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Related, the winner of the SNES giveaway for 5k has been found! It'll be on the way to France soon🇫🇷🎉

Big thanks to @bigbadbiologist.bsky.social and his Big Bad Bench for the loaner PowerMac 6500 :)

Photograph of the PowerMac 6500 with the words "Thank You for 6500" in the background

THANK YOU to everyone that has subscribed to this little channel! We've passed the 6,500 mark! All of your comments, likes, and shares are super encouraging - it all keeps me motivated to make these fun videos! :) Love the positive community we've got in the vintage computing world!

#restoration

Were you an unfortunate Virtual Boy owner? :)

YouTube video by iiiDIY I Restored this Rusted Commodore CRT - ASMR Repair

New video! A reasonable person would've thrown this out. I am not a reasonable person! Full Restoration of a rusty Commodore 1702:

youtu.be/SQE4ViGvLes

#commodore #restoration #vintagecomputing #retrogaming #retrocomputing #commodore1702 #electronicsrepair

Folks, we have our winner! 🏆

Close-up macro photograph of something beige

Can you guess the subject of tomorrow's video?

#vintagecomputing #retrocomputing

September 20th Video - Early & Ad Free! | iiiDIY Get more from iiiDIY on Patreon

New video is coming this Saturday, and it's up early and ad-free for Patreon supporters here!
www.patreon.com/posts/septem...

YouTube video by More Fun Fixing It Gloved Maniac & ZX Spectrum in the Canadian Wilderness - An iiiDIY Production.

This summer I took a ZX Spectrum across Ontario and Quebec. Of course I made a buddy-road-trip video about it! You can own this little slice of computing history during @morefunmakingit.bsky.social's charity auction later this year: www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6yh...

#roamingspectrum #vintagecomputing

YouTube video by GutBomb Was the Performa 630 Crummy?

New video! Was the Performa / Quadra / LC 630 Crummy?

youtu.be/ZstO5iREEOw

YouTube video by RobSmithDev Building a REAL Alien Motion Tracker

I build a real working Alien Motion Tracker
youtu.be/KpUjXUSlkbU

Exploded diagram of the PowerMac 4400 and the words Thank You for 4400! iiiDIY overtop, in the style of an Apple Service Manual.

Screenshot of the YouTUbe subscriber count for iiiDIY, showing 4400 subscribers

Happy to report that we've passed another important milestone!

Thank you to everyone watching & sharing my work! Now, only 600 more subscribers to go before I giveaway an SNES 🎮

#vintagecomputer #retrocomputer #retrogaming #restoration #vintagemac

Update & Summertime Pause | iiiDIY Get more from iiiDIY on Patreon

I wrote a long behind the scenes update over on Patreon, but the TLDR is: I'm really frustrated with my current project. Switching gears, pausing membership fees, and another video will be ready whenever it's ready. Thanks for your continued viewership and support!

www.patreon.com/posts/update...

a cartoon sun with a surprised look on its face is in a field of sunflowers ALT: a cartoon sun with a surprised look on its face is in a field of sunflowers

I'm just out here living my best life, not melting all the plastics off my boards ✨🌞🌈😎

Release v3.0.0 · polpo/picogus New features/changes CD-ROM emulation PicoGUS now supports CD-ROM emulation (in other words, PicoGUS is now an ODE)! It emulates a Panasonic/MKE interface and drive and supports CD images in ISO or...

#PicoGUS is now an ODE! I've just released firmware v3.0.0, which adds Panasonic CD-ROM drive emulation. Put some ISOs or BIN/CUE files on a USB stick, plug it into your PicoGUS, and you've got a virtual CD-ROM drive that works in DOS and Windows 9x and supports CD audio. github.com/polpo/picogu...

Better start drafting plans for a studio expansion!

(sorry not sorry)

Wide photograph of boarded up storefront, with graffiti that reads “Dirty Computer”

Medium photograph of boarded up storefront, with graffiti that reads “Dirty Computer”

My unfinished projects are haunting me, even as I try to enjoy a work-trip to Belgium 👀🖥️

Screenshot from a video showing me on stage behind a lectern, showing a slide titled "Making a Hardware Emulator For a Legendary PC Sound Card"

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...

MY YOUTUBE CHANNEL IS SET FOR DELETION!
If you or anyone you know works at Google/YouTube, please get in contact at helpslopesgameroom@gmail.com
A more detailed series of events can be found in the video below this post

We hit another milestone! Thanks to everyone watching, subscribing, and sharing my videos!! ❤️ It’s a lot of fun making these things and sharing my hobby with 3400 like-minded people. Here’s to many more :)

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #restoration

Update: it took until 1:27PM, but... "This is my best creation ever" 🔥😎

Watch LIVE as @bigbadbiologist.bsky.social discovers the joy of a Macintosh Classic in real-time! Starting at noon EST, I give John until 1:00PM before he admits out loud that they are sleek, beautiful machines that just need a little love

Progress?

Friend status: Revoked

Hero status: Unlocked

YouTube video by iiiDIY Saving a Sad SNES - Nearly Perfect Repair & Restoration - iiiDIY

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

May 31 Video - Early & Ad Free | iiiDIY Get more from iiiDIY on Patreon

I continue to have issues with commercial music licensing, so I'm not sure when my new video will be available to the public (hopefully soon!).

In the meantime, Patreon subscribers can enjoy ad-free early access here:

www.patreon.com/posts/may-31...

VCF Midwest Talks We are now accepting talk proposals for VCFMW 20! If you’d like to give a presentation, here’s what you need to know: How to submit: All proposals must be submitted through our online form Deadline: J...

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.

Extreme close-up macro photograph of textured plastics

Wrapped filming of my next video... can you guess what it's about? 🔍

#restoration #retro #vintage #retrocomputing #retrogaming

With the snickering out of my system now... if your film lights are bi-color, they might have a wider range of 2,000-7,000k (or something along those lines), which you can use as dimmed-down ambient lighting while you grade.

Dog fooding: my grading suite is lit using Quasar tubes and Fiilex spots

😥