The Bendix G15 Boots!

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  • Опубликовано: 23 дек 2024

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  • @CuriousMarc
    @CuriousMarc 2 месяца назад +609

    Congrats! Tape data loading onto the drum! That’s quite an achievement. It’s really neat to see the data build up on the track at the pokey speed it’s read in from the tape. Such a relaxing computing pace.

    • @UsagiElectric
      @UsagiElectric  2 месяца назад +60

      Thank you!
      Interestingly, what we're seeing on the scope is incrementing four words at a time, so that's actually 116-bits being transferred over at a time, which is decently fast!

    • @electronash
      @electronash 2 месяца назад +21

      @@UsagiElectric That's faster than our dial-up in 1996. lol

    • @meesalikeu
      @meesalikeu Месяц назад +1

      @@electronashyes - good catch that was funny 😂🎉

    • @anarchy_79
      @anarchy_79 29 дней назад +1

      But can it run Doom?

  • @Conenion
    @Conenion 2 месяца назад +355

    Diaper = diagnostic program for easy repair. This one wins the "catchy acronym in the IT industry" award easily.

    • @UsagiElectric
      @UsagiElectric  2 месяца назад +50

      I thought it was a silly name until I saw the acronym, then I immediately loved it, haha.

    • @highpath4776
      @highpath4776 2 месяца назад +2

      @@UsagiElectric nearly as good as the WIPL ? and others for the centurion ?

    • @Jeff-ss6qt
      @Jeff-ss6qt 2 месяца назад +10

      It catches all errors and stops them in their tracks. Does it catch and prevent memory leaks, though?

    • @Jeff-ss6qt
      @Jeff-ss6qt 2 месяца назад +3

      Adding a program to it to dump out core drum memory to the typewriter could be funny. The dumper that uses a ton of paper.

    • @glenncaughey5044
      @glenncaughey5044 2 месяца назад +9

      @@UsagiElectricFitting for when the Bendix $h1t$ itself.

  • @Maxxarcade
    @Maxxarcade 2 месяца назад +174

    I got a good laugh out of the "You Wanna Bet?" that someone wrote on the schematic at 21:28. So cool to see this coming back to life!

    • @spokehedz
      @spokehedz 2 месяца назад +14

      I imagine that was added after someone wrote to that track

    • @UsagiElectric
      @UsagiElectric  2 месяца назад +19

      I put that shot from the manual in specifically because I found that hand scribbled note hilarious!

    • @meesalikeu
      @meesalikeu Месяц назад +1

      funny and also so cool to suddenly see humanity in the schematic 🎉

  • @hardlyworgen71
    @hardlyworgen71 2 месяца назад +445

    I've never seen someone so happy about a loaded diaper.

    • @TLang-el6sk
      @TLang-el6sk 2 месяца назад +11

      😂😂😂

    • @glenncaughey5044
      @glenncaughey5044 2 месяца назад +16

      Wait till it purges 😁

    • @UsagiElectric
      @UsagiElectric  2 месяца назад +83

      A loaded diaper means internal stuff is working!

    • @glenncaughey5044
      @glenncaughey5044 2 месяца назад +4

      @@UsagiElectric 🤦‍♂️

    • @МяВЕдзт
      @МяВЕдзт 2 месяца назад

      @@UsagiElectric I think he meant a loaded diaper, literally

  • @GOPRepubliklan
    @GOPRepubliklan 2 месяца назад +29

    As a highway engineer, even my modern computing equipment often struggles with road grading terrain models and leaves me pulling my hair out (Microsoft + Autodesk + Bentley is a recipe for chronic ulcers) so I have all the more appreciation this thing was doing it (probably more reliably) 70 years ago.

    • @Tolbat
      @Tolbat 20 дней назад

      As much as highways fall apart, may I suggest you buy one of these tape machines lol

  • @chrisdieguez1950
    @chrisdieguez1950 Месяц назад +32

    1:21 no, the correct question is, obviously, "Can it play Doom?"

