This comment is especially funny to me as someone familiar with their first attempt at making an electronic keyboard, the 1970s Optigan. That too was a disaster due to awful engineering and build quality, despite having some pretty clever and original ideas behind it.
@@jamesbennettmusic Neat. And great to know there's at least one of them in the UK; crossing my fingers that Techmoan gets a chance to borrow it someday, because it seems right up his alley and would make for a fascinating video.
The funny part is that this statement is coming from someone who is dealing with crappy toy keyboard mechanisms on a regular basis. So that means that is the mechanical design of this device is up there with the worst keyboards, or down there, well how ever you want to put it. ;)
Radio Shack used to have the exact foam you need. It was a 1/4"-thick closed-cell foam that was used to prevent air-leaks in speaker cabinets -- you'd put it on the edge of the cabinet, and then screw the back onto the cabinet, compressing the foam and sealing the cabinet to the back. It would've been perfect for this project -- if only Radio Shack was still in business. :-(
The Color Computer community, where 8-Bit Guy actually did an interview recently, also did a remote at the first full-on Radio Shack store that's reopened, AIUI. It's in Keller, Texas, north of Forth Worth and hence in his neighborhood. (No promises that they have that particular foam in stock.)
When we were kids (circa 2002) my brother and I were playing the army tank game on Intellivision. We put it down switched off the tv and went to eat or something and forgot to turn the intellivision off. We had several game consoles and only 1 tv so some time later we decided to play n64 or playstation or whatever and swapped the video input to the other console. A year or 2 later we decided to play intellivision again, we reached under the cabinet to get it out and noticed it was warm... We plugged the video back in to the tv, and the 2 army tanks were still sitting right there where we left them!!! So we resumed our game! Haha!
@@jcdowen must live under an unreliable power grid if you're resetting your microwave clock more than once a year... I can't remember the last time I had to set mine outside of daylight savings.
@@timothy2830 while personally I do live on an island 30 miles off the coast of Scotland where we have powercuts 30+ times a year, but even in a major city the likely-hood of a completely stable electrical supply are quite slim, even if it isn't a wide outage, surely a trip-switch (circuit breaker) would be tripped once in that amount of time, especially in America with the awful plug/socket design there
I had one when I was a kid. It was awefull for programming. It had one really good game called "mind strike". The word was they made the computer add on because they were being fined for showing a keyboard adapter for years as "coming soon" in ads, and were starting to be fined for not actually having one.
It's amazing to me how you're able to get these old mass-produced machines working again with clever usage of repair store parts. The face that you're memorializing these machines while essentially giving a repair tutorial for something that likely never had a service manual is awesome. Keep up the great work, your channel is a gem.
I think it was more of a case of getting frustrated with the project, and sometimes it's best to just walk away for a while, and come back when you are not, plus it could be eating into time needing to be spent on other videos.
Well... oldcomputers.net/pics/ti994-sidecars.jpg And Apple has only dongle hell because you aren't upgrading your stuff in tune with technology. You see everyone else comes after half a decade later.
@@GeirEivindMork : Yup. The great Apple gets to decide when people should throw out their older but perfectly usable technology. How dare people not throw out something that works for them!
"So, I'm going to have to test eeeach individual one with a multimeter to figure out which side to put them on.." Why didn't you just blanket mark/color the non-coated side /before/ punching them out..? o_O
I had a good laugh at the vlc joke, I laughed even more at that part of the video XD I bet just didnt think of it before... like when remembering heat shrink after wire is soldered :D
@@YyXblu thanks, I must've been reading the comments or something because if it were real it would've slapped me right in the face with how obvious it was 😂
@@enjibkk6850 : Except that you can get this vinyl paint-on "heat shrink" stuff (they actually call it liquid electrical tape), so _that_ one you can easily (even if messily) fix.
You know, I was thinking about this. I could totally re-engineer this thing with a 3D printed mechanism and some bubble contacts or something. It would of course never be worth the trouble but it could be done! On the other hand, that exact foam is sold at Home Depot in the cabinet area for padding. I have some of it in my shop storage bin. You should have called me!
