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Keys, bulbs and spinning platters in LGR Blerbs' archive

A TRS-80 hard-drive teardown anchors an upload-free week, alongside two Vintage Computer Festival travel diaries.

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$3,495 12-Megabyte Hard Drive from 1983

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0:54Clint explains his plan to donate the TRS-80 hard drive to a computer museum.
4:06An original catalog establishes the external drive's substantial 1983 retail price.
7:10Opening the casing reveals the controller electronics, internal drive and power supply.
10:00The key-operated power test gets the drive spinning, though squeaking suggests it needs servicing.

The front panel has a key lock and actual light bulbs, not LEDs. LGR Blerbs' vintage TRS-80 hard drive looks like equipment from a science-fiction control room, and its appeal starts well before the casing comes off.

No new videos arrived this week, but "$3,495 12-Megabyte Hard Drive from 1983" remains the channel's busiest upload right now. It has reached roughly 371,000 views. Clint unpacks the hefty metal unit, consults an original Radio Shack catalog on an iPad, then opens it to inspect the electronics. That pairing of old hardware and modern reference screen is a small pleasure of its own.

The key eventually turns and the drive spins up. A little squeaking suggests it needs servicing, rather than earning a clean bill of health. Clint filmed the look before a planned donation to the Midwest Computer Museum, making this both a teardown and a farewell to something he plainly enjoys looking at.

The festival connection extends through the other uploads drawing the most daily views: September's Midwest trip with his brother Luke, followed by June's Southwest outing. Between them are show-floor wanderings, arcade stops and the less glamorous business of transporting vintage computers.

Subscribers were unchanged over the week, and daily viewing is below the channel's usual level. Nearby retro-tech channel The Retro Collective is also running quieter than usual, while Tech Tangents is having a much busier spell. For LGR Blerbs, the strongest pull remains that wonderfully overbuilt hard drive and its modest storage capacity.

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The facts

Channel: LGR Blerbs
Subscribers: 216,000
Channel views, last 7 days: 26,672
Videos published this week: 0

The numbers

Here is how LGR Blerbs' archive viewing and subscriber count moved this week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

1,094,650

534,949

504,485

247,809

216,289

211,807

114,347

47,879

26,672

subscribers

216,000

no significant change in the last 7 days

total views

24,489,092

views per day

3,424

typical day: 5,010

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

242,000

239,000

222,000

219,000

217,000

216,000

200,000

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193,000

As of November 10, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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