The "King Jim" Laptop

[@philtkaswahl2124]

In the quick scroll-through of my feed, I misread the title as 'The "Kim Jong-un" Laptop' and thought for a moment Bringus had gotten his hands on one of those NK laptops and decided to turn one into a SteamDeck.

[@cheeseblast]

I has the exact same thought hahaha

[@HBP27]

if he did this i would record myself swimming from brazil to africa

[@Ganymede2076]

Same

[@cosmiccowboy_]

Glad I'm not the only one who can't read

[@eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee882]

Thank god im not the only one who read it like that at first haha

[@akadaizu]

1:38 The text under the RESET button says "Press the reset switch after turning the battery back on or replacing it"

[@JonBringus]

Didn't make it on camera but I was trying that and Jim wasn't any less dead 😢

[@akadaizu]

@@JonBringus poor Jim, beloved King of not ours

[@RedLuigiE]

2:30 In the unicode standard, kanji have a full width version, from when japanese computers had all their own systems and terminals, and half width, for use in regular terminals. There's some other differences, but mostly the half width are literally just squished full width. I believe that half width is still mostly used in terminals and anything that relies on characters being normalized, and full width can be used for legibility and normalcy in like text docs and stuff.

[@PercyPanleo]

To add onto this, the "previous candidate/conversion" key is part of the system for selecting kanji to type, as many kanji in Japanese have the same pronunciation (excluding pitch accent) and as such are typed the same way when using kana or romaji. This key, as well as the key on the opposite side of the space bar, are used for scrolling through the list of possible kanji (and kana if you're typing with romaji)

[@julezzzz4]

The Controller Port Satisfaction tier list sounds amazing

[@PinotNoir_]

bro i missread the title as "kim jong un" laptop LOL

[@glockEquippedBoyfriend]

no shjt me too lmao

[@philtkaswahl2124]

Same here. Guess that's our suggestion for replacing the King Jim on that wheel, lol

[@PinotNoir_]

@@philtkaswahl2124 oooo hell yeah, imagine if he manage to get the real Kim Jong Un laptop. that would be fun

[@bland9876]

I was thinking that as well but then way later in the video I kept thinking Jim is another term for James and there's a King James Bible so lol

[@philtkaswahl2124]

@@bland9876 You just reminded me of a vid about a pocket electronic bible around the same form factor from a company called Frranklion Electronics.

[@KristianNowak]

5:34 RETURN OF THE LEAPFROG USB CABLE!!!!!!!!!!

[@bilbobaggins5752]

In the 2000s in Japan they had a lot if amazing electronic 電子辞書dictionaries. They often had a lot of features like could play mpeg2 video files and games.

[@sungholee8791]

I think this is it. Hence the "Japanese-English" and "English-Japanese" buttons next to the screen. Electronic dictionaries were big in East Asia before the smartphone era. Many of them came with multimedia features such as video/audio player and FM/TV receiver. Some models even had open access to the underlying OS(usually Windows CE). I remember installing OpenTTD and spending too much time playing it on my device.

[@virepri9871]

What you saw were the humble muhenkan and henkan keys, which are used to basically tell the computer how to handle the kana that was just input Muhenkan tells it "nope, don't convert that to kanji", henkan tells it "pick out the next conversion", because some words are homophones or overlap syllables or whatnot.

[@ChoomW]

It's crazy how much effort went into bringing it back to life, but honestly, I still have no idea what it does

[@PercyPanleo]

It's effectively a PDA. It has a text editor, dictionary, and a calendar and not much else.

[@onometre]

It's a word processor

[@gordon7478]

@@PercyPanleo They're popular with the same crowd that would be looking at something like the Freewrite (writers who don't like to be distracted), the more recent DM250 in particular, which is more palatable to those accustomed to North American keyboards. Whether or not that was the original intended target audience a decade ago, I do not know, but it's likely that's their bread and butter nowadays. Honestly, these look far more appealing than any of the Freewrite products, if you ask me.

[@anwarxv9279]

handheld computer with qwerty kayboard layout and mono chroma display and runs on double A batteries? Let me guess ,its literally PDA whatever the thing its advertised to do

[@le-jesuve]

people use them as distraction free writing devices, which can retail new for thousands, so older options like that and the alphasmart are popular. the last gag about the phone with a bluetooth keyboard is spot on. there's one selling for 200usd that's basically a cheap phone with only a word processor on it

[@Gseppo]

Brongle the Corrosion can be fixed with Vinegar just straight vinegar. Works on a Guitar Hero controller it'll work on a King Jim

[@plushifoxed]

I think the point of note-taking devices is distraction-free writing. There's other tools like the AlphaSmart series, that are used for that kind of thing. It's good for people with weak willpower who want to put the phone in another room and just bang out a draft or two.

[@izzyhope58]

0:23 "King Jim, I'm not explaining that one" uh, ya you are

[@werapea]

i hate to admit that i spend an embarrassing amount of time in photopea adjusting rgb curves of screenshot from 2:38 as my phone didn't peek up on the qr-code just to predictably find a youtube url ending with XcQ​​...

