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Join me Saturday morning, May 31st at 9:00 AM EDT on YouTube for a rare "hardware" live stream. I'll show how I am making the small boxes for my Adventure! The Quack of Dawn game. youtube.com/live/NiSJzRE...

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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...

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Scientific publishing has issues, but this is pure insanity.

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VCFMW call for presentations now open: www.vcfmw.org/talks/ If you are coming to #vcfmw this year and wanted to give a talk, our submission form is now open until the end of July.

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I’ve done a lot of soldering in my day, but this was the most stressful work I’ve ever done. These tiny PLCC sockets were brutal!

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That time MicroMac Technology took the CAT MAC mainstream! #vintage #Macintosh youtu.be/3Tlgta0QZWs

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100% avoid known scammer Sean Lee Robinson aka Geek With Social Skills. He’s defrauded countless people in the vintage computing, retro console and vintage telecom hobbies. He loves to call you to perpetrate his grift so there is no paper trail - don’t fall for his lies!

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How beautiful is the Kaypro 2 computer!?!? I have a dead one and I've never worked on one, so let's ask ChatGPT how to fix it. (for the record, I think it's probably a bad DRAM chip) Monday 26th at 9AM eastern. youtube.com/live/5ardsVs...

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This weekend I’m polishing up CDROM emulation on PicoGUS and verified that it works in Windows 98. Once I figure out a nice way to switch disc images and make a utility for it I will release a new firmware version.

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In case y'all missed it - Utah Republicans ordered a study on transgender healthcare, expecting it to come back unsupportive. Instead, it found that trans youth care was safe and effective, and that transgender youth need it. Whoops. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

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How beautiful is the Kaypro 2 computer!?!? I have a dead one and I've never worked on one, so let's ask ChatGPT how to fix it. (for the record, I think it's probably a bad DRAM chip) Monday 26th at 9AM eastern. youtube.com/live/5ardsVs...

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I just sold two of these. This could be you. shop.kyefox.com/products/wer...

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This is going to be a good one for Dark Castle fans! www.youtube.com/watch?v=71Iv...

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I will be streaming today at 12 noon eastern. I will be working on this Dell Latitude 600M and doing a memtest on it and then testing some zip drives. Also I will be having the one and ole Justin D Morgan on the stream who will be unboxing an Atari computer I sent him. youtube.com/live/3Of6i4H...

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All I need to say is SE/30… You probably want to know that I’ll be recapping the logic board, that’s fair. You’ll also probably want to know that I’ll be doing it live, tonight starting at 9PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/ja-jsbn...

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I was hoping to stream today, but I just didn't have time. I did record a short to peek inside this recent pick up Macintosh Quadra 660AV. How bad could it be? youtube.com/shorts/AFEX9...

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This writer just punched his career hard in the face, all for an article that he could have written in ten minutes simply by summarizing jacket copy. (Also, given the "AI"-generated errors in other articles in the insert he produced, he's, shall we saying, overrepresenting how carefully he checks)

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If you’re here at #aeesp with me- ask me about my classes silly wastewater game or come see my talk about 3D printing a drinking water treatment plant! www.kickstarter.com/projects/que...

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Hey, gang... Thank you to everyone for their continued support! One small favor? Maybe consider following my second channel (which is just shorts) so that I can refocus my main channel on endlessly talking about old computer stuff? Thanking you! www.youtube.com/@RonsComedyV...

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My latest adventure in crumbling 90's plastic is... Evaluating Your Apple PowerBook 500 Series Restoration Project (Featuring the 540c)! youtu.be/88ICDjYCUk8

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Fucking 🍊🤡. $50 PCB order.

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If anyone fancies donating, I'm attempting to run the length from Gaza to Jerusalem over the course of a month, raising money for medical aid in Palestine.

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Feeling kind of miserable for a lot of reasons, so I figured I’d work on the most miserable task I could think of: bagging the blow-in insulation in my attic. (Made it about half way before becoming too miserable to continue)

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Need a Super Serial Card for your Apple II? Well, the A2 Pico card now does that, too! Get one today! jcm-1.com/product/a2...

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Does anyone have a datasheet or pinout to this chip anywhere?

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youtube.com/live/sI-YvzP... Sunday Retro Repair Show🔨 Join Me & My 👀Guests Let's Get The MacEffects accelerator Working May 18,2025 8:00am PST 11:00am EST

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#PicoGUS can now emulate both a CDROM drive and Sound Blaster in parallel, smoothly playing both CD audio and SB sound effects simultaneously. Still a lot of polish to do before a new firmware release but I'm excited!! This is MechWarrior 2 with bin/cue stored on a USB stick plugged into the PicoGUS

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Next goal? 5,000 subscribers by December 31st 2025! youtube.com/@RonsCompVids

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It’s rare that things go well with my streams. Thank you to everyone that came by for this one!

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No poo during stream guarantee!

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I finally got replacement sockets, so let's do a quick stream Friday (15th) at 10AM eastern to see if replacing 10 dead 41256 DRAM chips, 4 dead 41464 DRAM chips, and 2 dead logic chips will get the Commodore PC 20-III to show some life! youtube.com/live/KI3aizW...

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I am posting this again with a correction to the time. Hello you wonderful people. Tomorrow evening starting at 9pm eastern/8pm central I will be streaming trying to get an Imagewritter II to shows some signs of life with my wonderful friend @ronscompvids.bsky.social youtube.com/live/kCRHN90...