I had also thought about 3D printing something that could be epoxied into the back side of the keys, which would then have some sort of rubberized carbon contact or something on the bottom. This would eliminate the need for the foam completely. But, didn't have the desire to undertake that.
8-Bit Keys Just big standard bubble contacts and some mechanical padding to hold up the board. Not as authentic as keeping the original plastic strip, but no custom manufacturing needed.
12:57 you could have sprayed the non-conductive side of the whole sheet with some sparse pale paint before punching circles. This would saved you a lot of multimeter testing time
When I saw that I wondered if the color coding was because BASIC was storing the commands themselves as tokens and the rest as plain text. I seem to recall a number of different BASIC versions doing that, and you could save the program as "tokenized" or all text.
Totally amazed and delighted that I came across this video tonight. I grew up with playing the Intellivision I & II with my siblings in the early 80's, and I still have both consoles along with the voice synthesizer and system changer and tons of games. Also, I'm a musician who plays 80's retrowave / electro pop on several analog and digital synths. so this video was a total gem for me. ~ Never knew Mattel had a keyboard and ECS unit for their system. I know it takes some time for me to upload videos when I'm managing two or three camera angles on a synth session, but dude... all this footage and clips of you breaking down the chassis and running around to hobby shops to find the right materials, and then putting it together... more patience than anyone I know. You really made such an informative and interesting video here and followed through on all of your hard work. Very impressive! Thanks so much for sharing.
if you run into difficultly finding foam again, hit me up, we have place here in Australia called Clark Rubber, that has a large range of foam rubber and foams in multiple sizes, as they are a specialist in stocking foam rubbers
You are awesome. I'd had given up after the finding of the painted foam strip. But not only did you come up with a solution how to restore this piece of ... electronic waste, in the end and many hours of nerve wracking one shots you brought it actually back to life. Chapeau!
2:58 Wow, I’ve never expected syntax highlighting on machine that is over 30 years old. Syntax highlighting is very common these days, but I’m pretty sure it was very uncommon back then.
@Lassi Kinnunen I replied to a different comment before seeing this one; I remember a number of BASICs doing that, storing commands as "tokens" of a byte or two. Since these were interpreted BASICs back then (not compiled into a pure executable binary) using tokens saved space like you said, and was faster, sort of like pre-interpreted a bit.
Absolutely do an ECS video. Retro Man Cave just did an Aquarius series (And it's fantastic by the way, check it out), He mentioned these in the history of that machine and now I'm intrigued by these little weird computer add ons I've never heard of.
Welcome back!!! I’ve been waiting for a new video on this channel. Don’t get me wrong, I love 8-but guy videos but the repair videos are my absolute favorite.
This video is not just an 8-Bit Keys, but also an 8-Bit Guy style video at the same time. Never before have I felt so intrigued to click faster on the replay.
I've been thinking about fixing my Intellivision Synthesizer for years, but could never find any kind of tutorial. Thank you so much for this video! It's not a great keyboard, but as far as I know it's the first one for a game console. That's worth something, right?
There's also a BASIC adapter for the Atari 2600, believe it or not. Yes, please do a video (or two) on the Matell ECS! I would love to see just what's in the box and how it works!
I believe every console from the 80's had a BASIC computer available for it. Even the NES did, but wasn't as easy to start due to the fact that it doesn't have the same expansion ports its Japanese counterpart, the Famicom, have.
Can we take a moment to appreciate David cutting out 48(!) little circular conductive things, checking the conductivity on each side of each circle, putting all of them up to the right place, and doing all this masking and overall putting that much effort into this thing?
Although not really interested in the music side of things, I still found myself watching this just for the fantastic presentation and walkthrough of the repairs. Superb vid as ever! 🙂
Amazing work on that keyboard! I love tinkering like that but think this project would be a bit advanced for me. Great execution with the material you had available!
