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Ron's Computer Videos is a retrocomputing repair and exploration channel with a focus on Apple II, early Macintosh, and MS-DOS era PCs. He/Him/They More information: https://www.youtube.com/@RonsCompVids http://ronscompvids.com/
If you’ve watched @cathoderaydude.bsky.social’s video about the difficulties of recording CRT displays for film and television, you might be curious to learn how the Macintosh Plus helped make Star Trek history! #VFX #MARCHintosh
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And with you.
Happy Pi Day?
If you are in the Lansing Michigan area today, we are having a vintage computer get together at the Lansing Maker’s Network of Pennsylvania Ave.
The event is free. Runs from 11 am to 5 pm.
lavcc.org/events/2
This week: the controversial Adventure Game Aptitude Test, improved access to Lucasarts classics thanks to a DREAMM emulator upgrade, and an outrageous hack to the infamous Sinclair C5. Plus your top picks in tiny software and an all-new Community Question of the Week.
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IT’S ALIVE!! ⚡️😳
(After a successful recap!)
The great snake oil boom is upon us.
Doing #GlobalTalk the right way!
#MARCHintosh #GlobalTalk
I'M FAMOUS! Thanks, @cathoderaydude.bsky.social!
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Surprise stream! Gonna take a look at the submissions for CGA JAM 2026... because the Pain Train stops for no one.
Watch on twitch.tv/spacequesthistorian or youtube.com/spacequesthistorian, whatever you want.
"I tried asking what he wanted, but there was no reply at all."
If I saw this coming at me, I'd be like "There must be some misunderstanding!"
Yabba Dabba No.
It's the late 1970's and the dawn of the personal computing. Teams were formed and reputations were made - but those efforts were only as good as the people that created the tools that let their ideas become reality. That was Charlie Kellner!
#Apple #LucasArts #MARCHintosh
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Some facts for your Friday:
1) Rosewater is a wonderful Western adventure told through the lens of an alternative history of the United States
2) It features a branching narrative that lets you be sinner or saint.
3) @grundislav.games is an amazingly talented writer and designer.
Buy the game.
Spoiler Alert: Failing hard drives is what made these machines "tick" ;)
That's a heck of a review.
Today is the final day to make your voice heard about the "ugliest" Macintosh that Apple produced. Thank you!
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#MARCHintosh
Just a reminder that #GlobalTalk is one of the best ways to have fun this #MARCHintosh! Connect your old Mac to a global network of fellow enthusiasts. Leave a greeting, print to someone's ImageWriter or play a game of Bolo - It's all happening now!
Sign up today:
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Do I know anyone in Hong Kong? Trying to make a Hail Mary item pickup...
Great!
How about a horizontal video?
Is the belt slipping?
Transfer Point is a point-and-click adventure game for Macintosh. It was made in World Builder and MacPaint, and it fits on an 800K floppy disk. It also has an egret. Coming soon for most web browsers, or as a download to play on your classic Mac. robotspacer.software/transfer-poi... #MARCHintosh
We saved our old iMac with Juicy Crumb's Docklite — a replacement for the iMac motherboard to give (at least some) old iMacs new life!
New #MARCHintosh video is live, on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQoz...
I promise that if a Zulu worked, a BlueSCSI would work -and work better.
Just more evidence that we did not properly punish the confederacy in the 19th century or Nazi sympathizers in the 20th.