    • @zachdemarco1600
      @zachdemarco1600 Месяц назад

      Great minds think alike

    • @afberglund2764
      @afberglund2764 Месяц назад +3

      Pong? The players must feed in the next move by paper.

    • @mrjohnnyk
      @mrjohnnyk Месяц назад +1

      @@afberglund2764 Might be able to play chess that way.

    • @austinrutledge6484
      @austinrutledge6484 16 дней назад

      I came looking for this comment specifically

  • @greyjackson2159
    @greyjackson2159 2 месяца назад +88

    You have the best ability to convey complex computer jargon that I could never understand on my own. I appreciate you saving historical items like this and sharing. Many thanks. Always enjoy watching you.

    • @UsagiElectric
      @UsagiElectric  2 месяца назад +17

      Thank you so much!
      The G15 is quite a complex system, even something as simple as loading in paper tape data is a fairly difficult system to understand, so I definitely wanted to take the time and explain it as clearly as I could!

    • @jnharton
      @jnharton 2 месяца назад +2

      @@UsagiElectric I assume it helps a lot that you are familiar with both the principles of operation for vacuum tubes and already designed and built a small, primitive computer with them.

  • @michaelpelley2815
    @michaelpelley2815 2 месяца назад +261

    "...anyone else restoring a Bendix G15..." I'd say that is a pretty rarefied group! 😁

    • @UsagiElectric
      @UsagiElectric  2 месяца назад +51

      You can probably count the number of us on one hand, haha.

    • @FreejackVesa
      @FreejackVesa 2 месяца назад +3

      @@UsagiElectric

    • @splitprissm9339
      @splitprissm9339 2 месяца назад +14

      @@UsagiElectric So debate in the community means you are feeling divided?

    • @wotsac
      @wotsac 2 месяца назад +5

      @@UsagiElectricthere was presumably a time when you could count the number on zero hands, so 👍

    • @rogeratygc7895
      @rogeratygc7895 2 месяца назад +5

      @@UsagiElectric Using only thumbs? Fascinating project!

  • @garyramsey4275
    @garyramsey4275 2 месяца назад +94

    The Bendix is by far my favorite of all your vintage machines. Getting closer to fully operational! I can’t wait to see it print out “HELLORLD”.!

    • @georgestephens2593
      @georgestephens2593 2 месяца назад +20

      Unfortunately it can't. I spoke with David when he was at Systems Source removing the good drum from the Bendix they have on display. I said the very same thing, "I cant wait for it to print out 'Hellorld'." David said it cant, since the Bendix is a numerical computer only. It can't do alphanumerics. Therefore no letters. The closest he could get would be printing images of the Hellorld letters. I hope he can get that far.

    • @joshuag.newsteder6284
      @joshuag.newsteder6284 2 месяца назад

      Me too! Been waiting for this great day! Congrats.

    • @ct6502c
      @ct6502c 2 месяца назад

      ​@@georgestephens2593Then I wonder why it even has a teletype for the interface? Would it just print out a code with numbers whenever it responds?

    • @williamgraham2468
      @williamgraham2468 2 месяца назад +5

      It might be able to punch a paper tape that you could then take over to a Model 15 Teletype to read to produce alphabetic characters.

    • @afberglund2764
      @afberglund2764 2 месяца назад

      I like the steam driven all mechanic Bendix.

  • @nmjerry
    @nmjerry 2 месяца назад +18

    I am 62 years old. Despite that fact, I have experience with a Mach 3 computer, which of course had tubes. In particular, I did a binary add with the adder circuit of one, back in the late 70s. It was interesting as the "accumulator", a set of neon bulbs, changed with every bit change of the additives., two sets of switches. It had hundreds of tubes, and was very bright and took a while to warm up, I am pretty sure just the adder circuit ran thousands of watts.

  • @enojelly9452
    @enojelly9452 2 месяца назад +65

    Congratulations! When I saw the data build up on the drum through the oscilloscope, I gasped!

