vintagecomputing

<p>Richie G does videos about old computers, especially PCs and Macs. You can follow at:</p><p>➡️ <span class="h-card"><a href="[{&#x27;type&#x27;: &#x27;Link&#x27;, &#x27;href&#x27;: &#x27;https://makertube.net/a/richie_g/video-channels&#x27;, &#x27;mediaType&#x27;: &#x27;text/html&#x27;}, {&#x27;type&#x27;: &#x27;Link&#x27;, &#x27;href&#x27;: &#x27;https://makertube.net/a/richie_g&#x27;, &#x27;mediaType&#x27;: &#x27;text/html&#x27;}, {&#x27;type&#x27;: &#x27;Link&#x27;, &#x27;href&#x27;: &#x27;https://makertube.net/accounts/richie_g&#x27;, &#x27;mediaType&#x27;: &#x27;text/html&#x27;}]" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>richie_g</span></a></span> </p><p>They&#x27;ve already uploaded 10 videos, if these haven&#x27;t federated to your server yet you can browse them all at <a href="https://makertube.net/a/richie_g/videos" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/a/richie_g/videos"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/a/richie_g/video</span><span class="invisible">s</span></a></p><p>You can also follow Richie&#x27;s general non-video account at <span class="h-card"><a href="https://cyberplace.social/@richiegolds" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>richiegolds</span></a></span> </p><p>cc @retrocomputing </p><p><a href="/tags/featuredpeertube/" rel="tag">#FeaturedPeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#VintageComputing</a> <a href="/tags/pc/" rel="tag">#PC</a> <a href="/tags/mac/" rel="tag">#Mac</a> <a href="/tags/peertube/" rel="tag">#PeerTube</a> <a href="/tags/peertubers/" rel="tag">#PeerTubers</a></p>

<p>We&#x27;re in the process or lighting up our Thinking Machines CM-2 which uses a Symbolics 3670 LISP Machine as its programming front end. The CM-1 was introduced 40 years ago in 1985 and the CM-2 in 1987. While this CM-2 is a single quadrant, we plan to simulate a full CM-2 and have its iconic &quot;deep thought&quot; lights running. Here you can see our lamp panels displaying a clock. This work was done by Jeff Kaylin. </p><p><a href="https://icm.museum" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>icm.museum</a></p><p><a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a></p>

<p>New video! I&#x27;m building a Magic Desk style multi program cartridge for the Commodore 264 line of machines.</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/QFPwqtm2Fc4" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/QFPwqtm2Fc4</a><br>PeerTube: <a href="https://makertube.net/w/14Hsf9wVFzBa3Pu51r6Fjo" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/w/14Hsf9wVFzBa3Pu51r6Fjo"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/w/14Hsf9wVFzBa3P</span><span class="invisible">u51r6Fjo</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/commodore/" rel="tag">#Commodore</a> <a href="/tags/c16/" rel="tag">#C16</a> <a href="/tags/c116/" rel="tag">#C116</a> <a href="/tags/plus4/" rel="tag">#Plus4</a> <a href="/tags/commodore264/" rel="tag">#Commodore264</a> <a href="/tags/cartridge/" rel="tag">#Cartridge</a> <a href="/tags/multirom/" rel="tag">#MultiROM</a> <a href="/tags/magicdesk/" rel="tag">#MagicDesk</a> <a href="/tags/c264magiccart/" rel="tag">#C264MagicCart</a> <a href="/tags/opensource/" rel="tag">#OpenSource</a> <a href="/tags/openhardware/" rel="tag">#OpenHardware</a> <a href="/tags/build/" rel="tag">#Build</a> <a href="/tags/diy/" rel="tag">#DIY</a> <a href="/tags/eprom/" rel="tag">#EPROM</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#VintageComputing</a></p>

