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SCISYS Travel Mate | WHO'S Gareth Morlais? | Can I FIX It? 

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I bought a broken SciSys Travel Mate II Electronic Chess Game from eBay and in this video I'm trying to fix it.
And yeah, I really need to find Gareth Morlais.
Hope you enjoy!
Steve
PS. I'm not an expert in repairs at all. I do this for fun, and it may not be the best or safest way to go about repairing broken stuff. I'm pretty good at melting plastic though. Please don't copy me - I'm an idiot.
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@TyPoProteus
@TyPoProteus 2 года назад
Heres me, checking the comments for a response from Gareth!
@WalkinTalkinHawking
@WalkinTalkinHawking 3 года назад
Found this channel about 6 months ago by chance when attempting to restore some wii remotes. Now my favourite RU-vid restorer. Love how you let us know what you are thinking whilst working through the process! Keep up the great work, mate!
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Thanks mate! Really appreciate that. It's very nice to hear and I'm glad you like the videos! 👍
@HavingFunRepairs
@HavingFunRepairs 3 года назад
Watched for the repair, stayed for the ending 🤣 "stupid game". Job well done as always!
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Haha, thanks! I've never been very good at chess 😁
@clive2813
@clive2813 2 года назад
Hi Steve, Just to let you know that I am absolutely addicted to your videos. I especially enjoy the variety of devices that you fix. Thank you so much for sharing
@badger2313
@badger2313 Год назад
I had this as a kid way back when they came out, that its so old and has the pieces still in it is impressive.
@KeirMurphy
@KeirMurphy Год назад
My grandfather had one of these in the late 80s. My "fond" memory was that you had to push the pieces hard into the board to have it register your move i.e commit it. Some pieces would leave an indentation on your fingers due to the jagged nature of a Knight etc (i.e. horse's head), particularly as the units got older and needed more force for the move to be registered. Ouch!
@Mymatevince
@Mymatevince 3 года назад
🤣🤣 Very enjoyable video Garry Kasparov, I mean Steve.
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Haha, thanks Vince! 😁
@nathancarpenter2193
@nathancarpenter2193 3 года назад
Oh that couldn't have had a better ending, your videos make me actually laugh out loud, that doesn't happen often for me. Just discovered your channel yesterday and I've loved every video I've watched so far! Thank you for the great content!!
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Thanks Nathan! Really nice to hear that, I'm glad you're enjoying them! Don't go too far back in my library though, some of those really make me cringe! I'm much better now! 😆🤣🤣
@Rocky1138
@Rocky1138 3 месяца назад
@@StezStixFixBollocks. Your old videos are just as good.
@dean345678
@dean345678 2 месяца назад
Found this channel a week ago and I hope you rewatch these and recognise how far you've come, but also I want one of these chess things now
@falken_gt4
@falken_gt4 Год назад
I got one of these new in the 80s and recently found it again, same problems but worse corrosion on the terminals, put them in lemon juice and had to replace a wire that had wicked the corrosion up. All working now, polished up the case. It came with 4 spare queen pieces, 2 of each colour.
@jazznblues9496
@jazznblues9496 Год назад
I was not expecting the Fool's Mate at the end, nice.
@norlin76
@norlin76 Год назад
Wow, I had this exact same game when I was younger and was talking about it this past week! Awesome to see one of them on one of your videos.
@ReiverBlue1971
@ReiverBlue1971 2 года назад
I had one of these and I played it EVERY holiday, especially during car rides. I'm still absolutely rubbish as I can't remember beyond about 2 moves! Nice to see one alive again with the same opening moves I remember :P
@willrobinson7599
@willrobinson7599 2 года назад
Enjoyed that one. Nice job
@stilts121
@stilts121 Год назад
I liked this channel before but then you go and reference Bottom and now I LOVE it!
@arthurmack6723
@arthurmack6723 Год назад
Love your attitude man you gained a sub for sure!
