In the quick scroll-through of my feed, I misread the title as 'The "Kim Jong-un" Laptop' and thought for a moment Bringus had gotten his hands on one of those NK laptops and decided to turn one into a SteamDeck.
In Japan KING JIM is mostly known as a brand that makes stationary goods, like binders and notepads and stuff. OH GOD I just checked their website, on the FRONT PAGE they are advertising the successor to this thing, the DM250. I am NOT making this up. It comes in white!! It has USB-C! For the launch they had a limited edition clear version! Clearly this thing has it's fans...
Its a distraction-less device you can take notes on and a lot of people like that. Surge of people trying to cut down on screen-time and it helps to avoid having a phone tied into into work
Word Processor is the term I would have used given that this is basically a more modern version of the sort that were around before PCs were widely available.
The fact there's a transparent shell version draws me in out of principal. I miss my 90s clear-everything devices. I like to see what makes my computers tick!
7:50 When the DM100 was released, a lot of businessmen in Japan would have likely been using a flip phone or candybar phone that wouldn't really work well with a Bluetooth keyboard, and I suspect that the Bluetooth functionality was meant primarily for using it with a PC. Students probably also used it as a distraction free note taking device, given that it's still decently common for students in Japan to buy flip phones instead of full smart phones to reduce distractions. Interestingly, they actually made a model with an e-ink display instead of an LCD display called the DM30. It's still one of the only digital word processors to use an e-ink display, and imo it's form factor is still ahead of every e-ink word processor that's come since
@@PercyPanleo They're popular with the same crowd that would be looking at something like the Freewrite (writers who don't like to be distracted), the more recent DM250 in particular, which is more palatable to those accustomed to North American keyboards. Whether or not that was the original intended target audience a decade ago, I do not know, but it's likely that's their bread and butter nowadays. Honestly, these look far more appealing than any of the Freewrite products, if you ask me.
handheld computer with qwerty kayboard layout and mono chroma display and runs on double A batteries? Let me guess ,its literally PDA whatever the thing its advertised to do
2:30 In the unicode standard, kanji have a full width version, from when japanese computers had all their own systems and terminals, and half width, for use in regular terminals. There's some other differences, but mostly the half width are literally just squished full width. I believe that half width is still mostly used in terminals and anything that relies on characters being normalized, and full width can be used for legibility and normalcy in like text docs and stuff.
To add onto this, the "previous candidate/conversion" key is part of the system for selecting kanji to type, as many kanji in Japanese have the same pronunciation (excluding pitch accent) and as such are typed the same way when using kana or romaji. This key, as well as the key on the opposite side of the space bar, are used for scrolling through the list of possible kanji (and kana if you're typing with romaji)
people use them as distraction free writing devices, which can retail new for thousands, so older options like that and the alphasmart are popular. the last gag about the phone with a bluetooth keyboard is spot on. there's one selling for 200usd that's basically a cheap phone with only a word processor on it
In the 2000s in Japan they had a lot if amazing electronic 電子辞書dictionaries. They often had a lot of features like could play mpeg2 video files and games.
I think this is it. Hence the "Japanese-English" and "English-Japanese" buttons next to the screen. Electronic dictionaries were big in East Asia before the smartphone era. Many of them came with multimedia features such as video/audio player and FM/TV receiver. Some models even had open access to the underlying OS(usually Windows CE). I remember installing OpenTTD and spending too much time playing it on my device.
@@sungholee8791 I dont think so. Usually denshi jisho (電子辞書) have someway to handwrite the kanji. This doesn't appear to have such input method. I checked their website, it is indeed a memo-taking device. A digital notepad..
i hate to admit that i spend an embarrassing amount of time in photopea adjusting rgb curves of screenshot from 2:38 as my phone didn't peek up on the qr-code just to predictably find a youtube url ending with XcQ...
If you Google 'scanqr' and go to the one ending in org you can upload a screenshot, that website works for almost anything I've thrown at it. Works even better if you crop it so it's just the QR code
What you saw were the humble muhenkan and henkan keys, which are used to basically tell the computer how to handle the kana that was just input Muhenkan tells it "nope, don't convert that to kanji", henkan tells it "pick out the next conversion", because some words are homophones or overlap syllables or whatnot.
