The TTL RGB2HDMI Raspberry Pi solution, some CHIP SBCs, SIMM sockets and formatting 720k floppies

[@altareos]

everyone on youtube: sends stuff to adrian to fix it adrian: i'm a novice you have great problem solving skills and a lot of experience in retro tech, that's not what i would call being a novice! keep up the great content!

[@methanoid]

I really love how Adrian gets more excited by the candy and spends more time unwrapping and discussing it than his Silver Play Button #keepingitreal Great channel, well done Adrian 😊

[@hackbyte]

Oh yes, so true!

[@ExStaticBass]

Congratulations on your award. I have a trick or two for fixing bad disks for you. The first involves a tape eraser. The kind that you would normally use to quickly erase tapes via an alternating magnetic field. It's essentially a degausser and works well for disks that are a little too magnetized for the drive to change. The second one is a little more involved. This requires a drive that's been hacked to run the spin motor and allows access to the disk medium. In this instance we replace the heads with alcohol soaked cotton swabs for physical cleaning of the disks surface. I find these 2 things fix most issues. What you have to be aware of as far as the things which damage floppies is concerned is humidity. Moisture can cause the magnetic medium to flake off the substrate and there's really no way to fix it at that point. Stuck bits and dirty surfaces however are easy enough to fix with a little effort. Again, congratulations on reaching 100k and I hope you get at least that many more in the future.

[@dbhansen]

Congrats on the milestone! re: desoldering difficult items from multi-layer boards, here's what I do --- preheat the board, even just the general area with a heat gun, then I also like to use some low-temp solder (like Chipquik) to help keep things fluid.

[@xys007]

You can also cut out bad element leaving only legs and de-solder them 1 by 1.

[@marksterling8286]

Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers. You make amazing videos that educate and entertain. Thank you.

[@borayurt66]

Congrats on well deserved 100K subscriptions. Don't be surprised to have this many followers. It is NOT despite you this for fun, it is BECAUSE you do this for fun, and we are having fun with you. I have seen many channels that started as "fun" but quickly turned to be a commercial thing, selling merchandise, making certain videos available to patreons only, taking sponsors and specifically making BS videos just to promote sponsor items. This, IMHO, kills the fun instantly. I have stopped following quite many channels because of this, and there are some others I am about to give up on. Your channel is exactly how KZbin has to be, bunch of like minded people watching and learning about stuff they love, seeing very hard to come by items etc. I wouldn't change a thing here. Thanks!

[@EngineeringVignettes]

Love the Beagle Bros T-shirt. Great software... good times. RE: the 2SDD floppies, I have a whole drawer full of those for my A2000. Must go through and check them on of these days... "df -h" will get you the disk usage of all mounted volumes, in human-readable format (hence the -h) I use that mode the most. and "uname -a" should get you the Linux version running. I never saw those Kickstarter boards but had a few other Linux SBC's (Single Board Computers), for some embedded projects prior to the RPi's debut. And the other major SBC of the same format at the time was the Beaglebone White, which became the Beaglebone Black or BBB. They are still popular and have several other flavours now, based on the TI Sitarra SoC. Congrats on getting the 100K plaque! Cheers,

[@kostaskritsilas2681]

I am an ex-Montrealer as well, having been there from the age of 3 to the age of 36. To get to La Ronde in Montreal, you took the Yellow, Metro Line 4. In Montreal, it was not the subway, it was the Metro. To the generous gentleman from Plattsburg, the wildlife park that you went to was called Parc Safari Africanne, and I think it was in the Eastern Townships; I seem to recall Hemmingford, QC, but I could be wrong on that. The Baboons were famous for breaking off windshield wipers and antennas, as well as pooping on cars. There were a lot of Montreal residents that used to go to Plattsburg. They had a very nice beach there, which Montrealers flocked to during the summer. On the way back, of course, there was an obligatory stop at the mall in Plattsburg, as well as picking up a load of gas before heading back to Montreal. I did that with my mom and dad as well as most other kids did with their parents in my neighbourhood. I also had a field trip to go to the Plattsburg Air Force Base. We toured the base there with my Air Cadet squadron, they drove us around the flight line on the bus, where we got to see B-52s, FB-111s and KC-135s. We were actually allowed to crawl inside the KC-135 tanker, and we got to sit in an FB-111, but I only got to sit on the right side,Weapons Officer seat, not the left side seat that the pilot sat in.

