Meet Connor Krukosky - the "Mainframe Kid." At 18, Connor bought, disassembled and rebuilt a 1,500-pound IBM mainframe. Now he's an IBMer. Watch to learn about his inspiring story.
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@xArcheo4 жыл бұрын
The real MVP here is the parents that supported his passion.
@JordanBeagle4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, really illustrates the power of good parenting, not detracting from his personal success
@Twistedmist4 жыл бұрын
especially when they had to alter the deck to get it in.
@secrecy39154 жыл бұрын
He could blow them up with the hydrogen gas otherwise.
@frankstanley90784 жыл бұрын
Yeah and paying the light bill too.
@zaddyybbaz74353 жыл бұрын
Kinda faxs
@AshtonCoolman5 жыл бұрын
This kid's haircut would make him fit in back in 1982. People like him built the modern computing world that we know.
@Officialmotive8054 жыл бұрын
Or lack of lol
@elikay21014 жыл бұрын
ok boomer
@georgejetson98014 жыл бұрын
@@elikay2101 Boomer is a good thing
@elikay21014 жыл бұрын
@@georgejetson9801 definitely not
@altlllOlOlOll4 жыл бұрын
@@georgejetson9801 boomers literally ruined america and doomed the generations after it for short term gains to make themselves feel important.
@TheCallMeCrazy8 ай бұрын
For anyone seeing this today, he is now a firmware developer on what is basically the current generation of these things.
@AmenZwa6 жыл бұрын
Connor didn't get into hardcore gaming like his peers, but he got into hardcore computing, instead. Splendid!
@plantain.17395 жыл бұрын
Can you imagine the things related to gaming he can do with a IBM mainframe? Imagine the LAN party's...
@omaralaraby89735 жыл бұрын
م@@tripplefives1402
@pungentzeus4 жыл бұрын
Ok boomer
@preisschild46224 жыл бұрын
Actually his original reddit post said that he wanted to run a minecraft server on it :P
@deeppurplefan4 жыл бұрын
@@plantain.1739 Minecraft server. Get on it.
@ChristopherWoods6 жыл бұрын
I watched the original video where he presented his work - I recommend everyone watch it. The sheer amount of hard work and research the kid put in, and the wonderful assistance he received from the computing community, makes for an amazing story. I'm glad he landed his dream job!
@KOTYAR05 жыл бұрын
How is his channel called though?
@djgamble074 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I thought it was gonna be like 'idiot kid buys ridiculous computer that he has no idea about just like... because'. Also not my thing but I agree about the job security. Lots of large organisations I've worked for have mainframes for all their records.There's always a few people who are printed out blank paycheques every month to source parts for them, update the software and keep them running. We're talking global systems here that would cause chaos if they went down. Well done to him! IMO the title almost discredits how much work he's put in. He's a good presenter too.
@arnavg74863 жыл бұрын
Why did he do this though?
@trybeinggr82393 жыл бұрын
That was so cool. Thank you for sharing the longer video.
@Chironex_Fleckeri4 жыл бұрын
His parents are saints. Good on them for going through the hassle of getting the mainframe.
@solotron73904 жыл бұрын
Kudos to IBM for recognizing talent in someone who was unabashed in his interest in all things computational, particularly his ability in making the IBM mainframe operational.
@n0tyham2 жыл бұрын
I applaud this kid. I'm in my mid-60's now, and when I was 20, I went through Control Data Institute Computer Tech program. We trained on a CDC 3300 discrete transistor "supercomputer". In the late 70's I bought an IBM 370/145 mainframe from a local University, installing it a bedroom in my own house. It was a blast to play with.
@jfwfreo10 ай бұрын
Wow, a 370/145 would have been a much more difficult beast to wrangle than the z890 this kid was working with.