Ive modelled it in CAD, you can put a tiny raspberry pi into a 3d printed vape case. Never got around to making it but you can definitely have a full on retro emulator vape, with micro HDMI and multiple controller support
It is probably the screen, but id always give replacing the CMOS battery a try! Especially some older PCs refuse to boot without it, looking completely dead even though they only need a new battery. Cant wait for the Controller Port Satisfaction tier list!
I think the point of note-taking devices is distraction-free writing. There's other tools like the AlphaSmart series, that are used for that kind of thing. It's good for people with weak willpower who want to put the phone in another room and just bang out a draft or two.
its a word processor they are kinda popular in japan for whatever reason. Ive seeen a few at gopodwill(japanese electronics store) mangasuoko (kinda like a really big thrift store) and bookoff (another thrift store but deals more in used computers and parts) word processors are basically just electronic notebooks
That is a cool thing actually! We don't have stuff like this in Canada where I live, those would be good for meetings or really anywhere you wanna make a note, and no I do not want to use my touchscreen keyboard, I want physical keyboard.
this seems like an electronic Japanese-English dictionary. A common term for them is denshi jisho, or 電子辞書 . A lot of them are basically just Microsoft Handheld PCs running a locked down version of Windows CE. They can come with multiple dictionaries and encyclopedias, video players, and odd functions like note taking. there's actually a port of gnuboy called gnuboy-ex that runs on casio ex-word electronic dictionaries, so it's possible to game on one
when I restore such corroded tech, Cilit Bang always helps me out. I spray it all over the motherboard, wait 10 minutes, wash it with water, and dry it with a hairdryer and all works ok. I restored a lot of retro phones this way
Replace King Jim with a respin. That way, we'll slowly but surely head to a state where there's only on option, and you have to spin double digit amounts of time to choose it. Because that kind of madness is exactly what Bringus is all about.
2:14 on an OADG 109A keyboard like that one, the "zenkouho/henkan" key (which Google translated as "previous candidate/conversion") is used to navigate possible kanji options to match the kana input. in Japanese, there are multiple kanji (Chinese characters) that share the same pronunciation, and so when converting from kana (Japanese phonetic characters) to kanji, one needs to have the option of choosing between these variants.
tip for cleaning battery acid use a q-tip and dip it in some vinegar and apply to the acid, then use one dipped in water to wash it off after, works really well and easy
I hope you can see this. But I have a challenge for you. For the past 2 years I have been trying to "fix" this nextbook tablet/PC I have. It's 32 bit, has 1GB of ram and had Windows 10 on there. My wife gave it to me and I can't reinstall windows (any version), Linux, chromeOS or anything. It refuses to even boot from USB. It works. But is in a perpetual booting cycle and only shows a black screen. The only thing I can access is the bios. I feel like if ANYONE can get this working it is you. I don't want anything, and I'll send it to you if I have to. I just want to SEE it working. It has no hardware issues. Everything is fine. It's a neat device and I feel like it would make a great video.
on the right of the screen there's "kokugo" (national language is a proper translation I'd say) and under that there is "ei wa" and "wa ei" where "wa" is for japanese and "ei" is for english the difference is that one of those is a dictionary from english to japanese, and the second is from japanese to english
while writing japanese on pc you usually write by either romaji (roman alphabet) or hiragana AND THEN it transforms into kanji but since more than one kanji can have the same reading, you get a list to choose which one you want - and that is the prupose of that button next to "Katakana, Hiragana, Romaji" button
This might have been a portable translator, those are super common, which would explain the JP -> EN and vise versa. The random-seeming buttons on the keyboard are normal keyboard stuff on a Japanese keyboard.
Hacking the Nintendo Alarmo to include the Half-Life scientists screaming as you toss and turn in bed. Bonus points if you can set it to Wario screaming. Someone already is working on custom firmware and has loaded Doom on the device.
