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Vintage computer enthusiast and archivist. EEP!
http://www.mac84.net
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For Apple's 50th anniversary let's explore super rare prototypes, collectables, and never released systems at the new iNSPIRE exhibit at the MIMMS museum! ๐
youtu.be/gQM09mjg9ws
#Apple50thAnniversary
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50 years of Apple prototypes, rare systems and more at the MIMMS iNSPIRE: Exhibit
YouTube video by Mac84
https://youtu.be/gQM09mjg9ws
about 2 months ago
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about 20 hours ago
Space Ghost C2C The Brak Show Aqua Teen Hunger Force Adventure Time AT Fiona & Cake Smiling Friends
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Let's Chat with Andy Merrill - Space Ghost Coast to Coast, The Brak Show and Adventure Time!
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
https://youtu.be/rhZvqlJNw1U
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INIT HELLO
2 days ago
Only a few weeks left to register for INIT HELLO, a weekend Apple ][ conference in Hunt Valley MD!
init-hello.org
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INIT HELLO - July 26-27, 2025 in Hunt Valley, MD
A new Apple II conference is coming to the System Source Computer Museum north of Baltimore, Maryland, this June 19-21, 2026.
https://init-hello.org
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We have another sad Macintosh Quadra 840AV to look at today... this should be interesting!
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LIVE: Can we fix this Macintosh Quadra 840AV? ๐ค
YouTube video by Mac84
https://youtube.com/live/xZWMIxbC1vM?feature=share
3 days ago
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Uncommon Ephemera
4 days ago
Holy crap. Monday's show is gonna be fire
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Ronโs Computer Videos ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฅ๏ธ๐ผ
4 days ago
When this week's guest was painting the cover for the 1987 LucasFilm game Maniac Mansion, he had no idea of the legacy he was contributing to. But if you're familiar with his work in the comics industry, legends is all he does.
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Let's Chat with Ken Macklin - LucasFilm Games and underground comic artist!
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
https://youtu.be/UhFhWiTRExI
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Retro Blast ๐ซ
6 days ago
I know I can't be the only one who keeps thinking this
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Ericโs Edge
5 days ago
You can follow my
#game
#development
bloggity
#blog
posts here:
ko-fi.com/ericsedge/po...
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Rik's Random Retro
7 days ago
May the 4th be w... *calendar check*. CLOSE ENOUGH! Tonight we are streaming Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, which is basically Age of Empires 2 in a Star Wars skin. Which I'm all for! See you all tonight at 8 PM CT!
youtube.com/live/ynjrEJ-...
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Livestream - Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds
YouTube video by Rik's Random Retro
https://youtube.com/live/ynjrEJ-sBbI?feature=share
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7 days ago
INIT-HELLO is entering its second year, and event founder Kate Szkotnicki is here to tell us a little bit about what to expect in version 2.0! Learn more:
init-hello.org
youtu.be/4eVFt44no6U
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Let's Chat with Kate Szkotnicki about INIT-HELLO v2 (July 19-21, 2026 at System Source Museum)!
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
https://youtu.be/4eVFt44no6U
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Ian Scott
9 days ago
Dimming the screen for the screen saver on
#PicoIDE
was boring so I added flying toasters as an option. Sprites borrowed from the PicoPOST project
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This newly released interview has some amazing insights into what was REALLY going inside of Apple from 1996-2006, be sure to give it a watch! ๐
youtu.be/PvFMT58lgvk?...
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Jon Rubinstein Interview: Former Apple Hardware Chief on Saving Apple, iMac, iPod & the iPhone Story
YouTube video by Computer History Museum
https://youtu.be/PvFMT58lgvk?si=0PokeIA2qlzsmVg-
11 days ago
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Let's take a look at some of the stuff I picked up at some of the recent shows and swap meets, and see if any of it works... ๐ค
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LIVE: Recent Swap Meet Finds & Stuff!
YouTube video by Mac84
https://youtube.com/live/IINUrrMjsnk?feature=share
13 days ago
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14 days ago
PROJECTS - 050426 - PicoMicroMac now at Serdashop!
youtu.be/Eg0mMEVVYRY
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PROJECTS - 050426 - PicoMicroMac now at Serdashop!