    • @georgestephens2593
      @georgestephens2593 2 месяца назад +4

      Yes, that was awesome!

    • @UsagiElectric
      @UsagiElectric  2 месяца назад +15

      That single scope shot made the entire input system click in my head and really helped me understand what was going on!
      Also, it was just super cool to see the data push around the drum line!

    • @alexkuhn5078
      @alexkuhn5078 2 месяца назад +6

      I know right? It was like the midcentury equivalent of a progress bar, so cool!

  • @exidy-yt
    @exidy-yt 2 месяца назад +39

    First let me say: Lloyd, you are a bloody legendary hero to keep coming to restore this old beast from your working days back to life and we totally appreciate you!
    Grats Dave! PLEASE keep focus on this machine until it's 100% rather then cycling through projects if possible (and if Lloyd's schedule allows) because it's SO close I am all but dancing on my toe-tips here. I cannot believe how invested i've gotten into seeing the Bendix run, it's worse then with the Centurion that got me hooked on your channel in the first place, LOL.

    • @mikafoxx2717
      @mikafoxx2717 2 месяца назад +5

      He does need to wait on other people too, plus he needs to get some mental breaks to work on something else or this thing can burn him out a bit. I'm glad it's getting more attention lately, though! Bendix is like the new Centurion, the big project, and after that we can get on with a new big overarching project while the others get to be the fresh air between.

    • @UsagiElectric
      @UsagiElectric  2 месяца назад +4

      Lloyd is absolutely a legend!
      I have a trip planned to Pittsburgh coming up in about two and a half weeks, so the Bendix will be on hold during that trip, but I am going to try to get another episode in before I go. I think the very next episode might be on the diode tester since I'm quite amped up about where we are on it!

    • @SockyNoob
      @SockyNoob День назад

      Lloyd is a legend!

  • @Inesophet
    @Inesophet 2 месяца назад +9

    Absolutely fantastic. I was quite Skeptical that it would ever live again, "Bit more then you could chew" type of thing. But you and the community has shown, there is bite to that bark. I am in awe!

  • @motorv8N
    @motorv8N Месяц назад +5

    Fascinating. For some reason RUclips dropped this in my feed. It’s wholly unrelated to anything Ive ever watched (unless restoring old tractors and boats is a connection…) So naturally I didn’t understand a word you said but still found it mesmerizing that a machine like this could show signs of life and that you know how to coax it to function.

    • @UsagiElectric
      @UsagiElectric  Месяц назад +1

      Glad to have you here, and happy to hear you enjoyed the video!

    • @tri00azerath
      @tri00azerath 19 дней назад

      Cars/engines and analog computers/circuits are very similar, especially the head space you work in while diagnosing issues with either.

  • @donmoore7785
    @donmoore7785 26 дней назад +1

    It is awesome that you (and your expert helpers) are able to diagnose such a complicated machine, and get it working. I saw the episode after this one before watching this one. MTBF gets you after decades...

  • @ultrametric9317
    @ultrametric9317 2 месяца назад +25

    Now we know why they named it DIAPER - because when it finally works, you load up your pants in astonishment! Great job!!!

  • @tommythorn
    @tommythorn 2 месяца назад +25

    Awesome. You are slowly becoming a master of the G15.

    • @UsagiElectric
      @UsagiElectric  2 месяца назад +9

      Oh, I'm still a long ways off, Lloyd is the master for sure!

  • @RobertLiesenfeld
    @RobertLiesenfeld 2 месяца назад +2

    Seeing the blocks of bits march across the scope as they were shifted onto the number track gave me goosebumps. It's incredible that you've even gotten this far on a machine that is pushing 70 years old! You're a restoration legend, and Lloyd is too for contributing his first-hand experience with this machine! I can't wait for the next video.

  • @Rocketman88002
    @Rocketman88002 23 дня назад +1

    I remember these machines well! Stacked Winchester drives, punched tapes and cards, readers. The main sections of the entire computer like the arithmetic, analog, digital and tape drives were mounted in 19" racks about six feet tall.

