THE VIDEO SHELF · retro computing hardware
My old BBC Micro system
Mike of mikeselectricstuff shows his heavily modified old BBC Micro system in a 28-minute tour of 8-bit hardware archaeology.
Why HN readers recommended it
Recommended as an entry point to a favorite electronics channel, valued for deep knowledge and no showy bravado.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- mikeselectricstuff
- Topic
- retro computing hardware
- Format
- demo
- Level
- intermediate
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2017–2022
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From the original HN conversations
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If you can stand the video format, this one is unusually rewarding for being a youtube channel: [LINK] I started with this one: [VIDEO] "My old BBC Micro system" ... which kind of established his credibilities in my mind, and then I just kept going, …
johansch on Hacker News · 2017-09
In Miscellaneous Arduino bits and piecesMikes Electric Stuff is one of my absolute favourite channels on YouTube. Highly recommend. A couple of classics: Heavily modified BBC Micro: [VIDEO] Design of LED sculpture with some interesting commentary: [LINK]
afandian on Hacker News · 2022-11
In iPod Nano V6 LCD HackingI dig the guy much better than David Jones ( EEVBlog ). Here is Mike's BBC micro : [VIDEO] Great stuff.
the-dude on Hacker News · 2018-02
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