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
https://youtu.be/Eg0mMEVVYRY
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The Star Wars / Laserdisc nerdโs dilemmaโฆ ๐
#Maythe4thbewithyou
#StarWars
#LaserDisc
15 days ago
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Uncommon Ephemera
18 days ago
NEWLY RESTORED at @archive.org: A rare #filmstrip adaptation of a 60s #Disney short in the "What Should I Do?" series.
https://uncom.cc/bnh9h
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Action Retro
20 days ago
Todayโs video was kind of personal, but I hope youโll give it a watch.
youtu.be/owyFoESPShU
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Something Bad Happened at VCF East
YouTube video by Action Retro
https://youtu.be/owyFoESPShU
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Scott Hanselman ๐ฎ
21 days ago
The earliest DOS source code was found on printer paper in Tim Paterson's garage so we've open sourced it on 86-DOS 1.00โs 45th anniversary! This is next-level software archaeology for preservation, and plain olโ curiosity.
#DOS
#RetroComputing
opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/04...
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Continuing the story of early DOS development | Microsoft Open Source Blog
In 2018 we (re)-open-sourced MSโDOS 1.25 and 2.11, and more recently in 2024 we were able to make the source for MSโDOS 4.0 available to the public as well. Today, on 86-DOS 1.00โs 45th anniversary, w...
https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/04/28/continuing-the-story-of-early-dos-development
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Karl Baron
22 days ago
This is pretty cool. Apple's old Time Capsule devices run NetBSD, so in anticipation of their deprecation of AFP in the next version of macOS this guy got samba running on it
https://github.com/jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB
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GitHub - jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB: Hacking the Apple Time Capsule to run modern Samba
Hacking the Apple Time Capsule to run modern Samba - jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB
https://github.com/jamesyc/TimeCapsuleSMB
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BigBadBiologist
25 days ago
On Saturday's noon EDT stream, we're going to start work on
@iiidiy.bsky.social
's deceptively clean SE/30 logic board. I also bought a couple microscope cameras to try to hopefully improve my microscope streaming quality. Let's do a mini camera shootout!
youtube.com/live/D5Vab18...
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Microscope camera comparison testing & starting work on @iiidiy's Macintosh SE/30 logic board
YouTube video by BigBadBench
https://youtube.com/live/D5Vab18fW00?feature=share
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Displaced Gamers
25 days ago
I joined Ron of Ron's Computer Videos to talk about Big Box PC Games. Just a fun, casual conversation about collecting games with a bit of story telling. Give it a watch!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz3P...
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Let's Chat with Chris from Displaced Gamers about Big Box Games!
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fz3Plq_XJCY
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Check out this gripping new podcast AMERICAN AFTERLIFE, adapted/written by my amazing wife. It follows the survival of Cielo in the search for her mom after a catastrophic earthquake devastates the west coast of the US. Listen ๐
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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open.spotify.com/show/2bKU2wf...
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American Afterlife
Drama Podcast ยท Weekly Series ยท What happens when the ground beneath you literally crumbles, leaving you to navigate a world turned upside down? In this gripping series, American Afterlife, we delve i...
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-afterlife/id1833063666
27 days ago
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vcfederation.bsky.social
26 days ago
VCF East was quite successful in many ways. Please take a few minutes by answering this anonymous survey:
www.surveymonkey.com/r/97SKD9W
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Check out this gripping new podcast AMERICAN AFTERLIFE, adapted/written by my amazing wife. It follows the survival of Cielo in the search for her mom after a catastrophic earthquake devastates the west coast of the US. Listen ๐
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a...
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open.spotify.com/show/2bKU2wf...
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American Afterlife
Drama Podcast ยท Weekly Series ยท What happens when the ground beneath you literally crumbles, leaving you to navigate a world turned upside down? In this gripping series, American Afterlife, we delve i...
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/american-afterlife/id1833063666
27 days ago
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Animation on HBO Max
27 days ago
Official trailer for Ketchup Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures' "COYOTE VS. ACME," coming to theaters August 28!