@Ichabod_Jericho9 ай бұрын
I could not fuckin imagine going to a party in the 80’s and the dude shows me an IBM mainframe in his bedroom
@mikeearls1268 ай бұрын
Frankie - tells us about your skills, then.@frankiedettori3932
@timmyfromspace8 ай бұрын
@frankiedettori3932 about you
@KameraShy7 ай бұрын
HOW?!? What were power and cooling requirements?
@johndunlap91394 жыл бұрын
When I was a teenager I threw away my bed, put a server rack in its place, and slept on the floor but this kid puts me to shame. I'm blown away and inspired by what he's accomplished. Connor, you are an amazing person. Never stop learning. You have a wonderful future ahead of you.
@m8ur8824 жыл бұрын
how'd sleeping on the floor turn out fo ryou
@JohnDavidDunlap4 жыл бұрын
@@m8ur882 I did it for approximately 4 years. I didn't mind it at that age. If I did that now I wouldn't be able to walk. lol
@allisondoak94254 жыл бұрын
m8ur88 I sleep on a yoga mat on the floor. Saved money and space and it’s good for alignment. It started because I sold my bed to move and then ended up to broke to get a new one after I moved. By the time I had the money I couldn’t sleep as well on a bed anyway.
@m8ur8824 жыл бұрын
Allie Doak where tf do u have sex
@stdcall Жыл бұрын
same but in my closet
@dgghost216 жыл бұрын
I wonder how much their electric bill is each month...
@Conmega16 жыл бұрын
It was about 300~ USD extra a month with the mainframe running for a full month. It consumes about 2.2kW Electric is expensive where my parents live though.
@dgghost216 жыл бұрын
That's crazy.
@thespiritiswilling94376 жыл бұрын
Conmega but how did it help out as t the house?
@furzkram5 жыл бұрын
@@Conmega1 your parents are lucky you didn't get an IBM 3083 E with 20 tape drives, numerous 3330, 3350 and 3380 DASDs, three StorageTek high speed chain printers, like what I was lucky to start out my job career with in 1983 ... they'd have a pretty solid central heating system for the house that way, I remember opening a door on a rack and being shocked by a water pipe with a man's diameter ...
@leoburkart4355 жыл бұрын
10k if they would live in Germany 😂
@cdenver5 жыл бұрын
He got a job at IBM! I literally watched that talk he gave last night, wow thats amazing! Well done Connor and now you can get all those parts you needed!
@BOOMHeadshot10065 жыл бұрын
My grandfather worked in Poughkeepsie on the exec level for IBM for many years before retiring. He has several patents that were credited to him. Passed away last year around this time. IBM will always hold a special part in my heart because of him :(
@manugentoodrums4 жыл бұрын
That's how powerful support is. Especially if it's from parents. I saw a lot of grown-up kids doing exceptional things on what they are good at just because these parents are in full support.
@danscu52784 жыл бұрын
"So what do you use it for?" "Uhh... Games and stuff."
@pokhuthird11947 ай бұрын
LOL
@pumpogamer81294 жыл бұрын
*Imagine being known as the “Mainframe kid”*
@shoobopper4 жыл бұрын
Imagine being known as "Pump O Gamer"
@pumpogamer81294 жыл бұрын
shoobopper *Would be proud lol*
@TheLazyKey4 жыл бұрын
*Imagine bolding your entire comment*
@pumpogamer81294 жыл бұрын
TheLazyKey *YoS*
@pabloascencio73974 жыл бұрын
Mainframe dude is next
@drdysl3xia7954 жыл бұрын
Back in the 80's it was my C64 that kept my interest launching me into technology before it was cool. The C64 was quite a bit smaller, less complex and a fraction of the power consumption of any mainframe yet a ton of fun. Whenever I could sneak on the single home phone line and connecting to local BBS's going 300 Baud, the experience a gift and has lasted a life time. This kid has a cool future ahead of himself. Good to see his parents and people praising his passion.
