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Something a bit different this week. Few of us will recognise this machine and yet most of us (in the U.K.) will have used one. When it comes to the joy of watching things in motion, the unintentional Kinetic Art on display here is up there with a Lava Lamp.

https://youtu.be/3z8z0sbLsrw

If after watching this you feel like you’d like to just see this machine working away for a longer period…it just so happens that my friend Skip Intro thought the exact same thing… he borrowed a one hour uninterrupted clip and used it to put together a 3hr 21 minute video backed by some rather ‘functional music’. Here’s the link to that video on his channel. He tells me that this is just something he did for the Patrons - so that's nice.  https://youtu.be/4hJJCOyJe2w

Take care and best wishes.

UPDATE: Added in a section that starts at 09:54 - Unfortunately my voice was giving out, but hopefully the extra bits help to clear up a few common questions.

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Unseen old tech that's fun to watch

I’ve used one of these - most people I know have too, yet this is the first time I've seen one. When it comes to the joy of watching things in motion, the Kinetic Art on display here is up there with a Lava Lamp. 00:00 Start 00:51 What it did 02:58 A look inside 05:14 What’s on it? 08:22 This is what. 09:54 FAQs Answered 14:12 Credits Thanks to Neil for the loan of the Machine. --------------- SUBSCRIBE ------------------ http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 ------------- Merchandise ----------------- https://teespring.com/stores/techmoan-merch ------------- SUPPORT --------------- This channel can be supported through Patreon https://www.patreon.com/techmoan *******Patrons usually have early access to videos******* ---------- Outro Music ----------- Over Time - Vibe Tracks https://youtu.be/VSSswVZSgJw ------ Outro Sound Effect ------ ThatSFXGuy - https://youtu.be/5M3-ZV5-QDM ------ AFFILIATED LINKS/ADVERTISING NOTICE ------- All links are Affiliated where possible. When you click on links to various merchants posted here and make a purchase, this can result in me earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network & Amazon. I am a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to AMAZON Sites (including, but not limited to Amazon US/UK/DE/ES/FR/NL/IT/CAN) FAQ Q) Why are there comments from a week ago when this video has just gone live today? A) Patrons https://www.patreon.com/techmoan usually have early access to videos. I'll show the first version of a video on Patreon and often the feedback I get results in a video going through further revisions to improve it. e.g. Fix audio issues, clarify points, add extra footage or cut extraneous things out. The video that goes live on youtube is the final version.

Comments

Anonymous

Great hearing your voice on the announcer 9A. The guy is great, but fortunately his videos are short as I have to lie down and rest after each one.

techmoan

I mentioned he was energetic - either that or I’m extremely sluggish. Probably a bit of both.

Gordo

Hi Matt, daft question i know, but you did try the volume pots fully clockwise *and* counter-clockwise - I've seen pro gear with pots marked "attenuation" where fully-clockwise is off! Also, some of your older patrons may remember 1/2" multi-track computer tape drives which would spool a length of tape off one of the reels into a "box" reminiscent of the tape chamber on this announcement device. They could then shuttle this (relatively) short section of tape back & forward at high speed to access different parts of that section for read & write without having to spool the whole tape back & forward. This, of course, was before the advent of disk or RAM caching..

techmoan

Yes I spend hours and hours with this stuff - I try all the basics and more besides - no one wants to watch a video where nothing at all happens though - so not everything is included. What you end up seeing are days condensed into seconds. Here’s what happened next https://youtu.be/qvzH7DSsD3g