Last week I brought home this CHONK 🪨 of a 10 megabyte hard drive, a Tecmar Mac Drive, from VCF Midwest. It connects over the SERIAL port and works with the Mac 128k! Have you ever used or seen one before? 🤔 Let me know, I wanna try and get it working! 💥🔨 tinkerdifferent.com/threads/tecm...

It's only been a week since the event... but I can't wait to go back again next year! Share your #VCFMW memories in the comments! youtu.be/HFNcCKh9TRs

I just finished recapping my Commodore 1084s D1 monitor. I'm pleased as punch that I didn't fry it, shock myself, and that the image has vastly improved! There are some more things to fix on it, but this is a major step toward retro goodness.

This should be encouraged, not banned.

Fire up MacPaint because I've got some freshly archived clip art from 1985! 🎨💾 macintoshgarden.org/apps/paste-e...

I picked up a brown $5 Macintosh IIsi at #VCFMW. It had some battery and capacitor leakage / corrosion. The electronics have been through the citric acid ultrasonic bath, so let's see how things have cleaned up and if we can get it to boot. Saturday noon eastern. youtube.com/live/blxlf4I...

New video! A reasonable person would've thrown this out. I am not a reasonable person! Full Restoration of a rusty Commodore 1702: youtu.be/SQE4ViGvLes #commodore #restoration #vintagecomputing #retrogaming #retrocomputing #commodore1702 #electronicsrepair

For #Septandy I tracked down an old Radio Shack Armatron 🤖 One of my favorite 80s memories. And yes, I had to repair it before I could play! 🎥 New video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG65...

Hey you! Would you like to subscribe to my nerdy band's YouTube channel? 😅 www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgmt...

“The FCC decided all by itself that radio and television were the only two parts of American life not protected by the free speech provisions of the first amendment to the constitution.” George Carlin, 1988

Creating an entire video on an iMac G3, this is a must watch!

The Power Macintosh G2 Cube shown here with the higher-end 75Mhz PPC603, memory slot, and LC-PDS compatible expansion was an addition to the Macintosh family.

I had a blast and got some neat stuff at #VCFMW last weekend. Let's start going through my acquisitions including a Performa 630 logic board, Centris 610 logic board, the brownest IIsi ever, and a Power Mac 9500 video editing workstation. 3:30 eastern today. youtube.com/live/pzNRG3-...

in my restless dreams, I see that town

Hey, look at my friend GutBomb's merch store. It's neat!

Had a great time at VCF Midwest 20! youtu.be/649syNgfvSA

Jeff Geerling at #vcfmw as seen by Mavica 💾 #jeefgeerling #itwasdns #sony #mavica #floppydisk @jeffgeerling.com

Maccy at #vcfmw as seen by Mavica 💾 #maccy #macintoshlibrarian #macintosh #sony #mavica #floppydisk @maccy.me

Apple Workgroup Server 9150 at #vcfmw as seen by Mavica 💾 #apple #macintosh #sony #mavica #floppydisk @mrmacintosh.bsky.social

TECH COMPANY: “Our new operating system is going to blow your fucking mind. It changes everything you can do, ever. Shit you haven’t even imagined. Buckle up, asshole, because this isn’t your dad’s user interface!” OPERATING SYSTEM: (everything is slightly rounder)

10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD” 20 GOTO 10 10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD” 20 GOTO 10 10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD” 20 GOTO 10 10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD” 20 GOTO 10 10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD” 20 GOTO 10 10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD” 20 GOTO 10 10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD” 20 GOTO 10 10 PRINT “HELLO WORLD” 20 GOTO 10

Sooooo my vintage-computer-themed band (with Action Retro and The Taylor and Amy Show) just put out our first record. We're called "The Stop Bits" and the EP is called "Return From Interrupt." It happens to be Bandcamp Friday. It happens to be $5. thestopbits.bandcamp.com/album/return...

Ok lets crack out some SD Gundam..

Thanks to everyone who stopped by to talk about #BlueSCSI this weeked! I'm exhausted but will post a few highlights tomorrow

Attack of the Clones #macintosh #clone #retrocomputing #umax #supermac #radius #powercomputing #hashtagsworkifyoureallybelieve

Back to the grind after #vcfmw. I sold out of deluxe boxed editions of Adventure! The Quack of Dawn. Thanks to my supporters and the contributors to the game! Now to get preordered games prepared to ship.

It's been a very busy day at VCF midwest ( #vcfmw ), but I'm taking a little break to show off my exhibit: the Cordyceps iMacintosh IIx, the World's Most Adequate Mac Classic, and the 486 Single Board Computer: youtube.com/shorts/9pOyP...

they stack so well #vcfmw

tee vees #vcfmw

Ooof good luck. @garthbeagle.bsky.social

All set up! Come by and say hi if you’re here!

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A MIDI to HACK THE PLANET to. 🔊🎵💾🌎 (Nuked SC-55 emulator)

Over the past week, I built a new tiny #PenPlotter with a vintage ALPS 2.25" mechanism! It sports a 3D printed snap-fit case, receipt paper holder, speaks GRBL over WiFi, 18650 battery w USB-C recharge, and a color scheme borrowed from the JLPGA PowerBook 170.

this is getting ridiculous

Oh you’ll definitely remember now.

I dunno, I just want right and wrong to matter again.

New Video - Channel Update! Glad to be back! 💾 This is a very Maccy centric video for all y'all Maccy fans! youtu.be/9-0cHdx1O0A #retro #Macintosh #vintagemac #mac 💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾💾

I appreciate everyone that comes to my streams or watches the videos. Because of that, and because I don’t feel like my content is worth $, I don’t ask for $. Enough folks have asked about Patreon so I made one. There’s three real tiers: 0, $2, and $5 with posts there: www.patreon.com/BigBadBench

LIVE NOW: Searching for endangered and #lostmedia we can upload to @archive.org. IS THIS ANYTHING? is live now on Twitch! twitch.tv/uncommonephe...

👀"Dave's not here, man" 👀 youtube.com/live/oaPeOB2... Sunday 9/14/2025 8:00am PST 11:am EST

New video! Was the Performa / Quadra / LC 630 Crummy? youtu.be/ZstO5iREEOw

Did you know your MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge? It’s not exposed as a public API, but I figured out a way to read it and make it sound like an old wooden door.

This is THE WEIRDEST device I've ever used! Watch me check out this silly piece of oddware from 1985. Oh, and maybe do some neck stretches first. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=41jC...

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If you thought we were cursed before we are really cursed now...

Good eggs all! go.bsky.app/BaBov2K

New back plate for the enameled wire ISA barn board 486. Can’t have this looking janky for #vcfmw !

Power Macintosh G3 Cube.