[@Walczyk]

Congrats! The most reliable solution is a board preheater for a reflow kit since you end up with the entire board, including the inner ground planes to a uniform hot but safe temperature, and the solder will respond extremely well to your soldering iron since there's no more extreme wicking of thermal energy. other than that, use flush cutters on everything you can, lower heat hot air for a longer time, then use high heat soldering iron with the fattest tip you have and use the very end of the solder wick on the first pin and keep going. use the hot air again and for longer if it's not working, and definitely drop liquid flux on the wick and pin. (for anyone reading, if you're using a desoldering gun then don't cut off the pins first!) Could you discuss the timing settings you had to change for different video cards? That would be interesting

[@MrVasile]

Congrats Adrian! 100,000 is a very big deal, and your fans do care very much! Your success means more great content into the future!

[@keiffitz689]

Picking it up on the way is what makes engineers broski. KZbin is a good resource for that, keep on paying it forward 🤙🏻

[@trickysoft]

It's my first time on your channel and great to see them wider retro computer scene embracing one of our projects and running with it on Amigas etc. Hoglet is extremely helpful and although I don't think he did the analogue board, I'm sure he was involved and will have updated the wiki by now.

[@brendonelton]

It is absolutely remarkable that the Rpi has become so successful globally, when they first launched their idea, I obviously saw the potential in these small computers and bought one in advance, and many others as they have evolved in upgraded hardware, and it makes us Welsh people especially proud because they are made in a Sony factory in Bridgend, South Wales, UK.

[@Microang]

You and Louis Rossmann are the only two channels I watch religiously as soon as they upload. Keep up the amazing work. I can barely solder two wires together, but your content, skill and great delivery just makes me smile every time I watch you!

[@parrottm76262]

Only Adrian can make watching a floppy format interesting.

[@lightmagick]

I literally just watched a video from Noel's Retro Lab using that same raspberry pi HDMI thing and he had to get the PCBs made and actually put them together himself.

[@resrussia]

I greatly enjoy watching your channel and learn a fair amount about electronics from watching it. You deserve the honor of receiving award for 100K subscribers. Keep up the good work!

[@jandjrandr]

Congrats Adrian for 100K! You're closer to 200K now that I'm writing this comment, but mail call videos are always fun to watch because it is like Christmas every time, you never know what you are going to get. That's why I like to watch even all of the older content from history. Can't say I've even heard of these boards before, but I've seen many similar ones and even have some kicking around in my tool cabinet.

[@pastedtomato]

Congrats on the 100k milestone! Would totally watch a floppy disk formatting live stream or video, even if it's 2 hours long.

[@physnoct]

Those surplus stores were my usual electronics nerd's wet dreams! (Drooling with envy)

[@bobsbarnworkshop]

Removing big IC’s requires a good heat gun underneath. Just keep it moving as you heat up the area needed until you see the solder flow on the top side then keep gently lifting the item with tweezers until it finally comes loose . I did it many times when I worked at Kodak with just a heat gun

[@BertGrink]

I appreciate the use of the correct ISO date format in the end credits! 😁

[@CarlLafferty]

Congrats on the 100,000 subs!! I did a quick google search and sydex is still in existence in some form anyway. Same address as you had on the screen and they do floppy recovery looks like. Still in Eugene OR!

[@FirstWizardZorander]

Oh, so THAT'S what the pink breakout cable I found a few days ago is from. I remember that Kickstarter. From what I remember the project started a bit after the RPi 1 came out. Good times!

