Weird Stuff Exhibition 2 Part 2

In which I show off some more devices, hopefully a little more interesting than the last time.
I should note that I was not able to stabilize this video due to my video editor basically just shitting the bed. I hope it doesn't make you puke. Once I have a better CPU and RAM I will reencode and reupload.
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[@lanerj]

Wow just what I've been looking for, enterprise resource planning takes soooo long, now I can ERP anywhere and free up a computer.

[@gymprofessor329]

"I'm not gonna drop any links, I don't give a shit, you can find them" I fuckin died haha

[@ClaymoreClay101]

I think that might have been my favorite part of the of the video. Haha.

[@marcberm]

I've always loved seeing rainbow ribbon cables in computers and devices, but the spectrum of clips on the edge cards in the HP takes it to another level. The inside is a work of art unto itself.

[@JaredConnell]

and the red ic holders match the red of the clips on that board too. very nice!

[@millicentduke6652]

I can’t believe I want a ZipIt now. I didn’t even know they existed 20 minutes ago.

[@DavidMarvin]

I loved the Z2. I used it as a IRC monitor for quite some time. That little thing is awesome.

[@Kellanium]

this video unlocked repressed memories like a hypnotherapist in a bad made-for-tv movie about alien abductions.

[@hgbugalou]

"im not going to provide any links, I don't give a shit" I love you.

[@charlie_nolan]

You just gained even more of my respect by not being a spider killer

[@dansmoothback9644]

I had to look up what ERP meant in the context of shifty family computer use. I feel wiser now. Also really appreciate your videos. Lgr is one of my favorite things ever, and youre like an 18+ lgr channel. Good shit. Edit: hearing your thoughts on ganoo slash linUx, im afraid ill have to agree with you. Powerful as it is, the user experience in linux is sometimes completely atrocious. I still love it tho. Cheers!

[@app0the]

That ZipIt with OpenWRT reminded me of my Ben NanoNote from back in the day. That was one lovely machine.

[@RajelAran]

almost identical physically, one ARM and one MIPS iirc?

[@lishd]

well i just learned what ERP means & i don't thank you also did you see tiny spider friend descend earlier, too? ^_^

[@CathodeRayDude]

Lish Daelnar NO SOMEONE HAD TO TELL ME

[@VRChat_Degen]

"I'v seen lots of piece of shit clam shell devices" "It transmits... on god knows what frequency" You are making me laugh like crszy

[@DFMurray]

To be fair, a low end bottom of the barrel Gateway "Family" PC was $3,200 in equivalent 2020 money. Not a lot of families running around even today with multiple $3K laptops etc.

[@cysioland]

You can get a MacBook Pro for less, to show the scale

[@airspeedmph]

"I despise Linux" As a fresh subscriber, you broke my heart.

[@GenericSweetener]

That multimeter is strikingly beautiful inside

[@Thanatos2996]

Once I'm done compiling firefox on Gentoo, I'm going to leave a scathing comment about your feelings toward Linux.

[@JessHull]

I had one of those AIM messengers, was so nice and I felt sooooo cool having it along with my Palm M505. Other people didn't seem to agree. I think your right about DECT, mine always seemed to mess up this one off brand of wireless phone my parents had in their bedroom.

[@EddieSlabb]

I appreciate this off the cuff show and tell video for what it is. Your modern content circa 2023/2024 tends towards deep dives and are expertly produced. Very good videos. But i would welcome the occasional update like this on odds and ends should you still wish to make such content. Love your work pal.

[@burgersquid]

Re-PC, the Connections Museum, and Specswizard were the best parts of Seattle when I lived there :D

[@alfulton5946]

Seattle is my favorite big city but that was in 87 when I was 13 and stayed the summer with my great aunt and uncle who were very wealthy

[@Laracrafttrabant]

i was born in 94 and "THE FAMELY PC" arrived in early 2000s i feel you bro. I was the shit when i had my dell 500mhz and a massive CRT playing the sims one xD Talking Crt i am converting a Sony rear projection TV into a Crt Projector. you being the crt dude do you have a professional grade Crt Projector ? would love to see that sexy beast if so

[@endersftd]

14:11 One of those cases where it's not a bug, but intended. Mount doesn't know a media has been ejected, so it doesn't know to umount. Not in a non-desktop interface, anyway.

