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Jon Obst
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2013
New tech repair videos every Monday! Typically I like to focus on vintage/retro tech, but every so often I work on modern tech as well.
Find me over on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/jonobst.bsky.social
Find me over on Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/jonobst.bsky.social
Building a Power Macintosh G3 Rack Mount Server
Building a Power Macintosh G3 Rack Mount Server
#macintosh #g3 #apple #powermac
#macintosh #g3 #apple #powermac
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How-to: Macintosh SE 4mb RAM Upgrade
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In this video, I will show you how to upgrade the RAM in your Macintosh SE to the maximum of 4 megabytes. #apple #macintosh #vintagecomputing #vingtagegaming
Coleco ADAM / ColecoVision - Test and Try
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I've collected an assortment of Coleco parts - let's see what works and what doesn't. #colecovision #coleco #colecoadam #vintagecomputing #vintagegaming
Recycling center find: IBM 5150 (AKA IBM PC XT)
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This IBM 5150 and 5153 monitor were about to be scrapped - let's get them home and see if we can salvage this system! #ibm #vintagecomputing #5150 #electronicsrepair
MacEffects Performer - SE/30 Performance in an SE Upgrade Card
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Please join me for a detailed technical review of the performance you can expect to gain in your Macintosh SE if you install the MacEffects Performer upgrade card in it. The Performer runs at 25 MHz, not 16 MHz as I stated somewhere in this video (sorry!) * video is not sponsored by MacEffects or any other party * #retrojanuary shoutout to @RonsCompVids and MacEffects.com maceffects.com/product...
Running Mac OS Sequoia on my Late 2011 13" MacBook Pro using OCLP
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In this video I show: - The steps to upgrade your Late 2013 Intel Core i7 MacBook Pro hardware (RAM and SDD) - The steps to install Mac OS Sequoia using Open Core Legacy Patcher (OCLP) ...and once completed, I run this machine as my daily driver for a few days and let you know if a 13 year old machine can still be used in 2024! Video by Mr Macintosh showing how to change your nvram settings to ...
The Year 2000 Multimedia Christmas JCPenney CD-ROM
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Christmas episode! Lain and I found this multimedia CD-ROM from JCPenney from the year 2000 at a Goodwill and take a peek at what cutting edge sales techniques were like twenty-four years ago. We compare and contrast what life was like when all we had were 56k v.90 modems and a multimedia experience could only truly be delivered over legacy optical media. Wait how was the year 2000 already 24 y...
Apple Macintosh SE/30 Rebuilds
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In previous videos, I have repaired a pair of Apple Macintosh SE/30 boards. Let's find the best parts from my collection of SE/30 chassis and build up a nice pair of SE/30s, with a bit of a MacEffects surprise for one of them! Other videos referenced in this video: 3D Printed SE and SE/30 case: th-cam.com/video/hRLecDUVzME/w-d-xo.html Replacing SE and SE/30 Speaker: th-cam.com/video/t5852gVeeG8...
3D Printed Mac 128k/512k/Plus Battery Holder
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Want your Mac 128k/512k/Plus to keep time, even while it is off but don't want to risk an alkaline battery leak? Check out this replacement lithium battery holder that you can 3D print and build to do just that! Branchus Creations: th-cam.com/channels/Xy8pDuiwZoY8_bNISGQ_Cw.html Thingiverse: www.thingiverse.com/thing:6855393 Batteries: www.amazon.com/dp/B088BBV7DS Springs: www.amazon.com/dp/B07...
Macintosh SE 30 Board Level Repair
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This Macintosh SE/30 Board worked until it didn't! Let's figure out what the problem is and repair it! #applemacintosh #apple #macintosh #vintagemacintosh #vintagecomputing #electronicsrepair #electronics
Collecting Vintage Macs - What to Expect
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Thinking about starting (or adding to) a collection of vintage Apple Macintosh computers? In this video I talk about some of the things to look for when evaluating a machine for purchase, what to expect after you get it home, and give a quick demo of the most basic maintenance that is required to keep your new Mac running for many years! #vintagemacintosh #apple #macintosh #vintagecomputing #ho...
Pocket 386 - Unboxing, testing and review
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Pocket 386 - Unboxing, testing and review
Battery Damaged Mac IIfx Repair or Downgrade? - Part 2
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Battery Damaged Mac IIfx Repair or Downgrade? - Part 2
Battery Damaged Mac IIfx Repair or Downgrade? - Part 1
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Battery Damaged Mac IIfx Repair or Downgrade? - Part 1
HyperDrive FX/20 - 1985 20 megabyte SCSI Drive
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HyperDrive FX/20 - 1985 20 megabyte SCSI Drive
Late 2009 27" iMac repair and upgrade!