I just figured something out. I've watched a number of _8-Bit Keys_ videos, as well as computer restoration ones, but it was not clear to me why you even wanted to do some of the stuff you do. The answer hit me while watching this one. *You are a "hot-rodder"!* Just that instead of cars, you use old computers and keyboards, striving to get them back to "cherry" condition. Cool!
That kind of patience comes only from love to old technology... Great job. I always enjoy your work... Please keep up with it. Greetings from Argentina...
Very interesting fix to a very unique and troublesome problem. Foam weather strip is what came to mind. THD has some that is very squishy and comes in various widths and thicknesses.
You're pretty good at the coding, the disassembly, the electronics, the soldering, etc. But you're also really good at stuff like figuring out that foam strip. No manuals out there to read to learn how to fix things like that. You're adaptive!
Wow, that was such a quest to restore the keyboard, no surprise video took so long to be made. Nonetheless, that's a great job, I guess that's what makes the review so interesting. Thank you!
Quality show that I enjoy. Maybe the foam/keys will loosen up a bit after playing it over time. The determination is appreciated! A few breath holding moments! I could almost smell the spray adhesive.
Yup, the keyboard foam strip in these are horrible. Ran into this myself on the original brown model. But I love that fix. I simply cleaned up the existing strip as best I could, but it was still terrible. I might have to do a Part 2 on my original video. Nice work David.
I like it when you go to the stores in videos as i live in the UK and it's interesting to see what you have. Seems like the ones in the US, or at least Texas, are about 10 times the size! I work in a craft store and i wish we could have this much.
Too limp, too thick, a pair of balls, we've all been there...
I'm honestly suprised he didn't make a dad joke at that part.
@@matthew65536 Hello Honestly Surprised, I'm Dad!
@@matthew65536 Just an LGR joke waiting to happen
Nice
sweet
"The contact system here is probably the cheapest, most horrible design I've come across so far" - that's the Mattel® way!
This comment is especially funny to me as someone familiar with their first attempt at making an electronic keyboard, the 1970s Optigan. That too was a disaster due to awful engineering and build quality, despite having some pretty clever and original ideas behind it.
@@stevethepocket look on my channel and you'll see I'm inclined to agree...I documented the repair of one a couple of years ago.
@@jamesbennettmusic Neat. And great to know there's at least one of them in the UK; crossing my fingers that Techmoan gets a chance to borrow it someday, because it seems right up his alley and would make for a fascinating video.
The funny part is that this statement is coming from someone who is dealing with crappy toy keyboard mechanisms on a regular basis. So that means that is the mechanical design of this device is up there with the worst keyboards, or down there, well how ever you want to put it. ;)
You can tell it’s Mattel, it’s swell!
An external nearly useless box attached to a far less popular games console from the middle of the video game crash.
I can't imagine how it failed.
Its like fuck, I haven't been doing that good man, I wanna support the children and the channel it tough though
Radio Shack used to have the exact foam you need. It was a 1/4"-thick closed-cell foam that was used to prevent air-leaks in speaker cabinets -- you'd put it on the edge of the cabinet, and then screw the back onto the cabinet, compressing the foam and sealing the cabinet to the back. It would've been perfect for this project -- if only Radio Shack was still in business. :-(
You can get it at almost any hardware store as weather striping
I mean a few stores are still around, at least they were last I checked...
Yup, I can confirm that there are at least two Radioshacks still around.
It's at all the home stores. It's called weather stripping. Simple.
The Color Computer community, where 8-Bit Guy actually did an interview recently, also did a remote at the first full-on Radio Shack store that's reopened, AIUI. It's in Keller, Texas, north of Forth Worth and hence in his neighborhood. (No promises that they have that particular foam in stock.)
Home Depot sells weather stripping that looks like it would have been a good match.
Blimey... now that I think of it, yea, that really is a legit idea. +1
@@slightlyevolved Exactly what I came here to say!
So much this, would have been the perfect size and only adhesive on one side too
First thought I had too.
David lives in Texas so they probably don't need it as much as we do in Canada. That's probably why it hasn't crossed his mind.