@JoeyDoesTech
@JoeyDoesTech 3 года назад
Haha the ending tickled me. Great little fix pal, solder mask was a nice touch to make it last I think 👌
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
🤣 I'd love to say that I deliberatley lost that quickly, but i'm just genuinely that rubbish at chess! Thanks dude 👍
@ianhaylock7409
@ianhaylock7409 2 года назад
@@StezStixFix As you're into retro consoles, there's a really good chess game on the original xbox. It has a tutorial that really works. Improved my admittedly rubbish chess playing. Give it a go.
@midinotes
@midinotes Год назад
Something quite nostalgic and fun about a chess game with just LEDs and a bleeper. None of this techy rubbish, LCDs, sound effects, just the basics. Impressive how everything is driven by one custom chip with hardly any ancillary components. I guess some rookie considered taking this to a pawn shop, but after a price check mate, he popped in his local bishop for some chips and decided instead that knight to put it on ebay. After you queened it up it's looking like the king of the chess sets! Nice repair, and a nice connection back to BBC Wales (my hometown). 😊
@LogiForce86
@LogiForce86 2 года назад
Oh nice... coincidentally noticed we both have the same black/yellow snips to strip our electronics down with. Excellent snips those! 👍
@pedromimoso8804
@pedromimoso8804 3 года назад
Great work, Steve!
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Thanks Pedro! 👍
@paulturner5208
@paulturner5208 3 года назад
Nice fix. Looks like one my Dad used to have, I could never win. Been a while since I played chess and also have forgotten which way round the board you move and if you get money for passing go.
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Haha. Yes! I was hoping someone would pick up on that! 'You're those ones there... the ones next to you.... Now make your move"! 😂
@chrisgebben2043
@chrisgebben2043 Год назад
great fix i was confused why it was checkmate at first but then i realized that stez may have mixed up the positions of the knights and bishops places on both sides (if im looking right) because if it was correct it would only be check
@Raziel1984
@Raziel1984 Год назад
i also thought "why check mate? he can put the bishop in between" ... and as i saw your comment then i realized it was not set up correctly XD
@goku445
@goku445 Год назад
That is called the Fool's mate. He searched for the quickest way to lose at chess. xD
@jaimecosta2966
@jaimecosta2966 Год назад
I remember that chess game when I lived in London.. Fantastic.. Excelente vídeo..
@chrispike7249
@chrispike7249 3 года назад
Hi Steve good to see another of your fixes on this SciSys Travel Mate II Electronic Chess Game - Nice 1 👍
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Thanks Chris. Much appreciated 👍
@DanBird
@DanBird 3 года назад
Great fix, surprised all the pieces where still there with being so old. I remember playing with things similar to this as a kid when going out for the day with my grandparents on a few hours coach trip.
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Thanks Dan! I was also surprised that everything was there, it does appear to have been well looked after and probably been in storage for a number of years. I didn't have anything like this as a child, so I feel like I missed out! 😁
@AdamSinnott
@AdamSinnott 2 года назад
Oh man I had this when I was a kid. It was Awesome!
@andycooper4230
@andycooper4230 3 года назад
Great one mate 👍
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Cheers Andy! 😊
@stevecleaver8933
@stevecleaver8933 3 месяца назад
God this video took me back a bit !! I used to HAVE a SciSys Travel Mate II before I upgraded to the Kasparov Chess Computer. Many happy (& frustrating hours) trying to beat the computer. The initial light on the left hand side lighting up the number ONE, shows that the computer is playing at LEVEL ONE out of 8 (8 being the hardest level of course). I think the highest level I ever got where I was still able to fairly consistently beat the computer was level 5.
@gb7767
@gb7767 3 года назад
Nice fix Stez, in response to your "whatever it's called" statement, silk-screen is the white writing and symbols, the green stuff is called conformal coating
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Ah, gotcha! Thanks G B 👍
@nonchip
@nonchip 2 года назад
it's technically solder mask (which is funny cause he said that like a sentence later). conformal coating goes *over* parts.
@gb7767
@gb7767 2 года назад
@@nonchip thanks for correcting me on that one, I always thought they were used interchangeably. I learned something new :)
@paulpollock3804
@paulpollock3804 Год назад
Most wholesome RU-vid argument ever.
