@TechTangents don’t forget the whole “replacing the capacitors will fix any problem” and “even if you just replaced the capacitors, replace them again just in case”

I’ve been screwing around with cassette decks again — and while fixing this one wasn’t fun or pretty, I finally figured out a problem that’s been bothering me for a while!
https://youtu.be/KMWHCQaZm8Q

SimCity 2000 is my favorite video game, so I put together what I consider the ultimate retro setup for playing it…and kinda got distracted. New video!
https://youtu.be/HlUHWt1OQv4

Difficult problems sometimes require creative solutions…and this new product from Kero’s Mac Mods is a game-changer if you have a cranky Mac SE/30. Let’s check it out!
https://youtu.be/7N--GGi32Yw

IBM’s first ThinkPad subnotebook was innovative…but surprisingly flawed. Can I figure out how to fix Big Blue’s mistake?
https://youtu.be/piGrQ62Re1o

#tariffs go high. We go low!​

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When it comes to restoring vintage computers, sometimes things seem too easy. I learned the hard way to never let your guard down. What happened? Check out my newest video to find out!
https://youtu.be/czLFa6II7Hg

Tablet PCs have been around for longer than you might realize — but they were often pretty clunky to use. Let’s take a look at a pair of them from the 2000s that are…actually kinda good?!
https://youtu.be/_lnjecaTfGE

I restored a whole bunch of PowerBooks so you don’t have to.
https://youtu.be/6j3huaGqSkM

I wanted to check out a vintage computer series I’d never used before. It did not make a good first impression.
https://youtu.be/Q3YJYzZicg4

@TechTangents Dirty contacts and brittle plastic.

In the mid-1990s, Apple licensed the Mac OS so other manufacturers could make Mac clones. Motorola signed on…then got a bit carried away. New video!
https://youtu.be/p_MZXra9F3w

I’ve been exploring the early Celeron processor overclocking scene from the late 90s, but kept hitting roadblocks. So I tried a different approach — would I finally be able to pull off the ultimate in shenanigans? New video!
https://youtu.be/aVTZ5NC0ng0

Apple’s first PowerPC-based laptop from 1995 was supposed to usher in an era of fast Mac portables, but ended up mired in controversy. What happened, and was it as bad as people make it out to be? Let’s find out!
https://youtu.be/B4i8W2fnVug

Hot on the heels of the desktop publishing revolution and as multimedia was gaining steam, Apple released an absolute battlestation of a computer in 1990. What made it so desirable both then, and among collectors now? Let’s find out!
https://youtu.be/8WMbEOFD9Rs

You may have seen my (mis)adventures trying to overclock the Celeron 300A…but what if I have two of them?
https://youtu.be/40YlYvy6H48

Sony made the MiniDisc audio format, and they also made laptops…so what happened when they put the two together? Let’s find out!
https://youtu.be/edKZVCiMpBk

@dstaley the Pavek Museum (https://pavekmuseum.org) and Ax-Man Surplus!

The Color Classic was an innovative and downright cute compact Mac, but its Achilles heel was just how ridiculously slow it was. There are upgrade cards to fix that — and one is brand new! How big of an impact do they make?
https://youtu.be/qwxf7ses7wo

Don’t talk to me or my son ever again