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Computer Chronicles Revisited @deviledeggpress.com · 02/10/2026

If you'd like to support independent writing about tech history, you can subscribe to "Computer Chronicles Revisited" and receive new issues directly in the mail as well as advanced access to the PDF edition. computerchronicles.blog/subscribe/

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Computer Chronicles Revisited is a monthly print subscription newsletter. Each issue reviews an episode of the PBS series Computer Chronicles that aired from 1983 to 2002. You can download the Septemb...

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Computer Chronicles Revisited @deviledeggpress.com · 02/10/2026

The October 2026 issue of "Computer Chronicles Revisited" is now available. This month, I cover a November 1989 episode on portable computers, including new machines from IBM & Apple, the battle of Poqet vs. Portfolio, and no fewer than three Dynabooks! www.computerchronicles.blog/computer-chr...

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Download the October 2026 issue, where The Computer Chronicles discusses new portable computers

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

There’s even more stuff now that I’ve moved the contents of my set shelves, but the computer collection has made it to the new digs.

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Headcanon: Sasaki’s coworker Suzuki in Smoking Behind the Supermarket with you is the wacky uncle of Suzuki from You and I Are Polar Opposites

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Shirou but I dunno it's spooky now @shirou.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

youtu.be/V8EszvyPuTc I made a video! Is the original Metroid a stone cold classic? Let's find out.

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The Road to Ravenous: Metroid (NES)

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

I’m in the process of moving to a new house the next town over and since the weather’s gonna be yucky this weekend I figured today is the day to start hauling the computer collection

A Mazda cx-30 packed full of old computers

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Kinda annoyed that the fridge in our house doesn’t have a magnetic front! What good is a fridge door if you can’t put magnets on it?

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Computer Chronicles Revisited @deviledeggpress.com · 16/09/2026

It's the 40th anniversary of the Apple IIgs! Apple's Curtis Sasaki appeared in a September 1986 episode to demo EA's "Music Construction Set," which developer Will Harvey ported from his original Apple II version. www.computerchronicles.blog/computer-chr... #retrocomputing #apple #midi

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Computer Chronicles Revisited 64 — The Music Studio, EZ-Track, Soundscape, the Apple IIgs, and the CompuSonics DSP-1000

The Computer Chronicles discusses MIDI music.

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The calm before the storm… being able to walk around VCFMW pre-show as an exhibitor lets you really take things in.

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Are you going to #VCFMidwest? Stop by the Gennaria Brothers table at B115-116 and you might see me! I’ll be around the show in general but I’ll be joining them at their table during the weekend to talk to people and show off things like the Garmin iQue Palm PDA GPS!

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The most interminable wait must be the taxi time from runway 9L to the terminal at O’Hare airport.

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Strolling through Logan airport before my flight to Chicago for VCF Midwest and this display in the Massachusetts hall of innovations seems very appropriate.

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Kate - Mac Librarian @maccy.me · 09/09/2026

My friend Veronica Explains and I started a podcast! It's called Kate & Veronica - the first episode just came out :) ! Listen / watch now! www.kateandveronica.net

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Kate and Veronica (have a podcast lol)

We're gabbing about computers, old and new!

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Mac84 (Steve) 🍏 @mac84.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

In my latest video I explore @museumjoe.bsky.social's new WOOTswitch, an ADB switch box that lets me have four Macs on my desk, but use one keyboard and mouse! This saves me a TON of desk space! Check it out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRrb...

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The WOOTswitch: A Modern ADB Keyboard & Mouse Switch for your Classic Macintosh

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

New Video Alert! Need to scan some photos but hate a big bulky scanner cluttering your desk? In the 90s there was a solution for you: Storm Technology’s EasyPhoto Drive. It’s an entire photo scanner crammed into a 5.25 drive bay! But was it as easy as the box said? You’ll have to watch to find out.

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A Photo Scanner Inside Your 90s PC: The EasyPhoto Drive

Need to scan some photos but hate having a big bulky scanner cluttering your desk? Back in the 1990s there was a solution for you: Storm Technology's EasyPho...

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Live for Patrons: Need to scan some photos but hate having a big bulky scanner cluttering your desk? Back in the 90s there was a solution for you: Storm Technology’s EasyPhoto Drive. It’s an entire photo scanner crammed into a 5.25 drive bay. But was it as easy as they said? Watch to find out!

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#VCFMidwest is next week and I’ll be there! I’ll be joining the Gennaria brothers at their exhibit featuring old laptops and PDAs. Swing by tables B115-B116 if you want to chat.

