Well, just as I was getting my upload schedule back on-track, I got demolished by the early arrival of allergy season... You probably heard the beginning stages of it in my most-recent video. Not w...
2024-03-02 00:16:19 +0000 UTC View PostThe time has come... Time to start getting these systems and components out of my garage and into the hands of the retro computing community. Of all the posts and videos I've made, this one easily ...
2024-02-16 23:21:19 +0000 UTC View PostThere's been a lot of Pentium systems lately, so I figured it's time to roll back to a time when the 486 was king. These systems usually present unique challenges, but boy was I not prepared for wh...
2024-02-10 07:44:32 +0000 UTC View PostSo you know I usually like to have a theme for the systems covered in videos. This week, I decided nah... Just grabbed some random ones. Very glad to have this one ready for Saturday release! Haven...
2024-02-03 02:58:35 +0000 UTC View PostWell the on-call week couldn't keep me down, but it sure tried! Had four evening PROD deploys... I'm so relieved to be releasing this weekend! I figured these Gateway desktops would make great subj...
2024-01-28 02:27:55 +0000 UTC View PostAhh, the video that felt like it would never get done is done! Can't believe I've been making it since last year... Time to check out some of the little guys: Micro-ATX systems! Can't tell you how ...
2024-01-20 01:59:51 +0000 UTC View PostI hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season! I certainly did. Just want to check in and confirm that I'm still alive. Sure am! There's just been a tremendous amount of things demanding my attent...
2024-01-12 21:16:44 +0000 UTC View PostThis one is shorter than normal, so I had to crank up the puns and snark a little. You have been warned! Figuring this holiday season (with on-call week thrown in) would be crazy, I decided to look...
2023-12-22 00:14:25 +0000 UTC View PostWe've hit a tremendous milestone: The channel has crossed 1 million views! We're only 12 days away from the 1-year mark since I started this channel, and it's unbelievable how far things have come ...
2023-12-17 21:03:42 +0000 UTC View PostWell, these systems are a different breed indeed... I decided it's time to stop overlooking them and check them out. I'm not the most highly experienced with Macs of this era. The deepest I've ever...
2023-12-01 07:11:24 +0000 UTC View Post
YOU! I hope everyone is having a wonderful Thanksgiving! For those who don't celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope you're having a wonderful day as well. By the way, can you guess which machines I'm worki...
2023-11-23 19:23:06 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time of week again! I decided to finally crack into these Packard Bell 'Designer' towers. Also threw in a Packard Bell Multimedia C115A desktop so that we could have the usual three syste...
2023-11-18 06:25:24 +0000 UTC View PostI've been on a 2000's kick lately... Decided to take a look at some mysterious custom builds from that time period. It was a wild ride, but I won't spoil it! So glad to be making a Saturday release...
2023-11-11 05:11:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt feels so good to finally get this video out! I've conquered the human malware successfully. I'm never, ever skipping a flu shot again! I decided to take a look at these HP 'bubble' systems. I ho...
2023-11-05 05:12:43 +0000 UTC View PostSince I missed a release, I just want to check in with everyone. Last week's on-call duties were particularly brutal. Deployments galore... I was barely able to get anything recorded (couldn't even...
2023-10-26 01:55:45 +0000 UTC View PostWork reared its ugly head this week and wrecked my video-making time. I'm not even on-call (that's NEXT week). So, we're doing a Saturday release... Decided to look at these two-tone early-mid 2000...
2023-10-14 04:07:08 +0000 UTC View PostWe have a fresh batch of giants to explore from the second Franklin eWaste haul! Also giant is the video length - My second one to exceed 1 hour. Clearly there was a lot to love inside of these cav...
2023-10-06 07:24:22 +0000 UTC View PostYou know I couldn't resist the baby AT systems from the second e-waste haul! Had my eye on system 1 since the day I was sent pictures of the lot! Yup, the second haul is already yielding some gems!...
2023-09-29 04:52:05 +0000 UTC View PostI'm back from Tennessee, the second e-waste haul is unloaded and I've finally finished the next video! This one covers the funky teal Acer Aspire 575LB. I've also added some bonus content at the en...
2023-09-21 19:26:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry, I won't have a video for this week. Mostly due to spending 4 days traveling to and attending VCF Midwest. However, there's another reason: I've been working on securing a second e-waste haul...
2023-09-15 12:50:17 +0000 UTC View PostI needed some teardown therapy. Uncovered more systems that appeared to be used for parts, so it's time to do some salvaging!
Glad to get this one out on-time. I'm leaving fo...
2023-09-08 05:04:43 +0000 UTC View PostSo my on-call week just happened to include the arrival of a hurricane... As such, I only had time to work on one system this week. I chose a very worthy recipient: The Mitsubishi MP 286L laptop fr...
2023-09-01 04:50:16 +0000 UTC View PostBurning the midnight oil to get this one out, but there's no way I'm missing another release! Taking a look at some of the systems I picked up at VCF Southeast and VCF West. Starting with the enorm...
2023-08-25 08:27:53 +0000 UTC View PostI've finally conquered my jet lag. This video format is very new for me. Definitely took way longer to get together than I expected... I sure am glad My usual videos don't require scripts! Well it'...
2023-08-18 05:37:23 +0000 UTC View PostJust letting you know I’m still alive. Survived San Francisco successfully! About to get on the plane. Sorry I wasn’t able to get the VCF video done in-time. It turned out to be a pretty lofty ...
2023-08-14 05:03:33 +0000 UTC View Post
VCF Southeast was a blast!! This was my first VCF event. There were many amazing systems, but the absolute highlight of the weekend was getting to meet Adrian Black and the members of the Atlanta H...
2023-08-03 22:13:56 +0000 UTC View PostWell the hotel Wi-Fi managed to get it done. I am sorely missing my external GPU though. Rendering was painful, but the video is ready! Still need to add timestamps, but wanted to get this out to y...
2023-07-28 06:34:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings from the road! Don't worry, I'm not driving (for this half of the trip) lol. En-route to Atlanta for VCF Southeast. I can hardly wait! I'm also going to do my best to make it to VCF West ...
2023-07-27 20:05:42 +0000 UTC View PostThis video is slightly different. These are some of the systems that are missing parts or otherwise damaged, so I wanted to see which parts were salvageable. Was going for a simpler project this we...
2023-07-21 02:26:48 +0000 UTC View PostDecided to take a look at these clone systems. All built into the same cases, branded Venus. Been wondering about these since the day I picked them up. Found they had a very interesting use-case: T...
2023-07-14 03:10:39 +0000 UTC View Post