[@RandomInsano2]

Yeah, I think it came out maybe a little before the Pi Zero W. The built-in battery PMIC is great. I bought five including the Pocket CHIP.

[@JeffSmith03]

They called it the $10 computer so the idea was to be cheapest

[@AerikForager]

Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers! I'm pretty sure you're just having fun playing with electronics and the rest is just a bonus! ;) On the topic of de-soldering those sockets; I have had success with using my hot air gun on the board to warm it up and then being able to solder suck/wick each pin. Then I use my soldering iron and an x-acto blade, I release each of the remaining stuck pins. Please note that the hot air is blowing on the bottom of the board, near the sockets, at about 100-150C, the whole time I am working, and that I use plumbers felt and Kapton tape to manage heat. It is tedious but effective.

[@MASTERSLY1973]

Congratulations for the 100k Silver Play Button Andrian. You totally deserve it

[@elmariachi5133]

Hey, regarding your question in desoldering: Use a desoldering station. That's a soldering iron with a hole in the tip and an electronic pump. So in principle it's the combination of your regular soldering iron and desoldering pump, but with a big advantage: The continuous vacuum and heat in combination enables you to suck the solder holes really clean, so they won't stick again after cooling down. So you can clear all the RAM's pins one by one until the bank simply drops out. The bad thing is, that desoldering stations are some expensive and sensible beasts, which also require regular maintenance and incidentals, like filters. I have a cheap chinese one (the Pro'sKit SS-331H ), which has been doing some really great jobs for me, yet, in desoldering things that would otherwise have been hopeless. But of course there are hard limits, and a professional device with stronger vacuum might be able to do just some jobs more, which the cheaper onse is too weak for.

[@antoniomeloni8174]

Yes, a live streaming while formatting disks would be great 🙂 with the chat , obviously 👍. Thanks for the video

[@desiv1170]

Great vid. And congrats on the 100K! I'm in the same boat with my C.H.I.P. SBC. Got one awhile ago, and played with it a bit. Loved that it has the easy ability to add battery power and figured I'd use it for something that needed battery power... But never came up with a use, so it is just on a shelf. ;-)

[@tenmillionvolts]

You got your play button! Nice going Adrian. Love your work

[@Dukefazon]

Congratulations on the 100k plaque, it's well deserved! I learned a lot watching you, picked up some tips and tricks, found some awesome tools that I purchased after saw you using them, but most importantly I get in the mood to do repairs like you do. The last big achievement was a Neo Geo Pocket Color which had battery leakage, the battery terminals were completely destroyed and the corrosion ate itself inside the machine. I was lucky only a tantal cap had problems, I could identify the problem and fixed it, cleaned the parts and I could actually use the same part, because the corrosion ate away the solder on one of the legs but the component was actually working. I was so happy I could bring it back to life :) Today the replacement shell arrived because it was scratched on the back too much and both battery covers were missing, plus the old battery rotted inside the battery compartment and I couldn't get out all the rusted contacts. In short: thank you for the inspiration!

[@hackbyte]

41:18 Yes, having you rambling around in a livestream, just mass formatting some floppies and doing stuff around that, sounds like fun. At least for the second channel, yes. ;)

[@666Astrosmurf]

You are so modest, Adrian! =) Congrats, well deserved!

[@davecohen7642]

La Rode and the the old Terre des Hommes, geodesic dome make the best summer afternoons ever.

[@necro_ware]

Congratulations to 100k Adrian. Great job, especially understanding, that you do it in your spare time. In regards of RGB2HDMI, in case you are interested, I also open sourced my TTL to RGB adapter and made some videos on my channel about it. The project is called MCE-Adapter and is the cheapest solution ever. It is based around GAL and is not buffered, so you have no latency or scale changes, but you need a 15-24kHz capable monitor to use it. If one have such monitor with my adapter you can use MDA, Hercules, CGA and EGA for just a couple of $. May be it can be useful for some of you projects..... and again thumbs up for the good work!

