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Due to reasons that I still can’t quite fathom, things have fallen way behind. As a result and in an attempt to get somewhat back on track, this week’s video is a rather simple one. That’s not to say it’s devoid of entertainment/interest, but it’s also unlikely to be something you’ll be thinking about tomorrow.

Anyway enough of this hard sell…here’s the link: https://youtu.be/OR5yhgupt0g


In other news, you may have heard that Audio Technica is bringing back the Sound Burger record player as a Limited Edition. I’ve put in my pre-order today. I just thought you might want to know in case you felt like doing the same before they all sell out. Of course once it arrives I intend to do a review. Here’s the link for the UK https://www.audio-technica.com/en-gb/at-sb2022#

   
UPDATE 1: Took off most of the extraneous intro. The video starts a bit suddenly now, but that's fine. 

UPDATE 2: Quite a few people asked to see additional tones displayed on the device, so I’ve added in a 45 second section that starts at around 08:04.

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Let me show you The Lyte...from 1987 Links: Pinball forum thread about the Lyte https://pinside.com/pinball/forum/topic/1987-data-east-lazer-war-topper Old Radioshack Catalogues http://radioshackcatalogs.com ------------- Merchandise ----------------- New Techmoan Merchandise is now available. https://etsy.me/3zzjweo --------------- SUBSCRIBE ------------------ http://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan?sub_confirmation=1 ------------- 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) Regularly asked question Q) Why are there comments from days 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. If you want to see the videos early too, you can sign up to Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/techmoan

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Anonymous

A fun device, Mat.. I know some guys from my college days who would have loved it, if you know what I mean. Thanks for sharing.

Anonymous

from ipdb.org: The Data East "Laser War" flyer shows a trapezoidal backbox topper with a spinning LED board to create an optical effect during game play. The designer of that game, Joe Kaminkow, said that the light itself came in a square black box, approximately 12 by 12 inches (sold as the Lyte Sound Visualizer manufactured by Clyde Industries America Inc.). Data East added a custom trapezoidal housing around it for mounting on the backbox using screws and connected it to the sound board. Joe said the topper was too expensive and was discontinued during the production run of this game. He guessed about 500 of the earliest machines came with this topper. A video of the device in use on a pinball can be seen at https://youtu.be/hNQK5iU9jjg