@JohnJonesJMJAtlanta4 жыл бұрын
It sounds like your story is similar to mine. I started on a Timex-Sinclair 1500, but quickly switched to a c64. 300 baud shoved in the wide slot in back. I was so cool. No acousti-couple! I even ran a BBS for a short while on an IBM PCjr.
@GothGuy8859 ай бұрын
I started on an Apple II E in HS, and the next year, my parents surprised me with with a TI-99/4A for my birthday, which is in the summer, so school was out. I would spend Hours in my room coding Basic. they also bought me the speech synthesizer module. Man, I was totally in my element! 😀
@SaltNBattery Жыл бұрын
What a pair of absolutely amazing parents.. We all could only dream to be this fortunate, or looking at it another way, we could strive to be those parents.
@justinreyes50424 жыл бұрын
Of course mom is tripping but a good man believes in his son
@chadiusmaximus93504 жыл бұрын
Liberals attack!
@camarada19964 жыл бұрын
Just as long as it's a fantastic invest.. opportunity for him
@Big_Caesar18 ай бұрын
They're both great parents
@didiermashaba84644 жыл бұрын
Lmao 4:37 “fantastic inves- opportunity for connor”
@brpadington4 жыл бұрын
Yea..lol. He told the full truth there for a sec.
@southstar664 жыл бұрын
Lol classic dad talk, but very heart warming to see he fully supported his son's hobby
@conansmith51644 жыл бұрын
Heh heh
@Rampag1ngS0da4 жыл бұрын
If your parents have money to throw at stuff like that and support you, those are still good parents, it doesn't matter if they have $1 or $1,000,000.
@sadcat5204 жыл бұрын
He's not wrong lol. Having kids is an investment when you're spending thousands of dollars yearly for nearly two decades
@matthewwhite47272 жыл бұрын
What a great story! Love that his parents were there for support and love his passion to just do something different.
@rickasheyelabs56625 жыл бұрын
imagine having a computer thats "faster" than modern computers and it runs a old unsupported os OS/2
@badscrewold31625 жыл бұрын
No, the control notebook serving as a monitor runs os/2. Not the mainframe.
@mevimo37585 жыл бұрын
"""Faster"""
@hoikay15 жыл бұрын
@@badscrewold3162 The ThinkPad T42 probably originally came with Windows XP
@LewisCowles4 жыл бұрын
The mainframe won't be faster. That's a fallacy
@Philitron1284 жыл бұрын
It not "faster" it's just different. Most computers (super and consumer grade) calculate floating points much better than any mainframe can. But mainframes exist to calculate decimal floating points. They are also far more reliable. That's why most financial transactions (stocks, flights etc..) are calculated via mainframes.
@AZTrucker4 жыл бұрын
Followed this story and completely amazed. I've spent almost 10yrs in the IT, infrastructure and seeing this level of interest renews my own into keep learning.
@ruk2023--Ай бұрын
This is the kind of parents you need to be if you want your children to be a success.
@jesuslastname94853 жыл бұрын
I love IBM...mainly for the Saturn 5 instruments unit. I just can’t believe how they manually coded the whole thing.
@drphalanges15202 жыл бұрын
I am an IBM z/OS mainframe operator for my state's government. It's cool to see this kid have a real passion for it.
@sligon006 жыл бұрын
Hey Connor , boy you really bring back memories. I use to work for Stanford Research Institute in the 1970's and we had IBM mainframes, then I went to work in silicon valley, and mainframes were the rage ...lol Eventually I ended up at Apple, yep, mainframes there as well, who would have thunk it huh ? Thanks for the memories , and good luck in your career, never stop doing what you love... :-)
@TechNed5 жыл бұрын
@Ho Lam There was this famed encounter we heard about in the 1980's tech community where Seymour Cray (the godfather of supercomputing) was told that Apple had just used a Cray to design the new Macintosh whereupon Seymour Cray replied, (something like) "That's funny, I just used a Mac to design the new Cray".