"Look, they're selling 3D icons of VLC-player"
I wonder what their use would be. Decoration perhaps
@@flightlesschicken7769 Breaking Windows
@@flightlesschicken7769 you wear them as hats when you're on a pub crawl.
Obviously its for a halloween costume duh
Just add Raspberry Pi done
I dedd Xd lollllololol
OK I have to admit the VLC joke made me laugh out loud
Same
Something about the nonchalantness of it made me crack up.
@@DecayingReverie Similar
yee
those would go great with some 3d printed save icons :)
When we were kids (circa 2002) my brother and I were playing the army tank game on Intellivision. We put it down switched off the tv and went to eat or something and forgot to turn the intellivision off. We had several game consoles and only 1 tv so some time later we decided to play n64 or playstation or whatever and swapped the video input to the other console. A year or 2 later we decided to play intellivision again, we reached under the cabinet to get it out and noticed it was warm... We plugged the video back in to the tv, and the 2 army tanks were still sitting right there where we left them!!! So we resumed our game! Haha!
Oh my gosh lol that reminds me of the time I left my got glue gun plugged in for 2 weeks by accident. The barrel is still golden to this day😁
No powercuts/outages in 2 years? /R/quityourbullshit
@@jcdowen must live under an unreliable power grid if you're resetting your microwave clock more than once a year...
I can't remember the last time I had to set mine outside of daylight savings.
@@timothy2830 while personally I do live on an island 30 miles off the coast of Scotland where we have powercuts 30+ times a year, but even in a major city the likely-hood of a completely stable electrical supply are quite slim, even if it isn't a wide outage, surely a trip-switch (circuit breaker) would be tripped once in that amount of time, especially in America with the awful plug/socket design there
@@jcdowen "surely" -- why? Doesn't take much to not trip a breaker.
"If you need a pair of Balls, they do keep those in Stock" - 8-bit guy 11:00
I was looking for this comment as soon as he said the line :D
It doesn't look like he bought them.
@@Okurka. He's already got balls of steel.
that "computer" addon along with the Aquarius seems to be why nobody's talking about Mattel computers today.
you leave the aquarius alone! tron deadly disks was a great game :)
I had one when I was a kid. It was awefull for programming. It had one really good game called "mind strike". The word was they made the computer add on because they were being fined for showing a keyboard adapter for years as "coming soon" in ads, and were starting to be fined for not actually having one.
Mattel had computers? I knew about he Odyssey by Sears, but Mattel!? That's so weird.
@@Zenas521 RetroManCave did a video series on the Mattel Aquarius. Probably one of the most pathetic computers of the early 80's.
Aquarius had Utopia, which was killer!
It's amazing to me how you're able to get these old mass-produced machines working again with clever usage of repair store parts. The face that you're memorializing these machines while essentially giving a repair tutorial for something that likely never had a service manual is awesome.
Keep up the great work, your channel is a gem.
Next time before punching them out take marker pan and make lines on non conductive side to spare yourself extra work.
Too bad you ran out of time on this one. I could have watched 30 minutes of this.
I think it was more of a case of getting frustrated with the project, and sometimes it's best to just walk away for a while, and come back when you are not, plus it could be eating into time needing to be spent on other videos.
i do hope he comes back to it, i love this channel
@@CommodoreFan64 Same story if you get married.
@@Ndlanding Or you have a girlfriend who has moved in with ya LoL!
LOL, he didn't "run out of time." He could have given you 10 hours if he had really wanted to.
everyone: never have water near electronics
this man: hold my casio
I love how all of these projects are like a labor of love for you. I never dreamed I would find all of this retro electronic stuff interesting.
This is where Apple got their new dongle-adapter hell scheme from! 😂🙈
ua-cam.com/video/kAG39jKi0lI/v-deo.html
Well...
oldcomputers.net/pics/ti994-sidecars.jpg
And Apple has only dongle hell because you aren't upgrading your stuff in tune with technology. You see everyone else comes after half a decade later.
