Apologies for lack of videos lately. I took some time off and decided to take my wife to the beach last week. Just got home today and hoping to put a retro PC video together this week.
Posts by Billy Coore (The Nostalgia Mall)
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This year's annual Gateway 2000 Easter video is uploaded and ready for early access/Patreon. I had a lot of fun making an upgrade to give this Woodgrain 486 Gateway 2000 a lot more power. Going live Easter Sunday. Meanwhile, new video tomorrow about another 90s Dell laptop.
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Believe it or not, this picture could've been much worse. Was getting things ready for tonight's stream and couldn't get a capture signal from my Packard Bell. Turns out something must have fallen on this HDMI cable connected to the VGA to HDMI box. Glad the connector was fine.
Don't forget, tomorrow night at 7:00pm EST, I will be streaming a special show commemorating my 20th year on YouTube. Gonna play lots of retro games and tinker with a couple of vintage PCs. www.youtube.com/live/jkXiphu...
This Saturday will be 20 years since I opened my YouTube account so join me for a retrospective livestream where we look back on 20 years of The Nostalgia Mall. youtube.com/live/jkXiphu...
For next week's video, I hope to cover the wonderful eXo emulation projects, including eXoDOS, eXoWin31, and eXoWin9x. www.retro-exo.com/index2.html
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Tomorrow, finally...
I am currently working on a new video. Won't be ready in time for tomorrow (cranky vintage computer) but I'm aiming for possibly Friday.
Not a very good shot, but this is what my 1st grade computer lab at school looked like in 1996/1997. I remember using those PowerMacs quite frequently and being confused because I learned how to do everything on the Packard Bell Windows computer at home.
So I went and did it again. Just bought another Packard Bell. This is one that I actually already have, but is in pieces with a flaky board, so this one will hopefully work much better. No original HDD though. This was built February 26, 1997. www.ebay.com/itm/33634358...
New video coming soon. I'm thinking about showing the really cool eXoWin95, eXoDOS, and eXoWin31 project that gives you easy access to tons of retro PC games. www.retro-exo.com/win9x.html
Found my dad's old Radio Shack CB radio he bought at the Carolina Circle Mall Radio Shack in the early 90s. He used to keep it in his pickup truck. I need to test it but it probably still works.
I could be offline for a bit next week. What was originally going to be a fun snowstorm this weekend is now going to be the worst ice storm in years. Will probably be without power for a little while.
A lot of people have been posting about "nostalgia" from the year 2016 the last few days. 2016 was actually a terrible year for me personally so I have no attachment to that year. Instead, I will share a few things from 1996, a much better year.
Very intense Gateway 2000 ad from March 1995.
I'm once again going to down the early-mid '90s Nickelodeon rabbit-hole, watching old broadcasts and commercials from 1993-1996. Fun times.
Never would have dreamed that one day I'd be in an @lgr-yt.bsky.social video holding a book about pantyhose. youtu.be/opQzaToZPII?...
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Preview of Wednesday's video. Computers and nicotine do not mix. Thankfully it cleaned up well.
I just remembered 2026 will mark 20 years since I started my YouTube channel. Wow. Hoping to do something special in March.
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One hour to go...
Some exciting news. Ordered another Packard Bell last night. Legend 2430 from early 1996. Needs a little work but seems to work. Hoping to get it probably after New Year's.