VCF Midwest table guide highlight tables B115-116

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I do think it’s a fun coincidence that we’ve got two series running right now with major plots revolving around Shiga / Lake Biwa.

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Other companies said it was daft to build a scanner into a computer, but I built it all the same, just to show ‘em. It jammed all the time. So I built a second one. That also jammed. So I built a third one. That froze the computer, caught on fire, and jammed. But the fourth one worked!

Inserting a Dark Forces CD booklet cover into the EasyPhoto Drive.

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Coyote vs. ACME is a wonderful film. Funny, lots of heart, and well worth your time.

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LGR @lgr-yt.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This is amazing! SimCopter had a great soundtrack by Jerry Martin but the game’s files were highly compressed. So LucasVB got in touch with Mr. Martin and he was able to find most of the original high quality tracks! Awesome to hear “Hangar” in such clarity after 30 years archive.org/details/SimC...

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SimCopter original soundtrack (high quality)

SimCopter is a somewhat obscure game released in 1996 by Maxis, the studio behind the SimCity and The Sims franchises.In the game, the player controls a helicopter pilot in various missions across a c...

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Can’t say I’m surprised when I saw what show is trying this. Once a two-bit organization, always a two-bit organization. Application fees for tables (or panels) are giant red flags. If a show is that hard up for money, where else are they cutting corners? Stay united and tell them to get bent.

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

More like yesterday’s power control center

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Lots of NES and Game Boy games at the Savers today for too much money. Several bundle packs. But what’s neat is the Funcoland cart sleeves! 25 bucks for a Fester’s quest; get outta here

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Last night I recorded a bunch of footage and an audio track to edit. If I’m lucky, I can get the EasyPhoto Drive video out before VCFMW. It’ll be the last video I make before moving. Good news is the new place I’m moving to will have a lot more space for retro stuff and more room for filming!

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Thomas “Scary” Fuchs 🎃👻💀 @thomasfuchs.at · 25/08/2026

With a PS/2, late 1980s #retrocomputing #rip

Dolly Parton in business attire standing at wooden desk with a 1987 IBM PS/2 computer behind her

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I want a Meiji Restoration Electric Girl Band shirt.

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I’m a simple man. I see woodgrain, I click.

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Oh yeah, new video out today! You might think the only vintage and retro computer events are big shows like VCF Midwest. But did you know there might be cool computer meetups right in your backyard? Join me as I attend a local vintage computer meetup to see why small events can pack a big punch.

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We Held Our Own Retro Computer Show, and You Can Too!

You might think the only vintage and retro computer festivals out there are big events like VCF Midwest, Long Island Retro Expo, or Portland Gaming Classic. ...

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Joe's Computer Museum @museumjoe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This will be my fourth color from them. You can also get Retro Platinum, Power(book) Grey 100 and Power(book) Grey 500. I commissioned these for the community, released freely for anyone to buy. Check it out:

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Now live on the Patreon: We Held Our Own Retro Computer Show, and You Can Too! Paid subscribers get early access to this trip report about how small local computer shows can be big fun. www.patreon.com/Userlandia/pos…

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We Held Our Own Retro Computer Show, and You Can Too! by Userlandia on Patreon. Join Userlandia's community for exclusive content and updates.

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

the hardest part of making a thumbnail is not the design, but thinking up the text you put on it that people will inevitably ignore yet still feels mandatory

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I spent last night putting the finishing touches on a new video. Should be up for Patrons tonight!

DaVinci Resolve editor view of a video being edited.

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Trixter @oldskool.org · 08/08/2026

Sometimes I really enjoy leaving positive, constructive comments on YouTube videos. Creating any longform video is, at minimum, hours of work. Why not make the creator feel good that they tried? It takes hardly any time out of my day, and it might make theirs.

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

New video in the works for next week. It’s a RETRO ROAD TRIP

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Am I the only person who appreciates the principle behind “thou even got the bells right”? Feels like it these days.

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

One of these days I’ll be able to work the phrase “…but Iwata’s fools believed they…” into a script. I don’t know when, I don’t know where. But it popped in my head ages ago and I’ve been saving it for the right moment. And that will be a glorious day indeed.

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Dan Vincent @ Userlandia @kefkafloyd.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

SCSI doesn’t have to be scuzzy. You can dispel the voodoo with Steve’s advice!

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Nathan (PixelPipes) @pixelpipes.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

SPNG switched it up with this video, delving into an era of hardware outside his comfort zone in an effort to give us a different perspective on 3dfx's Voodoo3, using Windows XP (complete with 1% and 0.1% lows!). Well worth your time if you like late 90s cards! youtu.be/3vRkctBqTUk