@sarahdaviscc
@sarahdaviscc 2 года назад
I know it sounds corny but I would _love_ you to meet up with the former owner and give it back to him as a gift, lovingly restored.
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 2 года назад
He still hasn't been in touch! 😟
@sadizz455
@sadizz455 2 года назад
@@StezStixFix by logic, you are now Gareth.
@warpath6666
@warpath6666 2 года назад
Maybe Gareth shares the same sentiments as Steve ...... Stoopid Game 😄🤣😄🤣
@beth7467
@beth7467 Год назад
@@sadizz455 As long as he's not Dave. :)
@lepicto
@lepicto 2 года назад
I used to own one of those! Never got checkmated that quick though! 😂
@neilwilliams4684
@neilwilliams4684 2 года назад
That was only a check. He could move his Bishop one place in front of the King. On a second look I see that he's put the Bishops and Knights in the wrong positions! LOL
@nullnick
@nullnick 2 года назад
First I was confused why was it mate, you can defend with the horse... Then I realized the horses are in the wrong starting position 🤣
@jontait1095
@jontait1095 2 года назад
Great videos
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 2 года назад
Thanks Jon! 👍
@EAKugler
@EAKugler Год назад
OMG, I had one of those as a kid, it was the Kasparov edition. It actually looks like you are missing a couple of pieces. There should be a couple of secondary queens for each color.
@Hounddoggy33
@Hounddoggy33 2 года назад
One year later, Still a great fix!
@DoctorCymraeg
@DoctorCymraeg Год назад
Loving a bit of Cymraeg on your channel. His surname’s pronounced like ‘more+lice’ 👍
@neilwilliams4684
@neilwilliams4684 2 года назад
Pressing '1' took me straight back to 1:51. Thanks for that! ;-)
@dom1310df
@dom1310df 2 года назад
The 0792 phone number on the sticker dates it to before PhONE Day in 1995 (when the number changed to 01792).
@Sortskjegg
@Sortskjegg 3 года назад
Nice.
@eyeofbeholder86
@eyeofbeholder86 Год назад
Oh checkmate Excellent I lost DEAD!!! xD
@Ianjowett1
@Ianjowett1 2 года назад
heya , love the channel , just found it and watch mmv too and northridge fix . love the tshirts. old house of pain and cypress hill fan and hip hop scratch dj too. just getting into trying to fix things, and trying to learn to solder.. early days . just got a cheapo hot air thing and micro pencil from ebay to start with . can i ask what flux you use ? is it the oft talked about amtech , also what solder would you recommend cheers for the fun content , learning a ton from you and just fixed my first iphone 6 plus, new battery, speaker and front camera. felt chuffed about that but to you be simples lol
@warpath6666
@warpath6666 2 года назад
Just grab yourself any 60/40 leaded solder ... diameter is up to you but I'm currently using 0.032 👍
@Ianjowett1
@Ianjowett1 2 года назад
@@warpath6666 thanks just got 60/40 100 weller solder from amazon and some cs flux , the syringe type with needle . going to try a few see what works for me . just ordered a few solder practice things too to get used to the new kit . its far from best but seems to work fine and thats the main thing . ordered solder mask too and a little uv lamp for it . im just starting out and for me its just an interesting hobby , thanks for the help :)
@MicroMageRepair
@MicroMageRepair 3 года назад
LOL good game, short, but good game :P
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
I put up a good fight there I think 🤣 never been any good at chess!
@3DJapan
@3DJapan Год назад
I'm pretty sure I had this back in the day.
@ToxoRetro
@ToxoRetro 3 года назад
I was joking about an electronic chess set (full of pawn...) - I didn't know you'd actually have one! I think Queen's Gambit is a film or TV series on a streaming service heavily featuring chess - probably being used as an attempt at a sales push for the eBay plot.