@@GeirEivindMork : Yup. The great Apple gets to decide when people should throw out their older but perfectly usable technology. How dare people not throw out something that works for them!
Not Apple - Tim Cook, bet his favorite toy was Barbie doll, as thin as possible to sell clothes (covers, adapters) once it's broken get another one.
"So, I'm going to have to test eeeach individual one with a multimeter to figure out which side to put them on.."
Why didn't you just blanket mark/color the non-coated side /before/ punching them out..? o_O
I had a good laugh at the vlc joke, I laughed even more at that part of the video XD
I bet just didnt think of it before... like when remembering heat shrink after wire is soldered :D
@@enjibkk6850 can I have a timestamp for the vlc joke? I seemed to miss or it it went over my head 😕
@@Ryan1456100 here you go: 11:17
@@YyXblu thanks, I must've been reading the comments or something because if it were real it would've slapped me right in the face with how obvious it was 😂
@@enjibkk6850 : Except that you can get this vinyl paint-on "heat shrink" stuff (they actually call it liquid electrical tape), so _that_ one you can easily (even if messily) fix.
I gotta admire this guy's patience and innovation! Many thanks for filming and posting.
You know, I was thinking about this. I could totally re-engineer this thing with a 3D printed mechanism and some bubble contacts or something. It would of course never be worth the trouble but it could be done! On the other hand, that exact foam is sold at Home Depot in the cabinet area for padding. I have some of it in my shop storage bin. You should have called me!
I had also thought about 3D printing something that could be epoxied into the back side of the keys, which would then have some sort of rubberized carbon contact or something on the bottom. This would eliminate the need for the foam completely. But, didn't have the desire to undertake that.
8-Bit Keys Just big standard bubble contacts and some mechanical padding to hold up the board. Not as authentic as keeping the original plastic strip, but no custom manufacturing needed.
@@8BitKeys can you not buy standalone bubble domes?
12:57 you could have sprayed the non-conductive side of the whole sheet with some sparse pale paint before punching circles. This would saved you a lot of multimeter testing time
Syntax higlighting!
When I saw that I wondered if the color coding was because BASIC was storing the commands themselves as tokens and the rest as plain text. I seem to recall a number of different BASIC versions doing that, and you could save the program as "tokenized" or all text.
Damn, you put a lot of work into that foam thing
Totally amazed and delighted that I came across this video tonight. I grew up with playing the Intellivision I & II with my siblings in the early 80's, and I still have both consoles along with the voice synthesizer and system changer and tons of games. Also, I'm a musician who plays 80's retrowave / electro pop on several analog and digital synths. so this video was a total gem for me. ~ Never knew Mattel had a keyboard and ECS unit for their system. I know it takes some time for me to upload videos when I'm managing two or three camera angles on a synth session, but dude... all this footage and clips of you breaking down the chassis and running around to hobby shops to find the right materials, and then putting it together... more patience than anyone I know. You really made such an informative and interesting video here and followed through on all of your hard work. Very impressive! Thanks so much for sharing.
if you run into difficultly finding foam again, hit me up, we have place here in Australia called Clark Rubber, that has a large range of foam rubber and foams in multiple sizes, as they are a specialist in stocking foam rubbers
Those Clark rubber ads scared me when I was little
Fun fact
Can they deliver in plain, brown paper, sealed packages without the firm's name on?
@@Ndlanding hold up
If you're getting two balls, you might as well get some foam rubbers while you're at it.
I was kinda thinking you’d end up using weather stripping foam. Cause I think that’d be an appropriate alternate.
"I suppose if you need a pair of balls..."
Are they made of steel?
I was able to stop by and visit David while he was finishing this video up. Such a nice guy and great to his fans.
My brother lives in Ft. Worth. I'll be visiting him in Feb 2020, would love to meet David as well.
You are awesome. I'd had given up after the finding of the painted foam strip. But not only did you come up with a solution how to restore this piece of ... electronic waste, in the end and many hours of nerve wracking one shots you brought it actually back to life. Chapeau!
