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LGR - Thrifts [Ep. 27] Das Trash
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Date: 2022-04-14
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Charles
For anyone just now watching this video, here some explanaitons some of the products seen that confused Clint: 1) The moisture tester is for use in gardening/plant growing to measure the moister of plants, especially potted plants. 2) The VP Matic is film strip projector with a tape deck for playing back audio narration, likely includes the auto-advance feature advances to the image after hearing a special tone from the tape. I once owned one of these that had a recorder player instead of a tape player (possibly 1940's or 50's) that looked to be designed for the traveling salesmen. The VP Matic shown seems like circa 1980's. Preferably from a school/university library where you'd watch a filmstrip presentation with headphones on. 3) The portable VCR shown was designed originally for use with a video camera. Back before the invention of the VHS/VHS-C camcorder, early home video cameras used a two part system. The Camera was a separate unit that did not include any means of recording. Instead you had to hook the camera up to a portable battery operated VCR. Professional news gathering operations continued to use the two-piece camera setups long after the consumer market went exclusively to camcorders.
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For anyone just now watching this video, here some explanaitons some of the products seen that confused Clint: 1) The moisture tester is for use in gardening/plant growing to measure the moister of plants, especially potted plants. 2) The VP Matic is film strip projector with a tape deck for playing back audio narration, likely includes the auto-advance feature advances to the image after hearing a special tone from the tape. I once owned one of these that had a recorder player instead of a tape player (possibly 1940's or 50's) that looked to be designed for the traveling salesmen. The VP Matic shown seems like circa 1980's. Preferably from a school/university library where you'd watch a filmstrip presentation with headphones on. 3) The portable VCR shown was designed originally for use with a video camera. Back before the invention of the VHS/VHS-C camcorder, early home video cameras used a two part system. The Camera was a separate unit that did not include any means of recording. Instead you had to hook the camera up to a portable battery operated VCR. Professional news gathering operations continued to use the two-piece camera setups long after the consumer market went exclusively to camcorders.
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Neropatti
In the 70's my dad was living in the States for six or so years. He passed away this summer and we have been going through his stuff. We found a bunch of those accordion style postcards that he had sent over to his sisters and to my mom. My aunt told me that it was an easy way for him to keep in contact as it only has two short lines for a personal message and he mostly just wrote -Hello! -Rob- on any of them. It was just a way for him to let his family in Finland know that he was still alive in the great big world. He would also (apparently) stash money in between the folds to send it inconspicuously. It feels nice to see that even in the country where they originated from, those cards seem nostalgic. =)
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In the 70's my dad was living in the States for six or so years. He passed away this summer and we have been going through his stuff. We found a bunch of those accordion style postcards that he had sent over to his sisters and to my mom. My aunt told me that it was an easy way for him to keep in contact as it only has two short lines for a personal message and he mostly just wrote -Hello! -Rob- on any of them. It was just a way for him to let his family in Finland know that he was still alive in the great big world. He would also (apparently) stash money in between the folds to send it inconspicuously. It feels nice to see that even in the country where they originated from, those cards seem nostalgic. =)
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Dee
10: 00 Oh wow, I think I bought that same model football game at a yard sale like 25 years ago. Pretty crazy seeing as if we google it now, nothing comes up. That thing must have dated from the early 1980s. I think it used a VFD display rather than LED, because it was pretty battery-hungry and also came with a wall adapter.
10: 20 I know exactly what that weird -portable VCR- is all about. For a while in the early 1980s, when you bought a camcorder, the camera and the tape recording apparatus were separate units connected by a cord. And so what you have there is the tape recording component of an ancient camcorder.
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10: 00 Oh wow, I think I bought that same model football game at a yard sale like 25 years ago. Pretty crazy seeing as if we google it now, nothing comes up. That thing must have dated from the early 1980s. I think it used a VFD display rather than LED, because it was pretty battery-hungry and also came with a wall adapter.
10: 20 I know exactly what that weird -portable VCR- is all about. For a while in the early 1980s, when you bought a camcorder, the camera and the tape recording apparatus were separate units connected by a cord. And so what you have there is the tape recording component of an ancient camcorder.
