The Final Project: Atari 800 Portable - Part 2 

Ben probably won't read this but I would like to thank him anyway. When I first started watching the show I think i was 11 years old. (I started watching around 2013, I'm sixteen now). English is not my native language so at the time I didn"t understand much. However I truly think that watching TBHS every friday has helped my english evolve. I remember always looking out to friday, not only because of the weekend, but also because of TBHS. Ben thank you! Thanks to your show I got into electronics, I bought a soldering station and some velleman kits and started poking around. I even got into 3d printing thanks to TBHS. You have made my life a little better, and you have taught me many things when it comes to electronics. I understand and respect your decision, sometimes change is needed for a human to thrive, however I am still sad to say this is the end of an era. Of course the show stays, and I would also like to thank the whole cast for making the show professional. Especially Alyson in the beginning (I was happy to see her appearance in the PieFace sketch aswell), and Felix later on. Words can't describe the respect I have for you guys. So ben (or anyone of the cast), If you ever feel sad about leaving the show, don't worry. You have already left behind a legacy. And I am truly thankfull of every minute of TBHS content I watched. I am certain that I will still hear about Ben and a new adventure he has taken on. Many, Many thanks for making youtube a better place. Sorry for this long incoherant rant. Kind regards, Vincent

So long, Ben, and thanks for all the fish!

You've had a good run and sparked interest for stuff like this in so many people you have done a successful Job the future of regrettable acting and such is upon us goodbye

Great build. Amazing 8 years. We're going to miss you Ben! No one will ever be able to replace you. Thanks for all the fun. Best of luck to you in the future!

Thanks Ben! *Staying to see what comes next :)*

I remember watching you every day at lunch. I have watched you for over 7 years a looked forward to every video. You sparked my love for small electronics. I can thank you enough for the joy you have brought me with you videos as well as the path you have led me down with technology. I will forever miss your calm and funny personality. Thanks for all the videos over the years. I’ll miss you 😢😭

"It's been one heck of a ride" It most certainly has.

Thanks Ben and everyone for everything. I am Brazilian and computer engineer and his projects inspired me a lot.

Was a great last episode to end the era of TBHS. To the whole cast: Thanks for all of the memories and everything you taught us. Thanks for all of the amazing hacks, inspired designs, and the thing I will miss most of all: the regrettable acting! Thanks for slugging through each week to provide us with entertainment. Good-bye ...

Ben Heck has inspired me to learn about electronics. 8 years later and I've got a well-paying job in the field. Thank you Ben for all you've done for us these past years. May your new chapter in life be filled with adventure and excitement!

Thanks to everyone at THBS -- this show has single-handedly grown my interest in electronic projects.

"I wanna live in a world with Ben Heck agaaainnnn" Best wishes Ben! It's been a long ride but never dull.

I've been watching these videos for YEARS and it just kills me that there won't be any more... The Ben Heck Show inspired me to follow my dreams of working with electronics and I am now in college for computer engineering. Thank you Ben. Truly, thank you.

If I limit myself to 1 minute of this a year, I can have brand new Ben Heck content for the next 36 years! Aaaaanndddddd it's gone. Thanks for the awesomeness Ben!

Gonna miss you, Ben! Everyone involved in the show, thanks! You were great!

So many of your projects have been inspiring to so many of us... Ben, thank you for all of the good content over the years. You will be missed.

Thanks Ben, for may years of innovative projects engineering and more! Not to mention the regrettable acting! Through your channel i found my love for electronics, today (after 8 years of watching your videos) i have an entire room in my house dedicated to making things, you truly inspired me to build and learn. I'm really gonna miss you!

You are the reason why I got into electronics and why I now study electronic engeneering. I will miss you very much!

I’m going to miss you BEN

I've loved your show. I'm going to miss you all. Thanks for so many years of awesomeness.

Have a good, successful adventure Ben!

Thanks for the entertainment for the past 8 years Ben! I've watched nearly all the episodes but I think this is my first comment on one. Good luck in your future endeavours.

I’ve got water coming from my eyeballs like tears in rain. Thanks for everything especially the outtakes.

Holy hell Allison got JACKED!

i really miss this show it is one of my favorite shows on youtube

Thanks team for 8 years of adventures. I'm going to miss you guys like crazy. It's been so good.

I just want to say THANKS!

Wow! I'm really gonna miss the Ben heck show. Thank you Ben Heck for all the knowledge you have shared, and growing such a awesome community for all us nerds.

Ben, commiting 8 years to this channel is an impressive project in its self. You have taught us a lot and we are all thankful. I hope nothing but awesomeness in your next chapter. So long TBHS it was an awesome ride on the circuit train.

Thank you Ben! I wish you the very best in all your future endeavors. It was great seeing Alison for the last build.

Thank you Ben. Though I could never do what you do, I am pleased to have been a part of the ride. Good luck on your future en devours.

This came out really nicely. The aesthetic of the portable kind of reminds me of the old Game Boy. Ben, Alyson, Felix, you guys will be greatly missed. Thank you so much for all the cool projects and all the memories.

