I really should have been ready for James to say "I don't wanna pay $60 AUS for cables so let's make our own."

@jamesblackett1267

Жыл бұрын

I know! never saw that coming

@gonelucid

Жыл бұрын

And the cable was the easiest part imo

@Samporium

Жыл бұрын

after reading this comment I should've been ready, but I still wasn't

@KJ.420

Жыл бұрын

I knew it was coming lol. James could revive a dead test light, James can just make a cable :)

@DreamCodeLove

Жыл бұрын

James must really hate Apple ...

As an owner of a ti-83, thanks, i didn't know i could make my own graphlink cable.

@reisenImperishableNight

Жыл бұрын

As an owner of a ti-nspire it luckily uses mini usb so i dont have to use a wacky cable

@Zanpaa

Жыл бұрын

@@reisenImperishableNight mini USB is pretty wacky.

@chadbranston9741

Жыл бұрын

If you ever loose the cable you can just buy a Nugget and it's bound to come with one

@reisenImperishableNight

Жыл бұрын

@@Zanpaa true that aswell but not as wacky as the cable used in the video

@madmax2069

Жыл бұрын

​@@chadbranston9741 I'm sorry. But what?

Building your own cable is such a James thing to do, I love it

Still can't believe this channel exists. It's like a damn fever dream

@Smokinjoewhite

Жыл бұрын

But one of those fever dreams that you actually enjoy.

@radhinkabagaskara5595

Жыл бұрын

It's like Dankpods' spirit animal came to life

@lily_skye

Жыл бұрын

people keep saying this; why? Is this James notorious for something?

@Dave11078

Жыл бұрын

@@lily_skyehe’s in many of the videos made by dankpods, probably one of the most popular tech channels.

@DennisDemonTime

Жыл бұрын

@@lily_skye wait, how did you get here without knowing who James is?

My first foray into programming was writing BASIC programs for my calculator. I whipped up a simple number guessing game and was the coolest guy in the class for about a week.

@EpicVideoGamer7771

Жыл бұрын

I did that with python on mine

@TylerBonenfant

Жыл бұрын

I used to love making games on my 84 in math, took away from the boredom of learning the same stuff two years in a row after being taken out of my honors classes for no reason

@Dan-di9jd

Жыл бұрын

That's nothing. I made a periodic elements lookup program in basic and I was the cool guy for months in chem class lol.

@hamzasajjad6792

Жыл бұрын

we were doing qbasic back in 6th and 7th grade and I was the best at coding in my class. Nobody likes a nerd tho 😢

@nope-gx5vz

Жыл бұрын

I remember improvising solver programs on tests because I was too lazy to do the work by hand and programming was just easier lol

Thats a dank beat behind the tinkering. I love how it builds with your tooling around too. Perfect

@MattRio42

Жыл бұрын

Perhaps from Dankpods?

@davep5698

Жыл бұрын

@@MattRio42 I dunno, whats the chances they know each other... /s

@majomist

Жыл бұрын

Oh god I didn't even realise that's what the music track was!

@davep5698

Жыл бұрын

@@majomist 😂 it took me a minute too, as he was getting frustrated with the jack I was grooving along and then I actually listened to it and realised it was a custom, to the moment bit of playing

@Thesnakerox

Жыл бұрын

@@MattRio42 It didn't take long for me to also wonder if Dank recorded the drum loop in the background!

You can tell Wade made the music for this and I absolutely love it.

@deathsyth8888

Жыл бұрын

Who's Wade? Do you mean Dankmus or Dankpods?

@Muumaajii

Жыл бұрын

@@deathsyth8888 Dankpods is Wade

@illustriouschin

Жыл бұрын

If that's a live drum accompaniment then that's pretty innovative!

@ExplosionsCentral

Жыл бұрын

@@illustriouschin no way, if it was live accompaniment, you'd hear wade giggling at james' jerry rig insanity

@spungboy

3 ай бұрын

wait he did?

I would have never guessed how tech savvy you were from Garbage Time. Keep it up man, these videos are both fascinating and hilarious.

@timfagan816

11 ай бұрын

Ahhha is this James from garbage time!

@synonymdave

11 ай бұрын

Hey, his genius is unparalleled in both channels.

@SlowOffTheMark

6 ай бұрын

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

James just making his own cable is so awesome. I like how he goes over how he did it instead of just glossing over it. Not a tutorial obviously but I appreciate how much work he puts into something as simple as a cable

If we don’t get a smart fridge gaming video Imma be upset mate.

@Pyronic_x3

Жыл бұрын

He about to play GTA 5 on a Samsung smart fridge

@s8wc3

Жыл бұрын

If this man were to have a smart fridge it would be Atari powered

@Aeduo

Жыл бұрын

@@Pyronic_x3 San Andreas should be possible.

