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@@petrisz I'll definitely do strictly component audio in the future if that's what's requested, and use subtitles if necessary. Thanks for the tip.

@@redleader6442 you don't have to take my feedback so seriously. It's just my personal preference :)

@@XiephrenFor sure. Dell made a very powerful machine here and priced it quite competitively. With the offered Elsa GLoria professional graphics card, 256 MB of RAM, a pair of 300 MHz processors, and SCSI card and drive, it was over $7,000. As configured here, it was at least 4 grand.

@@TheDiskMaster My phone, my only camera, has issues with horizontal video. Among other issues. I need to get it replaced.

Your grandparents had good taste.

Unfortunately, no. No amount of low level formats, initializations and tests yielded any positive results. I ended up selling it for parts and went with a more reliable Seagate ST-125N.

I uploaded a video of my other vintage Toshiba, the ER-875BT, and I think it's more similar to yours than this one, although it's a 1.6 cu-ft, nearly a whole cubic foot larger. Same hinged door handle, though, unlike the one in this video.

cool! Mine looks the same as yours except the hinged door handle on mine is a small, flat hinged lever measuring 4cm x16cm. I can easily open & close the door silently w/o the loud 'snap' sound with present day ovens. Interestingly, when I insert the oven's AC plug into a meter, with the oven's power level set to max the oven pulls 1,170 watts from the wall outlet at turn-on but this number steadily decreases so that 3.5 minutes later it only pulls 1,026 watts & still decreasing. Mine is made in Japan; in the 1980s everything electric was made in Japan, or so it seemed. Virtually all m. ovens today are made by the Midea corporation in China and rebranded for various companies, according to the recent NYT's Wirecutter article, "The Best Microwave" (November 13, 2023). @@redleader6442

It's actually pretty quiet when the mic isn't directly on top of it.

I'm not sure if it was higher end, but it was more business oriented and not usually found in the home or home office.

@@redleader6442 gotcha, thanks!

No password. Switch on the side of the phone turns it on and off.

Siesta mode is quiet and efficient enough that an auto-off isn't necessary.

Considering it's white and gray, that makes sense. Call it what you'd like. lol

Thanks. This one has since been upgraded with a VGA card since I didn't want to pay for a CGA monitor, and as you might've guessed from my other video with this system, it's got a Seagate ST-225 that I intend to replace with the aforementioned MiniScribe if it works. This really is a rocksolid system, and just as heavy.

@@redleader6442 Yes, these are incredibly heavy! Even heavier than an IBM PC or XT, which is insane. When I first got one and unpacked it, I truly could not believe how heavy it was, even with hardly any expansions. One you add a hard drive and stuff, it just gets heavier! I wish you luck with the Miniscribe drive. Those old 10MB full height drives are usually pretty dependable from my experience.

@@80sCompaqPC Here's hoping, and I think the extra weight has something to do with the more powerful PSU and the vibration-dampening drive cage. More stuff, more weight.

@@redleader6442 Yes, that and the case is physically larger than a PC or XT too in every dimension. The shock mounted drive cage is a really clever design. That’s the kind of quality and engineering you just don’t see any more, as most computers are just throw away items nowadays.

@@80sCompaqPC I have never seen an IBM PC or XT in person, so I was unaware of the differences in dimension. Fascinating.

Planned obsolescence was clearly far less observed in the '60s. Welbilt didn't intend for people to replace their units within half a decade. Sadly, it makes me wonder if that's part of why they ended up outsourcing from Israel and then exiting the air conditioner market altogether.

@@redleader6442 Something I've never thought of before

turned to deathstar eh

It's got a Tecumseh AJ, actually. I'm about to get to work restoring it. The compressor bottom and base pan has a fair amount of rust, and the condenser's aluminum fins at the very bottom are white and crumbly, so it's going to be an interesting restoration. I'll upload a video of the finished job.

Also, if you'd like, I can take a few high-res photos of my Super Power Master if you'd like to update your '66 Welbilt section on page 26 of your Tumblr once I'm done. Been too cold to get a lot done with it recently and I can barely lift 155 pounds by myself, but I'm close to finishing.

@@redleader6442 Thank you. Yes, if you could take some photos of the chassis from the top and sides as well as the fully assembled unit, that would be very helpful. How would you like to be credited for the photos?

@@air_conditioner_man I will have to get back to you on that, as I'm thinking about making a Flickr for my techy photos and would probably use that for credit. I'll be sure to get the photos you asked for. Need any closer photos of the fan motor and compressor info, and the Welbilt info plate?

@@redleader6442 Yes, photos of the data tags would also be helpful. Thanks!

You're preaching to the choir. I'll be uploading videos of my much older Western Electric rotary and touch tone phones soon, if that tells you anything.