Thanks Ben for all your lovely ideas ! Hope to see you soon ...

Thanks for all the years Ben! Looking forward to seeing your future endeavors! All the best!

Thanks to all the TBH crew, and thanks, Ben. It's been a blast.

Thanks Ben and all the team. Looking forward to the next chapter of the show.

None of that acting was regrettable. Good show, everyone. And thanks for all the hard work!

It was sad and also nice to see Ben and Alison close out the show they worked hard to start so long ago. Best wishes to everyone at TBHS! 👋🏻

I watched this show through out my 4 years in university EE undergrad, it gave me so much inspiration and insight. I wish you guys the very best : )

A big thanks to the whole team. Your work was great and will be missed greatly!

I’ll miss your show. Thanks for all the goodness.

Thanks Ben. Can't wait to see what you and Dave do together. Also........Allison is JACKED!!!!!

Boy oh boy... no more Hot Pocket Controller, no more Pinballs, no more portables of Machines we almost forgot... no more Rewiring, no more jokes I usually don’t get, no more famous acting... that all makes me sad. Thanks to ALL of you for the show, the education and the fun you brought us. I am from Germany and my English improved so much watching this channel in the past years and so did my interest in electronics and making. I sadly neither have time or skill enough to create things on my own, but you awakened a part of my heart and my brain that I never knew I had. Thanks and have a good one!!!

I only discovered this channel about 6 months ago but i've watched a ton of your videos in that time and you will be greatly missed Ben, but with so much fantastic content over the years there's nothing to complain about! love the show, and wish you the best!

Great final video had me in tears at the end... Thanks Ben and team for all the great content over the years ... Will miss seeing you guys ever week ... Good luck in your next endeavours

Bye Ben 😭😭😭. Thanks for all the projects and best wishes to the future. I'll miss this show for sure. From before RU-vid and beyond, it was a fun ride Mr. Heckendorn!

Ben, your videos sparked my interest in tinkering and building electronic projects. Thanks for all your hard work! Good luck with everything that the future will hold for you. Thanks for bringing back Allison for the last episode, you've come full circle! Cheers!

Ben, I just want to say THANK YOU. You started my interest in electronics and now i am studying electrical engineering. I know life has to go on but damn i am sad. I really wish you the best! Thank you!

Thanks Ben for all the education and entertainment, blended those together quite nicely in your show!

Thanks for all the entertainment and learning, Ben. You and the show will be missed!

I think the pie face ending said it best "its been one HECK of a ride" . good luck with what ever your future holds Ben. Thanks for allowing us to learn from you and thanks for inspiring me to buld more and buy less.

Gonna miss Ben and Alison. Great show, lots of learning points and nice projects.

Thank you Ben, thank you for every project, every laughs, everything. See you soon somewhere else ❤ I will miss everything about the show, every people, every staff 😭

Very sad to see this end. A truly inspirational show.

Dear Ben, let me express please a personal appreciative word of much thanks to you and the team along with the many other expressions from people everywhere here drawn to your unique and very special contribution in this sector of electronics. The expression 'to keep lightning in a bottle' is reminiscent of what this show has with you in these recordings. I am really saddened by the conclusion of this but grateful for what has been made and hope your talent is rewarded well in the new chapters of your life course whatever that may be- Warm greetings from the Cape of Good Hope Peninsula, South Africa!

From Spain.... Thanks for so many hours full of electronic joy.. good luck with everything you aim

Going to miss this... you guys left us with the best yet!!! Loads of inspiration!!!

This is phenomenal! as a swansong - its a work of genius, heck - your a legend applaud the team to enable you to complete this.

Thank you Ben, its been a great ride!

Thank you ben And we'll miss ya.

outrageous acting skills... TBHS got me to start making videos, and ultimately made me one of the new hosts of this channel. Thank you Ben, for changing my life to awesome.

Well, darn it, there's something leaking out of my eyes... Thank you Ben for all the great memories and projects! Best of luck to you my friend!!

I love ALL the computers that he did through the program. Thanks for all your works, Mr. Ben Heck! We'll miss you!

Wow I honestly didn't think it would hurt this bad it's almost like losing a best friend this is the end of an era with been gone don't know who's going to fill those shoes don't know what words to explain how incredible you and your whole team is and the countless times of inspiration or we're surprisingly one small segment of one of your builds helped me with a completely different build I was doing love to hear that you're writing and Hope we can still see you vlog the interesting things you do in your life thanks again!!!

Thank you so much for all the great videos through the years, Ben. You will be missed. Good luck in your future endeavors.🍻❤️

I'm gonna miss this show a lot! Was always entertained and inspired by every episode.

Thanks for 8 years of awesome entertainment Ben! Been with you since the beginning and it's sad you're off but all good things... I wish you all the best with whatever you do in the future and hopefully the podcast will still be here! Stay awesome!

Thank you Ben and friends!

