needlebat Posted August 25 Share Posted August 25 1 hour ago, jbtech said: This Youtube video isn't new but I just happened across it, many will have heard of the original Space War game and you can see it running on original PDP-1 hardware in the clip. A joy to watch. Once upon a time I worked on PDP11s fun days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbtech Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 36 minutes ago, needlebat said: A joy to watch. Once upon a time I worked on PDP11s fun days. Never worked on those but I do remember them and their wire-wrap backplanes - still being used along with PDP8s when I started in IT (don't think they even called it that back in the day) I love the contrast in that video between the beautiful restoration work done on those ancient computers, bringing them back to working condition and the woodworking skills, (not so much) knocking up a couple of arcade style control decks to play spacewar! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needlebat Posted August 26 Share Posted August 26 13 hours ago, jbtech said: love the contrast in that video between the beautiful restoration work done on those ancient computers, bringing them back to working condition and the woodworking skills, (not so much) knocking up a couple of arcade style control decks to play spacewar! The wooden boxes were a hoot! Electrical Systems Engineering was my precursor to IT :) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Arcade King Posted August 26 Author Administrators Share Posted August 26 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limorange Posted August 28 Share Posted August 28 Gotta love Bargearse, good old D Generation, cool pong machine at the end. 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbtech Posted August 29 Share Posted August 29 Here's one about the PDP11 - just in case anyone was wondering what we were talking about @needlebat ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needlebat Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 6 hours ago, jbtech said: Here's one about the PDP11 - just in case anyone was wondering what we were talking about @needlebat ... A walk down memory lane... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needlebat Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 Suzanne Ciani Creates The Soundtrack For A Pinball Machine A little doco on the making of the sounds and voice for Xenon. Some great retro equipment as well, a little BASIC, a VT100, what's not to like! Also, you can get the soundtrack to Xenon from bandcamp - digital or vinyl 🙂 You can go have a listen to the uncompressed-to-almost-death sounds for free - https://finderskeepersrecords.bandcamp.com/album/xenon Quote Greg Kmiec’s Xenon pinball machine was released in 1980 and marked a significant milestone in pinball technology and design. The expansion of microchip technology would provide new opportunities for sound designer and synth pioneer Suzanne Ciani, allowing for basic oscillator control and a wider scope for sampling capacity which could facilitate the higher frequencies of a female human voice and entirely reshape the concept of the machine in the process. By using state of the art Synclavier synthesiser technology and an invaluable experience in film scoring and record production Suzanne would devise a complete minimal music score for the machine, then dissect the piece into separate fragments that would be triggered throughout the game play adding an extra creative dimension in player inter-activity (potentially turning the participant into their own musical arranger). By incorporating her own infamous voice box (which had been the focus of a seminal David Letterman Show feature) Suzanne’s combination of a harmoniser and a vocoder also provided the first-ever female identity to a pinball machine which in conjunction with the games ergonomic design and Paul Faris’ figurative graphics (echoing the aesthetic of Rene Laloux and Roland Topor’s La Planète Sauvage) Xenon was able to add a degree of subconscious sensuality to its performance, a feature previously unchartered in arcade development. This disc presents the full extent of Suzanne Ciani’s groundbreaking musical effects for Xenon, in their isolated form, for the first time ever heard outside of the confines of the machine which recently earned the composer her own induction to the Pinball Expo Hall Of Fame. The Letterman clip referenced is here: @Autosteve 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorsedge Posted October 4 Share Posted October 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorsedge Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 And that is why your Pollies in 'Parliament' call the Citizens "Plebs", peely. Deluded, at Law. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Arcade King Posted October 6 Author Administrators Share Posted October 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needlebat Posted October 6 Share Posted October 6 Some interesting tests in there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Arcade King Posted October 6 Author Administrators Share Posted October 6 All crazy! Good fun. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Arcade King Posted October 8 Author Administrators Share Posted October 8 This guy is my favourite YouTuber now 😄 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyLand Posted October 8 Share Posted October 8 (edited) 5 hours ago, Arcade King said: This guy is my favourite YouTuber now 😄 I actually do some of the testing he does on his bench, Been messing around with microwaves, lasers and coils for years, His vids are less about safety then you might think though, there is alot he is NOT saying on the subject and is more focused on making fun videos and what is potentially possible. Jenn totally loves that guy too...Five star! Edited October 8 by CandyLand 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorsedge Posted October 9 Share Posted October 9 I thought what old mate done here with an old police Speed Gun was pretty wild . . . https://www.bitchute.com/video/c9KVh4eDMaOb/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davefjedi Posted October 10 Share Posted October 10 On 06/10/2023 at 6:26 PM, Arcade King said: Saw this last night quite sparky 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Arcade King Posted October 10 Author Administrators Share Posted October 10 8 minutes ago, Davefjedi said: Saw this last night quite sparky Here we go! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needlebat Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 On 09/10/2023 at 1:18 AM, CandyLand said: I actually do some of the testing he does on his bench, Been messing around with microwaves, lasers and coils for years, His vids are less about safety then you might think though, there is alot he is NOT saying on the subject and is more focused on making fun videos and what is potentially possible. Jenn totally loves that guy too...Five star! I think you could safely make a full wave oven with a second xformer, magnetron, cap and diode. Given each magnetron is only emitting for half a cycle it should be safe from standing waves and such... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyLand Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 (edited) Safe is a relative term, Yes you can but your also dealing with high voltage caps and radiation...The latter was my particular point of interest, Its an interesting study with parts quite easily obtained, but personally have backed down on that some as it wasn't serving my needs, ( was trying to make a benchtop parttical accelerator) and ran into phase matching problems, will probably move more towards Tesla coil drivers in the future on that project Edited October 12 by CandyLand 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needlebat Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 5 hours ago, CandyLand said: Tesla coil Do love me a good Tesla Coil - always wanted to use an electric clothes dryer as a rotary switch - because looking in through the window would be such fun 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CandyLand Posted October 12 Share Posted October 12 58 minutes ago, needlebat said: Do love me a good Tesla Coil - always wanted to use an electric clothes dryer as a rotary switch - because looking in through the window would be such fun 🙂 https://youtu.be/VcZe8_RZO8c?si=NixyBdf1dVO9cCSl 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldhank Posted October 27 Share Posted October 27 https://youtu.be/-bJfpsl2Xco?si=gL0yznDtm4DfYsE7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan555 Posted October 29 Share Posted October 29 I have not watched this yet but an MTB mate sent it to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
razorsedge Posted October 30 Share Posted October 30 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now