[@chuck2501]

6:03 never had these in the UK. Were these the devices that could be used to open garage doors?

[@JohnSmith-qf6gu]

I know this is late, but try compiling bash and dropping it on the MiniSD.

[@Guyfromhe]

I used to have that Zipit2 and I Linuxed it but the battery went bad, i still have the first version which has a black and white not backlit screen.. Also Linuxed that

[@gregorymaine9615]

I was of the target age for the IMfree as was my sister, both of us were AIM users at the time, but I ever recall these, nor any of the other late 90s early 2000s instant messenger devices. They weren't all that popular where I grew up I guess. Then again we had cell phones, and I had a bunch of different Palm Pilots, an HP Jornada, and a Compaq Ipaq at that time.

[@Luhsteesay]

𝙸 may not understand most of the stuff you're describing but it's still interesting and entertaining. Keep up the cool old stuff videos mate.

[@ThomasFoster]

I had an Ogo clamshell messenger from AT&T from around this time. Cell-based instant messenger. It was cool but quickly replaced by cellphones.

[@CJT3X]

Random spider cameo @ 2:45 lower right quadrant

[@CJT3X]

Oh you notice eventually 😂

[@HylianOverlord]

pretty sure it was a spring tail.

[@futz48]

That HP meter is so sweet! Fix it! Fix it! Fix it! Fix it! Fix it! Fix it! Fix it!

[@oromoctoecv6411]

i wouldve killed to have msn messenger on a device like that back when i was a teen. oh my god laying in bed chating with that wouldve been a highlight of my teens

[@TheObsesedAnimeFreaks]

"IMfree" and here i thought moto didn't have a soul. that's a hilarious play on words

[@thcoura]

I miss 2000 so much

[@HamousIceCreamTruck]

As soon as you said Linux all I could think of is how I'd love to load retropie on that little bugger. Also what kind of screwdriver is that? The one with the big flower shaped handle? I've seen you use it in the last video. It's real cool but i don't know how to look it up

[@CathodeRayDude]

aw geez yeah I can't remember the name. The type of item is "palm ratchet screwdriver" but the specific model I'd have to look up later

[@HamousIceCreamTruck]

Oh no worries, that's quite enough info, thank you!

[@brandong.1857]

Thanks for not killing that spider🕷🕸🕷

[@caitb94]

oh, to see electronics manufacturers prioritizing repairability again.........

[@kuzadupa185]

If you had more than 1 pc at home, it was almost a sure bet that you didnt have a 2nd phone line to go online with it as well. If the household did have a 2nd phone line it was certainly reserved for mom or dads business phone calls. And thats it.

[@marcuscooper2292]

i have to get those dc power adapters. great video

[@ChillyPeppers]

Did the oscilloscope actually cause the video to start wobbling?

[@orleander8865]

Your channel is amazing!

[@orleander8865]

thank Technology Connections for sending me

[@aydenkron2254]

@@orleander8865 same here!

[@nerys71]

we had the AIM ones that did not fold. they were annoying as hell to set up but once they WERE set up they were amazingly useful and nice to use YEAH the one you shows !!! the motorola one. what a pain until you got it all set them it was BLISS. but it did not last long since smartphones RAPIDLY came out soon afterwards. it only existing in that wee window inbetween.

[@061Hitachi]

Well I had Nokia 6600 in 2004 it had among other things MSN messenger, Aim and all other messengers. Nokia 9300 had WIFI altough I only got internet at home in 2010 so it wasn't used.

[@BushidoBrownSama]

Motorola 2 way pager? if it doesn't connect to a printer...

[@JaredConnell]

That's what I was thinking at first too

[@RhizometricReality]

That keyboard sounds really clicky and nice

[@kuzadupa185]

I loved the zipit! I was able to get linux running on it.

