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What the heck, i find this channel now, and your left.. dam YT alg.

Your work deserves to be seen! :)

Wow, first time seeing the channel. You have done a lot of impressive stuff. what a resume!

I no longer care to use UA-cam/Google "Products". I had learned so much in the past from UA-cam now its all low quality click bait. Sadly its only getting worse. I am setting up my own backups of things I like now because someday they will be gone. We need an alternative peer based system to make sure information is not lost. We are slowly burning the Library of Alexandria.

Hi Michael. It's a tragedy that you want to close your YT channel. I've always enjoyed following your projects. Probably your videos have always been too “serious”. You could probably generate more click-baits with sensational headlines. Unfortunately, the YT algorithms are not transparent. True to the motto: “Don't trust an algorithm you didn't create yourself”. In any case, I have always appreciated your creativity and technical know-how. It would be happy if you would continue tinkering anyway and let us participate in some way ;)

how dare you close down the channel >:( perfect english is irrelevant, in fact lack of it can add a certain charm the trick is that youtube REALLY cares about how much of the video people watch, and how many of the impressions translate into actual views, if you get put in the suggestions for 100 people, and only 3 people click on it, that tells youtube "nobody seems to care, no point advertising it to most people", and if you have a 1000 views, but 700 of them quit one minute into the video that tells youtube "must be trash or deceptive video, nobody actually watches it"

It looks like a very intriguing UA-cam channel; you only showed your channel. It looks like an Aladins cave; very interesting content. I subscribed just to the two videos I've watched. If your doing new content okay, not delete channel some rash like this. I looking forward, looking at a lot of videos, it looks like I might be looking for, so please don't delete anything. Just leave it as is, please?

Sadly, this is the first video i've ever seen from you thanks to my recommendations.

thank you very very much.

I got my ZX-81 as a kit, imported from the U.K. It was the 1 KB version, with two 2114 SRAM chips. By adjusting the VHOLD on my old black and white TV far out of range (60 Hz to 50 Hz), I could get a stable display. (The family's good colour TV would not go out of range far enough to use for the ZX-81.) I learned Forth on my HP 71B handheld computer. There is a Forth word called SMUDGE that allows you use a word in its own definition, and thus write recursive functions. Currently, I have a Tandy WP-2 "portable word processor", a Z80 system with 256 KB ROM, 32 KB SRAM, 128 KB CMOS battery-backed RAMdisk, 8 line x 80 character LCD, serial, parallel, and casette tape ports, and a nice keyboard. I read that it also can run Forth out of RAM.

Every time I get bored with one of these and sell it, something new comes out and I buy another one. I'm on my 8th one. LOL! This made a great 1-800 war dialers in the 90s, clipped on a line somewhere and stuffed in a bush until morning.

why is it youtube suppresses the content I WANT to see and keeps feeding the same few videos I dont to my feed? I find this amazing channel and only after the guy leaves for the exact same reason??

you might be leaving, but i am still subscribing.

I've never seen your channel which is weird since I search for this kind of content all the time. YT is weird as F... why does it shadow ban some videos? Why do videos with stupid open mouth drama thumbnails that are empty of any real substance get 100K views? YT is broken and I don't blame you for giving up on this mess.

i've buy an euro pc with power supply, the leaked battery have just 1 trace corroded and fix it, but when i power on the euro pc does just a very long beep but display nothing, black screen, what's the problem?

Good luck with your future endeavours. Like many others in the comments I too was never was offered your videos until the YT algorithm pushed your exit video for spite. Please archive your videos some place else as well to prevent accidental deletion of your work here on YT. Your content is not exactly what I would watch but I am impressed by your skill and wide range of machines you have worked on. Thank you for the polite and informative video.

UA-cam is a swamp of content both good and bad. I have nearly a thousand subscriptions - far too many to keep up with! (even the very best ones!) I think if you haven't had a lucky break then you have to further build your 'brand' beyond these walls - Discord, Patreon, wherever. The tools and opportunities to 'break through' here alone just aren't viable.

Yeah UA-cam has quite the algorithm. Just announce the end of you channel and boom! right in my feed. Sorry you're leaving, but I will enjoy the vids you've got. Best Wishes!

RIP Bye bye, I hope you share some of your other projects in the future somewhere... you do cool things! Maybe a blog or something :)

It really feels bad that the algorithm didn't show you to me until now, since 70s and 80s microcomputer projects are one of my favorite things to watch on the platform.

I discovered your channel today and you are closing it, what a shame! But I understand, youtube has become a real shithole!

Hope you'll be back some day and things will be better :-)

If someone wants the videos downloaded in case they get deleted, lemme know.

I never heard of you before. UA-cam is becoming a disaster. The only thing I get from it is established good channels and clickbait. It's algorithm promotes clickbait over good stuff liker yours.

Author has died?

of course the algorithm shows me this cool seeming channel only now. best of luck in whatever you do next.

hi, just discovered your channel today, a pitty that you closed it ;)

What makes a "good" video is trends like "the floor is lava". Intelligent content never gets promoted. It is sad to see your channel go, but I hope you are present on other platforms. Unfortunately, UA-cam is the platform where the views are nowadays. Lets hope that the situation changes in the future. I've been looking to replace UA-cam as well. P. S.: I see the same exact behavior on my channel. I can only get 50 views per day, if not less, and that's when I get no subscribers. If I get one or two subscribers that day, my views drop dramatically. Clearly throttling.