Inspired by my recent acquisition of a CyberpowerPC gaming keyboard and an awesome Logitech gaming mouse from the Camas Goodwill, my idea for a video is to build a gaming setup by only buying from either Goodwill, Value Village, TC Resale, etc. Potentially going along with it, build the best gaming PC you can, Scrapyard Wars style, with e-waste parts.
In the quick scroll-through of my feed, I misread the title as 'The "Kim Jong-un" Laptop' and thought for a moment Bringus had gotten his hands on one of those NK laptops and decided to turn one into a SteamDeck.
I has the exact same thought hahaha
if he did this i would record myself swimming from brazil to africa
Same
Glad I'm not the only one who can't read
Thank god im not the only one who read it like that at first haha
1:38
The text under the RESET button says "Press the reset switch after turning the battery back on or replacing it"
Didn't make it on camera but I was trying that and Jim wasn't any less dead 😢
@@JonBringus poor Jim, beloved King of not ours
noo king jim un nooo
@@JonBringus What if it doesn't work because there no cover?
Idk I could be having a brain fart
In Japan KING JIM is mostly known as a brand that makes stationary goods, like binders and notepads and stuff. OH GOD I just checked their website, on the FRONT PAGE they are advertising the successor to this thing, the DM250. I am NOT making this up. It comes in white!! It has USB-C! For the launch they had a limited edition clear version! Clearly this thing has it's fans...
Its a distraction-less device you can take notes on and a lot of people like that.
Surge of people trying to cut down on screen-time and it helps to avoid having a phone tied into into work
another phraise that gets thrown around is "Digital Typewriter" which makes sense if you think about it.
Word Processor is the term I would have used given that this is basically a more modern version of the sort that were around before PCs were widely available.
The fact there's a transparent shell version draws me in out of principal. I miss my 90s clear-everything devices. I like to see what makes my computers tick!
THE NEW KING REIGNS!!!!! May his reign last for many generations
0:23 "King Jim, I'm not explaining that one" uh, ya you are
5:34 RETURN OF THE LEAPFROG USB CABLE!!!!!!!!!!
i have a micro usb variant!
The Controller Port Satisfaction tier list sounds amazing
7:50 When the DM100 was released, a lot of businessmen in Japan would have likely been using a flip phone or candybar phone that wouldn't really work well with a Bluetooth keyboard, and I suspect that the Bluetooth functionality was meant primarily for using it with a PC. Students probably also used it as a distraction free note taking device, given that it's still decently common for students in Japan to buy flip phones instead of full smart phones to reduce distractions.
Interestingly, they actually made a model with an e-ink display instead of an LCD display called the DM30. It's still one of the only digital word processors to use an e-ink display, and imo it's form factor is still ahead of every e-ink word processor that's come since
It's crazy how much effort went into bringing it back to life, but honestly, I still have no idea what it does
It's effectively a PDA. It has a text editor, dictionary, and a calendar and not much else.
It's a word processor
@@PercyPanleo They're popular with the same crowd that would be looking at something like the Freewrite (writers who don't like to be distracted), the more recent DM250 in particular, which is more palatable to those accustomed to North American keyboards. Whether or not that was the original intended target audience a decade ago, I do not know, but it's likely that's their bread and butter nowadays. Honestly, these look far more appealing than any of the Freewrite products, if you ask me.
handheld computer with qwerty kayboard layout and mono chroma display and runs on double A batteries?
Let me guess ,its literally PDA whatever the thing its advertised to do
2:30 In the unicode standard, kanji have a full width version, from when japanese computers had all their own systems and terminals, and half width, for use in regular terminals. There's some other differences, but mostly the half width are literally just squished full width. I believe that half width is still mostly used in terminals and anything that relies on characters being normalized, and full width can be used for legibility and normalcy in like text docs and stuff.