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RetroFox
27 days ago
Finally got the photos from @vcfederation VCF East 2026 uploaded! I've also added to the Consignment photos album. Take a look! Lots of neat and interactive exhibits this year. Had a great time at the event!
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VCF East 2026 ยท Saturday, Apr 18 ๐ธ
Shared album ยท Tap to view!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/FXrQi1MonJtnhzQN8
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The biggest CatMac youโve ever seen! ๐
28 days ago
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Ian Scott
30 days ago
Over the past few days I've released some beta firmwares for PicoGUS to address the issues in the v4.1.0 release. This one is basically a release candidate; if it's all good I'll release it as final in a couple days.
github.com/polpo/picogu...
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Release v4.1.1-beta.1 ยท polpo/picogus
Fixes/improvements Fixes major issues in v4.1.0 where stale printf code in modes would cause the firmware to panic. SB mode Fixes clicks during single-cycle DMA audio playback. GUS mode Fixes on...
https://github.com/polpo/picogus/releases/tag/v4.1.1-beta.1
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Come stop by and say hi if youโre at VCF East! Weโre in room C. ๐
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See you all at VCF East tomorrow! ๐
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RetroFox
about 1 month ago
@vcfederation.bsky.social
VCF East is this weekend and as usual, I've already been taking a lot of photos! Want a peek at consignment? Then have a look at my album here:
photos.app.goo.gl/ETzhNrB7FKb6...
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VCF East 2026 - Consignment ยท Friday, Apr 17 ๐ธ
Shared album ยท Tap to view!
https://photos.app.goo.gl/ETzhNrB7FKb6MEza8
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Ian Scott
about 1 month ago
I was bummed the 74XX YouTube channel hadn't uploaded in a while but today was blessed with this amazing video that starts with finding some Wild Gunman film reels and ends with an amazing recreation of the original game. Probably my favorite low sub channel!
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WILD GUNMAN: Resurrecting Nintendo's First Coin-Op on its 50th Anniversary
YouTube video by 74XX Arcade Repair
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOfqnomGPkM
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John Calhoun
about 1 month ago
Surprised I came across some sketches I did not know I had scanned/archived. This is an early Glider sketch when the paper airplane was the more common kind. It looks like electrical outlets might have given you "shots", not destroyed you. Ceiling ducts were bad too. I have a few more I can post.
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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia
about 1 month ago
Are you going to VCF East this weekend? Stop by the Totally Normal Computing booth in Hall C to chat with
@mac84.bsky.social
,
@actionretro.bsky.social
, Mike, and me! Iโll be bringing the Model 80 for people to try their hand at OS/2 games and apps. Maybe its slowness wonโt drive you crazy!
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John Calhoun
about 1 month ago
I know, the timing is weird. Victor Franco ported my published sources for Glider 4.0 to the modern MacOS and, yes, we have another Glider game for the Mac. It's faithful to the original Glider 4.0 that came out in 1990. (And it's free.)
apps.apple.com/us/app/glide...
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Glider Retro App - App Store
Download Glider Retro by Victor Franco on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Glider Retro.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/glider-retro/id6760527392?mt=12
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Ken
about 1 month ago
The children yearn for COBOL.
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John Calhoun
about 1 month ago
I re-made Glider some years back for MacOS/iOS. It broke at some point (perhaps an Apple change for Retina displays?) so I pulled it from the App Store. (Claude looked at the codeโfound some minor coordinate issues. Thanks!) Glider Classic for MacOS is back on.
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Glider App - App Store
Download Glider by Soft Dorothy LLC on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Glider.
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/glider/id482536700?mt=12
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Ronโs Computer Videos ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฅ๏ธ๐ผ
about 1 month ago
Brand new
@climatetown.bsky.social
about the Right to Repair.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-l...
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Your Single Use iPhone
YouTube video by Climate Town
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG-lLt5X3Rs
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Damn, this MST3K decal on my car has seen some shitโฆ โ๏ธ
about 1 month ago
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Ronโs Computer Videos ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฅ๏ธ๐ผ
about 1 month ago
STOP. OVERPAYING. FOR. EWASTE.
