Are you ready for #PicoIDE? It seems to be telling me it's ready. Coming soon: ATAPI optical disc emulation and IDE hard drive emulation. picoide.com

It has been TWO YEARS since Cities Skylines 2 launched, somehow. Time to revisit it alongside its first expansion pack on LGR! youtu.be/SsRek_Q3Jfg Is the new Bridges & Ports DLC worth the $20 asking price, and has the base game experience improved much since 2023? Well, I have some thoughts...

It has been TWO YEARS since Cities Skylines 2 launched, somehow. Time to revisit it alongside its first expansion pack on LGR! youtu.be/SsRek_Q3Jfg Is the new Bridges & Ports DLC worth the $20 asking price, and has the base game experience improved much since 2023? Well, I have some thoughts...

New video up! Just finished the massive project of restoring/rebuilding @lgr-yt.bsky.social’s destroyed Chaplet Halikan LA-30A. This was a big one 😅. Enjoy! youtu.be/BilLgXkR_Kw

Still need more baseball? We found a CD in our archives containing dozens of unused voice lines from MLB Slugfest 20-03 rejected by the MLB. Here's some of our favorites.

The DVD (1996) is now as old as the original 8-inch floppy disk (1967) was when the DVD came out.

Hey, have a Halloween LGR thing 🎃 youtu.be/bevfaEbteGU Looking back at ScreenToyz! Mid 90s peripherals that plug into a keyboard port letting you control "interactive screensavers." The company raised $10 million, released this, failed spectacularly, and that's how you end up on LGR 30 years later

Humongous 68K Collection https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/humongous-68k-collection I have created a self-booting (System 7.5.5) image with most or all (?) of the 68K compatible games from Humongous Entertainment, complete with a Launcher. This should be a drop-in for any BlueSCSI #macgarden

Returning to VCF Midwest two years later on LGR! youtu.be/FTKnv4LoAjY And wow has it changed. It feels like an almost entirely different show! 66,000 square feet of vintage computers, retro hardware, software, and old school goodness of all kinds. Here's what the show was like (for me) in 2025!

‘Extreme Paintbrawl’ released on this day in 1998. Marketed as "The First Non-Violent 3D Shooter." Reportedly developed in just two weeks time, and leveraging a half-finished version of the Build engine that functions exclusively within MS-DOS running on Windows 95.

LGR IS REVIEWING RARE MONITORS

Back in my home and back to LGR! And we gotta kick it off with copious woodgrain: youtu.be/RTE7_gqnSLk Taking a look at the Mitsubishi Oberhofer Edition monitor, a 15-inch LCD from 1999 encased in a glossy walnut burl intended to fit in with fancy 90s executive decor. And originally costing $1800!

New LGR travel vlog! youtu.be/yIwXQicYClw This is the Knobcon and Vintage Computer Festival Midwest experience! At least as it was for me in 2025. Driving from NC to Illinois, enjoying Chicago, lots of wandering the events themselves, having great food, hanging with YouTubery friends and much more!

I’ve started a GoFundMe to help with my cancer battle gofund.me/6850175a3

I've been bedridden for the last 10 months, unable to work as I try to get a surgeon and insurance lined up for my operation to let me work again. If you could send a couple dollars, it'd really help. Time isn't on my side here, and waiting is very expensive. ko-fi.com/fooneturing

can't even riff on this, it's so abundantly clear that EA leadership suckered their way into a massive pay day and everyone below them is poised to take the fall fucked, absolutely fucked

Much appreciation to those who’ve checked in on me regarding the big storms that appear to be headed to NC. Even if things get a bit hairy (and there is a chance) I’m *far* better prepared this time around. Cut down and trimmed all the riskiest trees, got lots of supplies. Just a waiting game now.

Did not expect "Saudi Arabia buys EA" today but here we are

Watching (and capturing) a previously “lost” episode of Computer Chronicles.

Fantastic stuff!

Clint of LGR at #VCFMW shot with a GameBoy Camera. @lgr-yt.bsky.social

Tonight is the last night in my post-storm rental situation before shifting my life back into my fully repaired home. Spent all week moving back in and it’s gone fantastically well. I am so, so happy y’all 😃

One man's life is worth so much more than a retrospective Blue Sky "tweet". But I want to say something. More details coming on Saturday by those who were closest to this situation. I will absolutely miss you @thegamechasers and you won't be forgotten!