To add onto this, the "previous candidate/conversion" key is part of the system for selecting kanji to type, as many kanji in Japanese have the same pronunciation (excluding pitch accent) and as such are typed the same way when using kana or romaji. This key, as well as the key on the opposite side of the space bar, are used for scrolling through the list of possible kanji (and kana if you're typing with romaji)
@@PercyPanleo @RedLuigiE you've both made this make SO MUCH more sense you have no Idea thank you both so much !
people use them as distraction free writing devices, which can retail new for thousands, so older options like that and the alphasmart are popular. the last gag about the phone with a bluetooth keyboard is spot on. there's one selling for 200usd that's basically a cheap phone with only a word processor on it
Brongle the Corrosion can be fixed with Vinegar just straight vinegar. Works on a Guitar Hero controller it'll work on a King Jim
bro i missread the title as "kim jong un" laptop LOL
no shjt me too lmao
Same here. Guess that's our suggestion for replacing the King Jim on that wheel, lol
@@philtkaswahl2124 oooo hell yeah, imagine if he manage to get the real Kim Jong Un laptop. that would be fun
I was thinking that as well but then way later in the video I kept thinking Jim is another term for James and there's a King James Bible so lol
@@bland9876 You just reminded me of a vid about a pocket electronic bible around the same form factor from a company called Frranklion Electronics.
In the 2000s in Japan they had a lot if amazing electronic 電子辞書dictionaries. They often had a lot of features like could play mpeg2 video files and games.
I think this is it. Hence the "Japanese-English" and "English-Japanese" buttons next to the screen. Electronic dictionaries were big in East Asia before the smartphone era. Many of them came with multimedia features such as video/audio player and FM/TV receiver. Some models even had open access to the underlying OS(usually Windows CE). I remember installing OpenTTD and spending too much time playing it on my device.
@@sungholee8791 I dont think so. Usually denshi jisho (電子辞書) have someway to handwrite the kanji. This doesn't appear to have such input method.
I checked their website, it is indeed a memo-taking device. A digital notepad..
i hate to admit that i spend an embarrassing amount of time in photopea adjusting rgb curves of screenshot from 2:38 as my phone didn't peek up on the qr-code just to predictably find a youtube url ending with XcQ...
damn I really wish I checked the comments first 😭😭
Rick Astley?
If you Google 'scanqr' and go to the one ending in org you can upload a screenshot, that website works for almost anything I've thrown at it. Works even better if you crop it so it's just the QR code
@werapea it's a random QR code on the internet. It's safe to assume its a rickroll.
I hate to admit that I did the same. All I saw was that it was "some" youtube link, but that already gave it away for me :)
1:25 Alkaline batteries have steel cases. So do NiMH/NiCad and cylindrical lithium batteries.
In this case though, I think we just observed the paramagnetism of uranium.
The Druaga1 x Dankpods hybridization is complete. LOVE IT.
What you saw were the humble muhenkan and henkan keys, which are used to basically tell the computer how to handle the kana that was just input
Muhenkan tells it "nope, don't convert that to kanji", henkan tells it "pick out the next conversion", because some words are homophones or overlap syllables or whatnot.
Nooo!!! The King cannot be dead.
Resurrect The KING ! PLEASE !
Rest in PISS, king!
I'm only 2:13 in but I just gotta say, I instantly gained +10 respect for the bringus man when I saw the WinCo batteries come out
UNRIVALED VALUE
winco is the savior of all things, its like an ikea but if its was a grocery store
@@JonBringusoh my WinCo!
The bringle is here
pringle
0:57 tf is gaming vape💀
probably some alliexpress android device thats also a vape, think of that calculator that ran android
My vape has a firmware so with some tricks i guess you could run doom
Ive modelled it in CAD, you can put a tiny raspberry pi into a 3d printed vape case. Never got around to making it but you can definitely have a full on retro emulator vape, with micro HDMI and multiple controller support
Might be playing games on a disposable vape that runs android? Still can't believe they are something that exists.
@@ChloePaws forgot about those but generally mt67xx powered devices are pure e-waste and truly are disposable.