2:58 Wow, I’ve never expected syntax highlighting on machine that is over 30 years old.
Syntax highlighting is very common these days, but I’m pretty sure it was very uncommon back then.
Well, the ZX Spectrum does it too, sort of. It actually checks for code syntax in real time as you're typing!
@Lassi Kinnunen I replied to a different comment before seeing this one; I remember a number of BASICs doing that, storing commands as "tokens" of a byte or two. Since these were interpreted BASICs back then (not compiled into a pure executable binary) using tokens saved space like you said, and was faster, sort of like pre-interpreted a bit.
Does the intellivision require retrobriting or are the accessories a different colour anyway?
Looks like the keyboard could stand it, but the other parts are their original colors.
All 3 devices are Intellivisions.
I binge watched every episode and you inspired me to pick up an old Casio on Ebay. Thank you for the trip down memory lane.
Congratulations on 200,000 subscribers!!
My goodness, that was really a pain in the ass to repair this keyboard!
"3-dimensional icon for VLC media player"
😂
I love how tenacious and thorough you are.
This is, like, the most work that you’ve ever done. I salute you, man.
Who else is screaming self adhesive draft excluder that is made for doors and windows?
(hand up)
aaaaah!
Absolutely do an ECS video. Retro Man Cave just did an Aquarius series (And it's fantastic by the way, check it out), He mentioned these in the history of that machine and now I'm intrigued by these little weird computer add ons I've never heard of.
Welcome back!!! I’ve been waiting for a new video on this channel. Don’t get me wrong, I love 8-but guy videos but the repair videos are my absolute favorite.
This video is not just an 8-Bit Keys, but also an 8-Bit Guy style video at the same time. Never before have I felt so intrigued to click faster on the replay.
"Obviously this could be fixed [...] but, guess what?
I'm actually not going to do that."
Right choice. :D
I've been thinking about fixing my Intellivision Synthesizer for years, but could never find any kind of tutorial. Thank you so much for this video! It's not a great keyboard, but as far as I know it's the first one for a game console. That's worth something, right?
Hey, I have one in the mass of old console/computer crap in the basement so at least 3 of them were sold!
@@SirWussiePants Yeah, they turn up from time to time. The darker ones that match the original system color are pretty rare though.
That restoration took a whole new level of dedication, you can't help but be impressed.
I just LOVE when the synth music kicks in, and the restoration begins!
There's also a BASIC adapter for the Atari 2600, believe it or not.
Yes, please do a video (or two) on the Matell ECS! I would love to see just what's in the box and how it works!
I believe every console from the 80's had a BASIC computer available for it. Even the NES did, but wasn't as easy to start due to the fact that it doesn't have the same expansion ports its Japanese counterpart, the Famicom, have.
@@Chaos89P The *Famicom* had Family Basic. It was never officially released for the NES in America.
Did the Master System have a BASIC mode?
@@AiOinc1 Not specifically, although there was a keyboard and BASIC cartridge for the Sega Mark-III (ie. the Japanese version of the Master System).
This old foam looks like it's from a yoga mat.
A whole 4 months! Missed this channel!
11:00 been needing a new pair! thanks, 8-bit guy!
woo hoo! a new 8-bit keys!
12:55 dangit i wanted that last hit
Yes! I hit LIKE for any 8-bit keys video. It’s like Christmas. 🙏
Can we take a moment to appreciate David cutting out 48(!) little circular conductive things, checking the conductivity on each side of each circle, putting all of them up to the right place, and doing all this masking and overall putting that much effort into this thing?
A remarkable amount of genius and industry to repair a complete piece of crap!
Such is restoration.
*"I suppose if you need a pair of balls, they do keep those in stock"*
_- The 8-Bit Guy, 2019_
Although not really interested in the music side of things, I still found myself watching this just for the fantastic presentation and walkthrough of the repairs. Superb vid as ever! 🙂
David great to see you back! Great video as usual.
Where is that "demo" part?