  • @SockyNoob
    @SockyNoob День назад

    Lloyd is an absolute legend. And so is this machine and your videos. Love the passion for old machines. It means they'll continue to operate for decades to come so long as people stay interested in them.

  • @marcwolf60
    @marcwolf60 2 месяца назад +10

    Congratualtions :) :) Really looking forward to the next epic chapter.

  • @TheGuitologist
    @TheGuitologist 2 месяца назад +2

    That's incredible. What a beautiful machine. Nice job getting this far. And I know what a mammoth task it was just to film and present this video. Thanks!

  • @gil10601
    @gil10601 2 месяца назад +3

    Back in the 80's I worked for a large photocopier company and ( starts with X ) was sent to a month-long training course on one of our large production machines. This was my introduction to computer logic and this machine was discrete component logic. there were some IC's and lots single devices these monitored dozens of switches and sensors monitoring paper movement and different functions throughout the machine. It was absolutely overwhelming, but we had good instructors and good training material and we got through it. This stuff is complex , tip of the hat to you guys for figuring this all out.

  • @horusfalcon
    @horusfalcon 2 месяца назад +18

    Excellent work. Won't post any spoilers here, but your solutions to problems are innovative, and, more importantly, _functional._ Well done, both of you!

  • @ericlundquist7429
    @ericlundquist7429 2 месяца назад +6

    Congratulations! Excellent progress. Can't wait to see the next step.

  • @douglasmayherjr.5733
    @douglasmayherjr.5733 2 месяца назад +1

    Pretty cool to see each hurdle being tested, troubleshooting and repaired. This machine is what brought me to your channel. Looking forward to seeing it compute again. Thanks for the videos. I’m also looking forward to your Diode testing video

  • @esra_erimez
    @esra_erimez 2 месяца назад +47

    Came for clean shaven Dave. Stayed for the working Bendix

    • @UsagiElectric
      @UsagiElectric  2 месяца назад +22

      Every once in a while, I gotta get 10 years younger overnight by shaving it off!

    • @esra_erimez
      @esra_erimez 2 месяца назад +6

      @@UsagiElectric you do look so young without it!

    • @Dedicatedtolivinginthepast
      @Dedicatedtolivinginthepast 2 месяца назад +8

      @@UsagiElectric That's not just 10 years! You look like you're in your early 20s almost when clean shaven and in your 50s or later when you're about to shave lol

  • @kensmith5694
    @kensmith5694 2 месяца назад +6

    With a function generator, a resistor and your scope, you can create a curve tracer for the diodes.
    It may be that the breakdown voltage on the bad one is very low.
    BTW: I have found that a 1N5711 works OK as a replacement for a 1N34 in some circuits.
    The signals you have a large enough and slow enough that it is likely that the details of the diode don't matter much.
    The BAT41 is a 100V diode. I think you are only running about 25V on those diodes so that should be OK
    A conventional silicon diode would likely work for you if you need a higher voltage part

  • @aleksandermikoajczak983
    @aleksandermikoajczak983 2 месяца назад +1

    Just started computer sciences in university, hearing about these old vacuum computers and actually seeing them work is two completely different things! Love the video, can't wait to see this bendix execute a program... Keep up the great work!

  • @desmur36
    @desmur36 2 месяца назад +4

    Incredible work! You guys are the pioneers of G15 restoration.

  • @DeadKoby
    @DeadKoby 2 месяца назад +2

    I enjoy watching your adventures. I don't have the love for these kind of machines.... but I always enjoy a good fix-up. It encourages me to keep at it.

  • @Digitalsurfer265
    @Digitalsurfer265 Месяц назад +1

    THIS is the kind of RUclips content I really enjoy

  • @cheeseparis1
    @cheeseparis1 2 месяца назад +6

    I knew you would be able to replace the photodiode. Congrats on this great repair!

  • @DaveCurran
    @DaveCurran 2 месяца назад +20

    Amazing to see the data building up on the drum in real time.

