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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2025-01-24 at 15:04

I’ve been exploring the early Celeron processor overclocking scene from the late 90s, but kept hitting roadblocks. So I tried a different approach — would I finally be able to pull off the ultimate in shenanigans? New video!

https://youtu.be/aVTZ5NC0ng0

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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2025-01-10 at 15:03

Apple’s first PowerPC-based laptop from 1995 was supposed to usher in an era of fast Mac portables, but ended up mired in controversy. What happened, and was it as bad as people make it out to be? Let’s find out!

https://youtu.be/B4i8W2fnVug

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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2024-12-27 at 15:30

Hot on the heels of the desktop publishing revolution and as multimedia was gaining steam, Apple released an absolute battlestation of a computer in 1990. What made it so desirable both then, and among collectors now? Let’s find out!

https://youtu.be/8WMbEOFD9Rs

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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2024-12-13 at 15:28

You may have seen my (mis)adventures trying to overclock the Celeron 300A…but what if I have two of them?

https://youtu.be/40YlYvy6H48

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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2024-11-29 at 15:40

Sony made the MiniDisc audio format, and they also made laptops…so what happened when they put the two together? Let’s find out!

https://youtu.be/edKZVCiMpBk

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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2024-11-15 at 15:38

The Color Classic was an innovative and downright cute compact Mac, but its Achilles heel was just how ridiculously slow it was. There are upgrade cards to fix that — and one is brand new! How big of an impact do they make?

https://youtu.be/qwxf7ses7wo

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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2024-11-09 at 19:47

Don’t talk to me or my son ever again

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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2024-11-01 at 15:06

“Celeron? Those CPUs were garbage.”

Not this one —far from it.

https://youtu.be/obxvVgO0-X8

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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2024-10-18 at 14:31

The Macintosh IIsi and LC series are notorious for power supply failures these days, and simply recapping them doesn’t guarantee success. Let’s check out a new solution that fixes the problem for good!

https://youtu.be/TEKa_3LN_QA

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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2024-10-04 at 14:39

I was given a broken Mac SE/30 from 1989. I wanted to fix it, but oops! I built a whole new one from scratch.

https://youtu.be/zc3sPoqOFG8

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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2024-09-20 at 14:30

Since I downgraded my Pentium 4 system to a P3, I needed something to still represent the Windows XP era in my collection. I happened to stumble across the perfect choice — but of course it threw me some challenges in the process.

https://youtu.be/hXTaU1FaZtw

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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2024-09-06 at 15:06

Last year I built myself a retro PC…but this year I’m downgrading it. Why? Let’s find out!

https://youtu.be/sF_zp2aUW98

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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2024-09-02 at 22:43

Anyone out there who can help me with some research? I’m looking for a resource that lists PC part prices from the late 90s (specifically early 1999). The magazines and catalogs I’ve found tend to omit things like CPUs and motherboards in favor of full systems. Is there an old mail-order site archived by the Internet Archive, for example, that I should check out?

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Written by This Does Not Compute on 2024-08-23 at 14:53

Free Geek Twin Cities put on a retro tech expo recently here in the Minneapolis area, and while it wasn’t a huge event, it was still a ton of fun. Let’s check out what I saw!

https://youtu.be/cr5h56N7HH0

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