I've never worked on an Atari MEGA ST2 setup before, and I hate working on CRTs. So obviously, this Saturday's noon stream will be working on @kefkafloyd.bsky.social 's SC1224 monitor which has lost its red. youtube.com/live/WoR4EdY...

Weird dealies I just picked up. I’ve seen the 30pin to 72pin adapters before, but i’ve never encountered these 2-to-1 30pin before. The chip is a PAL and there are two jumpers. If anyone has info about these, let me know!

If anyone out there has one of these Soyo Soyo SY-6VBA133 Slot 1 motherboards, could you take a photo of this voltage regulator please, I need to replace mine as it's been cut off. I've seen one with a AMS1084CT, but they used alternatives, need to identify the right one. Cheers

this looks like a trick daffy duck would put up to get bugs bunny into "the oval office"

Atari Party is just weeks away on November 22! If you are planning on attending and haven’t already let me know, please do that soon. www.atariparty.org #Atari

I made an instagram account for posting pictures of projects without the stream of consciousness random blathering that I normally post on social media: www.instagram.com/bigbadbench

Mike Johnson: ‘My Christian Faith Is More About Not Jacking Off Than Feeding The Poor’

Grim Fandango is one of my favorite LucasArts adventure games of all time. Let’s Chat with one of the folks who brought this game to death… err… life!💀 youtu.be/12Yqhpv5WnQ

Join me live tonight at 8 PM eastern with @ronscompvids.bsky.social and the gang on Retro Repair Roundup! www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHoI...

youtube.com/live/eRuJ2lD... Sunday Live Show Nov 02,2025 8:00am PST 11:00am EST The Work Continues on The A Team SE30 This thing is a mess

On today's noon eastern stream, we're going to attempt to find the component of the analog board that is causing a weird screen bulge on a Mac SE or SE/30. youtube.com/live/1HC6tf1...

Unlike any Macintosh LC I’ve ever seen 🥸

Make sure to check your Halloween candy! (Small clip from one of my streams where I found suspicious candy) youtube.com/clip/Ugkxwy4...

I've signed up to do the Bucks County Cranksgiving ride again this year to help collect food for Bucks County food banks. With our government abdicating its responsibility, now more than ever it is important to help our friends and neighbors. Please consider donating to your local food bank as well

Well, I jinxed myself with overconfidence. This short documents my fight with the Quadra 650 logic board. youtube.com/shorts/zlyES...

Well, I jinxed myself with overconfidence. This short documents my fight with the Quadra 650 logic board. youtube.com/shorts/zlyES...

@sharkabytes.bsky.social posted about The Dig's soundtrack earlier today, which made me feel like firing the game up on the PicoIDE (coming soon 😉) - this really takes me back!

It's my birthday today, and I have the day off.🙂 Since I've been doing Z80 coding recently, that must mean: LD HL,sarah_age ; INC (HL).😉

I love it when that one random thing finally comes in clutch!

Woo! Okay... now back to finishing up my Arduino Uno Q video :)

Is today the day? Might hit 1 million subscribers, thanks to all those who watch my YouTube channel! One thing's for sure, my 'It was DNS' shirt is selling well with all the outages... Hang out with me on what might be my last 2025 livestream! www.youtube.com/watch?v=27J-...

The people that I pay to know such things (just kidding, they work for free) alerted me that this morning's video was my ONE THOUSANTH #YOUTUBE UPLOAD! I can only assume there is some sort of play button being sent to commemorate... or at the very least, a nice deli tray. youtu.be/hUgruHVxQtA

I'm waiting for the world to warm up a little before I continue construction projects, so let's do a little stream at 10:30 this morning to check out the insides of this Creative-branded Sony CDU-33A drive. This one is detected, but does not work. Probably needs a recap. youtube.com/live/5ZdXpfv...

Hello folks. Today starting at 2pm eastern I am going to be building a computer using new and reused parts. Come see if it works or blows up. youtube.com/live/gimTo7o...

