YouTube is a minefield of April Fools videos today… I also released a video today that some might think is a joke, but it’s actually a video I made to help me reassemble my PS2 by playing the disassembly backwards. Maybe it might help you, too. youtu.be/_g1oKG0T6hI
I have something that needs to be done tonight, so I need to postpone tonight’s stream to Thursday and Thursday’s stream to Monday of next week. (Next week will be Monday/Thursday.)
Also, streams the weeks of Christmas and New Year’s will be on Monday/Tuesday.
Can Universal Music Group (UMG) really claim ownership of the Playstation startup sound?
youtu.be/-0Xab4bJXKM
Do you have a set of original Packard Bell Designer Color Panels in Blue? Would you like to donate them to my YouTube channel? If so, then please reach out to me!
Old Macs rule the basement! Which ones will I work on? I’m going to start with a pair of LC power supplies, and we’ll go from there. All the fun will be live, tonight starting at 9PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/7csmGze...
It’s… a Mac Classic. It was outdated when it launched and it’s not going to turn heads. But is it finished as a computer? Let’s recap the analog board and find out, live tonight starting at 8PM EST! www.youtube.com/live/swwctoG...
Sometimes you have to revisit former regrets… For tonight, we’ll be looking at some of my former repair successes that started as online purchase fails. And hopefully I’ll get a more than regrettable amount of bandwidth. Live tonight starting at 9PM EST! www.youtube.com/live/fQR7roq...
Younger me tried to win one of the model computer inside this Big Bad Box in a contest back in the day. Today me will see just how good - or bad - said prize would have held up over time. The unboxing will commence live tonight starting at 8PM EST! www.youtube.com/live/5Lljyo0...
I fixed several bad traces on the Chips & Technology 286 motherboard. Did I fix them all? Does the motherboard even work? And will it throw a temper tantalum? Answers to all these important questions tonight, live starting at 9PM EST! www.youtube.com/live/8VeQHLm...
I am not feeling well tonight (something I’ve eaten is not agreeing with me). I’m postponing tonight’s stream to next week, instead of shifting streams, for reasons that will become apparent next week…
Let’s take a look at some former regrets, and see if I can’t finish them. Yes, this is the Mac Plus from Mercari and the 25MHz IIsi… Live tonight starting at 8PM EST! www.youtube.com/live/fQR7roq...
This 286 motherboard has four, count them, four little broken traces, ah ah ah! (Thunderclap) Can I fix them? Let’s find out, live starting at 9:30PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/Weavqh9...
My Quadra 700CD needs more VRAM so I can enjoy 16 and 24-bit color at more resolutions. Instead of buying VRAM SIMMs, I’ve decided to build them. Time to make the VRAM, live tonight starting at 8PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/BhMfXt_...
The IIsi is not a beginner-friendly computer. Maybe it was when it was new, but the tolls of time have caught up with the ones I own… IIsigh. Let’s continue trying to troubleshoot the Sad Mac (without lifting pads 🤞), live tonight starting at 9PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/xykoKhJ...
Tonight’s hard drives (one MFM and one RLL) might be paperweights, but we won’t know that until I try to format them. Plus, I should have a package from Dave to open that might come in handy… I’ll be spinning that rust live starting at 8PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/UzbE9FI...
The sounds, the feels, the spinning rust: it’s a hard drive life! Yes, all these drives are eventually going to fail, but until then, I’m going for nostalgia over longevity. The low level formatting starts tonight, live at 8PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/YDT3O55...
The IIsigh is Sad… as in Sad Mac. Perhaps the built-in Diagnostic Mode can help zero in on a cause! This is the first time I’ve tried this procedure, and I’ll be doing it live, tonight starting at 9PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/BBq219g...
I was expecting a package that didn’t arrive today, so instead of looking at the IIsigh, we’ll be looking at other things still on my workbench. After Wheel of Regrets ™, of course! Live staring at 9PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/eOQRwHZ...
I said that we’d be looking at the IIsi tonight, but I can’t find my USB to Serial adapter. So we’re going to look at a Mac LC 475 instead. It should just need a re-cap and floppy drive maintenance. We’ll find out live, tonight starting at 9PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/jTWPxQf...
My IBM 5150 (aka the “Personal Computer”) threw a temper tantalum when I powered it up. To prevent further tempers (and smells), I think it’s time to recap it so I can try to test the hard card. Live tonight starting at 8PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/uJJO2Nx...
I didn’t plan to, but I spun the wheel (of Regrets™) for a crummy deal. Will I IIsi or IIsigh by the end of the livestream? Find out live, starting at 9PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/hR6KpXf...
It’s #SepTandy and about time that I pull a Tandy or two on the workbench… and I have two models that I need to order capacitors for! Let’s see what my TRS-80 4P and my 1400s in terms of caps, live tonight starting at 8PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/q0tdAhQ...
In case you missed it: we had an real smoke test during Wheel of Regrets™ last night! youtube.com/clip/Ugkx3y9...
This might be in-IIsigh-naty: to think that I can get one IIsi logic board working before the end of the stream. But I’m going to give it my best, live tonight starting at 9PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/ipjYikK...
My Macintosh SE was damp, if not wet, at one point. I’ve ultrasonically cleaned the logic board, which took care of the rust in it. Now it’s time to install Mac OS on the original hard drive and reassemble. Live tonight starting at 9PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/KYe0AGq...
A viewer alerted me to a pair of Mac Plus computers, one with what appears to be a Radius card, within a reasonable driving distance. And by special request, we’re going to look at both computers, live tonight starting at 9PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/EWSI2w0...
It’s Labor Day in the US, so I was tempted to completely take the day off. However, I decided that I’d work on fun items instead! We’ll primarily be looking at video game consoles, live this afternoon starting at 4PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/UnoxD-3...
I occasionally stop at yard, garage, and estate sales, and usually leave empty handed (at least as far as the channel goes). Saturday, my luck changed, and I picked up two PowerMac G4s for $35. Let’s take a look at them, live tonight starting at 9PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/pW9eFwF...
The Macintosh IIsi shipped at 20MHz to preserve sales of higher-end models. If I can sort out the cause of the lines in the video, I’d like to answer one question: could it do 25MHz? Let’s warm up the soldering iron, live tonight starting at 8PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/c8GTrMH...
