions! LOL

[@Ianjowett1]

heya , love the channel , just found it and watch mmv too and northridge fix . love the tshirts. old house of pain and cypress hill fan and hip hop scratch dj too. just getting into trying to fix things, and trying to learn to solder.. early days . just got a cheapo hot air thing and micro pencil from ebay to start with . can i ask what flux you use ? is it the oft talked about amtech , also what solder would you recommend cheers for the fun content , learning a ton from you and just fixed my first iphone 6 plus, new battery, speaker and front camera. felt chuffed about that but to you be simples lol

[@warpath6666]

Just grab yourself any 60/40 leaded solder ... diameter is up to you but I'm currently using 0.032 👍

[@Ianjowett1]

@@warpath6666 thanks just got 60/40 100 weller solder from amazon and some cs flux , the syringe type with needle . going to try a few see what works for me . just ordered a few solder practice things too to get used to the new kit . its far from best but seems to work fine and thats the main thing . ordered solder mask too and a little uv lamp for it . im just starting out and for me its just an interesting hobby , thanks for the help :)

[@pedromimoso8804]

Great work, Steve!

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Pedro! 👍

[@arthurmack6723]

Love your attitude man you gained a sub for sure!

[@sarahdaviscc]

I know it sounds corny but I would _love_ you to meet up with the former owner and give it back to him as a gift, lovingly restored.

[@StezStixFix]

He still hasn't been in touch! 😟

[@sadizz455]

@@StezStixFix by logic, you are now Gareth.

[@warpath6666]

Maybe Gareth shares the same sentiments as Steve ...... Stoopid Game 😄🤣😄🤣

[@beth7467]

@@sadizz455 As long as he's not Dave. :)

[@DoctorCymraeg]

Loving a bit of Cymraeg on your channel. His surname’s pronounced like ‘more+lice’ 👍

[@willrobinson7599]

Enjoyed that one. Nice job

[@jaimecosta2966]

I remember that chess game when I lived in London.. Fantastic.. Excelente vídeo..

[@neilwilliams4684]

Pressing '1' took me straight back to 1:51. Thanks for that! ;-)

[@ToxoRetro]

I was joking about an electronic chess set (full of pawn...) - I didn't know you'd actually have one! I think Queen's Gambit is a film or TV series on a streaming service heavily featuring chess - probably being used as an attempt at a sales push for the eBay plot.

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Toxo, yeah I remember reading your pawn comment and thinking "how does he know"! 🤣

[@ToxoRetro]

@@StezStixFix 😲🤯😂 I also know where you live... At home, obviously. 😜

[@StezStixFix]

@@ToxoRetro 🤣🤣

[@dom1310df]

The 0792 phone number on the sticker dates it to before PhONE Day in 1995 (when the number changed to 01792).

[@logothaironsides2942]

Ooh I have the cheaper version of this. Mine is a hand held computer with a small screen. It came with a plastic chess set and a fold up cardboard board. You input the start and end move just like this but with number and letter buttons and it tells you its move. I remember looking at those fancier sets and thinking they were way too expensive . I think I got mine in about 1980. If the batteries are running low, it cheats.

[@Ratchet_effect]

Steve brother you trolling the viewers LOL! 😂 They telling you what you already knew/know. You bad man you! Carry on Regardless It's 🤣 Ah Those were my younger days 🙁 Living very close to Swansea. In a place called Llanelli I could see the DVLA from the bedroom window 😊 Bringing back some great! memories for me & making me 😢 I love you! (No brotherly gay) I remember fishing on the River Loughor And.. My friend(s) Whom I lived with at the time, took me up the mountains in the winter' and I came down it, at stupid speeds in a baby bath off all things 😁😂 BTW you said it correctly, I'm proud of you! 😊 Silly but it sounds like; Cum Roo & the way you pronounced it, was perfect in my ears. Sorry for the Big! comment 🖖👍

[@Ratchet_effect]

Don't try playing draughts on it you'll burn the micro chip out 😂🤣🤣 I couldn't resist that 😊

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks brother Steve! I can just imagine you hurtling down a mountain in a baby bath! 🤣

[@Ratchet_effect]

😊 I'd do it again in a heart beat, that was one of my very fond memories indeed. The amount of people there at the time was crazy! Why I come down in the baby bath, others come past me, on things like blue industrial plastic sack/bags & god knows what else. It was sooo cold at the time but hell it was fun! If only i could time travel 😊

[@StezStixFix]

That does sound fun, but also a tad dangerous! 😳 it's like a hard-core version of the last of the summer wine! 🤣

[@Ratchet_effect]

It was fun back then & I didn't think about danger at the time. But now you make me think about it, I can see it's like something from last of the summer wine. I haven't watched that in a while, the episode when they say Bye to Compo on the hill makes me cry. I've done something dangerous without knowing it, until hours later when the sun come up & the ramblers appeared. I drove up Brecon Beacons with 2 friends at 3am in the morning for Ham radio distance talking & when the fog cleared and all these people staring at us, I looked down and needed new underwear. If I had steered 2/3 inches to the right we'd have all been dead!! The cliff drop looking down from the path I drove up in the fog. Scared the living day lights out of me, going down it I was so nervous and my foot never left the brake 😂 Steve brother IF You ever want a thrill drive come with me! early hours up there, You'll need to bring clean underwear 🤣

[@nullnick]

First I was confused why was it mate, you can defend with the horse... Then I realized the horses are in the wrong starting position 🤣

[@christianurgese]

Why replacing leds before testing them?