Before the repair part
Could have just grabbed door weatherstripping foam from Home Depot.
A new 8 Bit Keys video? How the day is blessed with such wonder!
Wow so much time and effort restoring and repairing that keyboard, I salute you sir
I can't wait until they start selling the Save Icon from Microsoft Word!
I'm waiting for them to sell the save icon from San Andreas!
11:18 "VLC media player" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Amazing work on that keyboard! I love tinkering like that but think this project would be a bit advanced for me. Great execution with the material you had available!
Wow, You went the distance for this one. great vid as always.
David why didn’t you mark the mylar sheet with a sharpie BEFORE cutting them out 😂
Hobby Lobby...UGH!
?
@@Pookie2112 They're bigots
All of this effort for a piano for the Intellivision. David you are a saint!
Dave, you're truly an expert, at fabricating some interesting solutions, to the problems that arise.
This is a really impressive fix david way to go!
Thank you for your videos. I have anxiety and i find your channel incredibly calming and so interesting.
"I suppose if you need a pair of balls, they do keep those in stock"
Funny
I just figured something out. I've watched a number of _8-Bit Keys_ videos, as well as computer restoration ones, but it was not clear to me why you even wanted to do some of the stuff you do. The answer hit me while watching this one. *You are a "hot-rodder"!* Just that instead of cars, you use old computers and keyboards, striving to get them back to "cherry" condition. Cool!
I really love your videos. The attention to detail is incredible.
Finally, a new video from 8bitguy. I missed his videos
Glad to have you back. This channel has been quiet for far too long
This was awesome thanks for spending all that time on it great job dude!
Wow, we didn't realize that you also did Inty stuff. Pretty good coverage. Thanks for doing+sharing!
Very nice job on this restoration. That was tricky!
i admire your tenacity to get this thing fixed. I would of gave up long ago.
That kind of patience comes only from love to old technology...
Great job. I always enjoy your work... Please keep up with it. Greetings from Argentina...
I enjoy watching such projects way too much, thank you!
It was worth the wait, I missed you
Welcome back. It has been a long time.
This was such a ridiculous undertaking, I was always impressed by the ingenuity it took to get it to work, even if it wasn't perfect.
congrats on 200k subs
I had the ECS when I was a kid. It was really fun typing in the BASIC programs from the book.
The amount of puns at the hardware store segment is over 9000 :D
That's some next level restoration. Great Job.
So fun to watch how one can overcome the little obstacles you have when you are trying to make things great again. Interesting
Very interesting fix to a very unique and troublesome problem. Foam weather strip is what came to mind. THD has some that is very squishy and comes in various widths and thicknesses.
You're pretty good at the coding, the disassembly, the electronics, the soldering, etc. But you're also really good at stuff like figuring out that foam strip. No manuals out there to read to learn how to fix things like that. You're adaptive!
FINALLY some Intellivision stuff ! Love it ! There is so much you could cover on Intellivision...
Wow, that was such a quest to restore the keyboard, no surprise video took so long to be made. Nonetheless, that's a great job, I guess that's what makes the review so interesting. Thank you!
Quality show that I enjoy.
Maybe the foam/keys will loosen up a bit after playing it over time.
The determination is appreciated!
A few breath holding moments! I could almost smell the spray adhesive.
Shoot! A new 8 bit Keys video! 4 months since last video... whoa
I didn’t know you could spray water on the board like that lol.Your a G 😂👍 the way you made the foam piece was amazing..im loving this channel
Wow! Amazing show of patient troubleshooting!
Yup, the keyboard foam strip in these are horrible. Ran into this myself on the original brown model.
But I love that fix. I simply cleaned up the existing strip as best I could, but it was still terrible. I might have to do a Part 2 on my original video.
Nice work David.
I like it when you go to the stores in videos as i live in the UK and it's interesting to see what you have. Seems like the ones in the US, or at least Texas, are about 10 times the size! I work in a craft store and i wish we could have this much.
My local Goodwill just acquired tons of casio and yamaha keyboards! I thought if only David were here!