@alchemist37245 жыл бұрын
You didn't work for Stanford, nor did you have a job at Apple.
@Architector_45 жыл бұрын
@@alchemist3724 How do you know?
@yarghhargh93454 жыл бұрын
@@Architector_4 how do you know
@Architector_44 жыл бұрын
@@yarghhargh9345 I don't, hence I'm asking!
@bit-tuber8126 Жыл бұрын
That mainfrrame is much smaller than the ones I first used. 360 line, then to 370s, and more. Lightly, as I was mostly a mini-computer guy.
@fttFrankDaTank4 жыл бұрын
Good for you Connor! Delighted that you pursued your hobbies, and that you got deservedly recognised (and well done to IBM for doing their parts)!
@RealSirJ0K3R8 ай бұрын
0:25 - "I just always loved to know what makes something tick." - Sylar
@giulianamiglioli35145 жыл бұрын
This proves something: Knowledge is something amazing!!! Sharing is rewarding. Congrats, Connor!
@sswulffableАй бұрын
Awesome ! I myself grew up an IT professional running an IBM Mainframe and Mini-frame operations and went on to transition Analog to Digital ... I absolutely Love it !
@RoadRunnerMeep5 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed watching the 45 min video before this. Good to see he's still going with it.
@TRIPPLEJAY005 жыл бұрын
My Cousin Scott Murray worked for IBM and was picked up when he was spotted at 11 years old for his programming skills in Aylesbury area. Very proud of him and now he lives in America. I personally went for more all types of electronics pulling them apart and making something completely different. Still do it to this day. My favourite is communications and do it all solely on my own.
@shorne21592 жыл бұрын
Love this , such inspiration for parents and young people. Brilliant
@DutchKC9UOD7 ай бұрын
I got my first taste of Main Frames as a Millwright Electrical engineer in 1975. With a background in Logic circuits ran by vacuum tubes LOL
@mcb1874 жыл бұрын
Wow, this just shows that a passion really can be a career! Congrats Conner!
@rustledjammies87699 ай бұрын
There was a kid a decade or more ago that was younger than him that bought a mainframe that is older than this one and set it up in his basement. I can't find anything about it online, but he was the original mainframe kid, not this guy!
@installtekzdotcom97775 жыл бұрын
I love the computer scene. Ya don't need a degree to get a career, ya need the passion
@autohmae5 жыл бұрын
Agree! Passion gets you experience, usually much more useful than education.
@jscorpio19875 жыл бұрын
Which is why I’m glad my passion is computers!
@pmc30275 жыл бұрын
false
@TheTacticalMess5 жыл бұрын
Patrick Glaser Unless you’re a special case then you likely need a degree. They serve their purpose.
@Minienz895 жыл бұрын
Eh, you are completely wrong, generally your still gonna need qualifications and years of experience..
@abdullahabd76774 жыл бұрын
If he is into legacy hardware and legacy programming he can make millions as a government contractor. A lot of government agencies specially military still use 70s era technology and the support system is depleted.
@nojatha46373 жыл бұрын
Yeah, and that’s because it would be a security risk to update the hardware and software.
@williamp68006 ай бұрын
@@nojatha4637no. It’s because when you have a critical system that works reliably you keep using it. There’s no point in incurring the cost of rewriting that mainframe software to run on anything else as long as there’s a mainframe to run it on.
@PPIMAGEFACTORYDOTCOM Жыл бұрын
Mom & Dad…you are the heroes of this story.
@NassimDhaher5 жыл бұрын
Wow, I`ve just watched his video on Share, really glad to see him getting endorsed by and get a job at IBM. Now I say we'll be hearing more about him in the future.
@passionfly15 жыл бұрын
The world NEEDS Connor. I hope he can be let loose to help design the near future of mainframe technology. He has tenacity and dedication!
@AdAstraOnYafro Жыл бұрын
So…. I have an AS/400 in my basement, along with a few micro channel pc’s - where is my job? Silver Lake?