[@hannibalateam]

Need to get a rechargeable battery fix on this.

[@andycooper4230]

Great one mate 👍

[@StezStixFix]

Cheers Andy! 😊

[@3DJapan]

I'm pretty sure I had this back in the day.

[@tonygorham]

You should buy a bunch of those contacts for future projects. They are really cheap

[@Hounddoggy33]

One year later, Still a great fix!

[@AdamSinnott]

Oh man I had this when I was a kid. It was Awesome!

[@Keinapappa]

Any news about Gareth?

[@CTCTraining1]

Excellent repair but these machines are so ungrateful it seems. Keep up the great work 👍

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Chris! Yeah, it could have let me win 🤣

[@mojoblues66]

Not sure whether you did this on purpose or not but you swapped the positions of the bishops and the knights, so at first glance one might think f2-g3 or g1-f2 would save you for the moment.

[@jontait1095]

Great videos

[@StezStixFix]

Thanks Jon! 👍

[@Whigu]

Still no answer from Gareth?

[@masterrudi]

Fastest Checkmate I have ever seen 😂

[@Zanth123]

Wow that was quick. I'm not good at chess ether.

[@goku445]

He searched for the quickest way to lose. Thats called the fool's mate. ;)

[@highroyds]

Pressing ‘1’ to solder all leds 😂

[@StezStixFix]

😁😂

[@eyeofbeholder86]

Oh checkmate Excellent I lost DEAD!!! xD

[@dodgydruid]

Don't try and do what Granddad did in Only Fools and Horses where he played draughts on a electronic chess set and blew the microchip when he huffed the computer... ;)

[@MicroMageRepair]

LOL good game, short, but good game :P

[@StezStixFix]

I put up a good fight there I think 🤣 never been any good at chess!

[@Sortskjegg]

Nice.

[@aleqabssss]

I’m hoping Gareth will answer one day

[@zarrow50]

Queen's Gambit is a Chess opening

[@elwyndude]

For some reason I thought SCISYS was an anagram for Small Chess InSide Your Suit

[@Vamptonius]

Has he demanded it back yet?

[@LettersAndNumbers300]

Gareth popped in yet?

[@ChrisTallant]

How tf did you lose in like 6 turns bud? I don't know chess but that was amazing.

[@yah3136]

Hopefully you are much better at fixing stuff than playing chess 🙂

[@MrFixiit]

lmao gareth if your watching. absolute gold!!

[@StezStixFix]

🤣🤣

[@shambleslongplay3566]

canu'r byd means the `worlds singing` as in the singing of people around the world (i that context)

[@robertartc127]

Nice videos, I also make things fun hobby. I also have a chess computer replaced all 65 LEDs.

[@basurofobo]

Queen’s gambit is a Netflix series about a female chess player.

[@ChrisGrahamUK]

Queens Gambit is an opening move in chess. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit

[@StezStixFix]

Ah! Thank you Chris, i never realised that. 👍

[@moorhen6156]

@@StezStixFix it was also the move the cpu used against you lol

[@gabiotta]

I had this. I took it with me on a six month, solo trip to India. I didn't beat it a single time. #triggered

[@robertl8057]

"Stupid game" hehehe Nice!

[@StezStixFix]

Haha, thanks Robert! 😁

[@ISquishWorms]

How to restore a small portable chess computer and then lose at chess in just a few moves. 😁

[@Triforce1985]

I pressed 1 😢

[@kennethbarker852]

1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth

[@andrewgrant6516]

I played a game on this in the 80s. My ex vicar owned one. He's dead now.

[@doOf3r]

If it's from the '90s BBC it probably has a chequered past...

[@michaelkaliski7651]

£100 or thereabouts when these first came out. They can beat most casual Chess players with ease.

[@zerocks88]

pressing 1 brought me backward in the video..

[@StewartCasey]

I pressed "1" and it moved the video back towards the beginning.

[@Dukefazon]

"Queen's Gambit" is just a keyword spamming... Pretty disgusting trick I might say, it was a pretty popular TV series about a chess player...

[@pixiepianoplayer114]

Staple The Vicar after we eat Pork Pies

[@andersjohansson4734]

I'm begging you for bird seed!

[@pixiepianoplayer114]

@@andersjohansson4734 The Hot Dog goes on

[@andersjohansson4734]

@@pixiepianoplayer114 Your burgers are the best.

[@therealryan1329]

Bit late but Cymru is pronounced Cumree.

[@jeffcarriere]

👍👍👍👍👍👍✊✊✊✊

[@scottbrowder4967]

So a technology from the 18th century....

[@dikoman516]

1

[@new.handle]

😂 Bottom 😂

[@grahamshaw5531]

pressing 11111111111. Numlk off shame

[@EgoChip]

111111111111111111111111111111

[@adrianbestboy98]

Stupid Chess Game

[@DavidPlass]

Stupid game.