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My old BBC Micro system

70K views · May 7, 2017 · 27:49 · 3 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2017–2022

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

Why Hacker News points people here: Recommended as an entry point to a favorite electronics channel, valued for deep knowledge and no showy bravado.

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

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Strongly recommendsjohanschSep 2017

“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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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.

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Strongly recommendsafandianNov 2022

“Mikes Electric Stuff is one of my absolute favourite channels on YouTube. Highly recommend.”

Heavily modified BBC Micro from a favourite channel

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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

Recommendsthe-dudeFeb 2018

“Here is Mike's BBC micro : Great stuff.”

Mike's BBC Micro build, preferred over EEVBlog

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