    • @volvo09
      @volvo09 2 месяца назад +1

      So cool.
      What a neat machine. Glad that new drum works after all these years. It was crazy that he was even able to get a spare.

  • @Largoneth
    @Largoneth 2 месяца назад +4

    Looking at those cards jogged an old memory... I'm pretty sure I encountered one of these machines way in the back of a desert junkyard in the early 1990s. Man, if I could just go back in time and have another look

  • @teddytiger5217
    @teddytiger5217 2 месяца назад +5

    20:25 Holy Cow! I mean, I've seen myself completely beardless, but you've dropped probably about 10 years off right there. :)

    • @diamond_h0us
      @diamond_h0us Месяц назад

      I had to do an A B comparison to make sure it was the same person. LOL

  • @maxflute7893
    @maxflute7893 2 месяца назад +5

    There are also 0805 SMD photodiodes cheaply avaiable, did you ever think about glueing those to some sorts of a stick and soldering tiny wires to it?

  • @bobblaine1437
    @bobblaine1437 2 месяца назад +8

    I suspect that had the Bendix engineers realized that someone would be reading their schematics 70 years later, they'd be as amazed as I am.

  • @emilschw8924
    @emilschw8924 2 месяца назад +1

    A journey of a thousand miles started with a single step.
    An most excellent troubleshooting process, and it is so awesome.
    Thanks for sharing!

  • @OtherWorldExplorers
    @OtherWorldExplorers 2 месяца назад +11

    I've been watching a lot of this and I'd like to thank not just you but Mrs Bunny and all the little bunnies. There's a lot of sacrificing going on making these videos for us and working on this hardware. And I want you to know it's greatly appreciated. 😊

  • @pjcnet
    @pjcnet 2 месяца назад +6

    Wow wow wow, thought I'd be one of the first to say congratulations, been following this with interest from the start, now I'm watching the full video.

  • @METEORAMPS
    @METEORAMPS Месяц назад

    Regards from Spain! As a tube amp builder, is a pleasure to see people like you interested in this kind of stuff, Congrats for your channel dude. Best wishes!

  • @philboydstudge
    @philboydstudge 2 месяца назад +10

    Congratulations! A big round of applause for you an LLoyd.

  • @TastyBusiness
    @TastyBusiness 2 месяца назад +6

    Oooooh, it's tryin'! That G-15 is so close to operational status I can feel it. Excellent progress!

    • @UsagiElectric
      @UsagiElectric  2 месяца назад

      It's super close! My guess is about a dozen flaky diodes holding us up at this point!

  • @noscwoh1
    @noscwoh1 2 месяца назад +3

    Just gotta say, I love the editing in the crosstalk between Dave and Future-Dave. You are approaching Jedi level Youtubing skillz. The self-deprecating comments are fun, too. 'Uncoordinated monkey' had me snorting my coffee.

  • @wa4aos
    @wa4aos 2 месяца назад

    Undoubtedly, your most interesting and captivating video yet. I'll watch again to verify what I thought your troubleshooting was actually fully going. EXCELLENT. Any video where the viewer gets to burn his or her brain energy/thoughts is my kind of video. Reminds me of 3:00 AM nights when I was with DEC and trying to get a system going. No sleep and running on just coffee and a scope probe !!!

  • @Frank_the_pizza_man
    @Frank_the_pizza_man Месяц назад

    Great work. Keep at it - retro computer enthusiasts and computer historians will love to see this piece of computer history read tape and be alive again. We thank you for your efforts.

  • @Mark_Lawler
    @Mark_Lawler 2 месяца назад +3

    Blinkenlights!!! Congratulations on hitting this major milestone! You have the patience of Job for sure...

  • @RaymondSwanson-u9y
    @RaymondSwanson-u9y 2 месяца назад +3

    Congratulations David. It's been a long road but I've been with you step by step.

  • @silvenshadow
    @silvenshadow 2 месяца назад +1

    This is so epic. Crazy passion and commitment to this machine. Big cheers!

