EARLY ACCESS: Sylvania's Terrible Windows CE Netbook
Hello Patrons! Today we're taking a look at another one of those weird logo-slapped Windows CE netbook things. Hope you enjoy!
2024-07-03 04:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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EARLY ACCESS: Microsoft's First Phone... From 1998
Hello Patrons! Today we're exploring a pretty odd item from '90s Microsoft: a home phone. Yep, that's right! Back in 1998, they released the PC Phone System - which tried to bring some phone integration to Windows. Hope you enjoy!
2024-06-26 22:00:58 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Trash Picked MacBooks - Will They Work?
Hello Patrons! Today we're gonna explore some MacBooks that I found in the trash a while back, and see what kind of condition they're in. Hope you enjoy!
2024-06-22 19:16:58 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Installing Windows XP on the Touchscreen MacBook but Everything Goes Wrong...
Hello Patrons! Yeah... you might have seen this one coming. As suggested by a few commenters, today I'm going to try and get Windows XP Tablet PC running on that rare Lingraphica touchscreen MacBook. And oh boy, did things not go to plan.
2024-06-18 03:37:57 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Gaming on Graphing Calculators
Hello Patrons! Today we're checking out a Game Boy emulator for those old graphing calculators from Texas Instruments. Oh... and I might as well check out some of the other games you can run on these things, right?
2024-06-12 03:16:42 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: The TOUCHSCREEN MacBook... From 2011
Hello Patrons! So here's something unusual for ya: a touchscreen MacBook from 2011. Yeah, pretty unique to say the least. Hope you enjoy!
2024-06-06 18:21:10 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Windows XP for Net Cafés (SteadyState Demo)
Hello Patrons! Today we're checking out Windows SteadyState - an application released by Microsoft in the mid-2000s to configure Windows machines for use in net cafés, public libraries, and anywhere a machine saw multiple users throughout the day. Hope you enjoy!
2024-05-30 22:24:36 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Kellogg's Bizarre Voice Assistants for Windows
Hello Patrons! Today we're checking out some odd software found in boxes of Kellogg's cereal in 2004. Hope you enjoy!
2024-05-22 20:09:46 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Exploring Terrible Windows Bootlegs...
Hello Patrons! I recently tracked down a few terribly modified bootleg copies of Windows. And since I haven't made one of these videos in a while, I figured I'd change that. Hope you enjoy!
2024-05-15 19:17:48 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Corel Linux - The (Word)Perfect Operating System
Hello Patrons! Today we're exploring an old Linux distro from 1999. What makes it interesting is that it was developed by Corel - the company that bought WordPerfect sometime in the '90s.
2024-05-09 23:47:46 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Making a Touchscreen Hackintosh... 2009 Style!
Hello Patrons! Today we're gonna make a hackintosh out of that Samsung XP/Vista tablet that I unboxed last year. Hope you enjoy!
2024-04-25 22:16:04 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Installing ReactOS in 2024 but Everything Goes Wrong...
Hello Patrons! Today I'm giving ReactOS another try for the first time in over 4 years. Will we run into a bunch of issues that cause the video to be almost an hour long? Well... of course.
2024-04-15 20:49:05 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Installing Windows 11 on a 2010 Gaming Laptop... How Bad Is It?
Hello Patrons! So a couple years back, a viewer donated this Alienware M11x gaming laptop from 2010. I did an overview of it back then, but today I figured we'd pull it out and try to get Windows 11 running on it!
2024-04-12 21:07:14 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Windows Vista on a Nintendo DS... Kinda (DS Vista Demo)
Hello Patrons! Today we're checking out another one of these "Windows simulators" for the Nintendo DS. It's a homebrew project from 2011 called DS Vista. It's not as complete as WintenDos XP and it's full of bugs, but you know that won't stop me from covering it.
2024-04-09 22:17:01 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: The Game Boy Camera and Printer
Hello Patrons! Today we're taking a look back at the intriguing Camera and Printer for the Nintendo Game Boy. I've been fascinated with these things ever since I first discovered them years ago... and now I've got my hands on some!
2024-04-04 23:07:16 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Installing Apple's Rhapsody OS on the $5 Windows 98 PC!
