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- The VCF Midwest 2024 Report · 1 sa 4 dkVintage Computer Festival Midwest made a massive change for 2024: they moved to a new venue! Can the Schaumburg Convention Center contain this massive mix of retro computer…
- The Apple IIGS Megahertz Myth · 59 dkI love the Apple IIGS. It's a great computer, but could it have been greater? The legend goes that Apple purposefully underclocked its CPU during development to avoid competing…
- Installing OS/2 on a PS/2 Model 80: 5000 Subscriber Special · 34 dkI've hit 5,000 subscribers, and what better way to celebrate than to install an old operating system on a lumbering battlestation? In a past video I said I'd install IBM's OS/2…
- VCF East 2024 Review · 33 dkVintage Computer Festival East is back for 2024 with more to see than ever before. After a banner crowd in 2023 the show needed to make some adjustments in 2024 to account for…
- An American Visits British Computer Museums · 25 dkComputer museums are a great place to check out the coolest of vintage tech. I've been to my share in America, but what about the rest of the world? Join me as I fly across the…
- Garmin iQue 3600: How A Palm OS PDA with GPS Predicted The Future · 30 dkGarmin iQue 3600 We take for granted that we can pull out a phone and get directions to almost anywhere on Earth. But years before Apple and Google gave us the tools to navigate…
- IBM's 386 Tower of Power: The PS/2 Model 80 · 35 dkIBM was late to the 386 PC party, but when they finally arrived they made a statement about what they thought the future of computing would be. With a 32-bit Micro Channel bus…
- IBM PS/2 Model 30 286 - Computers of Significant History · 43 dkWhat was the first retro or vintage computer you collected? I saved an obsolete PS/2 Model 30 286 from the scrap heap back in 1997. This machine was a footsoldier in IBM's war to…
- The Vintage Computer Festival Midwest 2023 Report · 41 dkI'm back at the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest for another convention of old and obsolete technology. With tons of retro computers and video games it's a celebration of old…
- Sun, Surf, and Street Fighter: The World of East Coast Beach Arcades · 13 dkAny self-respecting beach town in the United States has an arcade. But there's a certain variety that lives along the northeast Atlantic coast. When kids of all ages tire of the…
- The Macintosh SE/30 - Computer Hall of Fame · 26 dkThe SE/30 is a Macintosh that's larger than life. It's hailed as one of the greatest Macs ever. So when I had the chance to pick one up, complete in box, for free, I couldn't…
- The Vintage Computer Festival East 2023 Report · 29 dkSpring has sprung and that means old computers have migrated north once again! Join me for a review of the 2023 Vintage Computer Festival East. What's changed from prior events?…
- Which SimCity is the Greatest SimCity? · 8 dkWill Wright's SimCity is one of gaming's all-time hits. The classic original SimCity started on the Commodore 64 and topped out on PCs and Macs. With ports to over a dozen…
- What's Inside A NeXT Computer Accessory Kit? · 28 dkSteve Jobs thought he would user in the NeXT generation of computing, but his little black cube of darkness flopped. When you bought a $10,000 computer, what did you get in the…
- Adobe and Pantone's Color Apocalypse · 28 dkWhat happens when two companies don't get along? Their customers lose. Adobe has let their license for Pantone colors lapse, with the hues disappearing from their apps. Pantone…
- A Visit to the Apple Mothership · 29 dkHere, in Userlandia, be very quiet. We're hunting dogcows. Disney has Disneyland. Boeing's 747 megafactory is the world's largest building. Apple has infinite loops and…
- 2022 Vintage Computer Festival Midwest Report · 30 dkHere, in Userlandia, my Windows color scheme is Portillo's Hot Dog. Want to see some of the coolest old computers out there? Take a trip to the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest…
- The Compaq ProLinea 4/33 - Computers of Significant History, Part 3 · 37 dkHere, in Userlandia, I think I'm a clone now… Compaq was in a crisis in the early 90s. Upstarts were undercutting them just as they had undercut IBM. Facing their first loss…
- The New Computer Desk Workshop · 34 dkFrom the desk of Userlandia… What does it take to build a custom computer desk? Sure, people on Reddit say "throw some wood on some cabinets," but what does that mean, exactly?…
- The Rise and Fall of Lian Li Aluminum PC Cases - Nifty Thrifties · 38 dkHere in Userlandia, it's the case of the Lian Li Aluminum PC Case. Back in the year 2000, Aluminum was the hot new metal for crafting PC cases. Strong, lightweight, and stylish…