  • @N.A._McBee
    @N.A._McBee 2 месяца назад

    This is quite an odyssey! But I'll follow your Bendix exploration as long as it ever may take. This machine has something incomparable to it. You're doing a fascinating and invaluable job by restoring this machine, your patience and resilience are admirable! All the best of luck to you and your mates and family!

  • @quad64bit
    @quad64bit Месяц назад

    System source is amazing, Bob spent 2 hours with us this summer giving us a tour and sharing the fantastic collection and his immense knowledge, and GREAT stories!!

  • @bobdinitto
    @bobdinitto 2 месяца назад

    Awesome work guys. I've been keenly following the Bendix adventure and it amazes me how far you've come! Can't wait for the next episode!

  • @garyg3468
    @garyg3468 Месяц назад +2

    what's the meme...
    "Can it run Crisis?!?"
    awesome piece of history

  • @baronvonschnellenstein2811
    @baronvonschnellenstein2811 2 месяца назад

    Very impressive work by you and Lloyd there, David. 👍 That's a great result and a fascinating episode in this odyssey!

  • @binarydinosaurs
    @binarydinosaurs 2 месяца назад

    Awesome work you two, just watching the blinkenlights going is an amazing thing to see. You can almost smell victory.

  • @WilliamHarbert69
    @WilliamHarbert69 2 месяца назад +4

    Wow! Saving the past for the future, bravo.

  • @4wheelwarrior
    @4wheelwarrior 2 месяца назад

    WOW! I took a screenshot of the blinkenlights for my wallpaper Man. What an awesome achievement!! Heartiest congrats, Sir.

  • @jwhite5008
    @jwhite5008 2 месяца назад +5

    For some reason 21:28 "clock track (permanent recording)

  • @christopherp.8485
    @christopherp.8485 2 месяца назад

    Never though I'd listen to the end. You made this quite interesting for someone who's note into vintage "antique" computers. Good job on the repair.

  • @liquefactionist
    @liquefactionist Месяц назад

    Congratulations, that is amazing debugging and circuit tracing work!

  • @pemungkah
    @pemungkah 2 месяца назад +1

    Lovely to see this old beast coming back to life, and kudos to the original designers who got so much out of the resources they had.

  • @toonvanderpas7604
    @toonvanderpas7604 2 месяца назад

    Thank you for again an exciting episode.
    It feel like a real thriller to me, with a positive ending every time.
    I love you man, and am looking forward to the new episode every sunday. Thanks again!

  • @thatonebelgian
    @thatonebelgian 2 месяца назад +1

    be me. dont know wtf is going on but have been invested for ages. finally. it boots. a single tear for this machine I dont know anything about.

  • @fluffy_tail4365
    @fluffy_tail4365 2 месяца назад +1

    Congratulation to both you and Loyd, seeing the neons flicker must have been amazing!

  • @scottn322
    @scottn322 Месяц назад

    What an awesome contribution to computing history! We get in such a hurry for.the latest, greatest thing that it can be easy to fail to preserve things like this... but it was so important to human history, so getting it to work is fantastic.

  • @TechBench
    @TechBench 2 месяца назад

    Seeing the values populate on the drum and being read back correctly was just so awesome I wished there was a double-like button. What a thrilling experience. Well done!

  • @johnmccormack3024
    @johnmccormack3024 2 месяца назад +1

    AWESOME!! Now all you need to do is to restore a Tektronix 575 curve tracer and test the diode under load! (This only uses 1/4 the number of vacuum tubes that your Bendix uses!) Good luck!!😁

  • @colepdx187
    @colepdx187 2 месяца назад

    This is one of my favorite channels for stuff I didn't even know I wanted to know. Thanks.

  • @antonnym214
    @antonnym214 Месяц назад

    Very nice troubleshooting. Don't stop now, this is quite an achievement! Can't wait to see more.

  • @TheWolfiet
    @TheWolfiet 2 месяца назад +8

    this is the most excited I think anyone has ever been over a 67 year old loading a diaper.

