Trends of the Mac Pro (2013)
I've been noticing a fair drop in the local used value of the Mac Pro (2013). Fro...
2022-11-30 00:06:38 +0000 UTC View Post
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One year anniversary!
It has been a year since I launched the Patreon page and the response has been way more than expected. ...
2022-11-06 06:03:54 +0000 UTC View PostPoll Results
The results are in and very interesting!
2:1 in favor of a deeper TI-99 video. So, a video that is a little more in-depth and posted to public YouTube. Further investigation of the $300...
2022-10-18 06:19:30 +0000 UTC View PostWhat's next?
There is still a new-in-box TI-99 available for $300, reportedly never opened. Which statement best reflects your feelings?
2022-10-02 22:11:01 +0000 UTC View PostTI-99 Software Find !
A trip to Thorold forces 65scribe to confront his past and he returns home with more than he bargained for...
The Patreon short that got out-of-hand
I had a plan to make a short video for everyone here on some new retro computer stuff that I picked up at the end of August. It turned into a trunk-full of stuff and the video is now approaching 15...
2022-09-26 05:42:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe Xserves arrive
A G5 Server + Intel Server hand-delivered by Ian and Robert from the university in London, Ontario, alo...
2022-09-04 21:05:38 +0000 UTC View PostNot a Mac
So here's a weird thing. A heavy, beat-up box, wrapped in tape got dropped-off at a local workplace with no shipping information at all. It sat there as an eyesore for a couple months with no one c...
2022-08-18 04:48:13 +0000 UTC View PostNew video !
A new video will be released on YouTube in a few hours from now (8pm Eastern Standard Time).
A 65scribe video, I mean..
I hope you will enjoy, as this is something that you have h...
2022-08-07 20:16:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe Mac Mini Server (Late 2009)
A video of my most recent acquisition, which I got just last week! Let me know your personal thoughts and experiences on the Mac Mini. Also, let me know if I goofed-up any facts trying to make a vi...
2022-07-04 03:11:05 +0000 UTC View PostUnsolicited Promotion
I don't really have the stomach for self-promotion, though I respect those who can and do. So, I find it amazing when I stumble across someone promoting my channel for me.
This was a po...
2022-06-23 03:27:30 +0000 UTC View PostYouTube
I appreciate all the comments on the videos, the stories shared and the overall positive vibe. There are a small minority of negative or problem comments to contend with. Those fall into three cate...
2022-06-12 17:24:13 +0000 UTC View PostMacintosh II (Acquisition #009)
In February 2005, an ad came up in the classifieds for "Old Macintosh Computers". This included IIsi, I...
2022-06-07 05:57:30 +0000 UTC View PostPower Macintosh 6100's (Acquisitions #070-073)
Received from Alan Miller of South Carolina July 17, 2015.
I sent out a request looking for a 6100 on LEM swap and he was the only one who answered. He had 4, 6100’s in a pile u...
2022-05-21 18:18:58 +0000 UTC View PostMacintosh Plus (Acquisition #006)
In 2010, I went to the local University where they were getting rid of a pile of 90's Macs. Mostly second generation PowerPC 7000 series. There was a lone Macintosh Plus (1990), and my contact said...
2022-05-11 01:16:53 +0000 UTC View PostMacintosh LC 520 (Acquistion # 063)
Purchased from "BOB" in Sarnia for $25 Sept 5, 2005. For whatever reason, this was a model I really wanted to get at the time that the ad happened to pop-up. I contacted BOB and went to pick it up....
2022-05-02 05:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostApril 28th Update
After over two years of hiding, it finally caught up with me...
To paraphrase Magic Johnson, "I have attained" the COVID-19 virus. I'm in the recovery phase, and thanks to immunizations, it's...
2022-04-29 00:55:02 +0000 UTC View PostQuadra 700 (Macintosh Acquisition #038)
I got this Quadra 700 locally in June 2005. These are notes I took about the machine.
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2022-04-21 05:46:57 +0000 UTC View PostCollection Update
I've heard that a couple of the XServes are packed up for delivery to this loaction, as well as a noise reduction server enclosure, pictured above. More specifically, he says:
I ... 2022-04-21 04:07:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Post-Marchintosh update
First, welcome to the swell of viewers who joined the Patreon. Thanks for your support! I wanted to assure everyone I'm still here. I did not cut-and-run. I took a short break after the Marchintosh...
2022-04-12 04:24:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe Denfield Hoard, Part 2
At last, the final version of the second episode of the Denfield Hoard, which will also be submitted as part of the Marchintosh event tomorrow. Yes, I'm pushing the deadline again this year.
2022-03-27 04:50:51 +0000 UTC View PostMarchintosh 2022 on RetroMacCast
Anyone wanting to watch some great comedy should check this out. Guest, Ron McAdams, is very entertaining and graciously gives my channel a plug! The "mine video" he mentions is the Oil Museum vide...
2022-03-24 04:31:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe Denfield Hoard, part 2
SE and Mac II members, check out part 2 of The Denfield Hoard before it gets posted for Marchintosh2022.
Some tweaks may yet be made in the final version.
2022-03-23 05:42:19 +0000 UTC View PostThoughts on the Mac Studio
Apple didn’t do much interesting through the twenty-teens in regards to the Mac, so the release of Mac Studio was a surprise. After watching Apple wander in the desert with the Mac Pro strategy, ...
2022-03-16 06:09:27 +0000 UTC View PostMacintosh Collector Series: vision, process and goals
I had amassed a large Macintosh collection by 2014, but no real justification for having it. "Maybe I should do YouTube videos about them!". My vision was to do a model-by-model guide of each Mac l...
2022-03-12 16:35:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt is March ... intosh
It's the beginning of Marchintosh, co-founded last year by celebrity, Ron McAdams, who is also a Patreon supporter. A month for the community to create and share Vintage Apple content and become fa...
2022-03-03 06:39:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe Denfield Hoard
The poll showed a lot of interest in seeing my collection. Let's start with the most recent additions to my collection from an interesting source.
Any factual errors, opinions or personal sto...
2022-02-24 23:51:07 +0000 UTC View PostPoll Results
The poll results are in and very helpful. Thanks to all that voted!
Short videos about my collection and Backstory of my collection ran away with it. It seems it's all about the Macs! In resp...
2022-02-16 06:05:42 +0000 UTC View PostContent Poll
The last opinion poll asking which Mac model you'd like to see a video about was very telling, thank you!
This Patreon site is still quite new and I'm wanting to do more in this format....
2022-02-09 02:37:05 +0000 UTC View Post'Archived Products' parts list
In 1994, these were the products Apple decided were 'archived', which I suspect means they were too old to support repairs on. Not much Macintosh here, but interesting nonetheless. The thermal tran...
2022-02-06 21:53:10 +0000 UTC View Post