@skycloud4802

Жыл бұрын

Toaster

Watching a guy build a cable to avoid buying something and then have it work feels like a miracle, good job mate!

As someone who used to code apps and games on TI-83 Plus in my high school days, glad to see someone raising awareness about graphic calculator gaming. :) Just so you know, there are many far better games available, many of which actually decent ports/clones of famous games, as well as some great games specifically made for this platform. Some were coded in TI-BASIC, but most were programmed in Z80 assembly.

@Aeduo

Жыл бұрын

I played a couple Metroid 2 clones. Not my favorite metroid but they were well done. Also some unplayable pacman game that scrolled the screen so it just turned in to mud.

@chellwil6150

9 ай бұрын

I remember playing a version of final fantasy on my ti-83 plus, it took up just about all the memory on it, but it was worth it

@Mister_Brown

5 ай бұрын

best one by far was phoenix

@ThisNameIsNotTaken99

Ай бұрын

@@Mister_Brown Kinda interesting to think about now, everybody at my school had phoenix and a couple others but I have no idea who was actually getting them onto the calculator to begin with, before they got transferred around via link cable.

0:30 “I don’t wanna pay that” literally explained my personality 💀

So glad to see you're making videos, always a must watch whenever a new video drops!

0:34 I can’t explain it, but as someone who enjoys making cosplays and DIY fashion, I relate to the way James looked at the schematic and thought “This is expensive, but I have all those parts, so I can make that myself.” It’s so cool to see the same thought processes happen with completely different materials!

Whenever you upload, I can hear Wade chanting "JAMES. JAMES. JAMES. JAMES. JAMES." in my head 😅

I installed flappy bird on people's calculators for $10 a pop when in high school😂 so this video was a blast from the past. Thanks for the memories lol I also had a janky homemade cable like yours lol

@josha254

Жыл бұрын

Nice

I absolutely love your channel James! Much love!

The backing music does _so much_ to help fill space. Thank you for putting some in!

The homebrew scene for the TI-84 is way bigger. I remember back in highschool i was playing portal and mega man during math class

Much better with the quiet background music! Looking forward to more uploads

God this is amazing! I wish this was a channel when I was in highschool! I would have loved this

I'm digging the background music! So cool that James has a channel! It's really cool to see him work his magic. Keep up the good work, man!

@coreyw7934

Жыл бұрын

I'm fairly certain that that is wade on the drums, sounds like his setup

@numerouscolours

Жыл бұрын

@@coreyw7934 It's gotta be right? James fixes his nuggets, so Wade makes background music for his channel. Seems fair.

Hold on, is the drum loop in the background recorded by Wade/Dank? It sure sounds like it!

Oh, and in case anyone is curious, in Ireland we don't use these. We use €2 Classwiz Casio calculators, unfortunately we miss out on all this mischief.

@josha254

Жыл бұрын

What? An €2 scientific calculator?!

I love how James can mod basically anything

i'm very fascinated by the engineering of the cable to do the transfers. love the videos already james :D

I literally just sat down to have lunch and was actively looking for something to watch when this upload popped up. Ol' mate James coming in clutch.

Dude, that's awesome! I remember my brother putting Pokemon yellow on a graphing calculator like 12 or so years ago. It still blows me away! Looking forward to seeing your next projects! Btw, did Wade make that background music for you? If those, twas awfully Dank of him!

I live for this stuff man. Got a TI-83 Plus myself. I had a Link cable but I’m not sure what happened to it. May have to try this one out myself.

Ah this brings back so many good memories! I had a TI-86 which even had the option of loading external programs in assembly, i had full fledged port of Super Mario for Gameboy and Sega Columns on it, mindblowing

More like this please, I just love the random chaos when you're building stuff.

i can see the differences between dank and jame's channels become more apparent. jame is developing into a unique youtuber in his own right. love you jame!

James is like the old man with all the knowledge

10/10 content as expected im so excited to see future video james you're a legend m8!

This is a really good channel for a beginner electrician like me who is still learning things thanks a lot for the tricks you showed

I had a TI-84 in high school that I still use to this day , and it still has all the games I loaded onto it back then.

Love the cat cameo at the end of every vid

Man this takes me back to middle school when they had a massive surplus of these things collecting dust in boxes and they all came in that clear blue color that for some reason i really liked as a kid. Looking back I'm mad I didn't grab one to keep. While it is handy that most phones today have calculators preinstalled a weird part of me misses handling one of these.

Genuinely awesome to see it come together

I'm impressed by his skill at cutting, splicing and soldering wires. (Did not expect the cat at the end)

I'm glad I found this channel. As a Russian engineer, I relate to your type of engineering

Finally, I have been waiting for a new upload. Glad to see you back Mr. James.