    • @DaryxFox
      @DaryxFox 2 месяца назад +2

      Now now, someone with the internet experience your avatar and subscriptions suggest should know better than to think that...

    • @TheWolfiet
      @TheWolfiet 2 месяца назад +2

      @@DaryxFox You are right, and I hate it.

    • @thejay8963
      @thejay8963 Месяц назад +2

      ​@@DaryxFox
      Please stop I am in enough pain as it is

    • @dutchess406
      @dutchess406 Месяц назад +1

      LoL😅

    • @dutchess406
      @dutchess406 Месяц назад +1

      LoL😅

  • @jfour6591
    @jfour6591 Месяц назад +17

    but can it run DOOM?

  • @subynut
    @subynut 2 месяца назад

    Super cool, man! Excited to to see the next stage of getting this neat machine running again!

  • @rvenden
    @rvenden 2 месяца назад

    Absolutely fascinating! Congratulations on getting the Bendix to boot.

  • @billwyman9780
    @billwyman9780 2 месяца назад +3

    If you cannot find an exact photo diode you could put a fiber optic cable in its place and run it to another location where you can then use some other photo diode that is larger.

    • @jclosed2516
      @jclosed2516 2 месяца назад

      Not a bad idea. You should probably hide that construction behind the metal case, to keep the original appearance intact. But it would definitely solve the size problem, and you could use the more available versions of light-sensitive Germanium diodes.

  • @ml.2770
    @ml.2770 2 месяца назад

    Super cool accomplishment David!
    I can't wait to see that printer output HELLORLD.

  • @bikeforever2016
    @bikeforever2016 2 месяца назад

    Awesome progress. Being able to witness the journey is amazing.

  • @DaveS1969
    @DaveS1969 Месяц назад

    Human ingenuity is simply amazing, this takes me back to when i was 9 and pulled apart my TRS-80 to see how it worked lol , my father was none to happy but it kept me from his power tools 🤣🤣 this computer is a work of art.

  • @russellhltn1396
    @russellhltn1396 2 месяца назад +1

    You probably know this already, but .... The diode test at 27:42 is only testing for opens and shorts. You need to reverse the meter leads to test for leakage. However, it's possible that it needs higher voltage for the leakage to appear. You may need to construct what would be a high voltage ohm meter to test the diode's reverse leakage at 100V (instead of the ~3V your meter uses).

  • @kencarlile1212
    @kencarlile1212 2 месяца назад

    Big congrats, and I love the teaser shot at the end...

  • @tebrown2131
    @tebrown2131 2 месяца назад +2

    Incredible work! You are an inspiration!

  • @pianoman4Jesus
    @pianoman4Jesus 2 месяца назад

    Bravo! Good progress, all involved with the Bendix G15! 😎🥳

  • @RetroJack
    @RetroJack 2 месяца назад

    Excellent news - I'm really loving this journey!

  • @JJGhostHunters
    @JJGhostHunters 2 месяца назад +1

    As an electrical engineer...I would love to see you at some point get this to the point of performing the differential equations calcuations you mentioned in the beginning of the video! Even a relatively "simple" one would be amazing to see!

  • @jeffrydiamond
    @jeffrydiamond 2 месяца назад

    That clip of the Fortran cards gave me flashbacks! Awesome video, man!

  • @shawnerz98
    @shawnerz98 2 месяца назад

    Wow! Great work! HAL is slowly beginning to feel better! 😄 Yes, he can feel it. He is beginning to feel better.

  • @RN1441
    @RN1441 2 месяца назад

    Keep up the great work. It's amazing to see a piece of living history being brought back.

  • @generessler6282
    @generessler6282 2 месяца назад +3

    🎉 Nice! Maybe the diodes are bad in the sense that their breakdown voltage has decreased to something lower than the one they need to block. So the meter's low voltage test doesn't trigger the failure.

