Vintage Computer Festival Midwest made a massive change for 2024: they moved to a new venue! Can the Schaumburg Convention Center contain this massive mix of retro computer goodness? Join me as I try to cover almost everything at an impossibly huge at VCFMW.

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0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Moving On Up
2:11 - Exhibition Excursion
27:18 - Venue Variables
34:27 - Vendors, Makers, and Traders
48:23 - People, Panels, and Events
59:52 - The Winds of Change

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I love the Apple IIGS. It’s a great computer, but could it have been greater? The legend goes that Apple purposefully underclocked its CPU during development to avoid competing with the Macintosh. But is this actually true? Join me for a deep dive into the IIGS architecture, the life of the 65816 CPU, and the ghosts of keynotes past.

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0:00 - Intro
0:27 - The Myth, The Legend, the Apple IIGS
6:09 - The Apple IIx
12:21 - The Need for Speed
15:52 - The Birth of the 65C816
22:56 - Yields, Bugs, and Errata
33:56 - Accelerators, ASIC Inc, and Mark Twain
43:51 - Sanyo, Nintendo, and the End of Acceleration
47:41 - ARM, Möbius, and The Road Not Taken
55:25 - The End of an Odyssey

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I’ve hit 5,000 subscribers, and what better way to celebrate than to install an old operating system on a lumbering battlestation? In a past video I said I’d install IBM’s OS/2 on the PS/2 Model 80 386, and now we’re doing it. How well does it run? Will I learn to love the Workplace Shell? I’m also giving a big channel update about ongoing projects and some of my thoughts about the vintage / retro / whatever scene. How well does OS/2 run on this massive 386? You’ll have to watch to find out.

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0:00 - Intro

0:29 - Setting Up OS/2 Warp

7:07 - Inside the OS/2 Warp Box

11:41 - 5K Subscriber Update: Thank You!

13:37 - 5K Update: Video Production

16:46 - 5K Update: Scene Thoughts

19:35 - 5K Update: Upcoming Projects

21:34 - 5K Update: Patreon

23:28 - Running OS/2 Warp on a 386

26:32 - The Workplace Shell Desktop

28:18 - Why Did OS/2 Fail?

32:32 - An Ode to OS/2

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* Another Boring Topic on OS/2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAMT187GWd4&t=2922s

* RetroBytes on OS/2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3DZJ_LD7F4

* BlueSCSI - https://bluescsi.com

* WinWorld PC OS/2 Repository - https://winworldpc.com/product/os-2-3x/os-2-30

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