@@redleader6442 my landline gets on a vintage one, a Matra Socotel S63. stylish but noisy, all that to get spammers asking about my bills which i can insult copiously, but certainly with style.

@@Diamond_Tiara Lmao brilliant. My service is a cellular box to landline adapter of sorts, and it comes with its own voicemail service. However, I use the phone in this video as an answering machine. Something so cool about a micro cassette handling messages.

​@@redleader6442 well at least when you get a message you know it's at home; not on some sort of cloud or voicemail server god knows where you have to contact, so yeah, i understand these making a comeback. anyways if i found one like this; evne defectve with dead battery; i'd make it some DIY; and integrate either VOIP functions, or make it a bluetooth enabled phone, just for online chat. eventually upgrading the mic to a decent electret condenser mic and a speaker retrieved from broken headphones. and still use the base with a 5v charger into it. because, SCIENCE!

Originally 95, but just as 98 was becoming mainstream, so it made more sense to use 98 on it.

I actually found out that it might be older. There's no date code on the model plate, but these were apparently made between '65 and '69 before they switched to the 'chocolate bar piece' styling on the woodgrain. Also agreed. It takes less than 60 seconds to blow cool.

That foam is always turning to dust in those fruit-flavored space heaters. Glad to hear you fixed yours, because they're some of the best sounding built in speakers. CoZo speakers are a real treat and I love how they look like tiny iMacs, but I've always had a thing for classic Altec PC speakers. To me, at least, their better offerings have the best range for stereo speakers and a subwoofer. The fact that these come in Blueberry is just icing on the muffin. Best of all worlds.

Keyspan USB to Apple Serial adapter. I see them all the time on eBay, and the software for them is available for free on the Macintosh Garden website.

@@redleader6442 Thanks. Will try that!

@@abel7146 Of course. Here is another site with the software and photos of the device I'm talking about: www.macintoshrepository.org/2236-keyspan-usa28-usb-twin-serial-adapter

I actually found your comment on another video of an LPS drive, asking for a better spin up. I uploaded this because of that, since I forgot I recently came across this drive. I've never heard one this quiet. At least, not since I was a very little kid in the 90s.

@@redleader6442 Same for me, never heard one with such quiet bearings. Also I had no clue the LPS stood for "low profile series", I thought it was something to do with the optical encoder to keep track of the head positioning.

@@cdos9186 bitsavers.org/pdf/quantum/ProDrive/81-106898-01_ProDrive_LPS_210AT_Product_Manual_Preliminary_199403.pdf Go to page 107 out of 116 and it refers to the drives as Low Profile Series. I always suspected it, but Quantum themselves confirmed it.

Depending on what's wrong with it, you may be able to fix it. If it's lasted this long, maybe you can make it last another 30 years.

@@cafemolido5459 Apologies, removed your other comment when I meant to reply. This is my daily driver too.

There's something charming about woodgrain. Some people find it tacky, but it goes well with furniture. The chrome on the front of mine also makes it blend wonderfully with my other kitchen appliances, even newer ones.

@@redleader6442 I have to agree, it is charming in a way. Also it goes well with just about everything in the house, fits in great like you mentioned. Nostalgic seeing the styling from a different time.

@@cdos9186 Personally, I use it because it's what my late dad had when I was a little kid. Brings back memories of looking up at the LED display. However, it also just works better, so there's that.

@@redleader6442 That is crazy a microwave can last just that long and still keep going. New ones die within 5 years or so lol.

@@cdos9186 Well, in the 80s, countertop microwaves had only been around for 20 years or so. They still made them with the same quality as they did in '67, from what I can tell. I find the same quality in mine as the first Amana Radarange. Just as heavy, too.

It's a Dell Precision 210 workstation. 440BX, dual 450MHz Pentium III's, TNT2 Ultra. Quite the powerhouse for 1999.

@@redleader6442 Cool! it supports 4x512mb SDR or only 4x256mb?

@@Vladimir94105 I never tried using 512MB modules because I only have 256 on hand, so it had 1 GB. As a matter of fact, I believe the 440BX has a max of 1 GB. It wasn't until the 828xx series of chipsets, supporting RDRAM, that allowed for 2 GB.

@@redleader6442 but still, 1GB RAM for 2x450MHz pentium 3 is good amount

@@Vladimir94105 Honestly, even just 512 MB is great for that time period. I just doubled it for the novelty.

Thst is both ironic and bizarre. Out of curiosity, are you the original owner? If not, there's a possibility that either someone replaced the dead Amana-branded magnetron with a compatible one that happened to be made by Toshiba, or by the time Amana made your microwave, they were beginning to outsource parts.

