LGR Thrifts - Episode 49
Added 2022-11-02 00:50:11 +0000 UTCGreetings, folks! So Halloween happened. And I spent it thrifting! Or really, I spent the last five months visiting thrift stores off and on and slowly gathering enough footage to assemble into a new Thrifts episode... But I did also do a good chunk of thrifting and editing this video together on Halloween.
Anyway yeah, enjoy a new LGR Thrifts! I'll get the intro audio glitch fixed before Friday but lemme know if you notice any other errors.
Comments
Wow - I'm amazed by the fall colors that you get there. Here in Southern California, all we get for fall colors are Halloween pumpkins and Christmas trees in the stores before Halloween.
CharlieVictor
2022-11-11 17:07:19 +0000 UTCDude. Had a hoooooooorrrrrrrribble day including failing twice to apply my Whitestone dome protective glas on my new pixel 7 pro. TWICE! And spilled UV-hardening glue all over myself. Feeling sorry for my self. What can help a sad swede in that particular condition? LGR blerb AND thrifting! *Almost happy again* Thanks for putting a smile on my face time after time.. your a hero of sorts.
Jim Solblad
2022-11-08 22:51:34 +0000 UTCAhhh. That leaf season nostalgia hits hard. The first thirty years of my life was spent solidly in the foothills of NC and every Fall I miss the best season of the year living in FL. Thanks for the stunning reminder! Episode 50, you say? Perhaps a viewer- or Patreon-inspired thrifting road trip might fit the bill? The area with the most shops with the best selection in a certain mile radius or some such? The thriftiest thrifters thrifting thriftily ask for a Big Silver Blowout! (No idea how many takes that would take to say clearly, but feel free to try! :)
Nachts
2022-11-04 21:50:33 +0000 UTCThat same location has been on Thrifts before as well, I always make a point of stopping there when I'm back in the Piedmont. Always an impressive allotment of computer stuff but this was the best spread I've seen in years!
LGR
2022-11-04 18:58:22 +0000 UTCThe 8-pin on FM Towns, FMR, and (some?) FACOM computers is different - https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=4843 . I wonder if a simple converter needs to be made.
Danielle (thegirlg33k)
2022-11-04 17:16:53 +0000 UTCShhhh, you’re leaking my secret Winston location :) they have had pcs like that for years and were even better years back before the goodwill site.
Matthew Taylor
2022-11-04 14:26:34 +0000 UTCI was still kinda hoping that you'd go back and get the CRT magnifier thing.
Eric Siegel
2022-11-03 17:20:15 +0000 UTCFor example the N860-2277-T001 is an fm towns keyboard model. Pretty darn similar although maybe that's just what fujitsu liked to call their keyboards.
Lennart Sorensen
2022-11-03 11:47:17 +0000 UTCAh that darned hindsight and accompanying regrets... They really are great, such highly satisfying key movement.
LGR
2022-11-03 03:22:17 +0000 UTCOoh interesting, could very well be related!
LGR
2022-11-03 03:20:48 +0000 UTCI recently picked up a Kingston trio record at good will.
Brett Walton
2022-11-03 03:04:27 +0000 UTCMan, I WISH our Goodwill would organize all the kids media together. I would love to get the kiddos more media that's not just streaming.
John Covil
2022-11-03 01:47:07 +0000 UTCI once had a ton of those Dell Keyboards, I regret not keeping one on a daily basis! They are great
Mat Cooper
2022-11-02 20:46:45 +0000 UTCThe FM Towns machines were made by fujitsu and used an 8 pin keyboard connector, although I think a different 8 pin connector. I suspect it's related though.
Lennart Sorensen
2022-11-02 20:46:16 +0000 UTCI guess technically CCTV would be correct, yeah! The way it's built it is effectively an all-in-one CCTV setup.
LGR
2022-11-02 17:06:54 +0000 UTCExactly what I was thinking! But yeah, it wasn't the *greatest* of fidelity and it would just be one extra step to go through when filming any repairs. Especially since I can just use a macro lens and get better visuals for folks.
LGR
2022-11-02 17:05:31 +0000 UTCI used things like the Aladdin in a low-vision program in school. We called them "CCTV"s because that's technically correct?? I tried looking up modern equivalents and they seem to be expensive, but you'd usually be in some sort of support program that'd buy it for you. I think I had one at some point but didn't actively need it myself :/ I now have something similar and cheaper that's sold as being useful for soldering but haven't set it up yet.
Pietro Gagliardi
2022-11-02 16:50:38 +0000 UTCI'm genuinely in love with that Fujitsu keyboard you got, that thing was gorgeous and sounded amazing. I also can't help but imagine that Telesensory thing coulda been fun for looking in close at components during repair/project/oddware videos, even though that's really not that convenient and I'm sure your camera would zoom clean enough anyway if you really wanted. Oh and I look forward to an Oddware or Blerb on that Big Green Disc thing for sure.
Bukkarooo
2022-11-02 15:26:20 +0000 UTCAssuming the CRT on the magnifier was high up enough, I could see that being a great setup for close-up soldering! Sure you could buy one of those fancy microscope and cameras but CRT is so much cooler
Xenan
2022-11-02 13:52:53 +0000 UTC
