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(Ad Free) Let's Break IRIX!

I got this sweet SGI o2, but it didn't come with a password. Thankfully, it's comically easy to break into IRIX. Let's try!

As always, I appreciate any feedback on the new editing style, positive or negative! It will help me find a good balance.

Sad news

We just found out that our wonderful 13 year old goober Suri has cancer :( He's still doing pretty well, and we're going to do treatment for him. I'm just so grateful that I'm able to spend so much time at home with him thanks to you all.

Here's a photo dump of some of my favorite pictures of him through the years.

(Ad Free) Can a Pentium 1 Run MODERN Desktop Linux?

Hi friends!

Once again, I'd love your feedback on the new editing! Your feedback last time was enormously helpful. Also, Tiny Core Linux is magic.

(Ad Free) Ubuntu on Mac - plus I'd love your feedback!

Hey all!

I'm making some behind-the-scenes changes, and I'd love to know what you think.

Specifically, I'm now working with an editor whose work I really love and respect. His name is Diceroll, and not only does he have a ton of experience,...

[AD FREE] Using PEAR OS to Build an Unhinged Mac

We're turning a Mac Mini into a monstrosity filled with pranks. Then we're installing an absolutely unhinged Linux distro on it.

Follow Dan: https://www.youtube.com/@CanadianComputerCollector/videos

(Ad Free) The Last True Libretto

This is the Toshiba Libretto ff1100v, the last of the true Librettos. It's tiny, it's weird, and it's in Japanese.

Video Card as a Hard Drive?

Today we're using a really cool piece of software called vramfs to try and use our VIDEO CARD as a storage device. How cursed can it be?

Github repo: https://github.com/Overv/vramfs

(Ad Free) Hard Drive vs. Neodymium Magnets

How bad is it really if you place extremely strong magnets near a running hard drive? Let's find out!

(Extremely Early Access!) How to Run Windows 11 in 2005

I'm traveling to Chicago for VCFMW this week, so here is extremely early access to this week's video! Today, we're installing Windows 11 on our 2005 Sun Ultra 40. Which may be a slightly cursed thing to do.

(Ad Free) The Dawn of x86_64

The Sun Ultra 40 was a massive behemoth of a UNIX workstation that also happens to be the first "modern" x86_64 PC, thanks to it's AMD Opteron CPU.

(Ad Free) Was the Intel Compute Stick Actually Good?

The Intel Compute Stick was a weird footnote in computing history. Let's abuse one.

(Ad Free) I Finally Installed ReactOS

I finally install ReactOS on some glorious Pentium 4 era machines.

(Ad Free) The Infamous Kmart PC

Let's put way too much effort into saving an enormously mediocre computer from the year 2000!

[Ad Free] Abusing a Retired Google Server

Today we're pushing our decommissioned Google Search Appliance to silly extremes by installing a high-end video card in it, and trying to use it like a normal desktop PC...

NYC Mavica photo dump

I recently took a day trip to Brooklyn for an event. I brought my trusty Mavica FD73 for some floppy disk photography fun!

(Early Access) WAP, The Deadest Thing on the Internet

Today we're porting my search engine, FrogFind, to the world's most thoroughly dead platform - WAP!

(Ad Free) This Apple Lisa Didn't Exist

Today we're starting a build I've always wanted to do - the most upgraded possible Apple Lisa! Let's build the Lisa that never existed!

(Ad Free) Cracking Open a 1970's Mystery

I have no idea what this thing is - maybe a terminal? Let's plug it in a find out!

(Ad Free) I Built a 13lb Nightmare ChromeBook

Today we're turning a 13 pound behemoth of a gaming laptop into the world's worst Chromebook.

We recorded an EP at VCF SE!

If you weren't aware, I'm in a band called The Stop Bits with Veronica from Veronica Explains, and Taylor and Amy from TTAS. We recorded an EP during VCF SE, in a makeshift recording setup in a corner!

Here's a sneak peek of me recording drums

[Ad Free] What Happened to the “Cursed” Mac?

Hi friends! Sorry I haven't been as consistent with the ad free videos. I promise I will be soon!

(AD FREE) The Mac with 100% Failure Rate

Today we're going to try and resurrect a Mac Classic, the troubled Mac that fails 100% of the time due to faulty capacitors.

[Early Access] Steam Deck... but it's from 1995

Today we're checking out a super weird Pentium laptop with a built in game controller... on the palmrest for some reason!

[Early Access] Have an Intel Mac? Try MX Linux!

Today we're installing an incredibly lightweight and user friendly linux distro, MX Linux, on an old Intel Macbook Air.

🍎 MX Linux: https://mxlinux.org/ 

🍎 OSX-KVM: https://...

[Ad Free] Installing OSX on an iPad

Today we're installing Mac OS X and Mac OS 9 on an iPad using the absolute magic of UTM! No sideloading or jailbreaking required!

[Ad Free] Spotify is BACK on Windows XP!

Today we're trying out SpotifyXP, a project that can play Spotify on basically a potato!

(Ad Free) Tiny Core Linux is Basically Magic

Tiny Core Linux is a magical modern Linux distro that can run on literally a potato.

(Early Access) I've Never Seen a Black Apple IIc Before...

Today we're building a jet black Apple IIc!

(Ad Free) Inside a $50,000 Unix Workstation from 1996

Today we're tearing down the SGI Indigo2, checking out its weird architecture, and tossing in some upgrades.

(Ad Free) Reviving a $50,000 SGI Indigo2 from 1996

Today we're bringing an SGI Indigo2 R10000 IMPACT back to life!