<p>New video! Troubleshooting, repairing and improving the VIC-20 Diagnostics Cartridge and Harness that turned out to be broken in the previous video.</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/7GSwavjNaFU" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/7GSwavjNaFU</a><br>PeerTube: <a href="https://makertube.net/w/tn6bKEQN3eF7r6CKsexFSt" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/w/tn6bKEQN3eF7r6CKsexFSt"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/w/tn6bKEQN3eF7r6</span><span class="invisible">CKsexFSt</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/commodore/" rel="tag">#Commodore</a> <a href="/tags/vic20/" rel="tag">#VIC20</a> <a href="/tags/vc20/" rel="tag">#VC20</a> <a href="/tags/diagnostic/" rel="tag">#Diagnostic</a> <a href="/tags/harness/" rel="tag">#Harness</a> <a href="/tags/diagnosticcartridge/" rel="tag">#DiagnosticCartridge</a> <a href="/tags/troubleshooting/" rel="tag">#Troubleshooting</a> <a href="/tags/repair/" rel="tag">#Repair</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#VintageComputing</a></p>

<p><a href="/tags/worldcon/" rel="tag">#worldcon</a> opens in 20 minutes and we’re along the East wall of the 2nd floor.<br>Come beat the PDP-8/e at chess or adventure and learn about 1960s <a href="/tags/ai/" rel="tag">#ai</a> under the MIT AI labs Incompatible Timesharing System</p><p><a href="https://icm.museum" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>icm.museum</a></p><p><a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="/tags/retrogaming/" rel="tag">#retrogaming</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="/tags/seattle/" rel="tag">#seattle</a></p>

<p>New video! I got my hands on a rare Amiga 3000T and am starting the restoration process.</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/5XsMTA0ZjhQ" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/5XsMTA0ZjhQ</a><br>PeerTube: <a href="https://makertube.net/w/cbdS1mpUE5jX9VK6jKm1Ag" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/w/cbdS1mpUE5jX9VK6jKm1Ag"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/w/cbdS1mpUE5jX9V</span><span class="invisible">K6jKm1Ag</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/amiga/" rel="tag">#Amiga</a> <a href="/tags/amiga3000t/" rel="tag">#Amiga3000T</a> <a href="/tags/amiga3000/" rel="tag">#Amiga3000</a> <a href="/tags/a3000t/" rel="tag">#A3000T</a> <a href="/tags/commodore/" rel="tag">#Commodore</a> <a href="/tags/restoration/" rel="tag">#Restoration</a> <a href="/tags/batteryleakage/" rel="tag">#BatteryLeakage</a> <a href="/tags/corrosion/" rel="tag">#Corrosion</a> <a href="/tags/repair/" rel="tag">#Repair</a> <a href="/tags/a2386/" rel="tag">#A2386</a> <a href="/tags/bridgeboard/" rel="tag">#BridgeBoard</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#VintageComputing</a> <a href="/tags/rarecommodore/" rel="tag">#RareCommodore</a></p>

<p>Save the date!</p><p>Flashback Symposium</p><p>14.11.-16.11. 2025 Jößnitz bei Plauen</p><p>Retrocomputer and Concert</p><p><a href="https://www.flashback-event.de/flashback-symposium-02/" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="www.flashback-event.de/flashback-symposium-02/"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">www.flashback-event.de/flashba</span><span class="invisible">ck-symposium-02/</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="/tags/retrogaming/" rel="tag">#retrogaming</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="/tags/plauen/" rel="tag">#plauen</a> <a href="/tags/vogtland/" rel="tag">#vogtland</a> <a href="/tags/sachsen/" rel="tag">#sachsen</a></p>

<p>We currently offer over 28 vintage systems for free remote guest access featuring historic operating systems, programming languages and games. BOOTSTRAP members may request personal accounts on these machines. Thank you for supporting our efforts at <a href="https://icm.museum" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>icm.museum</a></p><p><a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#vintagecomputing</a> <a href="/tags/retrogaming/" rel="tag">#retrogaming</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#retrocomputing</a> <a href="/tags/history/" rel="tag">#history</a></p>