A more aerodynamic Clint at #VCFMW @lgr-yt.bsky.social

Wood makes any PC better! From @lgr-yt.bsky.social #vcfmidwest

Going to VCF Midwest this year? 👀 I hope to see you there! 💾 I'll be within a printer's throw of: @ronscompvids.bsky.social @maccy.me @ericsedge.com @actionretro.bsky.social @lgr-yt.bsky.social @adriansdigitalbasement.com & @bigbadbiologist.bsky.social 🎉 vcfmw.org Sept. 13-14, 2025 #VCFMidwest

LGR update vid because September 2025 is BUSY youtu.be/6Lmi_b0REW0 A brief update on the state of the channel and related life things. Hope to see a lot of you at VCF Midwest soon!

Blerb of power! youtu.be/cImJqqtnLHs I wanted a sweet-looking old school computer power station for my VCF Midwest 2025 setup and as soon as I saw this EPC/150 by SL Waber in the box I had to grab it. Let's clean it up, take it apart, and get its digital clock working again.

dashcams sure can capture amusing things when parked

Some sort of LGR live thing happening here at 8:30PM eastern youtube.com/live/2YBuKyt... I've got a whole lotta shareware floppy disks to write, label, print, and package up for Vintage Computer Festival Midwest... so that's what this is!

Gonna be on here soon! www.youtube.com/live/1bzaqG2...

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Look what they did to Notepad. Shut the fuck up. This is Notepad. You are not welcome here. Oh yeah "Let me use Copilot for Notepad". "I'm going to sign into my account for Notepad". What the fuck are you talking about. It's Notepad.

Nifty MIDI things on LGR Blerbs! youtu.be/T6mrVu67AdY Much as I enjoy the Sound Blaster AWE64 Gold card I use in my LGR Windows 98 PC, the memory expansion daughterboard is unobtanium. Until now! The Rhapsody 28MB clone by Bits und Bolts exists, so let's try it out with a bunch of large SF2 files.

Big thanks to @theflyingscotsman.bsky.social and @lgr-yt.bsky.social for helping me with this. youtu.be/m3k5K7BGw9E?...

Vortex86-based mini PCs have been on LGR before, but let's go back to the 2008 original! youtu.be/oZcmCQdSbAk The DMP eBox is built for legacy industrial use and natively runs DOS and Win9x! It's also inexpensive, selling for a fraction of what newer Vortex86 DX projects cost. So what's the catch?

Ever wondered what Asteroids or Berzerk taste like? Me neither. Let's find out anyway on LGR Blerbs! youtu.be/FHV0VxtlfGM The Atari Sauce Range of hot and BBQ sauce was too odd to ignore. So I bought each bottle and put 'em on chicken wings. Time for a taste test!

Segmented Blerb! youtu.be/syX5Z0-5ock Checking out the Triple McDigit, brand new turbo buttons+displays that fit into a drive bay slot! When I saw Serdashop selling these things I had to buy some. Then Serge over there sent me a few more on top of that, so let's check em out and see how they work!

You can't even buy a stereo like this anymore. Every day we stray further from God's light.

A bit of Y2K sound system appreciation on LGR! youtu.be/9kou7K93iEw This Sharp was my first "real" stereo as a teen and I recently found one still sealed in its box from the factory. So let's dive into this 200-watt beauty and its delightful silvery subwoofers — 25 years later!

well THIS is next level 💾👀

R.I.P. AOL dial-up internet. 📞🪦 help.aol.com/articles/dia...

Included in today's definitive re-release of Heretic + Hexen is a recreated soundtrack I have worked with id Software and Nightdive Studios for a year called, "Tome of Power". Live on Bandcamp and coming to streaming platforms tomorrow at midnight! Link: andrewhulshult.bandcamp.com/album/tome-o...

PortaBlerb! Anbernic sent over another handheld last week so I put it to use and have some thoughts youtu.be/t9atLB24NqA So here are my somewhat coherent opinions on the RG477M system, largely about its loud cooling fan and making an attempt to improve it.

This was way more interesting than you'd think a video about barcodes would be

Barcodes are one of my favorite pieces of technology,There’s so much thought that goes into making something work as seamlessly and as boring as a barcode If you wanna dig deep into the topic, the excellent(and out of print)book Punched Cards to Barcodes by Benjamin Nelson is an invaluable resource

BARCODES. youtu.be/ng-qtQbMC9w No one gives em a second thought anymore. Yet they were once cutting edge tech! Heck, computer magazines even had whole sections dedicated to UPC scanning & software. So I finally got a 1994 PC barcode reader kit and used it with some POS applications! ...and Duke 3D

oof, retro PC gore they really shouldn't have housed it in dorito chip material!

Welp. Here's an LGR video I didn't wanna make: youtu.be/YXFa1HD4PKs This is the 1989 Chaplet Halikan LA-30A, or pieces of it anyway! One of the earlier laptops to run a backlit LCD, 40MB hard disk, and two ISA slots all on battery power. And unfortunately it was destroyed. Can we save this rarity?