@@redleader6442 No, I bought the oven from a thrift store a couple of years ago and am in the middle of refreshing it with new parts for my own use. It has a new magnetron, high voltage cap, and high voltage diode. I have also internally resealed it with new foam to restore proper airflow for correct functioning of the Rotawave mode agitator. I'm awaiting a shipment of new electrolytic caps for the timer/control board. Once the refresh is complete, the oven ought to be good for at least another 30 years. However, the original magnetron is still working, so I'll save that as a spare part. But both the old magnetron and the new replacement were made by Toshiba. It is possible that the magnetron may have been replaced before, but I kind of doubt it as there are no signs that such a thing happened. Indeed, the old magnetron's thermal fuse had the original factory rivet securing it into place rather than a screw. My oven has a manufacture date of December 1982. It may be that Amana began using more globally sourced component parts for their ovens at that time.

@@Watcher3223 Thanks for reminding me that I need new foam. When I first purchased this Toshiba, I had to clean a bunch of disintegrated foam from within the cooking chamber and above and beside it. Thankfully the airflow isn't dependent on the foam in mine, as it still turns the stirrer just fine. Still, I suppose I should replace it. Yeah, definitely seems like Amana used outsourced parts after the 80s began. I'm fairly certain that they were 100% Raytheon Amana in the 70s, or nearly so, since the design was largely unchanged from the '67 RR-1.

@@redleader6442 Amana was still a part of Raytheon at the time my oven was manufactured. Your oven may or may not have the mode agitator driven by a motor, but I know my oven uses airflow to spin the antenna. Before refoaming, it would barely move. After refoaming, it spins quite nicely.

@@Watcher3223 Mine is definitely moved by airflow. I know that Raytheon still owned Amana. I'm just saying I find it weird that they'd choose to purchase parts from other makers when they invented many of the parts in question.

The banshee is an AGP card, so that wouldn't work in this system. I agree, though, that a Voodoo2 would be a rather nice upgrade, though.

@@redleader6442 there are also many PCI versions of the Banshee

@@supermario8416 Ah, I was unaware of that.

I figured that I'd keep it stock, as I try my best to do with classic hardware from 1999 and older. Since this IBM has the hard drive it came with, and the sticker on the front says Windows 95, that's how I set it up. I can just as easily use CD-RW discs and my external Zip drive to transfer games and programs onto the system, so I don't need USB. For newer computers, I have no qualms about throwing in a larger drive. I swapped my XP gamer's stock 80GB ATA-133 drive for a 500GB SATA-150.

​@@redleader6442 i just leave the old hdd in but connect up a ssd 128gb drive for is, games etc.. that way it can ve swaped over to the orginal if needed

​@@RavageReeves For me, a solid state drive just feels wrong in a system like this. There'll come a day when old hard drives are all dead, and they'll probably go first before computers. When that happens, I'll consider it if my retro machines are still alive.

ps-2.kev009.com/pcpartnerinfo/ctstips/418e.htm This website has the official Windows 95 drivers for the IBM PC 300GL I displayed in this video. Good luck!

Unfortunately, the drive no longer works.

Have the bearings failed? Or does it have click of death? Or one too many failed sectors? What happened to it?

@@oppo_guy1904 No. It starts up, passes its seek test, but fails to read data upon being signaled by a computer. It makes the noise it usually makes when hitting a bad sector nonstop, and refuses to format.

Me neither. Prior to finding this drive, I had no idea they existed. I almost didn't get the drive because I couldn't find any information on it, even whether or not it was for Apple. Thankfully, I found the MacWorld ads in magazines uploaded to vintageapple.org.

I saw. I looked at a whole bunch of 8425SA and 8425S drives. However, MiniScribe was not known for their reliability, while Seagate was generally great quality throughout the 80s. That is part of what influenced my choice. Thank you for the suggestion, though. 6 vintage drives for 40 is indeed a steal, even if none of them end up working.

@@redleader6442 From my experience, and the MiniScribe I have, MiniScribe did produce some really premium drives such as the 9000 series and especially the 3130 and 3180 series which good luck finding one of those sadly. Really wish some of these older drives weren't so rare now.

@@cdos9186 MiniScribe did indeed make some excellent drives. Especially their later voice coil drives. Unfortunately, their 3.5" stepper drives aren't part of their quality drives, and it shows. Nearly every SE I find on eBay has a disk icon with a question mark due to a failed drive, which is usually a full height MiniScribe, a full height Quantum ProDrive, or a full height Rodime. On the other hand, nearly every early Apple 20SC external drive I've come across that has a Seagate ST-225N is almost always working. I figured I'd get that drive's baby brother and try my luck.

@@redleader6442 You can't just low-level format the MiniScribe drive if it isn't working properly? Did you mention the Quantum Prodrive because of the rubber bumper they used in a lot of their models? Also a full height Rodime isn't very common so I'm not sure what is wrong with those.