Thoroughly enjoyed this, and the cat at the end *chefs kiss*

thank you for the cat at the end

Hey love this. I taught myself ti-basic so I could make simple games on my ti-83 instead of paying attention in math class. If you had a computer and the link cable you could make games in z80 assembly, but as I did not I made all my games in ti-basic using the keyboard on the ti-83. Took forever to type anything.

@hellohaveagoodday

3 ай бұрын

Yo dude that's so cool! That must've been one hell of a pain to do though

Dude your videos are great! You and Wade are going to build a KZread empire!

You're a technical genius! Keep these videos coming, James!

Frank looks kinda different or is it just me?

the dank expanded universe

@DerrickRG

Жыл бұрын

It's like a GTA IV expansion.

I JUST LOVE HOW YOU EXPLAIN the diodes and resistors and stuff, makes you soo much better then them other channels and guys who build a effing timemachine not saying one word ;D SUBSCRIBED !!!

The Z80 microprocessors in those calculators is the same as the gameboy. In fact you can emulate gameboy games on it. It is more tricky, but totally doable. You can also hook up headphones or a speaker to the jack at the bottom. You can even play piano, music, and grayscale movies on them. No much of a movie given the limitations, but still. There may be a way around the storage limit with a library called USB8x, but I never actually did that. I started programming on these calculators. That's where I get my username.

@Aeduo

Жыл бұрын

Can it play bad apple?

@Jadeschannel255

9 ай бұрын

Ok

The Wolfenstein 3D "port" is the best game for the Ti-83+ in my opinion. Plays very similarly to the original game. There's also a version of Doom that isn't as good, but still impressive.

1:57 that boot up sound bring back SO MUCH NOSTALGIA

James you do some quality content, electronic gadgets and cars are my favorite things. Keep up the good work my dude.

I realized today growing up this was who I wanted to be.

It's dank pods but in red

Commenting to help boost this in the algorithm, keep up the good work!

Great to see another upload from you, James! I can't wait to see what you put out :)

I know James is a pro and knows what he's doing, but watching him solder with his fingers so close was a bit of a "pucker moment" 😅

Honestly would love a TI calculator but nobody seems to have one over here

I don't know what's better, the concept of the video, the fact he's making his own data cable or the fact the highest resolution of the video currently is 360p

I appreciate that you now have music in the background - Especially as you got Wade to make it.

As an owner of ever ti version ever, thanks for your video. It was funny and very nostalgic for me.

I'm 2 minutes in and absolutely hooked on this kind of content

This is just what I needed during my lunch break.

You are such a mad lad, James. Great video!

What an amazing channel I stumbled upon. That level of tinkering is something I dream about being able to do.

my school had cables so of course we all had games on our calculators, loved playing bomberman

god I love this channel so much, its like watching real life Macgyver

This is what I like to see, a jack of all trades! Cool video James!

This deserves a sub, sir! 👏🏻

Here before it blows up. The KZread algorithm and I wish you luck!

loving wades drumming in this!

You scare me with your know-how and methods. But, im here for it!!

I do enjoy that Wade is playing the drums as background music.

The Toshiba flash screen to windows 98 made me chuckle out loud. Perfect

Finally! Another James channel video!

I had this in middle school in the 90s this took me back these were our smartphones

I love the half second cat outros 🥰

I used to make games and sell them with a friend. Having the link cable in school made you a legend. Lol.

YEAHHHH calculator gaming with Jimmy!

So excited for the new upload!!❤

Lmao bro I can't believe I watched the whole vid and kept laughing at you playing those silly games 😂

I never thought James would get his own channel but I’m glad it finally happened

The background music definitely adds to the video. Great addition!

This stuff blows my tiny mind.. awesome!

wow, i made one of these exact cables almost 30 years ago, good to see some things never change.

One of the best TI-83 games I played back in the day was a version of drug wars. Top notch

You just got a new subscriber, keep the cats coming!

I used to write programs for the TI-86, 83, and others way back when I was in high school and collage. But they were mostly timer programs.

So happy James got a channel, don't pressure yourself!

I recognize Dank's snare drum tuning in the bg drum track, love to see it

In secondary school we used TI-84s with exam mode, which when turned on would completely wipe your program storage and with it the progress I had in the 2d platformer version of portal

Back in late 90s I used to play a Mario game on a TI-86. It was decent. There was also a space shooter that was fun. Thanks for the kick of nostalgia

It's gotta be hard to be so good at tinkering that you make bodging it look so professional. James is a marvel... :D

That brings me back, I had one back in the day with pokemon on it, worked pretty decent, but it was a later version

I just love that James gets to use Wade’s Drumbeats as background music.

I couldn't help but hear Wade going "no, James, it's broken, stop, it's over" just like with the broken voltage tester.

I have a Texas Instruments TI Nspire CX with a GBA emulator, used to play Pokemon Red during class back in ‘11. One of my happiest memories from high school.