He’s so dumb that he doesn’t realize how dumb he is. Sigh.

ROMs for booting MacOS on the Apple Network Server have been found/archived - now how to flash them to other ANS - Are you a OF expert or know about PPC Mac ROMs? Join in and let us know. tinkerdifferent.com/threads/appl...

1.5K to 1 million subscribers on YouTube. Might do a livestream if it lines up with me being in studio. What should I do?

It looks like I’m going to get away with only 14 traces repaired on this battery-damaged Quadra 650. #VintageMac

youtube.com/live/oLT4Zts-pZo #4th ANNUAL SUNDAY 🎃12 HOURS Of LIVE TERRIFYING🐈‍⬛ & SCARY 🦇HALLOWEEN REPAIRS OCT 26, 2025 6:00am PST 9:00am EST

Anyone like weird 486-ish CPUs?

Come join Ron, from Ron's Computer Videos, and me this Saturday, October 25 @ 8 PM EDT, as we play my mostly text adventure game - Adventure! The Quack of Dawn. www.youtube.com/watch?v=foPE...

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

Price drop. $300 shipped

Dr Oz: "We should make you so healthy that you flourish in life and you engage the workplace. Getting America back to work full speed, getting you to work longer if you desire, that builds trillions of dollars of value to the GDP. That's the goal of the health system."

On Saturday's noon eastern stream, we're going to repair three battery-damaged motherboards from my MIT Swapfest purchases. I guess the Quadra 650 should be called a "logic board". Regardless, if you're a fan of trace repair, you don't want to miss this one! youtube.com/live/o9cMi7z...

Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:

The IIsi is not a beginner-friendly computer. Maybe it was when it was new, but the tolls of time have caught up with the ones I own… IIsigh. Let’s continue trying to troubleshoot the Sad Mac (without lifting pads 🤞), live tonight starting at 9PM EDT! www.youtube.com/live/xykoKhJ...

Hey folks. Tomorrow, Thursday, October 23,, 2025, at 2pm eastern I am going to be installing memory on a 286 mommyboard. Come watch the fun and see if I can get a solid beep after installing the memory. youtube.com/live/eJ5gL9O...

Mmmm. Been busy as hell today but hey, I got one of my longstanding to do projects done which was to add an LED base to the Cube’s new chassis. Printed it in clear PETG so it looks pretty cool.

The White House is asking people not to share pictures of the East Wing because it’s even worse today.

clearing to copper from classic capacitor carnage 😬

So @trinastechnobabble.bsky.social actually was surprised to hear this works but this one is for her. If you have something with permanent marker on it, you can remove the permanent marker by writing over it with fresh permanent marker and wiping it off with 99% alcohol. Yes. It works.

386.

Calling all commodore 1084S-P aficionados. How do I know which chassis I have for the flyback? I don't see a label anywhere

Apple went through a beige, platinum, white, black, and aluminium phases. Where was copper?!

Folks on AtariAge made a 3D model of the dissolving character belt of doom in the 1027 printer 3D printed a rigid master and made a mold, so I could cast in durable urethane. Should outlast the rest of the printer now I can make a few more, so DM me if you need one. Easy to toss in an envelope.

My uncommon Philips P2500/P2000b is now booting CP/M. (Thanks PAW!) Started off smelling like a rat infested barn, screen leaking acid goo and explody tantalums. Built a PS2 keyboard bridge - no luck finding a replacement. It was fun guessing the protocol with no docs and beeping out the PCB.

I have yet again paid money for ewaste computers without opening them to see what's inside. Let's find out on a quick stream this afternoon at 1:00 eastern. I already accidentally found out that one of the IIvx computers is not really a IIvx. youtube.com/live/Bfosvfz...

I have yet again paid money for ewaste computers without opening them to see what's inside. Let's find out on a quick stream this afternoon at 1:00 eastern. I already accidentally found out that one of the IIvx computers is not really a IIvx. youtube.com/live/Bfosvfz...