MikeTech

Pre-release: Compaq Presario CDS 524 All-In-One!

Added 2025-05-11 23:03:05 +0000 UTC

At last, the video that felt like it would never get finished is finished! I'm steadily gaining some slivers of spare time back as my company's massive compliance push wraps up. I'll probably do the public release on Wednesday night, which means it will be mid-roll ad free for everyone until then! Thank you all so much for being patient and sticking around as I ramp back up! It does bother me that I've been unable to upload with decent frequency. However, I want to avoid making low-effort filler videos just for the sake of uploading. Anything below the 40-minute mark bugs me these days... Really hope one day I could do this full-time. It's too bad my actual job works against that goal, but the income from it really can't feasibly be replaced by YT anytime soon. I've had this soft target in mind that if YT could match even 50% of my job income, I'd take the risk and go full-time. Not even sure how I could possibly get there when factoring in the cost of the systems, but it is a nice thought. I'd have to work on figuring out how to efficiently sell the systems before there is even a whisper of hope for feasibility.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy this look at a system which is I think is the oldest in my collection (in terms of the number of years I've owned it). I think it beats my PS/1 by a few months.

EDIT: This is a re-upload. The original one had audio issues (thanks Davinci Resolve...). Old link will be invalid soon. Here's the new one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HODTkjQfJuc