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garthbeagle.bsky.social
I am a curator of vintage computers, weird creatures, and of course "retro" nostalgia and oddities Santa Cruz Mountains, California https://www.youtube.com/c/GarthBeagle
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An original Cat Mac example #catmac #macintosh

For the next 24 hours only, take $7 off when you buy any two items in my shop, using the promo code "NOKINGS", or use the fancy discount link below. 🌈 This promo code is limited to the first 84 uses, enjoy! ❀️ shop.mac84.net/promo/NOKINGS

youtube.com/live/4HB00r2.... Sunday Live Show June 15, 2025 8:00am PST 11:00am EST

Furbalicious definition make them boys go loco

The Kaypro 2/84 has been a bigger challenge than I anticipated due to its leaky TEC FB-501 floppy drives. I think I know what the problems are at this point, so let's see if we can get this last drive working with the help of my IBM 5150. Saturday (14th) at noon eastern. youtube.com/live/4ZQLgx0...

The video from my talk at VCF East 2025, "Making a Hardware Emulator for a Legendary PC Sound Card" is now on YouTube! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTLA...

Friday, June 13th is the only Friday the 13th in 2025. Hug your mom.

Hello folks. Tonight I will be streaming starting at 7pm eastern with a group of amazing women who tech. Come hang out with us as we work on various projects and talk tech. youtube.com/live/MqSlrmY...

I need to get some stuff ready to sell at MIT Swapfest this weekend. Let's triage these three compact Macintoshes (SE/30 and 2x Mac Plus) to see if we can get any of them ready for sale. What to do before you power up a new purchase. Wednesday (11th) at 3:30PM eastern. youtube.com/live/dyQ9Pfy...

Patreon supporters just got Early Access to a low-budget 1974 #filmstrip where the lymph - a liquid in your body that creates white blood cells - talks to you about what it does. I know. I'm weirded out too. www.patreon.com/posts/130999...

My lack of enthusiasm for the Macintosh Classic is fairly public. Can we make it less terrible by installing a 68030 upgrade in it? Let's build HKZ's new Mini Performer Plus and install it in a Macintosh Classic entirely the wrong way. Saturday (7th) at noon eastern. youtube.com/live/oIT5QKR...

It took just 15 years to get from Citizens United to this

An original Cat Mac example #catmac #macintosh

Apple Power Macintosh 4400 .. which some say is the "official" Apple Macintosh clone!

DO NOT DEMAGNETIZE CD

Does this mean I'm famous now? Woah. All I did is want a cool thing for folks. :D arstechnica.com/appl...

I need you all to see the hype video that this person made to sell their 1994 Geo Metro

I have worked with Polar Filament to get color matched Classic Mac Platinum PLA filament made - only $21.99 per kilogram. WOO HOO! Order now, order plenty, and let them know you want them to print it forever! polarfilament.com/pr...

A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius. This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology

a bit dusty

Happy update! The disks have been SUCCESSFULLY archived! πŸŽ‰ Thanks to finding a less cranky 5.25" disk drive, and extensive cleaning with alcohol (and some minor cursing), the original 1987 disks for Apple's weird LocalTalk PC card are now archived! 🍎 archive.org/details/appl...

Under 3 min: Learn how to transfer files from your modern computer and the MacintoshGarden to your vintage mac using Infinite Mac and BlueSCSI youtu.be/caHsAaqq024 BlueSCSI Byes - byte size videos on how to use your BlueSCSI - let me know if you like this format or ideas on what else to cover

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New video! Saving a Sad SNES - restoring the legendary 90s game console. Something a bit different this time :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPbb... #Nintendo #SNES #Famicom #SuperFamicom #90s #retrogaming

I've had a few people request a way to pre-order the deluxe boxed edition of Adventure! The Quack of Dawn. Here's a link to my ko-fi store where you can place an order. The anticipated shipping date is mid September, 2025. ko-fi.com/s/da35a8e668

youtube.com/live/ja_r4q9... #Sunday Retro Repair Show πŸ”¨Join Me & My πŸ‘€Guests I Will Be Working On These Different Mac Pluses πŸ’Ύ Live Show June 1, 2025 8:00am PST 11:00am EST

Last week the Kaypro 2 surprised me by powering up. It also surprised me by having two of the nastiest capacitor leakages that I have ever seen in floppy drives. Let's try to finish repairing these drives and see if the Kaypro will boot Saturday (31st) at noon eastern. youtube.com/live/ek16dBn...

Heard about #FujiNet? Connect Apple, Atari, C64 & more to the internet & EACH OTHER. Game w/friends on different platforms. Chat & share info - it's awesome! But! They NEED developers. PC? Amstrad? BBC? Others? They need help to do 'em. Go to https://fujinet.online/ and become a developer, today!

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Thanks, @gutbomb.net #thames #ident #vintage www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DQv...

So I shot a short of the MacBook Pro with the badly bent screen showing it working. Thank you to my amazing friend @garthbeagle.bsky.social for the channel donation πŸ˜€ youtube.com/shorts/-jHyI...

Santa Cruz is Proudly Showing Pride! The Santa Cruz County Building, Santa Cruz City Hall, Town Clock, Civic Auditorium, Santa Cruz Parks and Recreation Building and Abbott Lighthouse are all lit up. They will be lit through the end of June.