[@Dvd1965db]

congratulations on your silver KZbin button! I am one of them!

[@CapnKetchup]

Awesome!! Congratulations on the Silver Award from YT!!!!!

[@stevemcknelly5036]

I've had my eye on RGB2HDMI for a little bit. I've seen it used on a lot of retro computers, but I've not seen it used on retro video game systems, such as the NES. I agree about the github repository. It needs updating badly.

[@Dave5281968]

You said 100,000 subscribers wouldn't be possible without all of us subscribing to your channel. True. But we subscribed because your content is great and we enjoy seeing these OLD computers (many of which would not qualify as a modern calculator) being repaired and made functional again, and invariably have learned a lot from you on the way. I learned much of this stuff the same way as you did: I just picked it up on the way. In many ways that can make us better at programming and electronics than the guys that went to school for it. Mostly because we learned it out of our sheer love for these computers that come from a simpler, exciting time in computer history when innovation was rampant. Oh, and software didn't crash back then either! Please keep up the videos. And never change your style of presentation.

[@paulb4uk]

100k is much deserved for all your great content .

[@the_holy_forestfairy]

Congratulations on 100,000 subscriptions !! You are someone who is not only entertaining, but also funny, instructive and extremely charming. Keep it up!

[@siberx4]

For desoldering work, any heat you can put into the board as a whole before you go to work with the desoldering iron will help big-time, as well as using a separate flux to ensure your thermal conductivity is as good as possible into the pins. You can use some kind of oven for this if you're quick, but some kind of a hotplate works better as it can hold the board around your target temperature indefinitely while you work. Also, watching your tutorial video, I'd say you shouldn't be afraid to keep the desoldering iron on each pin for a few seconds longer before turning on the pump. You'll be a lot more likely to melt the solder cleanly all the way through the hole, and the parts can generally tolerate that heat very well in practice. I haven't purchased a purpose-built heat pad or hot plate unit yet myself, but for tricky boards I often use the heated bed on my 3D printer as a substitute. Depending on the fragility of the other parts on the board, a temperature between 80c and 120c means you're cutting 60-100c off the ~330-380c the iron needs to provide above ambient, making its job much easier and faster. In the end, this is healthier for the parts because you can get each pin desoldered faster at the "danger" temperatures more quickly and the boards are generally fine sitting around 100c for extended periods without harm.

[@InconsistentManner]

the chip computer had a daughter board that was optional where you could get VGA or HDMI depending on the option you chose. I ordered an HDMI addon board.

[@alexdhall]

Yeah I slightly regret not getting one of those attachments...then again I didn't do much with mine either.....

[@heyjoeway]

Hey I grew up in Plattsburgh! We pick up plenty of French radio channels here lol. I've been waiting for the border to open up so I can take a trip to Montreal. I also remember going to that drive-thru safari at one point.

[@heyjoeway]

@@blitzwing1 You need a passport and there's a full border patrol station you need to pass through. Definitely not as simple as going between states. Right now there's no non-essential travel though because obvious reasons.

[@jasonuk8333]

Congratulations on your 100,000 subscribers award. Richly deserved. You provide awesome content!

[@nogoodnamesavailable]

@32:41... a small funny side note: In the 1990s, we did this hack "vice versa" ... we have used double density floppy disks as high density disks a lot. We have drilled a hole in the side you mentioned so that we could format it with higher capacity, but sometimes the disks refused to work on another computer (they appears to be unformatted) and those disks only worked on that computer where they were formatted.

[@abbyson2834]

14:20 I change Ports On Notebooks and Consoles And i use Hot Air And heat from The Back of the PCB. You dont Damage the Plastic Sockers And its hot enough to Melt the Solder. Please Excuse for Typos ^^ English is not my First Language. Keep up The Great Work You Really Earned your 100k Award Your Content is Awesome! :) Greetings from Germany

[@DaveF.]