Hello Patrons! Today we're taking a look at Apple's Rhapsody OS from the late '90s. Since it could be installed on x86 hardware, I figured we'd try to get it running on the good ol' 98 PC!
2024-03-26 23:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: PearPC - Emulating Mac OS X on Windows XP!
Hello Patrons! Today we're exploring an old PowerPC emulator that lets you run early versions of Mac OS X on a Windows machine. It's called PearPC - and it was one of my first gateways into the Macintosh world!
2024-03-16 15:33:55 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: I Bought Bootleg Game Consoles from AliExpress
Hello Patrons! So I recently picked up a handful of bootleg game consoles from AliExpress. Will they suck? Well... yeah. So let's point and laugh at these things. Hope you enjoy!
2024-03-08 22:32:36 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Supermium - A Modern Web Browser for XP and Vista!
Hello Patrons! Today we're checking out a new, modern web browser for computers running Windows XP and above. It's called Supermium - and it offers a pretty great web browsing experience on these older systems.
2024-03-01 22:50:56 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Wubuntu - The Windows Themed Linux Distro You Probably Shouldn't Use
Hello Patrons! So here's an interesting one for ya. A couple viewers made me aware of Wubuntu - a "new" Linux distro that has a Windows 11-esque UI. But after doing some research into it, I discovered a couple things that concerned me. So you know I had to make a video about it!
2024-02-28 18:28:32 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: I Bought Nintendo Famicoms for $20... Will They Work?
Hello Patrons! Oh boy, was this an involving video to make. I actually got these consoles late last year, but got busy with other projects between then and now. I've spent the past couple weeks working on this video and I'm pretty happy with how it turned out. It's a mix of my usual style, with a...
2024-02-23 22:42:09 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Running Mac OS on a Nintendo DS!
Hello Patrons! Today we're checking out an old homebrew project that brings classic Mac OS emulation to everyone's favorite dual screen handheld. Hope you enjoy!
2024-02-15 23:02:59 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Using Discord on an iMac from 2002!
Hello Patrons! Today's video is about Discord Lite - a 3rd part client from dosdude1 that is capable of running on super old versions of Mac OS X. So I thought I'd try it out on my iMac G4!
2024-02-10 20:26:12 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Installing OS X Jaguar on an iBook G3 but Everything Goes Wrong-ish...
Hello Patrons! So last year a viewer named Victor sent me an original iBook G3 Clamshell. And since I recently acquired a boxed copy of OS X Jaguar from Free Geek Twin Cities, I thought this machine would be a perfect candidate for an install video. Let's see what I got myself into this time!
2024-02-06 00:09:10 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: “Minecraft” on the Wii got AWESOME!
Hello Patrons! Today we're taking another look at CavEX - the super cool Minecraft clone that runs on the Nintendo Wii. Since I made my last video in early 2023, there have been some major improvements to the game that we're going to explore today. Hope you enjoy!
2024-01-30 21:51:19 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Installing Linux on a Surface RT
Hello Patrons! As I mentioned late last year, I wanted to install Linux on that $10 Surface RT that I picked up. So today, we're going to do just that!
2024-01-26 19:51:24 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Nintendo's Bizarre Web Browsers for Windows
Hello Patrons! Today we're exploring a set of web browsers that were made in the early 2000s to promote Nintendo games. Certainly a rather odd thing to exist, so you know I had to check them out!
2024-01-22 20:01:30 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: The Google Chromebit
Hello Patrons! Today we're exploring a rather unique Chrome OS device from 2015. It's called the Chromebit - and it's what happens when Google decides to shove ChromeOS into a stick that plugs into your TV. Hope you enjoy!
2024-01-13 15:58:34 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: WarpStream - YouTube for Vintage Computers!
Hello Patrons! Today we're exploring an update to ProtoWeb that aims to re-create the early YouTube viewing experience. Hope you enjoy!
2024-01-09 19:00:54 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY ACCESS: Exploring Christmas for Windows 8.0
Merry (early) Christmas everyone! Here's your early access to this year's Christmas Special. I thought we'd change things up a little bit this time around, and explore a bundle of software for Windows created by a third-party company. This is Christmas for Windows 8.0 from the late '90s - and it'...
2023-12-24 00:09:56 +0000 UTC View Post