@JessicaFEREM9 ай бұрын
love that IBM was like "yea you seem chill and know what you're doing you wanna work for us?"
@thumbknuckle_6 жыл бұрын
*but can it run cinebench*
@dragonmilk67815 жыл бұрын
@@tripplefives1402 would pci passthrough be possible at all in this, I really dont know much about mainframes or how the hardware interfaces with the os
@pmc30275 жыл бұрын
it cannot, doesnt have the right instruction set
@dragonmilk67815 жыл бұрын
@@tripplefives1402 not a proprietary fan but that's pretty interesting, guess I'll throwaway 10 hours of life and watch more mainframe videos haha
@TriumphAventura4 жыл бұрын
it cannot run cinebench or crysis as normal high end PCs cannot process millions of bank transactions
@licson07294 жыл бұрын
@@tripplefives1402 The new mainframes uses PCIe expansion cards so I think yes
@Nobodyyoucarabout4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad kids like him exist to make the world better for the rest of us. Thank you Connor
@AG-qq3zl5 жыл бұрын
Just stumble on this video. Saw the original one and was wondering what ever happened to the kid. Glad to see it's working out for you. Keep up the work.
@abigboymethod94364 жыл бұрын
This is the inspiration any person just starting in academia in the 20s/30s needs. This is great
@Millennialaire4 жыл бұрын
No one ever: Litteraly not a single soul: "Have you heard about that mainframe kid"
@korumann9 ай бұрын
This guy is a legend and an inspiration
@monumento.f.5014 жыл бұрын
The KZbin recommendation waited 2 years for this. What mainframe do they use?
@whuzzzup4 жыл бұрын
z890
@richardsandoval51852 жыл бұрын
Great story Connor! I had the privilege of operating IBM mainframes in Boulder, CO in the 80s after testing 9" magnetic tape and assembling 8" diskette drives for many years. What a workhorse the mainframe was and still is.
@ilusions44 жыл бұрын
4:35 LOL! I love how parents only see their children's interests as financial investments.
@AliGameZz4 жыл бұрын
payoff doesn't necessarily mean money... It's about what he got from it. (something to learn from and a job)
@ilusions44 жыл бұрын
@@AliGameZz wasn't commenting about that. I was commenting on the fact that the dad had to stop himself from saying "investment" to say "opportunity for Connor" instead. It's him first 100%. That's just how people think and that especially seems to be how most parents think.
@kristiyanivanov74144 жыл бұрын
ilusions4 Well raising a kid is expensive and probably the mainframe is costly. They will sell it at a higher price later, when the kid has studied it all/is bored with it... I don't see a problem. Money keeps the world spinning.
@ilusions44 жыл бұрын
@@kristiyanivanov7414 If you have the excess money to throw at your kid's interest, it's extremely scummy for your first thought to be "how can I get this money back?". It should be thought of as a sunk cost, not an investment. An investment is education.. not a piece of tech you know nothing about that your child is interested in.
@kristiyanivanov74144 жыл бұрын
ilusions4 yes, you can view it that way. I can somewhat agree
@timothytaylor80829 ай бұрын
The parents were awesome for helping him with this as well.
@RoboHighlights5 жыл бұрын
The mom said nothing.
@stormz40695 жыл бұрын
yeah she did 4:39
@pisse30005 жыл бұрын
@Cory Yikes...