Disappointed, I'm expecting you to spend grueling amount of work to make it gaming able on the supposedly "king" jim only to play half life on 10fps
This feels like an american alternate universe version of dankpods. I don't know how i feel about it but im here for it
Wake up mom , bringus dingused
New upload 27 seconds ago? WHAT HAS THE BRINGUS BROUGHT US TODAY?!
jim :)
You are the reason I am going to major in engineering
If it was me I would do it just so I could say "look buddy, I'm an engineer"
@ wow the real Jon bringus knows who I am
It is probably the screen, but id always give replacing the CMOS battery a try! Especially some older PCs refuse to boot without it, looking completely dead even though they only need a new battery.
Cant wait for the Controller Port Satisfaction tier list!
5:21 erm mini usb ☝🤓
Same thing lol
Yeah, cause smol
How dare youtube gatekeep this magnificent piece of online media from me for 30 whole minutes?!
hell yeah new bringus video
I think the point of note-taking devices is distraction-free writing. There's other tools like the AlphaSmart series, that are used for that kind of thing. It's good for people with weak willpower who want to put the phone in another room and just bang out a draft or two.
6:58 I honestly cant tell if thats a sticker or something on the screen, that is very very good editing
Compliments to the editor, that overlay was dope
I got so confused by that! If it's an overlay the editing is great!
The dremel is an essential part of s tier bringus. Hoping for some angle grinder content soon.
long like the king
2:38 spend 30 minutes decoding the qr code and got a free cookie lmao
Make every spot you erase on the wheel a respin and see how long a chain you get going
Glad I'm not the only one who's experience with weird tech is "wow this would be really cool if it worked."
Honestly, the prototype Steam controller would make an interesting video for me
The best way to take care of battery acid is just a little white vinegar. Put some on a q-tip, a little scrub, and you're golden.
that thing looks awesome! i love ultra low power computers like that! like microcontroller computers!
its a word processor they are kinda popular in japan for whatever reason. Ive seeen a few at gopodwill(japanese electronics store) mangasuoko (kinda like a really big thrift store) and bookoff (another thrift store but deals more in used computers and parts) word processors are basically just electronic notebooks
7:00 that rotoscope was fire
That is a cool thing actually! We don't have stuff like this in Canada where I live, those would be good for meetings or really anywhere you wanna make a note, and no I do not want to use my touchscreen keyboard, I want physical keyboard.
The fact you still use a glorious S10 makes me happy..
Dunno why, it just does.
it's a pocket translator. the keyboard makes it easy to take notes and includes conversion buttons for kana and kanji.
saw the winco batteries at 2:00 and had vietnam flashbacks from when I worked there. Thank you Mr. Bringus
this seems like an electronic Japanese-English dictionary. A common term for them is denshi jisho, or 電子辞書 . A lot of them are basically just Microsoft Handheld PCs running a locked down version of Windows CE. They can come with multiple dictionaries and encyclopedias, video players, and odd functions like note taking. there's actually a port of gnuboy called gnuboy-ex that runs on casio ex-word electronic dictionaries, so it's possible to game on one
"King James Bible" got me, you are infact a funny man mr funny hardware gore man.
i love the oblivion ambient music playing in the background
I started the video saying "oh my god" in sync with you.
This is a sign by the universe to get this thing
A real king Jim uses slim Jim’s as batteries
"It's a pretty cool phone" famous words of Steve jobs
when I restore such corroded tech, Cilit Bang always helps me out. I spray it all over the motherboard, wait 10 minutes, wash it with water, and dry it with a hairdryer and all works ok. I restored a lot of retro phones this way
Replace King Jim on the wheel with Duke Tim for no other reason than for the funnies.
best video ever I can't believe how good it is :>
Bringus hits us with another piece of obscure technology that no one else in the world has used. Classic Bringus
We should replace King Jim with swag
its really cool how they type in Japanese and Chinese, what's even more amazing is they made typewriters that were incredible before computers
This was the BEST Bringus video I've ever seen!
The WHEEL
Kids probably don't even get the jimmy neutron refrance
Replace King Jim with a respin. That way, we'll slowly but surely head to a state where there's only on option, and you have to spin double digit amounts of time to choose it. Because that kind of madness is exactly what Bringus is all about.