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Late 2009 27" iMac repair and upgrade!
Game Review: Beyond Shadowgate (2024)
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Game Review: Beyond Shadowgate (2024)
Vintage Computer Festival Midwest (VCFMW) 19
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Vintage Computer Festival Midwest (VCFMW) 19
Recapping an LC to giveaway at VCF Midwest 2024
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Recapping an LC to giveaway at VCF Midwest 2024
Resurrecting DOS Compatibility Cards From the Parts Bin
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Resurrecting DOS Compatibility Cards From the Parts Bin
How to Upgrade Your OCLP Apple Mac to the Latest MacOS version
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How to Upgrade Your OCLP Apple Mac to the Latest MacOS version
Is the Trashcan Mac actually usable with Mac OS Sonoma?
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Is the Trashcan Mac actually usable with Mac OS Sonoma?
Panasonic Business Parter 150 (Tandy 1100FD)
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Panasonic Business Parter 150 (Tandy 1100FD)
Sweet!
Going forward maybe consider an USB to SATA adapter?
nice brother i like this
I always have fun watching your down-to-earth and realistic videos, Jon! Keep it going!
Hey thanks, I appreciate it!
cool video!
Great video Jon! What brand is that external SCSI drive that you had hooked up to this Mac?
It is this one: th-cam.com/video/oNM1nJyJ80E/w-d-xo.html (though the drive inside is no longer original)
The Apple branded RAM sticks that I've found over the years in my SE's have been either 100ns, 120ns or 150ns. Also, when the Mac is lying with the face down, I've found it easier to just squeeze on the sides while trying to lift the back piece off. I try to avoid using my nails.
Its actually pretty hard these days to find 30 pin SIMMs that are *that slow*! For around $20 to$25 you can get modern made 60 or 70ns 30 pin 1MB RAM that works just fine - though if 150ns works and you already have it - by all means use it! Sometimes striking the Mac with open palms in an upward direction (while it is lying face down) helps to free the back case from the front - kind of like an upward clapping motion, but with a Mac in the middle.
this is the shizznat
I hated working on these things. Even replacing a hard drive. So many pieces to remove to get to where you needed to go. Tiny delicate wires. Different size screw heads. All black interior so it was difficult to see what you were doing.
Absolutely right that these disks would go into the trash. Along with the catalogs and flyers in newspapers. Crazy prices today on ebay. Just musing I could probably payoff my mortgage or at least my car if I had back all the stuff like this I trashed!!!
Yeah I think we're all in that boat. I'd really like to get some machines back that I divested myself of 20 or more years ago :(
Did it not beep when it didnt find a keyboard?
Oddly enough, it did not.
camera needs to be closer
Agree - I'm always trying to improve my video production! Appreciate the feedback!
Barbarically 😂....liked and subbed. Up late and fighting my Sequoia install now, booted up and I accidently clicked no on installing to my drive and now it won't boot unless it's from EFI and I cant seem to get it to install to the disk via OpenCore from the home screen so just doing a complete slooooow reinstallation. 🤞🏻
The fact that the internet recovery is still working in 2025 is incredible kind of support. Love that
okay it needs a tweak but it works
yeah just a minor tweak - and yes its a good thing that Apple has done.
I love how you have my first 2 games I hot for it
I wonder if someone was able to port ET over to the CV...lol. But yeah, my family was too broke when this was released to get one, let alone any of the attachments. I did get to play the Atari but never owned one of those. My first console was an Odyseey 2000, but that was a few years old by the time we got one.
Possible, but converting from 6502 code to z80 code would definitely take a bit of work - and likely not worth it, especially for a game like ET!
The 5150 is not an IBM PC XT but an IBM PC. The XT is the 5160
You are 100% correct! This was one of those things I was so "sure" about I didn't fact check myself. Lesson learned - thank you.
My first pc in 1986 after the IBM 3270 mainframe terminal console I also had it at school in 1984 but I never used, I only built minicomputers with the z80 😄
I spent a couple of years at tech school learning to program on 3270 machines. I don't remember a ton of it these days, but working on something like that was pretty awesome - in my opinion.
lucked out with that expansion card
For sure!