Best wishes to you in your future endeavors, Ben! It's been a pleasure watching the show evolve from the Revision 3 days until now.

Thank you for everything Ben Heck and the team! Good luck on your future endeavors and thank you for inspiring me and many others in the world of electronics!

Will miss these shows. Good luck for the future.

Excited for you, but also super sad this is the final show. Thanks for all the awesome work you have done over the years.

Thank you for everything Ben. You were my first subscription on RU-vid. Ive learned so much watching your show and enjoyed all the bits of entertainment along the way. Good luck with you future adventures.

If you reading this Ben i just want to say thanks for the great knowledge and fun that you bring to us over 8 years. I learn mcu's and 3d designs thanks to you. So long my friend, take care of yourself. I'll stick around for what you do next.

I'm going to miss this show it has inspired me to take on similar projects on my own and has demystified some aspects of electronics and programming.

Ben, Muchas gracias for all the effort and time you put into your videos. All of you projects wore awesome! You will be definitely missed. Good luck in your next chapter. I wish I could live in a world where TBHS is on AGAIN!

Loved it when you full on mind melded with the chips to see it the were semiconducting. Thank you and your team for all the great content you have shared with us. Wish you all good luck in the future.

Hey Ben, I was hooked on your projects, portables, hacks and everything since I discovered you old website years ago. The idea of making handhelds out of (at least my favourite, the 800XL was my first computer ever) game consoles was incredibly awesome to me and I followed your path to youtube and watched every episode ever since. You made a lot of cool inventions and designs and explained things in such detail to make it understandable - I think that's why so many people will miss you and the "things" you created. I hope you'll be happy in whatever future project you'll be working on and stay creative. I hope that electronics bug bite does not lose its effect ;) Good bye - you will be missed.

Today is a sad day. thanks for the years of good memories and great videos. good luck guys

Goodbye Ben you will allways be my hero/mentor. Nice to see Alison again. I really missed her!

Thank you so much Ben. i've benn following this show for a long time now and you inspired me to do so much stuff. I will never forget The Ben Heck show. hope to see you again sometime. Goodbye and take care of yourself.

Hey Ben, the 800xl was my first computer as a kid, really cool to see it back to life as this slick portable. I wish Atari had sold these in the 80's! Thanks for doing the show.

Thank you Ben for all the great projects and good luck on your next adventure.

really gonna miss u ben & gang, I've been w u since the start, the things u did for the community was just unbelievable, your shoes will be hard to fill, your ideas and creativity & personality are like no other and way u bridge this stuff to way that keeps u wanting more just doesn't exist anywhere else, truley an inspiration to me, reason I picked up a soldering iron in the first place. you will be truly missed and wish u all the best on your next indevors. KEEP ON KEEPING ON!!!!

Ben, can't tell you how much I'm gonna miss you man. Your videos got me into electronics as a hobby and brought me a ton of enjoyment over the years. I hope you enjoy your well-earned break but also hope that you don't stay away forever and we see you doing something new that you love to do in the future

i shed a tear at the walk into the sunset scene

Take care Ben. It has indeed been one heck of a ride. You will be missed!

Great video. I cut my teeth on a trusty old Atari 800 I bought on layaway when I was 15 at the local K-Mart. I think it was like $127. The 1050 disk drive that I had to get later was like $180. Had a TI 99/4A for about a year before that and out grew it quickly. Seeing these old 8-bit videos brings back so many memories. Went on to an Atari ST....STacy....TT/030... Then on to countless PCs that I now use for work. Can't remember 1/5th of the PCs, but will ALWAYS remember my Ataris. Computers were more personal back then. Now, they are like a hammer or screwdriver to me.

We're going to miss you, Ben! You inspired me to dabble into electronics, engineering and into thinking about how things work on the inside and how I myself could make stuff like that. Now, I'm pursuing an engineering degree! Thanks for everything you've done and take care! :)

Gonna miss you Ben, Ben a fan for a long time.

Thanks Ben for all the years and great projects. Good luck in your next adventure(s), we will be pulling for ya.

Port Washington homage at the end. Surprisingly powerful if you've been following him for 18 years.

Thanks for all the great shows to the whole team. Good luck for your next endeavour!

Thanks for many years of fun projects. Best of luck with your new adventures

Indeed, sad to see truly interesting content end, & here’s hoping you enjoy the next chapter, Ben & team !

It's been really awesome watching and learning from your channel...I remember subscribing ever since I saw your Xbox 360 portable hack that really changed how I see portable gaming as a whole. Well,its been a great journey that I'll always remember. Thank you Ben.

Thanks for the years of great content Ben. Can't wait to see what you do next

i found your stuff years ago looming for a single hand controller mod I needed to build for a friend. I finished college and Work as a software dev now and have that Maker vain thanks to you. Beat of luck and i will miss you. it has been one heck of a ride.

Thanks Ben for all the cool hacks and inspirations over the years.

It's been a lot of fun Ben & crew, thanks! All the best for future endeavors .