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Lordmodder85
You lucky dog you, found a TRS-80 model III, breaks my heart due too when I a teenager I was moving my TRS-80 was moving from upstairs to downstairs missed my grip and boom TRS-80 goes down the stairs and the tube gets smashed. Dang I wish I still had one of those. I got mine from an older person who was having a garage sale, it was the end of the day and no one was buying it. I seen it and asked my parents if I could get it due to me being a kid, to my supriese the guy was happy that as a kid I was interested and he gave it to me for free. well at least you found one and that is awesome way to go man. :'(: )
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You lucky dog you, found a TRS-80 model III, breaks my heart due too when I a teenager I was moving my TRS-80 was moving from upstairs to downstairs missed my grip and boom TRS-80 goes down the stairs and the tube gets smashed. Dang I wish I still had one of those. I got mine from an older person who was having a garage sale, it was the end of the day and no one was buying it. I seen it and asked my parents if I could get it due to me being a kid, to my supriese the guy was happy that as a kid I was interested and he gave it to me for free. well at least you found one and that is awesome way to go man. :'(: )
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vbrtrmn
My father had a VCR like that compact one, he bought his in 1986 or 1987. The one he had was a name brand, I can't remember which. It was actually a 3-piece setup; there was a camcorder, a portable VCR, and sort of like a docking station for the VCR. The dock would have all of the connections to hook up to your TV and other equipment. You could put the portable VCR into the dock and just use it like any other unit OR you could push a button and kind of eject it, put in into the carrying case and hook it up to your camcorder to record directly onto tapes. I wish I could find a picture of it.
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My father had a VCR like that compact one, he bought his in 1986 or 1987. The one he had was a name brand, I can't remember which. It was actually a 3-piece setup; there was a camcorder, a portable VCR, and sort of like a docking station for the VCR. The dock would have all of the connections to hook up to your TV and other equipment. You could put the portable VCR into the dock and just use it like any other unit OR you could push a button and kind of eject it, put in into the carrying case and hook it up to your camcorder to record directly onto tapes. I wish I could find a picture of it.
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wayne
So many memories. To start with, I was with an Army buddy when he assembled a TRS 80 Mod 1 from a bag of electronic parts and a diagram, fun times. The Mod 3, have you tried adjusting the vert adjustment, it looks like it is out of adjustment. The VCR in a bag was the heavy half of a VCR RECORDER. The camera plugged into the big black jack on the side. The first days of taping VS film, I still have my Sharp deck though I have no idea where the camera is.
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So many memories. To start with, I was with an Army buddy when he assembled a TRS 80 Mod 1 from a bag of electronic parts and a diagram, fun times. The Mod 3, have you tried adjusting the vert adjustment, it looks like it is out of adjustment. The VCR in a bag was the heavy half of a VCR RECORDER. The camera plugged into the big black jack on the side. The first days of taping VS film, I still have my Sharp deck though I have no idea where the camera is.
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Hata
I had similar luck several months ago getting a das keyboard for $2. 99 at goodwill, just had to resolder the T key to make it reliable and boom, I have another mech keyboard to use. However I wasn't lucky enough to get the windows version so I have to remap some keys to make is usable. Can't complain for $2. 99 and 5 minutes of repairing though.
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I had similar luck several months ago getting a das keyboard for $2. 99 at goodwill, just had to resolder the T key to make it reliable and boom, I have another mech keyboard to use. However I wasn't lucky enough to get the windows version so I have to remap some keys to make is usable. Can't complain for $2. 99 and 5 minutes of repairing though.
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Nerys
On one hand I wish I had know. I HAD that exact TRS 80 at my old home in PA (and a keyboard pc TRS Color as well) and a matel aquarius and a bunch of others. Not sure how much shipping would have been but I would have given them to you if I had known you wanted stuff like that. Pity. all gone now moved 2100 miles to new mexico usa: -)
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On one hand I wish I had know. I HAD that exact TRS 80 at my old home in PA (and a keyboard pc TRS Color as well) and a matel aquarius and a bunch of others. Not sure how much shipping would have been but I would have given them to you if I had known you wanted stuff like that. Pity. all gone now moved 2100 miles to new mexico usa: -)
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Lars
TRS-80: There are a couple of potmeters/trim wheels on the side apparently. If you clean the inside on those and adjust them, your display should work fine (according to SIMPLETINGSTOYS here on YT) Maybe you've done this already, but I can't find any videos from you on this piece.
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TRS-80: There are a couple of potmeters/trim wheels on the side apparently. If you clean the inside on those and adjust them, your display should work fine (according to SIMPLETINGSTOYS here on YT) Maybe you've done this already, but I can't find any videos from you on this piece.
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The
I have a lot of elderly people where I live, but all I get are old telephones sand monitors that don-t even work. The best thing I got was a Zenith Radio that goes for $58 on EBay, and some old radio shack batteries that are in super good condition, that go for like $100 a piece.
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I have a lot of elderly people where I live, but all I get are old telephones sand monitors that don-t even work. The best thing I got was a Zenith Radio that goes for $58 on EBay, and some old radio shack batteries that are in super good condition, that go for like $100 a piece.
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