<p>Ctrl Alt Rees (aka Rees) posts in-depth videos about retro computing and retro gaming, especially old PCs and Atari game consoles. You can follow their video account at:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://makertube.net/accounts/rees" rel="nofollow">@rees</a> </p><p>There are already over 300 videos uploaded. If they haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/rees/videos" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>makertube.net/a/rees/videos</a></p><p>You can also follow Rees's general social media account at <a href="https://oldbytes.space/@ctrlaltrees" rel="nofollow">@ctrlaltrees</a> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/computinghistory/" rel="tag">#ComputingHistory</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/retrogaming/" rel="tag">#RetroGaming</a> <a href="/tags/atari/" rel="tag">#Atari</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/peertubers/" rel="tag">#PeerTubers</a></p>
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<p>Way back in the 1970s/1980s, before the Fediverse, before the web, there was an even older open network: "bulletin board systems" or BBSes.</p><p>You can watch a multi-part documentary about the history of the BBS network at:</p><p>➡️ <a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/h6CMyFnbdPZXpaRpMCBKdk" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.video/w/p/h6CMyFnbdPZXpaRpMCBKdk"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/h6CMyFnbdPZXpaR</span><span class="invisible">pMCBKdk</span></a></p><p>The episodes are themed rather than chronological, so you can watch any episodes you want in any order.</p><p><a href="/tags/bbs/" rel="tag">#BBS</a> <a href="/tags/bulletinboards/" rel="tag">#BulletinBoards</a> <a href="/tags/bbses/" rel="tag">#BBSes</a> <a href="/tags/creativecommons/" rel="tag">#CreativeCommons</a> <a href="/tags/computinghistory/" rel="tag">#ComputingHistory</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a></p>
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<p>Root42 makes retro computing videos, often about repairing Commodore computer hardware or programming for MS-DOS. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/root_42/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/root_42', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/accounts/root_42', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>root_42</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already over 30 videos published. If they haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/root_42/videos" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>makertube.net/a/root_42/videos</a></p><p>You can also follow their non-video account at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://chaos.social/@root42" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>root42</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/computinghistory/" rel="tag">#ComputingHistory</a> <a href="/tags/commodore/" rel="tag">#Commodore</a> <a href="/tags/msdos/" rel="tag">#MSDos</a> <a href="/tags/repairvideos/" rel="tag">#RepairVideos</a> <a href="/tags/programming/" rel="tag">#Programming</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/peertubers/" rel="tag">#PeerTubers</a></p>
<p>Veronica Explains is an excellent video account which posts fun videos about all kinds of computing topics, especially retro computing, Linux and free open source software. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tinkerbetter.tube/a/vkc/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tinkerbetter.tube/a/vkc', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://tinkerbetter.tube/accounts/vkc', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>vkc</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already over 40 videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://tinkerbetter.tube/a/vkc/videos" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>tinkerbetter.tube/a/vkc/videos</a></p><p>You can also follow Veronica's general social media account at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://linuxmom.net/@vkc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>[email protected]</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/computinghistory/" rel="tag">#ComputingHistory</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/peertubers/" rel="tag">#PeerTubers</a></p>
<p>Hey Commodore Amiga fans!</p><p>You can discover lots of Amiga videos on PeerTube on this playlist:</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/amiga.png" class="emoji" alt=":amiga:" title=":amiga:"> <a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/rBBYAHtsBcpBXtpcT26VPG" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.video/w/p/rBBYAHtsBcpBXtpcT26VPG"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/rBBYAHtsBcpBXtp</span><span class="invisible">cT26VPG</span></a></p><p>- If you're on a phone, scroll the first two video titles at the bottom to see the rest of the playlist.</p><p>- If you're on a computer, choose a video from the playlist on the right.</p><p>- If you're watching embedded, click ⏭️ or ⏮️ to see next or previous videos in the playlist.</p><p>cc @amiga </p><p><a href="/tags/amiga/" rel="tag">#Amiga</a> <a href="/tags/commodore/" rel="tag">#Commodore</a> <a href="/tags/commodoreamiga/" rel="tag">#CommodoreAmiga</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/computinghistory/" rel="tag">#ComputingHistory</a> <a href="/tags/16bit/" rel="tag">#16Bit</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a></p>
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<p>By request, a playlist of PeerTube videos about the Texas Instruments TI-99/4A home computer:</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/PeerTube.png" class="emoji" alt=":PeerTube:" title=":PeerTube:"> <a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/2xitoEV748hKWzFk84Ddzf" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.video/w/p/2xitoEV748hKWzFk84Ddzf"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/2xitoEV748hKWzF</span><span class="invisible">k84Ddzf</span></a></p><p>- If you're on a phone, scroll first two video titles at the bottom to see rest of the playlist.</p><p>- If you're on a computer, choose a video from the playlist on the right.</p><p>- If you're watching embedded, click ⏭️ or ⏮️ to see next or previous videos in the playlist.</p><p>cc @retrocomputing </p><p><a href="/tags/ti99/" rel="tag">#TI99</a> <a href="/tags/ti994a/" rel="tag">#TI994A</a> <a href="/tags/texasinstruments/" rel="tag">#TexasInstruments</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/computinghistory/" rel="tag">#ComputingHistory</a></p>