@protowalker4 жыл бұрын
@@cory8837 Woman no speak. Woman make sandwich. No touch my VIDEOGAMES
@makak_zeleny4 жыл бұрын
@@protowalker Issa joke r-word
@iLiekLemonade4 жыл бұрын
@@protowalker bro ur comment actually made me laugh, thank u
@rbus10 ай бұрын
I wish my parents would've allowed me to take home a machine this large but we didn't have a basement. At one time I did have about a dozen terminals including a rather nice color graphics terminal. Around 13, got an Altos ACS8000 'multiuser CP/M' machine that was two large boxes, and a trunk full of tapes - still in my computer room acting as a table. Then got an Apollo DN460 which was a fascinating unix machine with a massive coprocessor card - sadly I had to get rid of this. Then found an SGI 4D/780gt, table sized graphics workstation. Both machines ran off 110v and ran for hours on end in my bedroom. Little did I know Apollo and SGI ran a bit shy of max amp rating of household wiring, but never had any problem. Still have the 4D and about 12 other SGI machines, an IBM Power workstation.
@KanaalMTS6 жыл бұрын
The talk was intriguing and this video just completes it for me. Great work Connor. (BTW, there's an Apache 500 error when connecting connecting to your website, might want to fix that ;))
@jhkcreates84624 жыл бұрын
Still true today. Might want to fix that .htaccess (I assume)
@clay28898 ай бұрын
Very wholesome and inspiring story. Connor and his parents are awesome!
@Os2world5 жыл бұрын
Nice to see OS/2 Warp there !!!!
@autohmae5 жыл бұрын
@herbert I know modern mainframes can run Linux as Logical Partitions (sort of between what a Linux container is and a VM, but done in hardware)
@autohmae5 жыл бұрын
@herbert first sort of problem: IBM mainframe is usually PowerPC I think, which isn't x84/amd64, so lots of programs don't run without getting the original developers involved. Yes, I do believe you can turn part of it off. No graphics I think. Best thing a mainframe can do is pushing data around. It has the best I/O paths of it's time and good system for when hardware fails it will continue doing what it did before. So it's great for databases, etc.Games, not so much, not even number crushing really. Well, if you pay a lot you can have a lot of cores.
@datashed5 жыл бұрын
@@autohmae IBM mainframes run z/Architecture processors, not POWER/PowerPC. Very much a CISC instruction set, where POWER/PowerPC are RISC.
@autohmae5 жыл бұрын
@@datashed ohh, sorry for getting the ISA wrong, the point was: it's not the same ISA, so it needs porting.
@TheJ6023 жыл бұрын
That’s just the management console. Not much to do with the mainframe.
@ciprianparaschiv75919 ай бұрын
My great-great-grandfather founded IBM and I approve of this message. Good for his parents for believing in their son.
@nancyford87606 жыл бұрын
Great job!!! Another follow your passion example with IBM in the story. Working for IBM was one of my goals and following my passion led to it happening as well.
@m0hz38 ай бұрын
Obviously this kid is a legend for getting into this kind of stuff at such a young age, but his parents are even more of legends for supporting him and helping him get into this. His dades quote at the end of the video :It really paid off" is so very true.
@gojoe28336 жыл бұрын
Great project! For those of us who don't have the space or time to rebuild the MF hardware, you can run licensed copies of VM and MVS under Hercules under Windows or Linux..
@stevebez27676 жыл бұрын
you can leap into fizz zeex wiv mansheds too!
@williamp68006 ай бұрын
Cool!
@ventolin636 ай бұрын
I like how the mother is very supportive in this interview. she said exactly three words : You never know. I believe that's th extent of her knowledge when it comes to computers, generally speaking. And that's ok
@IXxTAKTIKZxXI6 жыл бұрын
Lovely IBM 3277! I have one myself.
@stevebez27676 жыл бұрын
got any twinax for as400 uk,hell what a chore!
@danh67208 ай бұрын
"Shouldn't this be in a museum? Maybe, but it's in my basement." 😆 And you can see how proud his dad is and how proud and worried his mom is.
@Zylop63 жыл бұрын
4:38 He wanted to say "investment" and decided to say opourtunity xd
@dwmcever2 жыл бұрын
LOL we did this in 1968 when I was 16. We used a teletype machine to save and load programs. Got the "old" mainframe from Texaco.