    • @andygozzo72
      @andygozzo72 2 месяца назад

      or gone too resistive/leaky in reverse, germanium diodes do have more reverse leakage current than silicon anyway, this wont show up on a multimeter diode test, you need a 'semiconductor analyzer' like a Peak dca55/dca75

  • @rot_studios
    @rot_studios Месяц назад

    Seeing the data shift in on the scope is such a cool moment!
    What a project, I'm jealous :D

  • @kevinmerrell9952
    @kevinmerrell9952 2 месяца назад

    Pretty cool becoming one of the very few Bendix techs. Excellent progress!

  • @MR-DCB
    @MR-DCB 2 месяца назад

    This is pretty fantastic! Hats off to everyone involved

  • @Kokokoo15
    @Kokokoo15 2 месяца назад

    I don’t know anything about tape computers or the bendix g15 and I have really only watched maybe 5 or so of your videos but I have to say these old printed diagrams are so charming. This has to be the first time I have sat through all of a troubleshooting montage where I didn’t understand hardly a god damn thing besides the fundamentals of basic signals and logic, and I think this speaks to the excellent editing and explanation at each point
    While I didn’t know what the fuck a bendix even was before a month or two ago I can say you’ve got 2 more eyes and ears patiently waiting to see this project through

  • @gandalfgrey91
    @gandalfgrey91 2 месяца назад +3

    I’ve been waiting so long for this. I feel like Tool just released another album.

  • @therealjammit
    @therealjammit 2 месяца назад +1

    Schottky diodes have reverse leakage greater than silicon but less than germanium. A high speed silicon diode should also work. The extra forward voltage drop of silicon shouldn't be a problem for a logic circuit that uses 200 volts with 20 volt logic swings.

  • @williamsquires3070
    @williamsquires3070 2 месяца назад +35

    Fun fact, an ordinary LED can act as a photo-diode that’s most sensitive to light with the same wavelength as it would emit (does NOT apply to blue/white LEDs). Since that bulb probably emits a good deal of light across a broad portion of the visible spectrum, a yellow SMD LED glued to the end of a light-pipe with the same diameter as the bad photo-diode should work; just keep in mind that LEDs of any color have a low PIV (Peak Inverse Voltage), should you try to use them as photo-diodes in a tube circuit! 😊

    • @exidy-yt
      @exidy-yt 2 месяца назад +5

      I was wondering about that myself, in fact it was the first thing I thought of when the germanium photo-diode was confirmed toast. Not even sure where I heard this fact but it clearly stuck in my subconcious somewhere!

    • @SimonBauer7
      @SimonBauer7 2 месяца назад +4

      ​@@exidy-ytanother fact: these photovoltaic panels can also work in reverse, just not for long and not well, they emmit a light close to or at ir.

    • @Starchface
      @Starchface 2 месяца назад +1

      Good idea. Alternatively an ordinary through-hole yellow LED of the correct size may do the job sans light pipe.

    • @splitprissm9339
      @splitprissm9339 2 месяца назад +1

      @@SimonBauer7 So do transistor junctions....

    • @highpath4776
      @highpath4776 2 месяца назад

      so you add more resistors to drop volts in and an amp tp up volts out ?

  • @ulfhoff4711
    @ulfhoff4711 2 месяца назад

    Man, what a trip! Congratulations (I will never stop repeating that you are nuts, in a good way)

  • @sailordude2094
    @sailordude2094 Месяц назад

    2 plus 2 equals 4. Thanks for the tech history! Pretty amazing that it works and they moved it to you!

  • @communist-hippie
    @communist-hippie 29 дней назад

    its nice when a father and his son makes a video together

  • @Astinsan
    @Astinsan Месяц назад

    20:25 you're so excited... lol 😂 good work so far guys!

  • @wtmayhew
    @wtmayhew 2 месяца назад

    Gotta love the archeological scratching of “YOU WANNA BET?” from a former technician next to the block labeled “CLOCK TRACK (PERMANENT RECORDING) TIMING TRACK” on the drawing.