U rename the tittle to How to remove rubberized coatings not fix
Some early AT keyboards that used to have the AT/XT switch had it later removed from the board and jumpered inside. That is until the next revision removed completely the feature. Your Model M being PS/2 I believe is a later version that have the XT mode completely removed. However, if you have a AT keyboard can just open it and look inside if there is the AT/XT switch or jumper footprint present and can modify it. I find an AT keyboard from Compaq that had this feature inside (the switch was not populated but instead was a jumper wire solded) and I just added a suitable switch and cut open the access slot on the back. Edit: Actually this is the IBM PC and not the IBM XT. You are right, this is the original and the first one. I wonder if this can use XT-IDE to boot from a HDD or CF card.
I have an XT-IDE in my Compaq Portable 1 - I should yank it out and give it a try here. Google Gemini says it will work!
It's so clean, it looks like they unboxed it and tossed it straight in the trash. Great rescue!
Right? What a great find!
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I haven't even gotten past the 10 second mark of the video and I can already hear it trying to boot up.
This was awesome. Thanks for doing this.
Just for clarification. The 5150 is not the XT. The XT is the 5160. So it is the REAL original you have there 🙂
Yep this was one of those "I know what i'm talking about so I'm not going to look it up" moments where...I didn't. Thanks for the correction!
You got lucky it is working. Great find indeed!!
It was just a little sleepy, I guess!
Cool. This is where that all began.
Microwave
Thank you for the mention, Jon!
Everyone needs more Ron's Computer Videos in their lives!
@@jonobst Ron does seem to have his hand in everything vintage Mac!
Oh man those 1-bit graphics....miss 'em.
The sticking point is still the maximum 4MB of RAM, which makes running System 7.x, particularly 7.5 or later not much fun. If you want System 6 to fly, fair enough otherwise $130 might just buy an SE/30 logic board, which will fit into an SE case.
Exactly! That's really the biggest problem here - but if you can find an SE/30 board for $130 that would be the best bet, but as those machines keep going up in price, that's going to be a pretty tough price point to hit. Broken/non-working SE/30's are selling for > $200 on eBay.
Interesting, love seeing stuff about mods...even from awhile ago. Always gives me more ideas and not enough time.
Well done vid. Thanks!!
Makes me want to go through my Macbook Pro is put this on it. I honestly don't have much use for it at this time but hey, it would be something to tinker with.
You should do another video where you put something like Ubuntu on the ol Mb Pro. I might do that myself.
@@Deadphyre I am thinking about putting linux on one of my black Polycarb Macbooks - I like the way they look best of all modern Apple laptops, but there's no modernizing them with OCLP - Linux is the answer!
@@jonobst Need to absolutely make sure the Linux install has 32-bit UEFI
it's possible connect original disk drive 1541 with BMC64 and raspberry???
The answer is...sort of but its a lot of effort and probably not worth it. See more here: github.com/randyrossi/bmc64/issues/27
Does continuity camera work?
I finally got around to testing this - and yes, it does!
Great video! I hope you had a great Christmas, and I hope you have a Happy New Year!
Thanks for your support all year - Happy New Year!
@@jonobst Where's the link I get stuck at the boot screen and can only boot with my USB and I've installed the patches...ugh.
@@repairstudio4940I think this is the link you’re after: th-cam.com/video/ouNQS36dIBw/w-d-xo.html (added to video description as well - thanks for reminding me)
Intel HD is the shit
Your daughter is so cute!
Yay
I’m a sucker for this early Shockwave & Macromedia Projector stuff, care by chance to upload a copy onto the Internet Archive?
@damian9303 Sure thing! archive.org/download/jcpenney_2000_holiday_cdrom
That’s old school heck yeah! Cute fam bud n merry Christmas
Yay
Yay
ur kid is kool! :)
Man, talk about a flash back. It's funny, I've been running into old news paper clippings and tech papers from the mid 90's where some of the computers we running 13k USD because of all the "powerful" hardware that was inside. I haven't run across some cool old CD's like this yet but I'll be keeping an eye out now lol.
These things are fun to revisit - wish I would have saved all the ones I had received over the years!
I love watching Lain's reactions to everything. 700 hours?! Also, your hair is looking AMAZING Jon! Can't wait to watch more of your videos in the new year.
Yus! Lain videos are the best videos 🎉🎉
Merry Christmas Jon and Lain. Thank you for 2024 edutainment videos and looking forward to a great 2025 for all of us.