Hello supporters! My Libretto started chewing through SD cards, so I want to replace that with the perfect bootable CF card adapter. Plus, let's goof around with my new full size dock!
2023-07-20 18:52:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon friends!
I have the ClassiCube server running now! I'm opening it up to you all first, to see how well it works.
You can direct connect via IP: 134.209.128.237
There's no user authentication (except for my user, ActionRetro). Just good old-fashioned no-guardrails Minecraft fun!
Let me know in the comments if you got any old machines connected. 2023-07-02 18:26:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon friends! I just got an SGI Indigo2 10000 IMPACT, a nearly top-of-the-line machine. However, it was sold as "untested" - which we all know means "definitely doesn't work". Let's tear into it, and see if we can find any shenanigans lurking inside!
2023-06-21 00:17:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon friends! Holy cow did I find some cool stuff at the VCF East June 2023 swap meet. Let's check it out together!
2023-06-14 20:24:57 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon friends! Time to break out some SGI goodness. I've had an Indigo2 for a while, and I just recently picked up another from a friend. It's slightly faster! Let's crack them open and check 'em out.
2023-06-08 19:44:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon friends! Remember that funny Hand386 we were messing around with? Well, it grenaded itself. Come watch my ill-fated experiments, and my attempts to resuscitate it.
2023-06-02 01:33:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon Friends!
Today, let's solve that flickery iMac screen once and for all with a BRAND NEW flyback transformer!
Plus, we'll test out the HARMONi in a different revision iMac, to see if it really won't work - or if that's just an old time urban legend.
Flyback link: https://t....
2023-05-25 22:44:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon friends! I recently picked up way too many Zenith Supersport laptops. Like, an unreasonable amount. And boy howdy are they ever in a state. Will we ever get any of them to run ELKS Linux?!
2023-05-17 21:47:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon friends! I found a tiny potato of a computer - a Psion 5mx with 16mb of RAM and 32 whole megahertz! Let's check it out, have some fun with it, and of course - run DOOM.
2023-05-08 16:42:23 +0000 UTC View Post
THIS is a 1998 iMac G3 Rev B, which I think is the best of all the trayloaders for several important reasons. What's not great is the terrifying electric arcing sound that's coming from inside while it's running... Let's fix it, and get it ready for an extremely rare CPU upgrade!
2023-05-06 02:37:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon friends! I found a Rev B iMac G3, which is PERFECT for a super secret upgrade that I might spoiler in this here bonus video... It's not totally happy though. Let's check it out!
2023-05-02 03:12:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Let's try to get an OS X installer booting on the G3 TAM. I'm sure it's probably super easy.
2023-04-28 03:11:17 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Patreon friends!
I picked up a really neat terminal at VCF East... but it doesn't work. Let's fix it! Also, Sol-20 update.
It was so awesome seeing some of you there!!
2023-04-21 00:59:13 +0000 UTC View PostI was at VCF East this weekend - absolutely amazing. World famous soldering wizard Colin Mistr (aka DosDude1) was there too, and performed a world-first upgrade to a very special Macintosh. Full story coming soon, but see if you can guess what exactly is going on here 😁
(I know I saw a lot of you there - no cheating!!)
2023-04-17 21:28:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon friends! Lets get the TAM ready for VCF East by fixing a few remaining issues - new install of BeOS so Doom works right, and we'll get the DosDude1 card working! Oh, and we'll install some silly stuff on there.
2023-04-13 23:26:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon friends! Due to looming travel to VCF, I've got the early access SUPER early this time!
Could you imagine if, back in the day, someone told you that you could run a full operating system in an emulator, fully within a web browser? Today, we're taking a look at the Infinite Mac, a collection of 35 installs of every significant Mac OS through the year 2000, f...
2023-04-13 02:17:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello supporters! Today, we're installing Sorbet Leopard on the Big Chungus Cube to try and get the best possible Minecraft performance for VCF East next week.
2023-04-06 20:49:45 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're installing the most questionable G4 Cube upgrade ever released during its lifetime... and then running Minecraft of course!
2023-04-01 05:16:52 +0000 UTC View Post
They say you can't teach an old Mac new tricks... well, today we're showing the 1997 Macintosh 9600 how to play Minecraft!
2023-03-18 05:06:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Today, we're upgrading the ever-loving heck out of the Power Mac 9600! G4, SATA SSD, Radeon 9250, and OSX!
2023-03-11 05:02:55 +0000 UTC View Post
It's #MARCHintosh! And I just found this sweet (slightly dingy) Power Macintosh 9600/300, the most beastly beige Power Mac ever released. I have a diabolical plan to upgrade the bejeezus out of it, but let's start by figuring out if it even works. And if it does, let's max it out with a ridiculous gig and a half of RAM 😂
2023-03-04 05:01:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon friends! I spent way too much on a sketchy IDE SSD from Amazon. Is it really what it claims to be? And how does it compare to other SSD solutions for old IDE machines?
2023-02-25 05:50:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Today, we're going to get some software going on the Sol 20! From the internet! How hard can it be?
2023-02-18 05:37:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Today - and I can't believe it - we're taking a look at a Sol-20 in beautiful condition. It's the very first ever home computer with built in keyboard, power supply, and video. Let's see if we can get it working.
2023-02-11 04:10:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're installing Apple's strange precursor to Mac OS X, which is also the successor to NeXTSTEP and OPENSTEP: Rhapsody!
But... we're doing it the hard way, on a PowerBook G3 Kanga running a homemade hand-built SSD from dosdude1.
2023-02-05 02:04:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello Patreon friends!
Today, we're swapping the processor in the 90's industrial computer for one with MMX, and then we're going to try and overclock it!
2023-01-14 05:13:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Today we're installing Windows 95 from floppy disks on our totally normal 90's industrial Pentium PC! Also, we'll see how the membrane keyboard works out for gaming.
2023-01-07 05:36:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Just how many upgrades CAN we shove into the Cursed Mac SE/30? Well, today we're cramming in one more - a video card for color graphics. It's the ultimate compact Mac dual headed battlestation!
2022-12-17 03:16:32 +0000 UTC View Post
The G3 All in One "Molar" Mac was never intended to have upgraded video. In fact, the video signals are split between two different connectors on a weird, proprietary "personality" card. So, let's hack it up and upgrade the video anyway! And maybe even play Minecraft!
2022-12-11 04:15:19 +0000 UTC View Post