[@simarriott524]

I remember wanting one of these SO badly back in the late 90's early 00's ah my teenage self is SO jealous.

[@aerispalm6523]

i'm 20 and i still remember when i was like 12 and wanted to play portal on the family computer and my parents made weird comments because they thought the game was too violent or something.

[@Nilboggen]

2003 seems very late for a instant messaging AOL device. I was born in 1984 and by 2003 everyone I knew had a nokia cell phone for texting. AOL was dying out and the motorola razor was only a year away in 2004. I had started building my own PCs around 2000 but it is still pretty accurate that most homes had the "family PC" or no PC at all.

[@TheRealAaronWitchey]

Love ur vids

[@chaoticsystem2211]

Show us on the doll where the penguin touched you!

[@danisgay100]

Idk but the zipit was sold by paging companys for doctors, the peek device was more consumer based and was years late on the seen it was sold by family dollar for $99.99 for about a year before the company went belly up, the company made different versions the first was email then they added im and silly apps like weather but it was locked down and 3g at the brake up of the company they offered the devices for free first come first served

[@kurokoro]

Looks like a gba sp

[@DiThi]

I'm surprised nobody has corrected you on iwconfig (not wiconfig).

[@CathodeRayDude]

I am also astonished. All these years later and nobody commented that I had, somehow, remembered an ancient wavelan config tool that was maybe freebsd specific. Absolutely no idea what was going on with my head that day. Doesn't matter, I still wouldn't have gotten it working, I'm sure it was 802.11b and I didn't have an AP.

[@Fl0xtpvnk]

We didn't have a family computer but my parents did put my laptop when I was younger in the dining room

[@lishd]

that fucking oscilloscope thing is **gorgeous**

[@CrazyDustyH]

I'm 25 and we only had one pc when I was growing up

[@kurwamacjebanapizda]

Smallest laptop, actually fingertop, I've ever seen. Wonder what games it could play.

[@friesofwisdom4399]

You got a like from me for the ERP comment XD

[@K3NnY_G]

Jesus, this man can drop F-bombs in all the right ways..

[@CD3WD-Project]

I love this dude. Shit

[@user-fs9mv8px1y]

spider friend 🥺

[@charlie_nolan]

My family had a single living room computer until I got a laptop in 2017…

[@gotoastal]

This is awesome. Linux is awesome.

[@firewalldaprotogen]

BUT WILL IT RUN DOOM?

[@firewalldaprotogen]

honestly im pretty sure there is a linux version of doom that you can put on one of the sd cards

[@rileysimmons9886]

The ERP comments gave me terrible flashbacks and I hate you now

[@BushidoBrownSama]

e.r.p. i'm not familiar with that acronym

[@ZiggyTheHamster]

Hint: it's not Enterprise Resource Planning

[@LaskyLabs]

If only you had gotten this to work before AOL had killed AIM. I made a new AIM back in 2017 and it worked PERFECTLY, even on Windows 2000, it was so cool. But I never had anyone to talk to so it was useless. It was so damn cool to me though.

[@LaskyLabs]

Oh wait, I forgot that there are custom AIM and MSN servers running at the moment. Just use one of those lol.

[@bangdollarsign]

Hate Linux!?! Something is wrong with you.

[@crz1990]

Well you can’t just show off wood grain and not include a model number and expect to get away with it. What the hell is it? Who cares? It’s got wood grain and cards inside!

[@cts]

"I detest Linux!" Uses an Android phone. 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@catfish552]

Can't recall the last time I had to fuck around with a command prompt on an Android device though, so.....

[@Heymisterbadguy]

Of fucking course he was referring to Linux as in using Desktop Linux distros (which I love, but I 100% understand that is a fucking pain that most people won't want to go through, even very tech savvy ones). Android is not Linux just because it uses the linux kernel. Everybody knows the kernel is called Linux. Doesn't matter, that obviously was not what he was referring to.