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Thanks Toxo, yeah I remember reading your pawn comment and thinking "how does he know"! 🤣
@ToxoRetro
@ToxoRetro 3 года назад
@@StezStixFix 😲🤯😂 I also know where you live... At home, obviously. 😜
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
@@ToxoRetro 🤣🤣
@masterrudi
@masterrudi Год назад
Fastest Checkmate I have ever seen 😂
@tonygorham
@tonygorham 2 года назад
You should buy a bunch of those contacts for future projects. They are really cheap
@logothaironsides2942
@logothaironsides2942 2 месяца назад
Ooh I have the cheaper version of this. Mine is a hand held computer with a small screen. It came with a plastic chess set and a fold up cardboard board. You input the start and end move just like this but with number and letter buttons and it tells you its move. I remember looking at those fancier sets and thinking they were way too expensive . I think I got mine in about 1980. If the batteries are running low, it cheats.
@CTCTraining1
@CTCTraining1 3 года назад
Excellent repair but these machines are so ungrateful it seems. Keep up the great work 👍
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Thanks Chris! Yeah, it could have let me win 🤣
@Ratchet_effect
@Ratchet_effect 3 года назад
Steve brother you trolling the viewers LOL! 😂 They telling you what you already knew/know. You bad man you! Carry on Regardless It's 🤣 Ah Those were my younger days 🙁 Living very close to Swansea. In a place called Llanelli I could see the DVLA from the bedroom window 😊 Bringing back some great! memories for me & making me 😢 I love you! (No brotherly gay) I remember fishing on the River Loughor And.. My friend(s) Whom I lived with at the time, took me up the mountains in the winter' and I came down it, at stupid speeds in a baby bath off all things 😁😂 BTW you said it correctly, I'm proud of you! 😊 Silly but it sounds like; Cum Roo & the way you pronounced it, was perfect in my ears. Sorry for the Big! comment 🖖👍
@Ratchet_effect
@Ratchet_effect 3 года назад
Don't try playing draughts on it you'll burn the micro chip out 😂🤣🤣 I couldn't resist that 😊
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Thanks brother Steve! I can just imagine you hurtling down a mountain in a baby bath! 🤣
@Ratchet_effect
@Ratchet_effect 3 года назад
😊 I'd do it again in a heart beat, that was one of my very fond memories indeed. The amount of people there at the time was crazy! Why I come down in the baby bath, others come past me, on things like blue industrial plastic sack/bags & god knows what else. It was sooo cold at the time but hell it was fun! If only i could time travel 😊
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
That does sound fun, but also a tad dangerous! 😳 it's like a hard-core version of the last of the summer wine! 🤣
@Ratchet_effect
@Ratchet_effect 3 года назад
It was fun back then & I didn't think about danger at the time. But now you make me think about it, I can see it's like something from last of the summer wine. I haven't watched that in a while, the episode when they say Bye to Compo on the hill makes me cry. I've done something dangerous without knowing it, until hours later when the sun come up & the ramblers appeared. I drove up Brecon Beacons with 2 friends at 3am in the morning for Ham radio distance talking & when the fog cleared and all these people staring at us, I looked down and needed new underwear. If I had steered 2/3 inches to the right we'd have all been dead!! The cliff drop looking down from the path I drove up in the fog. Scared the living day lights out of me, going down it I was so nervous and my foot never left the brake 😂 Steve brother IF You ever want a thrill drive come with me! early hours up there, You'll need to bring clean underwear 🤣
@highroyds
@highroyds 3 года назад
Pressing ‘1’ to solder all leds 😂
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
😁😂
@dodgydruid
@dodgydruid 2 года назад
Don't try and do what Granddad did in Only Fools and Horses where he played draughts on a electronic chess set and blew the microchip when he huffed the computer... ;)
@robertartc127
@robertartc127 Год назад
Nice videos, I also make things fun hobby. I also have a chess computer replaced all 65 LEDs.
@Zanth123
@Zanth123 Год назад
Wow that was quick. I'm not good at chess ether.
@goku445
@goku445 Год назад
He searched for the quickest way to lose. Thats called the fool's mate. ;)
@mojoblues66
@mojoblues66 10 месяцев назад
Not sure whether you did this on purpose or not but you swapped the positions of the bishops and the knights, so at first glance one might think f2-g3 or g1-f2 would save you for the moment.