<p>New video! Neutralizing and removing the battery leakage and corrosion from the A3000T board and the expansion cards that came with it.</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/tiTvgsuXqGc" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/tiTvgsuXqGc</a><br>PeerTube: <a href="https://makertube.net/w/iE56Bc9hD7S8WVkChnJWw2" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/w/iE56Bc9hD7S8WVkChnJWw2"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/w/iE56Bc9hD7S8WV</span><span class="invisible">kChnJWw2</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/amiga/" rel="tag">#Amiga</a> <a href="/tags/a3000t/" rel="tag">#A3000T</a> <a href="/tags/amiga3000t/" rel="tag">#Amiga3000T</a> <a href="/tags/restoration/" rel="tag">#Restoration</a> <a href="/tags/commodore/" rel="tag">#Commodore</a> <a href="/tags/batteryleakage/" rel="tag">#BatteryLeakage</a> <a href="/tags/repair/" rel="tag">#Repair</a> <a href="/tags/corrosion/" rel="tag">#Corrosion</a> <a href="/tags/a2386/" rel="tag">#A2386</a> <a href="/tags/bridgeboard/" rel="tag">#BridgeBoard</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#VintageComputing</a></p>

<p>New video! I reviewed a pre-production version of the new mechanical Amiga keyboards from A1200net. These are suitable for most Amiga models and fit both the new replacement keycaps and the original keycaps, retaining the original look and feel of the machines.</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/HNOTwb4UsCA" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/HNOTwb4UsCA</a><br>PeerTube: <a href="https://makertube.net/w/kP6snQGm4nhcY6xUAzqkku" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/w/kP6snQGm4nhcY6xUAzqkku"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/w/kP6snQGm4nhcY6</span><span class="invisible">xUAzqkku</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/amiga/" rel="tag">#Amiga</a> <a href="/tags/keyboard/" rel="tag">#Keyboard</a> <a href="/tags/mechanicalkeyboard/" rel="tag">#MechanicalKeyboard</a> <a href="/tags/linearswitches/" rel="tag">#LinearSwitches</a> <a href="/tags/mitsumihybrid/" rel="tag">#MitsumiHybrid</a> <a href="/tags/commodore/" rel="tag">#Commodore</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#VintageComputing</a> <a href="/tags/replacement/" rel="tag">#Replacement</a> <a href="/tags/keycaps/" rel="tag">#Keycaps</a> <a href="/tags/a1200net/" rel="tag">#A1200net</a></p>

<p>a few years ago i mentioned that i wrote a book about the exciting, awkward and embarrassing experiences of growing up with computers and video games in the 80s and 90s.</p><p>i wanted to remember what it felt like being the only dorky computer kid at school. or what it was like to hear my first modem handshake sound. or starting the first flamewar on the school&#x27;s national FirstClass BBS in the macintosh lab over the lunch-hour</p><p>it was originally something i wrote only for my family and friends who were there at the time. </p><p>and then i met all of you folks when i started my first masto instance 4 years ago. i had no idea there were so many hardcore retrocomputing and gaming nerds out there; unix and mac and ms-dos folks alike.</p><p>so i mentioned it casually. i was surprised by the interest in the book. </p><p>so i spent the better part of the past 3 years rewriting the book for *you* fellow mastodon dorkus malorkuses. the book is a celebration of all of the best (and worst) parts of a kid growing up in the digital age. </p><p>we&#x27;re all busy old tired stressed folks now. so every memory and cringetacular story is short enough to read on a 5 minute bus/metro/toilet ride. they&#x27;re weaved together into an arc that starts at my family&#x27;s first Tandy TRS-80 and ends at my school&#x27;s Mac LC II and building my first Pentium 133.</p><p>it&#x27;s finally published, and i&#x27;m super proud of what it became thanks to everyone here nerding out for years.</p><p>enjoy the book. i wrote it just for you. ❤️ </p><p>paperback edition: <a href="https://mybook.to/EDuUf" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>mybook.to/EDuUf</a></p><p>DRM-free ebook (EPUB format) and chapter samples here:<br><a href="https://tomotama.itch.io/mages-modems" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>tomotama.itch.io/mages-modems</a></p><p><a href="/tags/books/" rel="tag">#books</a> <a href="/tags/indiepublisher/" rel="tag">#indiePublisher</a> <a href="/tags/bookstodon/" rel="tag">#bookstodon</a> <a href="/tags/author/" rel="tag">#author</a> <a href="/tags/macintosh/" rel="tag">#macintosh</a> <a href="/tags/vintageapple/" rel="tag">#vintageApple</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#vintageComputing</a> <a href="/tags/msdos/" rel="tag">#msdos</a> <a href="/tags/dosgaming/" rel="tag">#dosGaming</a> <a href="/tags/yeg/" rel="tag">#yeg</a> <a href="/tags/canada/" rel="tag">#canada</a> <a href="/tags/alberta/" rel="tag">#alberta</a> <a href="/tags/bbs/" rel="tag">#bbs</a> <a href="/tags/smolweb/" rel="tag">#smolWeb</a> <a href="/tags/indieweb/" rel="tag">#indieWeb</a></p>

