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Vintage Computer Festival Midwest made a massive change for 2024: they moved to a new venue! Can the Schaumburg Convention Center contain this massive mix of retro computer goodness? Join me as I try to cover almost everything at an impossibly huge at VCFMW.
Blog Post: https://www.userlandia.com/home/vcfmw2024
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Visit VCFMW at http://www.vcfmw.org
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0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Moving On Up
2:11 - Exhibition Excursion
27:18 - Venue Variables
34:27 - Vendors, Makers, and Traders
48:23 - People, Panels, and Events
59:52 - The Winds of Change
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I love the Apple IIGS. It's a great computer, but could it have been greater? The legend goes that Apple purposefully underclocked its CPU during development to avoid competing with the Macintosh. But is this actually true? Join me for a deep dive into the IIGS architecture, the life of the 65816 CPU, and the ghosts of keynotes past.
Blog Post: https://www.userlandia.com/home/IIGS-MHz-Myth
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0:00 - Intro
0:27 - The Myth, The Legend, the Apple IIGS
6:09 - The Apple IIx
12:21 - The Need for Speed
15:52 - The Birth of the 65C816
22:56 - Yields, Bugs, and Errata
33:56 - Accelerators, ASIC Inc, and Mark Twain
43:51 - Sanyo, Nintendo, and the End of Acceleration
47:41 - ARM, Möbius, and The Road Not Taken
55:25 - The End of an Odyssey
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I've hit 5,000 subscribers, and what better way to celebrate than to install an old operating system on a lumbering battlestation? In a past video I said I'd install IBM's OS/2 on the PS/2 Model 80 386, and now we're doing it. How well does it run? Will I learn to love the Workplace Shell? I'm also giving a big channel update about ongoing projects and some of my thoughts about the vintage / retro / whatever scene. How well does OS/2 run on this massive 386? You'll have to watch to find out.
Blog Post: https://www.userlandia.com/home/os2-on-ps2
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0:00 - Intro
0:29 - Setting Up OS/2 Warp
7:07 - Inside the OS/2 Warp Box
11:41 - 5K Subscriber Update: Thank You!
13:37 - 5K Update: Video Production
16:46 - 5K Update: Scene Thoughts
19:35 - 5K Update: Upcoming Projects
21:34 - 5K Update: Patreon
23:28 - Running OS/2 Warp on a 386
26:32 - The Workplace Shell Desktop
28:18 - Why Did OS/2 Fail?
32:32 - An Ode to OS/2
-=- Links -=-
* Another Boring Topic on OS/2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAMT187GWd4&t=2922s
* RetroBytes on OS/2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3DZJ_LD7F4
* BlueSCSI - https://bluescsi.com
* WinWorld PC OS/2 Repository - https://winworldpc.com/product/os-2-3x/os-2-30
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Vintage Computer Festival East is back for 2024 with more to see than ever before. After a banner crowd in 2023 the show needed to make some adjustments in 2024 to account for more people. Were those changes a success? Join me for a tour of the east coast's big retro tech expo.
Blog Post: https://www.userlandia.com/home/vcf-east-2024
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00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Exhibits, Vendors, and Things to See
13:51 - Panels & Events
20:04 - Consignment Considerations
30:15 - A Change Will Do You Good
-=- Links -=-
* The Vintage Computer Federation - https://www.vcfed.org
* InfoAge Science Museums - https://www.infoage.org
-=- Contact -=-
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Computer museums are a great place to check out the coolest of vintage tech. I've been to my share in America, but what about the rest of the world? Join me as I fly across the pond to check out some of the UK's coolest collections of classic computers. There's Sinclairs, Acorns, and Amstrads—oh my!
Blog Post: https://www.userlandia.com/home/british-computer-museums
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00:00 - Intro
00:18 - An American Tourist in King Retro's Court
02:31 - The Centre for Computing History
12:51 - A Colossal Cave Adventure
23:11 - The Best of Britain
-=- Links -=-
* The Centre for Computing History - https://www.computinghistory.org.uk
* Retro Collective Site - https://www.retrocollective.co.uk
* Arcade Archive Site - https://www.retrocollective.co.uk/arcade-archive.php
* RMC The Cave - https://www.youtube.com/@RMCRetro
* Arcade Archive - https://www.youtube.com/@TheArcadeArchive
* The Sky Skipper Project - https://www.skyskipperproject.com
-=- Contact -=-
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