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STOP. OVERPAYING. FOR. EWASTE.
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
https://youtu.be/H2AxRk9Tc_M
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Ian Scott
about 1 month ago
#PicoGUS
can now emulate Sound Blaster 16 with the newly released firmware v4.0.0! Other changes include CD-ROM speed and reliability improvements, GUS mode improvements, and more. Check the full changelog and download the release at
github.com/polpo/picogu...
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Release v4.0.0 ยท polpo/picogus
New features/changes Sound Blaster 16 SB mode now emulates a Sound Blaster 16. I had a somewhat-working implementation of the SB16 DSP in late 2024 but was discouraged by poor compatibility in Wind...
https://github.com/polpo/picogus/releases/tag/v4.0.0
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For Apple's 50th anniversary let's explore super rare prototypes, collectables, and never released systems at the new iNSPIRE exhibit at the MIMMS museum! ๐
youtu.be/gQM09mjg9ws
#Apple50thAnniversary
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50 years of Apple prototypes, rare systems and more at the MIMMS iNSPIRE: Exhibit
YouTube video by Mac84
https://youtu.be/gQM09mjg9ws
about 2 months ago
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For Apple's 50th anniversary let's explore super rare prototypes, collectables, and never released systems at the new iNSPIRE exhibit at the MIMMS museum! ๐
youtu.be/gQM09mjg9ws
#Apple50thAnniversary
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50 years of Apple prototypes, rare systems and more at the MIMMS iNSPIRE: Exhibit
YouTube video by Mac84
https://youtu.be/gQM09mjg9ws
about 2 months ago
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Blake Patterson
about 2 months ago
Of all the Apple products in my home, my favorite.
#Apple50thAnniversary
#Apple50
#Apple50th
#Apple
#Mac
#Macintosh
#AppleII
#vintagecomputing
#retrocomputing
#retrocomputers
#Macintosh
#SteveJobs
#ByteCellar
#photos
#photo
#tech
#vintagetech
#Woz
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Ronโs Computer Videos ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฅ๏ธ๐ผ
about 2 months ago
HAPPY APRIL FOOLS' DAY 2026!
#aprilfools
#retro
#vintage
youtu.be/gVnQtMYItWs
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HAPPY APRIL FOOLS' DAY 2026! #aprilfools #retro #vintage
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Karl Baron
about 2 months ago
And here it is, the #MARCHintosh
#globaltalk
#marchintosh
Canvas timelapse. Thank you to everyone who participated, it was lots of fun to host!
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1Bit Fever Dreams
about 2 months ago
New Video Released on my channel:
youtu.be/gliJVwzRifA
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K-man
about 2 months ago
One more video for
#MARCHintosh
while there's still some month left. I got these (via a friend) from a professor who had been keeping his Macintosh LC III with its original boxes which had even done some overseas travel with him. Time to look inside, recap, clean, and play.
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This Mac LC III was kept with its boxes for over 30 years
YouTube video by K-man Chronicles
https://youtu.be/-MG30LFPP7w
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Ronโs Computer Videos ๐งโโ๏ธ๐ฅ๏ธ๐ผ
about 2 months ago
Thanks, Dad!
#MARCHintosh
youtu.be/rEqYxeNaCTI
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A last minute #MARCHintosh story! (Thanks, Dad!)
YouTube video by Ron's Computer Videos
https://youtu.be/rEqYxeNaCTI
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Ugh, don't make me choose between my children! ๐ญ๐จ๏ธ
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LucasArts Memory
about 2 months ago
To celebrate Jedi Outcast's 24th anniversary, I've updated my oral history. ๐ซก You'll learn the full story behind the creation of this SW adventure, including how the same actor played both Gremlins and Luke Skywalker, and how LucasArts reacted when stormtroopers were cut down in pools of blood.
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A Star Wars oral history: The making of Jedi Outcast | The Spaceshipper
Get more from The Spaceshipper on Patreon
https://www.patreon.com/posts/64166212
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