100k? Woot! Well done Adrian.

[@w0lfgm]

Congratulations on 100k subscribers. And you have a great heart and love for old computers - only reason for your quality and quantity videos on the KZbin.

[@CBSBKKAMcomputerhelp]

Congratulations on 100,000 KZbin subscribers Adrian. Your second channel is doing well too and in no time you'll have 100,000 KZbin subscribers there as well.

[@derriusbranch8620]

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[@derriusbranch8620]

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[@derriusbranch8620]

Also go good things. And a cert my way with a recent trip near the Midwest and tristate and IL. And part honors and with builds and volt and Energizer and Duracell and with Kodak and FOTO and electric build and with container and unit. And with power. That and also a build with bell Telephone s . And also a build and part label with Tyco and hot wheels. That also with a tape build and also part a CPU and computer build and with a stay in the Midwest and Chicago area..... Wooh wooh ... Also go good things and some reads. Also one or two and a review with apple and with Medical and with also Law and certifications with Rx and nursing. And part phd and with uic and northern universe situ and technology university and group. And also with associate. And some and reads and work withs with modeums and dial ups. So e and designs. And also computer designs. Also works with Casio and Sony sports and mobiles. Also with some and tops and computers and telecommunication s and with systems. Post the trip and some and desk things and checks , ...( ???$$$$). And check ins. Also some and with uhf and ahf and some and robotics and also handy man. Go good things. That post trip and near home area.

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[@ranieriphoto]

Congratulations Adrian! I absolutely love your channel. I especially love your “repair-a-thons” which are a like a trip down memory lane for me, as I used to do electronics repairs for a living. Keep up the good work!

[@needgamesnow3466]

Very cool! I grew up in a town right next to Plattsburgh New York in the 1970s. I remember the station you’re talking about I thought it was channel 20.

[@UpLateGeek]

Congratulations once again on the silver play button! As far as the livestreaming goes, I'd recommend against doing it on your main channel, and keeping it to your second channel. I've seen a lot of KZbinrs saying it hurt the views on their regular videos when they started doing livestreams on their main channel. Whether that's down to the algorithm deciding to move the channel to a different category and stops showing it to regular subscribers, or if some subscribers don't like seeing the notifications for the livestreams and reflexively turn off notifications, I'm not sure.

[@muttBunch]

Congratulations buddy ❤️

[@angrydove4067]

Alright, we were wondering when you'd mention your 100,000 milestone. Congratulations!

[@ggoedert]

Great Beagle Bros shirt! I miss my apple2c...

[@Darci_Foxe]

I actually own one of the Pocket C.H.I.P. computers. It's a full handheld thing. They were really cool and WAY cheaper then the Raspberry PI. I paid I think $40 for the whole setup, that was a battery, a screen with a built in keyboard, and a shell for that price. They sadly died off, but I'm still glad to have this one strange chunk of history. Still works, but sadly I can't update the O.S. anymore, so it's not something I want to mess with much anymore.

[@BobHannent]

For getting big and difficult things off and on boards, many people recommend getting a preheater. Apparently you set it to a good temperature under melting temperature but it brings the whole area of the board up to that temperature. When you're soldering or desoldering things they won't cool down too quickly. I got myself a Mechanic ET-10 heating table to give this a try, it was only £38 delivered from China.

[@ComandanteJ]

You deserve 10 of those buttons, at least, but I cant's imagine how cool it must be to receive one, so congrats! I'm sure the golden one is not that far from reach!

[@francoisrevol7926]

"…maybe a livestream…" People: Let's send 3 months worth of floppies to format!

[@belzebub16]

41:51 - count me in as well 😁

[@mediaplayer1594]

I wouldn't watch that; seems like it would one of the most boring KZbin videos ever.