<p>New video! Replacing the rechargeable lithium cell on my Blizzard 1230 MK IV Amiga 1200 accelerator card.</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/-sdXLAXbpfQ" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/-sdXLAXbpfQ</a><br>PeerTube: <a href="https://makertube.net/w/qLLGtqax621LFSzxFgZj1Q" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/w/qLLGtqax621LFSzxFgZj1Q"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/w/qLLGtqax621LFS</span><span class="invisible">zxFgZj1Q</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/amiga/" rel="tag">#Amiga</a> <a href="/tags/a1200/" rel="tag">#A1200</a> <a href="/tags/amiga1200/" rel="tag">#Amiga1200</a> <a href="/tags/commodore/" rel="tag">#Commodore</a> <a href="/tags/blizzard1230/" rel="tag">#Blizzard1230</a> <a href="/tags/phase5/" rel="tag">#Phase5</a> <a href="/tags/battery/" rel="tag">#Battery</a> <a href="/tags/coincell/" rel="tag">#CoinCell</a> <a href="/tags/realtimeclock/" rel="tag">#RealTimeClock</a> <a href="/tags/accelerator/" rel="tag">#Accelerator</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#VintageComputing</a></p>

<p>New video! Recapping the Amiga 3000T power supply.</p><p>YouTube: <a href="https://youtu.be/uKZePkkBd9g" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>youtu.be/uKZePkkBd9g</a><br>PeerTube: <a href="https://makertube.net/w/rSCTC3Ddwsij2vukLprWe1" rel="nofollow" class="ellipsis" title="makertube.net/w/rSCTC3Ddwsij2vukLprWe1"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">makertube.net/w/rSCTC3Ddwsij2v</span><span class="invisible">ukLprWe1</span></a></p><p><a href="/tags/amiga/" rel="tag">#Amiga</a> <a href="/tags/amiga3000t/" rel="tag">#Amiga3000T</a> <a href="/tags/amiga3000/" rel="tag">#Amiga3000</a> <a href="/tags/a3000t/" rel="tag">#A3000T</a> <a href="/tags/commodore/" rel="tag">#Commodore</a> <a href="/tags/restoration/" rel="tag">#Restoration</a> <a href="/tags/psu/" rel="tag">#PSU</a> <a href="/tags/powersupply/" rel="tag">#PowerSupply</a> <a href="/tags/recapping/" rel="tag">#Recapping</a> <a href="/tags/capacitors/" rel="tag">#Capacitors</a> <a href="/tags/replacement/" rel="tag">#Replacement</a> <a href="/tags/retrocomputing/" rel="tag">#RetroComputing</a> <a href="/tags/vintagecomputing/" rel="tag">#VintageComputing</a> <a href="/tags/rarecommodore/" rel="tag">#RareCommodore</a></p>