<p>Johnny Blanchard / Re-Enthused makes videos about retro computers and video games, including both famous and obscure systems. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/johnny_blanchard/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/johnny_blanchard', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/accounts/johnny_blanchard', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>johnny_blanchard</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already 570 videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/johnny_blanchard/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/a/johnny_blanchard/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/a/johnny_blancha</span><span class="invisible">rd/videos</span></a></p><p>You can also follow Blanchard's general social media account at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://retrochat.online/@jonn_blanchard" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>jonn_blanchard</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/retrogaming/" rel="tag">#RetroGaming</a> <a href="/tags/videogames/" rel="tag">#VideoGames</a> <a href="/tags/gaming/" rel="tag">#Gaming</a> <a href="/tags/computinghistory/" rel="tag">#ComputingHistory</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/peertubers/" rel="tag">#PeerTubers</a></p>
<p>Linux User Space makes videos about the history of various Linux distributions and Linux-related software. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://tilvids.com/accounts/linuxuserspace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linuxuserspace</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already 26 videos uploaded, if they haven've federated to your server yet you can browse them all at <a href="https://tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace/v</span><span class="invisible">ideos</span></a></p><p>You can also follow their general social media account at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@linuxuserspace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>[email protected]</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/computinghistory/" rel="tag">#ComputingHistory</a> <a href="/tags/distros/" rel="tag">#Distros</a> <a href="/tags/gnulinux/" rel="tag">#GNULinux</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/peertubers/" rel="tag">#PeerTubers</a></p>
<p>"More Fun Making It" creates fun videos about repairing and restoring classic computers and other tech, especially the ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga etc. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/morefunmakingit/video-channels', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/a/morefunmakingit', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}, {'type': 'Link', 'href': 'https://makertube.net/accounts/morefunmakingit', 'mediaType': 'text/html'}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>morefunmakingit</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already over a hundred videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet, you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/morefunmakingit/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/a/morefunmakingit/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/a/morefunmakingi</span><span class="invisible">t/videos</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/computinghistory/" rel="tag">#ComputingHistory</a> <a href="/tags/zxspectrum/" rel="tag">#ZXSpectrum</a> <a href="/tags/commodore64/" rel="tag">#Commodore64</a> <a href="/tags/c64/" rel="tag">#C64</a> <a href="/tags/amiga/" rel="tag">#Amiga</a> <a href="/tags/electronics/" rel="tag">#Electronics</a> <a href="/tags/retrotech/" rel="tag">#RetroTech</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/peertubers/" rel="tag">#PeerTubers</a></p>
<p>There are loads of videos about MS-DOS, DOS games and DOS PCs on PeerTube, here's a playlist:</p><p><img src="https://neodb.social/media/emoji/social.growyourown.services/ms_dos.png" class="emoji" alt=":ms_dos:" title=":ms_dos:"> <a href="https://fedi.video/w/p/uEorJj9vYsrdmihjc2otzu" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="fedi.video/w/p/uEorJj9vYsrdmihjc2otzu"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fedi.video/w/p/uEorJj9vYsrdmih</span><span class="invisible">jc2otzu</span></a></p><p>- Watching on a phone: Swipe up first two videos at bottom to browse rest of playlist</p><p>- Watching on a computer: Choose video by scrolling through playlist on right of screen</p><p>- Watching embedded: Click ⏭️ or ⏮️ to see next or previous videos in playlist</p><p>cc @msdos </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredplaylist/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPlaylist</a> <a href="/tags/msdos/" rel="tag">#MSDOS</a> <a href="/tags/dos/" rel="tag">#DOS</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/computinghistory/" rel="tag">#ComputingHistory</a> <a href="/tags/dosgaming/" rel="tag">#DosGaming</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/peertubers/" rel="tag">#PeerTubers</a></p>
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<p>Linux User Space posts videos about Linux and free open software. It also posts about the history of Linux distributions and tools.</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="https://tilvids.com/accounts/linuxuserspace" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>linuxuserspace</span></a></span> </p><p>There are already 40 videos uploaded. If these haven't federated to your server yet you can browse them all at <a href="https://tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">tilvids.com/a/linuxuserspace/v</span><span class="invisible">ideos</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/linux/" rel="tag">#Linux</a> <a href="/tags/foss/" rel="tag">#FOSS</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/computinghistory/" rel="tag">#ComputingHistory</a></p>