History WebVideo / The8BitGuy

** David's older brother Mike Murray, who runs his own [=YouTube=] channel [[https://youtube.com/TheGeekPub The Geek Pub]], guest hosts for a July 2018 episode, demonstrating [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1FWsfAs5cw how to install a Raspberry Pi into the shell of a C64]].

** If the video involves restoring a dirty old computer or keyboard, expect him to break out the garden hose and use it for washing its case pieces. If that computer or keyboard has yellowed-out plastic parts, expect him to use the "retrobrite" technique that involves hydrogen peroxide and heat.
** In 8-Bit Keys episodes where the keyboard he's reviewing lacks an integrated line output jack, expect him to add one in; even if the keyboard in question has a line out, David will open the keyboard anyway to see the logic board, especially if the keyboard needs to be repaired. David records a multi-track song on the keyboard, hence the reason why he adds a line output.

** Anders Enger Jensen, a Norwegian musician who has contributed much of the music in David's videos, guest stars in some episodes of ''8-Bit Keys''. David even challenged Anders to compose music using the featured keyboard. Also, Anders also composed the soundtracks for ''Planet X2'' and ''Planet X3'' as well as designed their boxes.

** Anders Enger Jensen, a Norwegian musician who has contributed much of the music in David's videos, guest stars in some episodes of ''8-Bit Keys''. David even challenged Anders to compose music using the featured keyboard.

* ArtifactTitle: The channel's original name "The [=iBook Guy=]", especially when David started focusing more on retro tech than just Apple products.

David Murray is ''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/adric22 The 8-Bit Guy]]'' (formerly The iBook Guy), a Website/YouTube personality who focuses on retro computers and other forms of technology coming from the seventies onward (he first focused on classic Apple products before broadening his focus).

** In a video where he reviews the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjlI1x5Y8cU Nyko Worm Cam]], a VideoGame/GameBoyCamera knockoff designed for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, David finds the camera is poor quality (and suspects his unit may have been defective), and he smashes it with a sledgehammer at the end.

His videos show repairs, restorations, and demonstrations of well-known vintage computers such as the UsefulNotes/AppleII, the Commodore UsefulNotes/VIC20, the UsefulNotes/Commodore64, the Tandy UsefulNotes/ColorComputer, and the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum, as well as more obscure vintage computers. David himself has also made homebrew games and software for those systems, notably ''[[http://www.the8bitguy.com/product/planet-x2-commodore-64/ Planet X2]]'' for the C64 and ''[[http://www.the8bitguy.com/product/planet-x3-for-ms-dos-computers/ Planet X3]]'' for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer MS-DOS compatibles]], with the latter funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}}.[[note]]There is a ''Planet [=X1=]'' for the VIC-20; while the game is in a playable state, it is unfinished. Also, the game requires [=32KB=] of RAM to run, requiring either a VIC-20 emulator or a RAM expansion cartridge if using original hardware.[[/note]]

A related channel is ''[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcTt3O4_IW5gnA0c58eXshg 8-Bit Keys]]'', which demonstrates vintage musical keyboards and other classic sound production equipment. This page will show tropes from both channels.

* IconicItem: David often uses a late-90s 13" Samsung TV as a monitor for his retro computers and game systems. He gives a little backstory about the TV in a episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLz6pgvsZ_I where he mods it for RGB output]].

* {{Trekkie}}: David is a fan of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise, and has made several references to the series when showing off retro computers in popular culture, such as Captain Kirk owning a Commodore PET as an antique in ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]'' and Scotty interacting with an UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh in ''[[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome The Voyage Home]]''.

* {{Trekkie}}: David is a fan of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise, and has made several references to the series when showing off retro computers in popular culture, such as Captain Kirk owning a Commodore PET as an antique in ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]'' and Scotty interacting with a UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh in ''[[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome The Voyage Home]]''.

* {{Trekkie}}: David is a fan of the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' franchise, and has made several references to the series when showing off retro computers in popular culture, such as Captain Kirk owning a Commodore PET as an antique in ''[[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan The Wrath of Khan]]'' and Scotty interacting with a UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh in ''[[Film/StarTrekIVTheVoyageHome The Voyage Home]]''

* FunTShirt: David often wears t-shirts highlighting his favorite TV shows and games, such as Series/DoctorWho, WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}, and WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty. Sometimes, he'll wear t-shirts of his own design.

** In a video where he reviews the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjlI1x5Y8cU Nyko Worm Cam]], a VideoGame/GameBoyCamera knockoff designed for the UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, David finds the camera is poor quality (and suspects his unit may have been defective), and he smashes it with a sledgehammer at the end.

* ChristmasEpisode: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWovQ2ngdAQ One episode]] focuses on the Commodore Christmas Demo, which was first released in 1982. The demo is one of the forerunners of the {{Demoscene}}.

** However, it is subverted in an video where he shows [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrDnTXqoqjM how to rebuild a laptop battery pack]]; while David doesn't actually swear, he has a "bullshit" graphic over an Website/EBay listing for cheap Chinese rechargeable Li-ion batteries advertised as being rated for 6000 milliamp-hours and explains that their real world capacity is a fraction of that.