[@djkoelkast]

I have over 100 packs of new old stock (PC Formatted) DD disks, all sealed up

[@francoisrevol7926]

@@mediaplayer1594 more boring than kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZzKhauHop53ja8 ?

[@mediaplayer1594]

@@francoisrevol7926 yes it would be more boring then the flying cat video (the music is ok). Formatting the floppies would next better music then that video.

[@elizabethveldonstuff]

you deserve to recognition. i find your videos informative and southing. i watch them to learn but also relax.

[@stephenlord1539]

Congratulations Adrian, truly well deserved

[@DavidWonn]

I’ve had good success generally with the tape-over-the-hole trick in making HD disks format as DD disks, at least on IBM compatible PCs. It’s my favorite trick to do with HD floppies that have bad sectors to extend their life just a little longer, though only for temporary stuff I don’t intend to keep on the diskettes.

[@voneschenbachmusic]

Congrats for the 100K! I love these RPi adapter boards that are more powerful than the original machine lol. What a great range of uses that have been enabled by these little $5 computers!

[@PaCav-et3kt]

Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers. With regards to sim sockets you could use a hot plate or a hot air bevel/nozzle that covers the socket and heat up all the pins at once.

[@CrazyTechReviews]

congratulations on those 100k subscribers, I've been watching you for several years and I always look forward to wednesdays and saturdays! Keep up the good work! Its awesome to see you grow so much in just the past few months!

[@MarianoLu]

Congratulations!!!!! 100K... 28k more and you have a C128 :)

[@SteveMorton]

Congratulations on the 100k subscribers. Well earned for your excellent content.

[@melanierhianna]

I love how the software on that TTL RGB to HDMI adapter using the Pi is using the BBC Micro character set / font. It shows the history of its development.

[@KyoshoLP]

Holy crap I had no idea that the RGB2HDMI existed. I've looked at some chips that can convert digital RGB to HDMI for a couple projects, but never bothered with them because I'd have to design and build my own PCB. This thing looks like it does everything I want and more!

[@nabeshin84]

Bravo! I've been following you from the beginning, and I appreciate most of the content in your channel. I'm so happy for you and hope your hobby grows like your passion for vintage pc. Greetings from Sardinia, stay safe!

[@rrpiva]

Congratulations on the 100k subscribers. Can't believe you answered me on the other video... So cool! I do admire your work and knowledge on those computers which brings me back so many memories. Keep up the great work! Thanks!

[@swilwerth]

I used to desolder multipin DIP chips and stuff using a chip sized 2mm thick copper plate that 'connects' thermally all the pins from below the chip and heat them using a hefty soldering iron. Some people use hot plates. And those who can eat rice with chopsticks can heat two rows of pins holding two soldering irons single handed while they pull the chip out of the board with the other hand. The aim is to heat all the pins at the same time in a short time, so the device doesn't melt. Usually it involves adding solder and copper plate/wire to conduct the heat between the pin rows. This might sound counter-intuitive but a blob of solder conducts the heat better than trying to desolder each pin individually.

[@FrankenLab]

@Adrian I grew in Plattsburgh too, we're around the same age, so we probably nearly crossed paths when I visited Montreal. Plattsburgh did have a TV station, but it was a VHF station, WPTZ channel 5. It may have had a UHF repeater for outlying areas. I used to go to Montreal for concerts in the early 80's, but we also went to the zoo with the wild monkeys and another place further north, Granby Zoo. I also recall going to some futuristic park on the island, Expo67. Had some fun times there in Montreal. Also lived in Portland for a few years in the late 90's. Small world.

[@jammi__]

To pull out sockets and other large components (such as C64E SuperPLA), use a heat gun (such as from an SMD soldering/rework station) to melt the solder of the entire area at once. Then use a desoldering station or solder wick to suck the extra solder to clear the holes. Another cool trick working with boards where getting solder hot enough is to preheat them by keeping them on a hot surface, not quite the soldering temperature, but still much above room temperature. There are pretty cheap tablet screen repair stations primarily intended for screen glue heating that do the trick. Of course, this means you need to have to invest somewhat in tooling and work holding since you'll not touch the boards with bare hands.