@dwmcever2 жыл бұрын
My hair's a little bit grayer.
@AcornFox4 жыл бұрын
IBM has done everything, yes. Ask them about their punchcard sales In Germany...
@LewisCowles4 жыл бұрын
They didn't claim to have conquered everything. I was thinking gaming, but I think wii & game cube were IBM as was Sony ps2 I think
@AcornFox4 жыл бұрын
Lewis Cowles Not sure what you’re talking about, friend.
@formerlycringe4 жыл бұрын
@@LewisCowles I don't think the emotion engine was made by IBM, but I'm not too sure.
@moralfuxery9 ай бұрын
Alright, so I need a time machine so I can switch with this kid. Literally would have died for that childhood like that. Kids got a bright future ahead of him. Mainframes are not niche kid. They run the world. You'll get a job, trust me.
@francoisp36256 жыл бұрын
Nice commodore pet & radiochack machines too ... & so you put tthe NES down & started up the mainframe :) ....
@Conmega16 жыл бұрын
Pretty much haha, but hey I still like the NES, I have a few of them laying around... Its nice to relax and play duck hunt every now and then :)
6 жыл бұрын
Oof. Working for IBM and owning Commodore stuff? That's like saying you work for Coke and drink RC Cola. At least you don't drink Apple Pepsi...
@brpadington4 жыл бұрын
I worked on a lot of old IBM hardware during my tenure for a large telecom. I really like the old IBM servers and mainframes.
@Alex-lu3pn4 жыл бұрын
Mainframes are the god classes of hardware.
@asdfasdfasdfasdfzzzz3 жыл бұрын
why is that?
@Vincent-Vega245 жыл бұрын
He seems so chill and down to earth. Good for him!!!!
@furzkram5 жыл бұрын
Finally some computers of decent quality.
@reaastrom8 ай бұрын
I like the dad in the end saying: "It was a fantastic inve... opportunity for Connor." Freudian slip, maybe? ;) Regardless, fantastic that they supported Connor throughout and equally fantastic that he's gotten to where he is because of it!
@ervinconn40466 жыл бұрын
Nice job on the video! It's nice to have a job doing what you have a passion for.
@NapaIm9 ай бұрын
man I wish I was that kid but I really should appreciate that I have over 10 computers mostly laptops at age 18 and my own little radio station with one of those really cheep FM car transmitters and well... some of the laptops don't work or have at least one problem... well the free printer I just found outside around my neighbourhood in the rain that still works 1200 dpi scanner
@suqmaddiqq8 ай бұрын
Yeah please do appreciate that. I moved out of my parents house at 18 a few months ago and cant dream od ever affording this
@jbsimmons54Ай бұрын
Started on an IBM 1620/1710 decimal system and PDP-8. Then IBM 370/168, 390, and 3033. Also DEC PDP-11/780, then started with Intel in it's infancy writing diag FW through i7 Quad Core. I helped invent the quad core and wrote the diags and comm FW between cores. Retired. Sure was a blast!
@EquinFrost3 жыл бұрын
This is actually one of the weird things that’s interesting
@TheShanoGamerPlays8 ай бұрын
God bless parents like this
@harpernicholson17 ай бұрын
hydrogen gas generator is two wires and a cup of water, its not complicated
@stephenkeen6039Ай бұрын
Impressive, he bucked the prevailing train of thought.
@dadygee4 жыл бұрын
Partents: never stand in the way of your childrens dreams... Unless it involves drugs and/or fortnite.
@denniswier4 жыл бұрын
or TicTok
@kristiyanivanov74144 жыл бұрын
Dennis Wieringa nah leave the kids use tiktok... at least they aren't on youtube u kno
@denniswier4 жыл бұрын
@@kristiyanivanov7414 true :) exept when they are India kiddos :P
@laujimmy928210 ай бұрын
Such an amazing story. His parents are so supportive as well, going through all those troubles to get the computer in there.