[@RobChio]

damn I really wish I checked the comments first 😭😭

[@102Help]

Rick Astley?

[@daylen577]

If you Google 'scanqr' and go to the one ending in org you can upload a screenshot, that website works for almost anything I've thrown at it. Works even better if you crop it so it's just the QR code

[@SMTahmid]

@werapea it's a random QR code on the internet. It's safe to assume its a rickroll.

[@MochaFett]

The bringle is here

[@jonathanthegoober]

pringle

[@IcecalGamer]

Nooo!!! The King cannot be dead. Resurrect The KING ! PLEASE !

[@caramelldansen2204]

Rest in PISS, king!

[@PercyPanleo]

7:50 When the DM100 was released, a lot of businessmen in Japan would have likely been using a flip phone or candybar phone that wouldn't really work well with a Bluetooth keyboard, and I suspect that the Bluetooth functionality was meant primarily for using it with a PC. Students probably also used it as a distraction free note taking device, given that it's still decently common for students in Japan to buy flip phones instead of full smart phones to reduce distractions. Interestingly, they actually made a model with an e-ink display instead of an LCD display called the DM30. It's still one of the only digital word processors to use an e-ink display, and imo it's form factor is still ahead of every e-ink word processor that's come since

[@SMTahmid]

The Druaga1 x Dankpods hybridization is complete. LOVE IT.

[@peebumbus]

I'm only 2:13 in but I just gotta say, I instantly gained +10 respect for the bringus man when I saw the WinCo batteries come out

[@JonBringus]

UNRIVALED VALUE

[@ichibancrab]

winco is the savior of all things, its like an ikea but if its was a grocery store

[@KHADDY121]

This feels like an american alternate universe version of dankpods. I don't know how i feel about it but im here for it

[@tyttuut]

1:25 Alkaline batteries have steel cases. So do NiMH/NiCad and cylindrical lithium batteries.

[@xxdudejoe86xx55]

Wake up mom , bringus dingused

[@ardaomeryavas3600]

0:57 tf is gaming vape💀

[@BamsyTheSergal]

probably some alliexpress android device thats also a vape, think of that calculator that ran android

[@vadnegru]

My vape has a firmware so with some tricks i guess you could run doom

[@DaxtonAnderson]

New upload 27 seconds ago? WHAT HAS THE BRINGUS BROUGHT US TODAY?!

[@maxx1o1]

jim :)

[@phylaxinator7040]

How dare youtube gatekeep this magnificent piece of online media from me for 30 whole minutes?!

[@Heckleb0t]

Glad I'm not the only one who's experience with weird tech is "wow this would be really cool if it worked."

[@jelloburger]

You are the reason I am going to major in engineering

[@JonBringus]

If it was me I would do it just so I could say "look buddy, I'm an engineer"

[@jelloburger]

@ wow the real Jon bringus knows who I am

[@harrkev]

The best way to take care of battery acid is just a little white vinegar. Put some on a q-tip, a little scrub, and you're golden.

[@c_miraa]

It is probably the screen, but id always give replacing the CMOS battery a try! Especially some older PCs refuse to boot without it, looking completely dead even though they only need a new battery. Cant wait for the Controller Port Satisfaction tier list!

[@WeatherMan2005]

long like the king

[@radianttakanuva8388]

this seems like an electronic Japanese-English dictionary. A common term for them is denshi jisho, or 電子辞書 . A lot of them are basically just Microsoft Handheld PCs running a locked down version of Windows CE. They can come with multiple dictionaries and encyclopedias, video players, and odd functions like note taking. there's actually a port of gnuboy called gnuboy-ex that runs on casio ex-word electronic dictionaries, so it's possible to game on one

[@4sh518]

hell yeah new bringus video

[@GreenVirus76]

it's a pocket translator. the keyboard makes it easy to take notes and includes conversion buttons for kana and kanji.

[@tjsynkral]

Make every spot you erase on the wheel a respin and see how long a chain you get going

[@dasmoools606]

The fact you still use a glorious S10 makes me happy.. Dunno why, it just does.

[@itzmefurzan]

Disappointed, I'm expecting you to spend grueling amount of work to make it gaming able on the supposedly "king" jim only to play half life on 10fps

[@dankydont]

5:21 erm mini usb ☝🤓

[@MinecrafterPictures]

Honestly, the prototype Steam controller would make an interesting video for me

[@the_blue_dragon_bd]

Kids probably don't even get the jimmy neutron refrance

[@sebastianlaherty8095]

"It's a pretty cool phone" famous words of Steve jobs

[@linksbro1]

Replace King Jim on the wheel with Duke Tim for no other reason than for the funnies.

[@breademoji]

We should replace King Jim with swag

[@Bane_Amesta]

Damn this is the exact kind of janky thing I wanted for my AO3 writing... sad that the king died 😢

[@Pigness7]

"King James Bible" got me, you are infact a funny man mr funny hardware gore man.

[@JRTO_]

"I'm not explaining that one!" seconds before disaster...