[@eldatoquetefalta]

Congratulations on the 100k subs 12:46 I still have a scar on my middle finger I made with one of those simm sockets, I pulled from a cable inside the case and the metal clip scooped my skin like if it were ice cream, for about 1 centimeter, so while I understand why you love those clips, I won't say I hate them cause it was my own fault, but I do despise them a bit :D

[@zedmanatutube]

Aghh man congrats on 100,000 you deserve it

[@philiphandforth4390]

I have an rgb to hdmi as an internal mod for my Amiga 500, it's absolutely spot on I don't have an issue with it and everything looks nice and crisp 👍

[@GreenAppelPie]

Congrats Adrian! Keep up the great work.

[@chewabledrapery]

Congratulations on 100k subscribers Adrian, you deserve it! I always look forward to your videos :)

[@devttyUSB0]

Whoooo! Congrats on the 100k subs! Well deserved!!

[@sydneybiscuit]

Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers Adrian! regarding rework on multilayer boards with large ground planes, you may have better luck using something like a pcb preheating plate. I'm not sure I'd use a reflow oven for boards with delicate plastic parts (though perhaps if you used enough kapton tape anything is possible) - a pcb preheater will evenly heat the underside of the board making any rework on those ground pins much easier to handle. Best of luck!

[@CharlieShu86]

Big Congratulations Adrian , your work is awesome. Best wishes from Poland :)

[@paveloleynikov4715]

Congrats on 100K! I still remember late floppies... After buying sealed 10pack of Verbatims, you just toss out two or three bad ones after formating. And that was not NOS, floppies was still actively used in that time. Come to think of it, also i would not be surprised if they was counterfeit.

[@pascalvorbach6829]

Congrats on the 100000 subscribers, and yeah your intro never gets old :-D

[@LiquidCheney]

Super cool you got to 100k! You deserve it, one of my favorite channels.

[@doctorcrankyflaps1724]

Congrats on the 100k subscribers!

[@PureAudioTones]

Congratulations Adrian, well deserved 👍

[@darkstatehk]

For those old FD's that won't format due to age or whatever, you can generally get them working again if you sweep a powerful magnet over them and then re-format. I use a neodymium magnet from an old HDD. Obviously the surface of the magnetic disc needs to be clean. If you've ever see a bulk tape eraser, they also work well to rejuvenate old FD's.

[@execation]

CONGRATS on 100k Subs Adrian! Absolutely love your videos and always do a dad-dance to the intro theme 🤣

[@samsosa0525]

Congrats on 100K you deserve this and more! A small tip for desoldering is using Flux and low melt solder really low melt makes everything 10 times easier

[@s.kammerer1206]

And congrats on 100K I also found out ho to fix or erase a flooy to get rid of all the errors! one strong hard drive magnet .. Does wonders!

[@markky315]

Congratulations on 100,000 subscribers, i use chip quik alloy when desoldering is a bit difficult it's a bit expensive but really worth it

[@graealex]

A temperature controlled hotplate absolutely helps with desoldering any component. It severely reduces the amount of heat you have to put into the board with the hot air iron. You can find cheap ones made for buffets on Amazon and eBay. They provide a lot of area.

[@sazman2000]

congrats Adrian, you earned it. thanks for the great vids.

[@patrickcardon1643]

Congratulations Adrian !

[@bergatrolle]

Gz on the 100k, well deserved.

[@Codeaholic1]

Add fresh solder to all the pins. Use the hakko to desolder all the pins. Go to each pin and push sideways on it to ensure it's not "stuck". The socket should come out. Keep the gun tip unclogged, and cleaned.

[@jtveg]

Congrats on 100k subscribers. 🎉

[@andybasstbn]

La Ronde! J'aime ca! Je manque la Belle Province!