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Ben of Ben & Jerry’s arrested after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"

Join me Saturday morning, May 31st at 9:00 AM EDT on YouTube for a rare "hardware" live stream. I'll show how I am making the small boxes for my Adventure! The Quack of Dawn game. youtube.com/live/NiSJzRE...

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...

Scientific publishing has issues, but this is pure insanity.

VCFMW call for presentations now open: www.vcfmw.org/talks/ If you are coming to #vcfmw this year and wanted to give a talk, our submission form is now open until the end of July.

I’ve done a lot of soldering in my day, but this was the most stressful work I’ve ever done. These tiny PLCC sockets were brutal!

That time MicroMac Technology took the CAT MAC mainstream! #vintage #Macintosh youtu.be/3Tlgta0QZWs

100% avoid known scammer Sean Lee Robinson aka Geek With Social Skills. He’s defrauded countless people in the vintage computing, retro console and vintage telecom hobbies. He loves to call you to perpetrate his grift so there is no paper trail - don’t fall for his lies!

How beautiful is the Kaypro 2 computer!?!? I have a dead one and I've never worked on one, so let's ask ChatGPT how to fix it. (for the record, I think it's probably a bad DRAM chip) Monday 26th at 9AM eastern. youtube.com/live/5ardsVs...

This weekend I’m polishing up CDROM emulation on PicoGUS and verified that it works in Windows 98. Once I figure out a nice way to switch disc images and make a utility for it I will release a new firmware version.

In case y'all missed it - Utah Republicans ordered a study on transgender healthcare, expecting it to come back unsupportive. Instead, it found that trans youth care was safe and effective, and that transgender youth need it. Whoops. www.sltrib.com/news/politic...

How beautiful is the Kaypro 2 computer!?!? I have a dead one and I've never worked on one, so let's ask ChatGPT how to fix it. (for the record, I think it's probably a bad DRAM chip) Monday 26th at 9AM eastern. youtube.com/live/5ardsVs...

I just sold two of these. This could be you. shop.kyefox.com/products/wer...

This is going to be a good one for Dark Castle fans! www.youtube.com/watch?v=71Iv...

I will be streaming today at 12 noon eastern. I will be working on this Dell Latitude 600M and doing a memtest on it and then testing some zip drives. Also I will be having the one and ole Justin D Morgan on the stream who will be unboxing an Atari computer I sent him. youtube.com/live/3Of6i4H...

All I need to say is SE/30… You probably want to know that I’ll be recapping the logic board, that’s fair. You’ll also probably want to know that I’ll be doing it live, tonight starting at 9PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/ja-jsbn...

I was hoping to stream today, but I just didn't have time. I did record a short to peek inside this recent pick up Macintosh Quadra 660AV. How bad could it be? youtube.com/shorts/AFEX9...

This writer just punched his career hard in the face, all for an article that he could have written in ten minutes simply by summarizing jacket copy. (Also, given the "AI"-generated errors in other articles in the insert he produced, he's, shall we saying, overrepresenting how carefully he checks)

If you’re here at #aeesp with me- ask me about my classes silly wastewater game or come see my talk about 3D printing a drinking water treatment plant! www.kickstarter.com/projects/que...

Hey, gang... Thank you to everyone for their continued support! One small favor? Maybe consider following my second channel (which is just shorts) so that I can refocus my main channel on endlessly talking about old computer stuff? Thanking you! www.youtube.com/@RonsComedyV...

My latest adventure in crumbling 90's plastic is... Evaluating Your Apple PowerBook 500 Series Restoration Project (Featuring the 540c)! youtu.be/88ICDjYCUk8

Fucking 🍊🤡. $50 PCB order.

If anyone fancies donating, I'm attempting to run the length from Gaza to Jerusalem over the course of a month, raising money for medical aid in Palestine.

Feeling kind of miserable for a lot of reasons, so I figured I’d work on the most miserable task I could think of: bagging the blow-in insulation in my attic. (Made it about half way before becoming too miserable to continue)

Need a Super Serial Card for your Apple II? Well, the A2 Pico card now does that, too! Get one today! jcm-1.com/product/a2...

Does anyone have a datasheet or pinout to this chip anywhere?

youtube.com/live/sI-YvzP... Sunday Retro Repair Show🔨 Join Me & My 👀Guests Let's Get The MacEffects accelerator Working May 18,2025 8:00am PST 11:00am EST

#PicoGUS can now emulate both a CDROM drive and Sound Blaster in parallel, smoothly playing both CD audio and SB sound effects simultaneously. Still a lot of polish to do before a new firmware release but I'm excited!! This is MechWarrior 2 with bin/cue stored on a USB stick plugged into the PicoGUS

Next goal? 5,000 subscribers by December 31st 2025! youtube.com/@RonsCompVids

It’s rare that things go well with my streams. Thank you to everyone that came by for this one!

No poo during stream guarantee!

I finally got replacement sockets, so let's do a quick stream Friday (15th) at 10AM eastern to see if replacing 10 dead 41256 DRAM chips, 4 dead 41464 DRAM chips, and 2 dead logic chips will get the Commodore PC 20-III to show some life! youtube.com/live/KI3aizW...

I am posting this again with a correction to the time. Hello you wonderful people. Tomorrow evening starting at 9pm eastern/8pm central I will be streaming trying to get an Imagewritter II to shows some signs of life with my wonderful friend @ronscompvids.bsky.social youtube.com/live/kCRHN90...

Ben of Ben & Jerry’s arrested after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"

Check out the video, and see the students’ cute puppy dog eyes!

Caught this before it could destroy a PowerBook Duo 2300c

Everyone needs to watch the video on the kickstarter page!