@@cdos9186 @C:\ DOS I tried a low level format 3 times and each one failed. Also as for the quantums, I'm talking about their 3.5" full height drives, and I am unsure if those ones had rubber bumpers. I've just never come across one that works. Same with the SCSI Rodime's in SE's and MFM Rodime's in the Mac 128k's Hard Disk 20 external drives. Always dead or near death in my experience.

I've been considering that possibility, as well as getting a replacement pcb to solve that problem. However, generally, only the whole drive is available and that's pricy for vintage hardware that already might not work. The cheapest new direct part-for-part replacement on eBay is $50.

@@redleader6442 Some 68-pin SCSI drives will work with Macs if you use a 68pin to 50pin adaptor, might be a cheaper way to replace something like this.

@@windisk1112 I've actually done that before, but in a different Mac (PowerMac 8600). For this one, though, I just got an old Seagate that was pretty much identical to this MiniScribe, as in full height/ 20MB/ stepper. Thanks for the suggestion, though!

What year was this produced?

It's a Samsung Apollo 250MB 3.5" IDE drive.

@@redleader6442 Interesting name, does it have any bad sectors? Seems like a good fit for that machine.

@@cdos9186 A few, unfortunately, but it still runs great. Quiet bearings and relatively quick to access. It's actually for sale, currently. I sold the AST Advantage! it came from because I found out, belatedly, that it had no L2 cache nor any sockets for any, so even a Pentium OverDrive wouldn't improve it enough for newer DOS games like Duke Nukem 3D. As this was to be my DOS gamer, that just didn't work for me. I'll be posting videos of the AST's replacement eventually.

I'm fairly certain that noise is the heads being released, although I'm not about to open it up to find out. These are getting rarer and rarer to find in decent working shape.

And yeah, quite a lot of platter space in these mammoths. Pretty sure these types of drives were used for enterprise and data center storage. Seagate made one of these types of drives with 47 GB, which was the last full height 5 1/4 inch drive ever made, back in '98, back when a standard home hard drive was between 3 and 10 GB. Look up the Seagate Elite 47.

@@redleader6442 I remember watching the video on that ST446452W hard drive MarWi16A had. That drive has 14 platters and 28 heads which is the most I've ever seen.

@@redleader6442 Also you are not kidding when you say these drives are getting rarer and rarer to find. I am so happy I got my MiniScribe 9380E I have.

One of IBM's best, most reliable drives ever made. Also one of the quietest 3.5" SCSI drives you could find from the very early 90s.

@@redleader6442 That's awesome! What do you think of the IBM WDS-3160?

@@cdos9186 Isn't that the older, full height 3.5" version of this drive? I haven't had the pleasure of owning one.

@@redleader6442 To be honest I don't know either, don't know anything about the really old IBM drives.

It's a drive that's served me surprisingly well. It's quiet and very fast for its age, and came out of a Gateway Select Athlon computer that I sold with a Western Digital drive since, quite frankly, I wouldn't risk selling a computer with a 'deathstar.' For my own personal use, I can take the risk because I only use the drive for gaming.

@@redleader6442 I love these drives as well for their great performance. This one is literally perfect. When did you first find out about the problems people were having with these drives? What other drives do you have?

I first found out due to personal experience. My old drive from my computer 10 years ago started systematically losing sectors, until the head crashed quite loudly. It was then that I found out that others had similar issues with the 75GXP series of drives, and found out about the unfortunate nickname 'deathstar.' Other older drives of note that I have are a 270MB Western Digital Caviar for my DX2-66 setup, a 2.1 GB Toshiba laptop hard drive that's twice as tall as normal, a failing 80 MB Quantum ProDrive ELS SCSI, and a near-dead Quantum Fireball 500MB IDE.

@@redleader6442 Sounds like those Quantums aren't very reliable....what symptoms are they showing? Also do you remember the model or capacity of the one in your computer from 10 years ago? Also you literally had the drive die right in front of you!?

​@@cdos9186 Yep, towards the end of my backup. Made my cat jump and bolt out of the room. IBM had made the switch to glass platters at that point, and apparently the magnetic coating flaked off after a while and got caught in the drive heads, causing sector loss and eventual head crashing. Metal heads crashing and screeching on glass is not a fun sound. It was a common problem because IBM did not implement the switch properly, causing an inherent design flaw in the drives. Corrected later on, but significant reputation damage to IBM's hard drive division was a result. I think that's part of why they sold it to Hitachi. As for my drive, it was a 20 GB 75GXP. My 500MB Quantum has bearings that sound like a dental drill and half the sectors are gone. My 80MB Quantum works perfectly fine, except as of recently, upon every shutdown, the heads hit and grind against the center spindle. That sort of friction can't be good for the heads, so I'm not holding my breath as to the longevity of the drive. Eventually, it'll erode the heads to the point of not functioning, or cause them to snap off and crash onto the platters. Granted, these are 26 year old and 28 year old drives, respectively, but it's sad nonetheless.