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My old BBC Micro system

Name: My old BBC Micro system
Description: Mike of mikeselectricstuff shows his heavily modified old BBC Micro system in a 28-minute tour of 8-bit hardware archaeology.

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3 HN users recommended this demo3 months2017–2022 score 4

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Recommended as an entry point to a favorite electronics channel, valued for deep knowledge and no showy bravado.

Mike of mikeselectricstuff shows his heavily modified old BBC Micro system in a 28-minute tour of 8-bit hardware archaeology.

“Recommended - this guy knows his stuff, and unlike certain other youtube channels in this genre there is no annoying bravado.” (HN, 2017)

2 strong recommendations · 1 recommendations · Demos · intermediate

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3 Hacker News comments

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@johansch Sep 2017 Strongly recommends

on HN thread Miscellaneous Arduino bits and pieces

If you can stand the video format, this one is unusually rewarding for being a youtube channel: [link] I started with this one: [this video] "My old BBC Micro system" ... which kind of established his credibilities in my mind, and then I just kept going, devouring his entire channel. Recommended - this guy knows his stuff, and unlike certain other youtube channels in this genre there is no annoying bravado.

Starting point for a rewarding channel with deep electronics knowledge

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@afandian Nov 2022 Strongly recommends

on HN thread iPod Nano V6 LCD Hacking

Mikes Electric Stuff is one of my absolute favourite channels on YouTube. Highly recommend. A couple of classics: Heavily modified BBC Micro: [this video] Design of LED sculpture with some interesting commentary: [link]

Heavily modified BBC Micro from a favourite channel

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@the-dude Feb 2018 Recommends

on HN thread Chip Aging Accelerates

I dig the guy much better than David Jones ( EEVBlog ). Here is Mike's BBC micro : [this video] Great stuff.

Mike's BBC Micro build, preferred over EEVBlog

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