6:24 iMaGiNe If NiNjA gOt A lOw TaPeR fAdE
2:14 on an OADG 109A keyboard like that one, the "zenkouho/henkan" key (which Google translated as "previous candidate/conversion") is used to navigate possible kanji options to match the kana input. in Japanese, there are multiple kanji (Chinese characters) that share the same pronunciation, and so when converting from kana (Japanese phonetic characters) to kanji, one needs to have the option of choosing between these variants.
Bringus Studios budget has increased massively. Nice wheel Bringus.
Damn this is the exact kind of janky thing I wanted for my AO3 writing... sad that the king died 😢
Finally, one of the most rarest videos he post that has no sponsorships
So glad you didn't cut the magnetic battery part. That's fully how my brain works also. 😂
I always love the videos about the weirdest tech / most niche tech
Genuinely thought "Respin" was a thing, took me a while to realise it was "Re-spin"
tip for cleaning battery acid use a q-tip and dip it in some vinegar and apply to the acid, then use one dipped in water to wash it off after, works really well and easy
Jacob i am watching you
jacob who 👀
The battery acid is delicious
@@alteitojacob schlatt
Y-You what??
Well, obviously, the successor to King Jim is King Julian so put him up on the wheel of misfortune.
that much rogue battery acid had to be making the bringle fingles tingle
I hope you can see this. But I have a challenge for you. For the past 2 years I have been trying to "fix" this nextbook tablet/PC I have. It's 32 bit, has 1GB of ram and had Windows 10 on there. My wife gave it to me and I can't reinstall windows (any version), Linux, chromeOS or anything. It refuses to even boot from USB. It works. But is in a perpetual booting cycle and only shows a black screen. The only thing I can access is the bios. I feel like if ANYONE can get this working it is you. I don't want anything, and I'll send it to you if I have to. I just want to SEE it working. It has no hardware issues. Everything is fine. It's a neat device and I feel like it would make a great video.
Whether you fix it or not, always fun to see your videos
5:21 that:'s mini USB.
Prototype steam controller? I would definitely watch that
I haven't been this disappointed since my wife left me, and then came back.
The ExpressionEngine wheel has decided your fate
Your screwdriver might be magnetized. Someone might've said that.
Ottoman Intel computer.
"I'm not explaining that one!" seconds before disaster...
MR. Bringus. Thank you.
if you can find one, an AST powerexec 4/33 SL laptop, the battery will certainly be fried, but these things are built like BRICKS
on the right of the screen there's "kokugo" (national language is a proper translation I'd say) and under that there is "ei wa" and "wa ei" where "wa" is for japanese and "ei" is for english
the difference is that one of those is a dictionary from english to japanese, and the second is from japanese to english
while writing japanese on pc you usually write by either romaji (roman alphabet) or hiragana AND THEN it transforms into kanji
but since more than one kanji can have the same reading, you get a list to choose which one you want - and that is the prupose of that button next to "Katakana, Hiragana, Romaji" button
I want him to call us viewers Jim from now on
It made it out of processing hell kudos to you
older memes, half-life, tf2, earthworm jim,
nice editing
This might have been a portable translator, those are super common, which would explain the JP -> EN and vise versa. The random-seeming buttons on the keyboard are normal keyboard stuff on a Japanese keyboard.
Ah. Nothing like a 6:36 am bringus video.
Hacking the Nintendo Alarmo to include the Half-Life scientists screaming as you toss and turn in bed. Bonus points if you can set it to Wario screaming. Someone already is working on custom firmware and has loaded Doom on the device.
Go off king...oh you already are
I for some reason thought the title said “the king jong un” computer.
stick bug music during beesmas
all hail king jim
All that effort to read the QR just to get rick rolled.
“King Jim not gonna explain that”
Proceeds to edplain
Inspired by my recent acquisition of a CyberpowerPC gaming keyboard and an awesome Logitech gaming mouse from the Camas Goodwill, my idea for a video is to build a gaming setup by only buying from either Goodwill, Value Village, TC Resale, etc. Potentially going along with it, build the best gaming PC you can, Scrapyard Wars style, with e-waste parts.