@PhilUKNet5 жыл бұрын
It looks tiny compared to the 3081/3084/3090 mainframes I used to work with as an IBM CE in the 1980's!
@robinmackay98948 ай бұрын
Me too, 32 years as an IBM CE in Scotland. Loved the job ! This video brought back so many memories.
@maheshchauhan92905 жыл бұрын
I like him and his mindset. He has an interest in something that he loved and pursued it. Great parents for supporting him too.
@jscorpio19875 жыл бұрын
It’s nice to know some people have supportive parents.
@williamfernandez51704 жыл бұрын
I love how he says computers are bare just catching up to it😉😉 riiiight
@ddevin4 жыл бұрын
And that's why it's posted on this channel
@stonent4 жыл бұрын
For what it does, he is correct.
@launeto4 жыл бұрын
220V@30A = ~6kWh = ~$20 per day (@ average USA costs) This beauty adds 600 dollars per month in the energy bill
@jack39274174 жыл бұрын
"He built a hydrogen gas generator!" He stuck leads from either end of a few nine volt batteries connected in series into salt water.
@mjj7894 жыл бұрын
lol he was a kid bro not some adult commenting on a youtube channel
@jack39274174 жыл бұрын
@@mjj789 ok, when he was 13 he stuck either end of a few 9 volts in series into some salt water, amazing.
@HippoWithPride4 жыл бұрын
@@jack3927417 arent we a little cynical today
@jack39274174 жыл бұрын
@@HippoWithPride cynical of people's egos
@cjay24 жыл бұрын
@@jack3927417 It is pretty amazing. What were you doing at 13? Diagnosing operating systems or programming new user interfaces? Or just glued to a video game for endless hours, or less?
@thenext95377 ай бұрын
I used a Cray 2 and Cray 3. Played with a Cray 1. Those things cost MILLIONS when they first released and were huge in size!
@scoutclapscheeks22034 жыл бұрын
Time to hack into his mainframe.
@shotdeadx34256 жыл бұрын
Look at all those vintage computers. Commodore, Macintosh, IBM PC. Better than most vintage collector youtubers in 2018.
@purplecxcx57914 жыл бұрын
I started hoarding old computers from government auctions when I was a kid. Didn't get a job though. Crap
@olekristianrannekleiv7623 жыл бұрын
talking about supportive parents letting him buys this machine, it looked like a big project to just get it inside the house.
@mydoll6 жыл бұрын
Was exciting to see OS/2 Warp Server. Seemed like it was a ThinkPad
@Conmega16 жыл бұрын
It is a thinkpad! A T61p. IBM actually used Thinkpads for SEs until they sold the brand off to Lenovo and when they requested a laptop that can run 24/7/365 Lenovo said they were crazy, no laptop can run like that... Has something to say about how IBM made Thinkpads and how Lenovo makes them...
@brettryan32986 жыл бұрын
I used OS/2 for 10 years on my personal computer and compared to MS-Windows at the time it was amazing. Sometimes my PC ran for 9 months before needing a reboot. I can't say that about any modern PC operating system sadly.
@konstantinrebrov6753 ай бұрын
Connor Krukosky and me, we both think like "mad scientists", those who do experiments and projects just for the knowledge, experience, and thrill of personal study. Not necessarily for money. There are two kinds of IT people, those who do it for only the money, and the "mad scientists" like us.
@Person.aMedia4 жыл бұрын
I've had a girl ask Me not to touch her mainframe
@GoodieM84 жыл бұрын
I salute you sir thats an even bigger achievement than this guy and HIS mainframe
@g60force4 жыл бұрын
Eventhought her mainframe remained offlimits, I sure had some fun with her switches and poweroutlet!
@AnyFactor4 жыл бұрын
3:19 well I don’t know much about mainframe but IBM 360 is like the OG computer
@hecklingheck91883 жыл бұрын
This is literally one of my homies but he's too doped.