@robertl8057
@robertl8057 3 года назад
"Stupid game" hehehe Nice!
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Haha, thanks Robert! 😁
@MrFixiit
@MrFixiit 2 года назад
lmao gareth if your watching. absolute gold!!
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 2 года назад
🤣🤣
@gabiotta
@gabiotta 11 месяцев назад
I had this. I took it with me on a six month, solo trip to India. I didn't beat it a single time. #triggered
@zarrow50
@zarrow50 Год назад
Queen's Gambit is a Chess opening
@Keinapappa
@Keinapappa Год назад
Any news about Gareth?
@elwyndude
@elwyndude 2 года назад
For some reason I thought SCISYS was an anagram for Small Chess InSide Your Suit
@aleqabssss
@aleqabssss Год назад
I’m hoping Gareth will answer one day
@shambleslongplay3566
@shambleslongplay3566 Год назад
canu'r byd means the `worlds singing` as in the singing of people around the world (i that context)
@ChrisTallant
@ChrisTallant Год назад
How tf did you lose in like 6 turns bud? I don't know chess but that was amazing.
@doOf3r
@doOf3r Год назад
If it's from the '90s BBC it probably has a chequered past...
@ChrisGrahamUK
@ChrisGrahamUK 3 года назад
Queens Gambit is an opening move in chess. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Gambit
@StezStixFix
@StezStixFix 3 года назад
Ah! Thank you Chris, i never realised that. 👍
@moorhen6156
@moorhen6156 2 года назад
@@StezStixFix it was also the move the cpu used against you lol
@LettersAndNumbers300
@LettersAndNumbers300 2 года назад
Gareth popped in yet?
@kennethbarker852
@kennethbarker852 2 года назад
1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth
@jeffcarriere
@jeffcarriere Год назад
👍👍👍👍👍👍✊✊✊✊
@andrewgrant6516
@andrewgrant6516 2 года назад
I played a game on this in the 80s. My ex vicar owned one. He's dead now.
@Vamptonius
@Vamptonius 6 месяцев назад
Has he demanded it back yet?
@dikoman516
@dikoman516 Год назад
1
@michaelkaliski7651
@michaelkaliski7651 2 года назад
£100 or thereabouts when these first came out. They can beat most casual Chess players with ease.
@Triforce1985
@Triforce1985 Год назад
I pressed 1 😢
@zerocks88
@zerocks88 2 года назад
pressing 1 brought me backward in the video..
@basurofobo
@basurofobo Год назад
Queen’s gambit is a Netflix series about a female chess player.
@pixiepianoplayer114
@pixiepianoplayer114 2 года назад
Staple The Vicar after we eat Pork Pies
@andersjohansson4734
@andersjohansson4734 Год назад
I'm begging you for bird seed!
@pixiepianoplayer114
@pixiepianoplayer114 Год назад
@@andersjohansson4734 The Hot Dog goes on
@andersjohansson4734
@andersjohansson4734 Год назад
@@pixiepianoplayer114 Your burgers are the best.
@new.handle
@new.handle 9 месяцев назад
😂 Bottom 😂
@scottbrowder4967
@scottbrowder4967 Год назад
So a technology from the 18th century....
@therealryan1329
@therealryan1329 Год назад
Bit late but Cymru is pronounced Cumree.
@StewartCasey
@StewartCasey 3 месяца назад
I pressed "1" and it moved the video back towards the beginning.
@EgoChip
@EgoChip 2 года назад
111111111111111111111111111111
@grahamshaw5531
@grahamshaw5531 2 месяца назад
pressing 11111111111. Numlk off shame
@adrianbestboy98
@adrianbestboy98 Год назад
Stupid Chess Game
@DavidPlass
@DavidPlass Год назад
Stupid game.
@ihateevilbill
@ihateevilbill Месяц назад
Wow... I havent seen one of those in absolute donkeys. I had one when I was about 12 or so... my god that was like 30 odd years ago now. Im so old... I wonder what happened to mine. Probably in the parents house still. Which means I'll never see it again XD
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