** If the video involves restoring a dirty old computer or keyboard, expect him to break out the garden hose and use it for washing its case pieces. If that computer or keyboard has yellowed-out plastic parts, expect him to use the "retrobrite" technique that involves hydrogen peroxide.

* FunTShirt: David often wears t-shirts highlighting his favorite TV shows and games. Sometimes, he'll wear t-shirts of his own design (and available in [[http://www.the8bitguy.com/product-category/t-shirts/ his webstore]]).

** In the "History of Commodore" mini-series, former Commodore engineer Bil Herd guest stars in the episodes covering the Plus 4 and C16 as well as the C128, providing the background on the development of said machines.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: In an episode where he reviews [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNgm8Cn-HpY a retro-equse cassette/MP3 boombox]], David finds that the quality of the cassette to [=MP3=] conversion was so terrible, he had a friend of his destroy the boombox ''with a steamroller''.

** However, it is subverted in an video where he shows [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrDnTXqoqjM how to rebuild a laptop battery pack]]; while David doesn't actually swear, he has a "bullshit" graphic over an Website/EBay listing for cheap rechargeable Li-ion batteries advertised as being rated for 6000 milliamp-hours and explains that their real world capacity is a fraction of that.

* GoshDangItToHeck: He never swears due to the educational focus of his videos. In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bebasS5a_8o video where he repairs the Casio CT-380]], his reaction to the battery corrosion that has gotten so bad that it seeped through the keyboard's metal under-plate?
-->'''The 8-Bit Guy:''' Holy cow to the third power!

** Other retro tech [=YouTubers=] such as [[https://www.youtube.com/user/robivy64 The Obsolete Geek]] (who also lives nearby), WebVideo/LazyGameReviews, and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan Techmoan]] will occasionally appear and offer their insights or assistance.

* RunningGag: If the video involves restoring a dirty old computer or keyboard, expect him to break out the garden hose and use it for washing its case pieces. If that computer or keyboard has yellowed-out plastic parts, expect him to use the "retrobright" technique that involves hydrogen peroxide.

** Other retro tech [=YouTubers=] such as [[https://www.youtube.com/user/robivy64 The Obsolete Geek]], WebVideo/LazyGameReviews, and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan Techmoan]] will occasionally appear and offer their insights or assistance.

** Other retro tech [=YouTubers=] such as [[https://www.youtube.com/user/robivy64 The Obsolete Geek]], [[https://www.youtube.com/user/phreakindee Lazy Game Reviews]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan Techmoan]] will occasionally appear and offer their insights or assistance.

His videos show repairs, restorations, and demonstrations of well-known vintage computers such as the UsefulNotes/AppleII, the Commodore UsefulNotes/VIC20, the UsefulNotes/Commodore64, the Tandy UsefulNotes/ColorComputer, and the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum, as well as more obscure vintage computers. David himself has also made homebrew games and software for those systems, notably ''[[http://www.the8bitguy.com/product/planet-x2-commodore-64/ Planet X2]]'' for the C64 and ''[[http://www.the8bitguy.com/product/planet-x3-for-ms-dos-computers/ Planet X3]]'' for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer MS-DOS compatibles]], with the latter funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}}.[[note]]There is a ''Planet [=X1=]'' for the VIC-20; while the game is in a playable state, it is unfinished. Also, the game requires [=32KB=] of RAM to run, requiring either a VIC-20 emulator or a RAM expander cartridge if using original hardware.[[/note]]

** Other retrotech [=YouTubers=] such as [[https://www.youtube.com/user/robivy64 The Obsolete Geek]], [[https://www.youtube.com/user/phreakindee Lazy Game Reviews]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Techmoan Techmoan]] will occasionally appear and offer their insights or assistance.
* TheresNoKillLikeOverkill: In an episode where he reviews [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNgm8Cn-HpY a retro-equse cassette/MP3 boombox]], David states that the quality of the cassette to [=MP3=] conversion was so terrible, he had a friend of his destroy the boombox ''with a steamroller''.

His videos show repairs, restorations, and demonstrations of well-known vintage computers such as the UsefulNotes/AppleII, the Commodore UsefulNotes/VIC20, the UsefulNotes/Commodore64, the Tandy UsefulNotes/ColorComputer, and the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum, as well as more obscure vintage computers. David himself has also made homebrew games and software for those systems.

* SpecialGuest: Anders Enger Jensen, a Norwegian musician who has contributed much of the music in David's videos, guest stars in some episodes of ''8-Bit Keys''. David even challenged Anders to compose music using the featured keyboard.

David Murray is the ''[[https://www.youtube.com/user/adric22 8-Bit Guy]]'' (formerly the iBook Guy), a Website/YouTube personality who focuses on retro computers and other forms of technology coming from the seventies onward (he first focused on classic Apple products before broadening his focus).

A related channel is [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcTt3O4_IW5gnA0c58eXshg ''8-Bit Keys'']], which demonstrates vintage musical keyboards and other classic sound production equipment. This page will show tropes from both channels.