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YouTube video by Retronaut How can I use an Apple IIe in 2025

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In this short series, we are going to kit out my bare-bones Apple IIe to make it fit for "modern use". Using an Apple IIe can be fun but also a little challenging in 2025.

I attended the Sept 28th Kickstart Amiga event in Ottershaw UK over the weekend. Lots of fun as per usual and custom Amiga builds dominated the day to a degree. A video is in the edit and will be released shortly!

Amiga, Boing Ball Buddies - Amiga retro computing video fest - YouTube Do you like Amiga computers, yeah? Me Too! So click here to see my selection of videos on a plethora of vintage Amiga Computers

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Repairing two leaking-cap Commodore CD32 Consoles - YouTube CD32's are notorious for leaking capacitors. Little did I know when I agreed to repair a friends CD32 that these leaking caps can lead to the machine not wor...

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Left For Dead Dell Windows XP Resurrection - YouTube A Vintage Dell E520 was left on a roadside, destined for landfill? Ready to be ground to metal dust. But does it have a possible 2nd life, as a vintage retro...

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YouTube video by Retronaut 5 Super Upgrades for a Vintage Dell E520 Gaming PC

5 Super Upgrades for a Vintage Dell E520 Gaming PC
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Well, that was a bit random. Bought 5 Core-2-Duo era CPUs to potentially upgrade my Dell E520 (2006) and... only one of them worked and of course, it was the one I DID NOT expect to work....

In web performance, we have a metric, called LAST CONTENTFUL PAINT, which measures such jank. Its the hallmark of a terrible website, where the layout constantly shifts as you scroll etc. We all know those sites, advert explode-o-rama nastyness

I hear from peers that AI is an absolute NO NO in Youtube videos. I understand their concerns, but is AI such a shibboleth that it CANNOT be used? Or is there more nuance to its use? Can you make a good Youtube vide using (some) AI?

YouTube video by Retronaut Can we Resurrect this Dell Dimension E520?

Chapter two of the Dell E520 series. This time, we are trying to get this ailing beast back on its feet. Right now there is no video, so no boot. Can we do something about this?
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Play By Mail, aka PBM, a genre of Role-playing that is I would say by now is forgotten. But did some of the later MMORPG game ideas originate here? A vide on this topic is in the works...

I'm part way through an attempted rescue of a Dell Dimension E520. Is it a "Retro" or "Vintage" PC being "just" 19 years old? Well, if I can fix it, Core 2 Duo's and Quad core choices beckon, as well as what GPU should nestle inside?

YouTube video by Retronaut Is This Vintage Dell PC Destined For Landfill?

This forlorn little Dell PC was found at the side of the road near me. I whisked it off back home and now it MAY have a new life as an XP era retro gaming PC. But, does it even work? And if not, can it be saved?
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Why the Orb love in right now? Is it because of the BBC2 special on him?

YouTube video by Retronaut Tools'n'Tips: Retrobriting with The UVNator!

VIDEO: Join me as I make the ULTIMATE UV Retrobriting device, to make retro-yellowed plastics, good again. Behold The UVNator!
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YouTube video by Retronaut My dream job Interview at the Legendary Bitmap Brothers

New Video: In the Summer of 1994 an unbelievable opportunity fell into my lap. The Bitmap Brothers, giants of Amiga game development, were looking for a new member of their team. Bizarrely, I had EXACTLY the qualifications they were looking for.
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Just saying hi to a new platform, well, its not NEW, but I certainly am to it. I produce a Youtube channel on the subject of retro computing. So I dabble in renovating old putes from the 70s to 2000s. Consoles also sneak in from time to time