[@T3chIdiot]

A real king Jim uses slim Jim’s as batteries

[@dankydont]

6:58 I honestly cant tell if thats a sticker or something on the screen, that is very very good editing

[@ignishikari1854]

Compliments to the editor, that overlay was dope

[@shockwave952]

The ExpressionEngine wheel has decided your fate

[@TheLocalPot8to]

*_Dora celebration sound effect_* We did it! We did it! We did it! Yeah! we escaped hell!

[@erichanson420]

Your screwdriver might be magnetized. Someone might've said that.

[@wairriorsneverstop]

its a word processor they are kinda popular in japan for whatever reason. Ive seeen a few at gopodwill(japanese electronics store) mangasuoko (kinda like a really big thrift store) and bookoff (another thrift store but deals more in used computers and parts) word processors are basically just electronic notebooks

[@mitchellmanson449]

i love the oblivion ambient music playing in the background

[@KarlBaron]

In Japan KING JIM is mostly known as a brand that makes stationary goods, like binders and notepads and stuff. OH GOD I just checked their website, on the FRONT PAGE they are advertising the successor to this thing, the DM250. I am NOT making this up. It comes in white!! It has USB-C! For the launch they had a limited edition clear version! Clearly this thing has it's fans...

[@invisainc-d4pp]

best video ever I can't believe how good it is :>

[@drunkonsuccess779]

Well, obviously, the successor to King Jim is King Julian so put him up on the wheel of misfortune.

[@Bjrn-nv3ie]

Bringus Studios budget has increased massively. Nice wheel Bringus.

[@bingusbongus9807]

that thing looks awesome! i love ultra low power computers like that! like microcontroller computers!

[@SirFlukealot]

Go off king...oh you already are

[@KhayriZaki]

i thought it was going to run red star os

[@notgow]

All that effort to read the QR just to get rick rolled.

[@Alxvarl]

2:38 spend 30 minutes decoding the qr code and got a free cookie lmao

[@tomrow32]

"He's dead, Jim"? More like "Jim's dead"

[@Leo1C2MEXAS]

tip for cleaning battery acid use a q-tip and dip it in some vinegar and apply to the acid, then use one dipped in water to wash it off after, works really well and easy

[@RogerClotet]

The King is no more.

[@Ksescel]

Prototype steam controller? I would definitely watch that

[@mr.technologysilva8856]

That is a cool thing actually! We don't have stuff like this in Canada where I live, those would be good for meetings or really anywhere you wanna make a note, and no I do not want to use my touchscreen keyboard, I want physical keyboard.

[@Optagonapus]

Bros brain is too full

[@pickleshanks]

I’ve never been so entertained by abject failure.

[@Beanybrew]

It made it out of processing hell kudos to you

[@CR0NO-NL]

Whether you fix it or not, always fun to see your videos

[@𠀖fecal]

Rest in piss tabs that held the bottom half together o7

[@Kowyn]

I was so sure that that was going to be some sort of Bible thing.

[@rexarn781]

Ah. Nothing like a 6:36 am bringus video.

[@HxSwartwood]

Rick Roll on the qr code go crazy

[@kzgames3023]

Replace every used space with your most life changing purchases until it gets chosen

[@dannybrennan31]

Long rest king Jim

[@gordon7478]

I feel it necessary to point out that the sides of a AA battery are technically the same as the bottom of a AA battery, so it makes sense that they would also be magnetic lol

[@Player838Edits]

I misread the title as kim jong un laptop

[@jonathanthegoober]

Jacob i am watching you

[@alteito]

jacob who 👀

[@jonathanthegoober]

The battery acid is delicious

[@jonathanthegoober]

@@alteitojacob schlatt

[@GatheredStorm_YT]

Y-You what??

[@gemy754]

2:73 thanks after scatting that qr code it changed my life

[@conord82]

Thanks king jim

[@barraman.]

Next vid: 'I installed Stadia on this steam deck in 2025'

[@rosly_yt]

This might have been a portable translator, those are super common, which would explain the JP -> EN and vise versa. The random-seeming buttons on the keyboard are normal keyboard stuff on a Japanese keyboard.

[@dominodominick]

stick bug music during beesmas

[@aldenbrom4085]

While I am disappoint about King Jim, I appreciate you try

[@EyadadTheGamer]

BRINGUS?? More like Pringles

[@blueninja012]

so glad this video made it

[@RedonRedGutta923]

Thank you western sounding dank pods!!!!

[@Freshyboi_1]

The king of steam on random stuff is here

[@HKlink]

Well that was one of the videos of all time XD I thought it might have been a translator so you can yell at Americans on your vacation from Japan.

[@ThatGuyThatCommentedOn_A_Video]

Its Bringling Time!

[@4sh518]

wait how did i get to the video as it came out

[@Jergling]

As a huge fan of King Jim, I am disappointed to be recommended this video from some stranger insulting it.

[@tigersusyt]

Replace kim jim on the wheel with that lg velvet 2 prototype

[@scott8919]

I read this as Kim Jong Laptop.

[@bloxxer02]

You forgot the gaming dashcam

[@CharlieisGordan-ov6jt]

King Jim goes hard

[@emdotrod]

The king is dead. Long live the king

[@user_of_the_name]

JOHN BINGRO!

[@uaretrogaming]

5:23 Oh that good old micro USB