Ron's Computer Videos🖥️📼

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Ron's Computer Videos is a retrocomputing repair and exploration channel with a focus on Apple II, early Macintosh, and MS-DOS era PCs.

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Seeing all the LucasArts remastered titles for 75% off on @steampowered.com makes we sad that @doublefine.com was never able to give "Sam & Max: Hit the Road" the same treatment.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/388210/Day_of_the_Tentacle_Remastered/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/316790/Grim_Fandango_Remastered/

https://store.steampowered.com/app/228360/Full_Throttle_Remastered/

Save 75% on Day of the Tentacle Remastered on Steam

Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.

Now you too can be a previously undiscovered Apple easter egg!
Just insert any image of your choosing into the blanks, and enjoy the instant satisfaction of being undiscovered for nearly 30 years!

Amaze your friends! Confuse your enemies!

(Thanks, Downtown Doug Brown for the discovery)

My "signed" Bozo photos arrived! The inclusion of a photo of the Elrod T. Potter character dates the set from 1971-1972.

And yes, the photos smell like someone's grandma's attic.

Pico Micro Mac (v3) is back in stock at Joe's Computer Museum!

It’s a cheap and easy way to emulate a Macintosh 128K leveraging the Pi Pico.

https://jcm-1.com/product/picomicromac/

Pico Micro Mac (v3) - Joe's Computer Museum

It's the world's smallest and most affordable hardware Macintosh Emulator! Just add Keyboard, Mouse, Monitor and power, and you got a tiny little 128K Macintosh, ready to use! Available as an assembled board without a Pico, or ready to go with a Pico! While you're at it, why not pick up a cool Printed Case for it and make it look like an itsy-bitsy Quadra 650? Please Note: This updated version does not require the SD Card Hat - it's fully integrated now! Need a starter disk image for use with an SD Card? Download Ron's Awesome Disk Image! Want to replace the baked in ROM boot image? Use the Easy Firmware and Disk Image Creator: http://picomac.bluescsi.com/ You'll need an "On-The-Go" USB Hub for keyboard and mouse. We suggest this! Micro USB OTG Hub for Raspberry Pi (Amazon Affiliate Link)

Joe's Computer Museum

Had a great time on Retro Repair Roundup last night. It was nice to hear about the fun projects that our friends in the vintage computer community are working on.

This episode marks our one month hiatus, and we'll return with new episodes in early August!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoBdV0Tr7zE

FRIENDSTREAM (Part Deux) - Retro Repair Roundup #81

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Let's talk about INIT HELLO w/ Cat and Paul (July 26–27, 2025)!
https://youtu.be/65Rqmww_lsg
Let's talk about INIT HELLO w/ Cat and Paul (July 26–27, 2025)!

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Friday, June 13th is the only Friday the 13th in 2025.

Hug your mom.

Will I get wrecked by the creator of the Glider series in a head to head competition to see who confuses the battery and rubber band keys first?? Likely. But there's only one way to find out! (Many thanks to John Calhoun for agreeing to give this a shot!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hF1getM-hrs

Let's Play some Glider w/ John Calhoun!

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Programming classic Macs? Don't mind if I yes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4QYKMXJ108

Programming games on an old Mac, how hard could it be? (Ep1- The Basics)

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I'm starting to think Apple is just messing with us in terms of hardware compatibility.