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How Hot Do These 8-bit Computers Get?
How Hot Do These 8-bit Computers Get?
#Hot #8bit #Computers
“Retro Hack Shack”
I am testing 5 different 8-bit computers with a thermal camera to see which one runs the hottest.
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This looks like a fun way to spend some time… 😄
The really interesting thing for me was seeing all those little chips on the Apple II that weren't getting hot at all on top but were heating up the board around them a good deal, producing a nice little ricer underglow effect. I'm guessing they all had thick ceramic lids, no doubt at considerable expense to the manufacturers (and the customers, but that's a given; it's a freaking Apple).
This seems like a great diagnostic tool.
My dad has a FLIR. We have a tradition of going out in winter and using it to view around his house in Vancouver.
The c64 power bricks could get hot enough to fry an egg.
Why did you apologize for using Fahrenheit? You don't apologize for you accent or your gender, do you? If a viewer uses metric, they should be able to deal with it.
Would be nice to see both, Fahrenheit and Celsius.
Nice experiment. Camera looks decent enough. I have that brand multimeter and it has been great.
A note about the PLA. I have had a few 5-pin video early 64s and they have all had that 8411 REV3 PLA. I used to think that they were replaced because the 8411 seemed like a date code. Apparently it is not a date code and that is the original PLA. Those were programmable chips and are much better than the later MOS made PLAs. Thanks for another great video.
Atari had to remove the plastic shells around the OS and RAM cards in the later 800's because of repeated heat failures. SO you are missing a major player in the heat issue. Taking a 'short cut' by using a 800XL instead of getting, using a original 800, is doing dis-service to your topic. Please consider pulling this video down and redoing it properly. ( you will have to run the 800 with the cover on for a while to heat up, then remove it and quickly check the temps)
Nice thermal camera and good to see how it works. Greetings from Steven from the Netherlands
Back in the 80s, a thermal camera would’ve required a trolley for the hydrogen tank that was needed, and it would’ve cost tens of thousands.
Instant read digital meat thermometers are another good low cost way of getting temps. I have a couple that I use for things ranging from general air temperature and fish tank temps to even oral human temps in a pinch. Just mind what you used them for last and remember they are rather pointy!