This is an unfortunate situation, and I can relate to that. The UA-cam algorithm is made to promote useless big media and not small creators, and the name should be changed to "TheirTube", which would be also fitting for other reasons. View throttling is very real, as I only get a predetermined amount of views per day, and I get less if I get one subscriber that day. The ads on the platform are unbearable and ever growing. The site itself is slow. Anyway, only now I was able discover your channel, so I can guess that the UA-cam algorithm is doing a disservice, because this is the kind of content I usually search and I could have found it already. Anything electronics or computer related pleases me. Subscribed!

Maybe you'll feel like making another one at somepoint. Why say it's the last?

The Speakjet!

Well I'm subscribed, and this only just showed up in my feed, 2 days after the fact. I suspect the algorithm is optimised around big creators and trending videos. I've known a few channels that were tiny, and suddenly grew orders of magnitude from one video. I don't think its nefarious, Its just like any other entertainment industry (books, music). You slog for ages getting nowhere, and eventually, hopefully, you make it big.

The TY algorithm can really suck sometimes... I have never seen your videos but for some reason this one was recommended and your channel looks good!

I only JUST discovered your channel today. It really seems like a cruel joke that UA-cam starts recommending your channel only when you are quitting. It's like the algorithm is being a complete troll/bully to your channel. Just awful. I wish you well in the future.

Strange and exotic tech - not much interested for casuals But you're need only own interest and no more need there =)

All the best!

Wow, of course I get recommended this channel right on the final video. This is a truly authentic video and channel, unlike what most of UA-cam has become. I wish you the best on your future endeavors and never lose your passion!

I'm crying.

Hi Michael, I am also one of those people to whom a video of yours has been recommended for the first time. It may sound strange, as I obviously did not watch you in the past, but I wish to thank you for creating this channel and these videos. What is immediately obvious is that this was truly a labour of love and the kind of content that makes UA-cam worth visiting, even if the platform itself sometimes fails to recognize it. I wish you good health, good luck and success in your life. Thank you, again, for your time and your knowledge, which you made available to us through this channel.

A few things: 1) Sorry I didn't get to watch your channel while it was still live. I will surely go through your archives for the Atari 800XL content, if nothing else. 2) A lot of your voice synthesis reminds me Dr. Sbaitso, a fake AI speech synthesis from the MS DOS era, 3) You have done more with vintage computers than I could ever dream. Thank you for keeping these majestic beasts not only alive, but vibrantly so.

Just found the channel, sucks to see you go

Wow, I've never come across your channel before but always had a neat fascination of microcontroller/old computers and electronics (And odd fascination as I am only 23, and some of these old beauties are almost double as old as I am). UA-cam only today recommended this video and your channel. Terrible timing and of all videos its a sign off video, But I have a small backlog of content I can go through of yours and I shall enjoy. Terrible to see you go and I wish you the best in your future endeavours.

kinda crazy how the first video I see of yours is your Goodbye one :( However, I will take a closer look at your channel. All the best!

ну по крайней мере это не из-за здоровья. моему каналу 14 лет и всего 35 подписчиков, ну и что ? это ведь не повод прекращать игру. конечно было бы не плохо чтобы канал приносил хоть какую-то копеечку, ну например купить видеокамеру по лучше или добавить место для хранения видеозаписей в компьютер. но уже как есть. не совсем теневой бан, ведь я раньше и не подозревал о существовании твоего канала)

Your english is fine. Yes, I can hear the German tendencies in how you speak. But it's very mild. Your voice is no problem, and your pronunciation is clear. Regarding viewership. We retro computer enthusiasts are a small but dedicated group in the grand scheme of things. And within our entire group, there are smaller groups interested in TRS-80s for instance or other more obscure things. Its really cool to have videos about much of this stuff and have things documented etc. But I can see how getting traction can be difficult even with quality content. Your channel might not be mainstream, but the content might still be of great value for the audience you have/had. So thanks for the years of contribution 🙌 👍

just discovered this, i suppose i have a backlog to watch though

Long live niche hobby! 🔥🔥🔥

alorythm bring me here to say goodbay seems like

I am feeling your pain. However, I try to make videoes for myself and share them with others. Maybe it will help them out. You have great videos and your Engish is good too. I've not had any issues understanding you! I hope you will reconsider and make more great videos. Ignore any haters and do it for the fun and joy! Wishing you all the best!!

ROFL... similar experiences here, too, unfortunately. Once, in fact, one of my videos was copied over to a Chinese video service site (Bilibili)... and guess what... on that MUCH SMALLER site, as an isolated video among many, it actually performed TWICE BETTER than on UA-cam. I also saw recently a very successful channel of some Indian gentleman who had, apparently, created a channel entirely out of stolen and chopped up interview videos. (I.e. videos of longer interviews that had no obvious connection to him, snipped into 3-5 min sequences.) This is what UA-cam "really wants".