I've been noticing a fair drop in the local used value of the Mac Pro (2013). From $1,200 six months ago to about $800, and one as low as $500 (Canadian$). From what I see, the 2010/2012 towers are more desirable and retaining value, while the 2013 Mac Pro is actually becoming less valuable than the older towers on the used market. The Mac Studio 2022 may be a factor.
The ...
2022-11-30 00:06:38 +0000 UTC View Post
It has been a year since I launched the Patreon page and the response has been way more than expected. I thought I might get a dozen people, which I'd consider a success. Instead almost 100 have shown up to show their support. Much appreciation to all of you, and to show it, I am posting the full, (mostly) uncut Oil Museum Tour.
Now, realize that I've already shown the best bit...
2022-11-06 06:03:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe results are in and very interesting!
2:1 in favor of a deeper TI-99 video. So, a video that is a little more in-depth and posted to public YouTube. Further investigation of the $300 NIB computer turned out to be false. The computer is in the box but very well used and missing all documentation. The owner is quite old and not trying to scam anyone. Just memories don't match reality sometimes.
"Here's to the crazy ones..."
The Patrons who prefer an Apple/Macintosh vi...
2022-10-18 06:19:30 +0000 UTC View PostThere is still a new-in-box TI-99 available for $300, reportedly never opened. Which statement best reflects your feelings?
2022-10-02 22:11:01 +0000 UTC View Post
A trip to Thorold forces 65scribe to confront his past and he returns home with more than he bargained for...
I had a plan to make a short video for everyone here on some new retro computer stuff that I picked up at the end of August. It turned into a trunk-full of stuff and the video is now approaching 15 minutes with a 'Part II' planned. It's been a lot of fun making it, but it's time to call it done. It's now ready for voice-over (not-so-fun) and then it will be posted.
Meanwhile, I'm surveying the XServes for points of interest. Thanks to those who are offering technical advice. I may take ...
2022-09-26 05:42:55 +0000 UTC View Post
A G5 Server + Intel Server hand-delivered by Ian and Robert from the university in London, Ontario, along with the sound dampening enclosure. The enclosure was somewhat bigger than expected, but very solid. I’m told that mounting Xserves into an enclosure can be a frustrating adventure. Not what you would expect from Apple at that time. We will see how I make out mounting these servers, plus the G4...
2022-09-04 21:05:38 +0000 UTC View PostSo here's a weird thing. A heavy, beat-up box, wrapped in tape got dropped-off at a local workplace with no shipping information at all. It sat there as an eyesore for a couple months with no one claiming it, and it was decided to get rid of it. It appeared it might be computer equipment, so I got curious and took it off their hands.
A shipping-damaged 2U server.
Specifically a Riverbed Steelhead CX7080 "Application Accelerator"
2022-08-18 04:48:13 +0000 UTC
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A new video will be released on YouTube in a few hours from now (8pm Eastern Standard Time).
A 65scribe video, I mean..
I hope you will enjoy, as this is something that you have helped to make possible.
As always, thanks for your support!!
2022-08-07 20:16:57 +0000 UTC View Post
A video of my most recent acquisition, which I got just last week! Let me know your personal thoughts and experiences on the Mac Mini. Also, let me know if I goofed-up any facts trying to make a video in one week. Maybe I will expand it to a larger public video in the future.
Denfield Hoard 3 has hit a few snags (although not as bad as Cannonball Run 3 did), so you deserve a bit of content in the meantime.
Happy Canada Day (late), Independence Day (USA) or whatever hol...
2022-07-04 03:11:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't really have the stomach for self-promotion, though I respect those who can and do. So, I find it amazing when I stumble across someone promoting my channel for me.
This was a podcast called "The Thing Is..". An unfortunate title since there are more popular podcasts using that same name. As a result, it's almost impossible to find it and I had the feeling there were more people on the show than in the audience. This episode called "Kodi and the Ponybros" was from May 2020....
2022-06-23 03:27:30 +0000 UTC View PostI appreciate all the comments on the videos, the stories shared and the overall positive vibe. There are a small minority of negative or problem comments to contend with. Those fall into three categories:
1) Abusive - delete comment and block user from channel
2) Bot or Bot-wannabe - delete and report
2022-06-12 17:24:13 +0000 UTC
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In February 2005, an ad came up in the classifieds for "Old Macintosh Computers". This included IIsi, IIci, LCII, Powerbook 150 and others. I answered but apparently offered too little. The seller got offended and angry about it and further correspondence was going to be awkward, so I contacted him from another email address offering to buy them at the price he was looking for. He then flaunted it to...
2022-06-07 05:57:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Received from Alan Miller of South Carolina July 17, 2015.
I sent out a request looking for a 6100 on LEM swap and he was the only one who answered. He had 4, 6100’s in a pile under a table for years. He said a school used to call him whenever macs would be junked and he picked them up. He recalled filling his truck with 7100's at one time.
I asked him what he wanted for the 6100's, and he said Beer from Canada... Specifically IPA. Will do. The problem was I ha...
2022-05-21 18:18:58 +0000 UTC View Post
In 2010, I went to the local University where they were getting rid of a pile of 90's Macs. Mostly second generation PowerPC 7000 series. There was a lone Macintosh Plus (1990), and my contact said that his office got it as a 'donation' that he didn't really need or want, but took it anyway to be nice. It was in a blue foam compact mac carrying case with matching keyboard case. But, some 'donation'... the Mac Plus was trashed! One of the top vents was melted. And lots of child graffiti all ov...
2022-05-11 01:16:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Purchased from "BOB" in Sarnia for $25 Sept 5, 2005. For whatever reason, this was a model I really wanted to get at the time that the ad happened to pop-up. I contacted BOB and went to pick it up. BOB was underneath his truck working on something when I arrived, with a bunch of his friends standing around the truck. About the point I walked up, BOB cut his hand open. He came up from under the truck bleeding badly, saw me and said, "Go inside, my mom will show you the computer. I got to...
2022-05-02 05:27:13 +0000 UTC View PostAfter over two years of hiding, it finally caught up with me...
To paraphrase Magic Johnson, "I have attained" the COVID-19 virus. I'm in the recovery phase, and thanks to immunizations, it's been like a bad cold.
I'm happy to say that it did not attack anyone past me, and I look forward to re-joining society.
As a result, no exciting developments in the Mac department. I'll be getting back to work on my third Denfield Hoard video, featuring more unusual finds and an u...
2022-04-29 00:55:02 +0000 UTC View PostI got this Quadra 700 locally in June 2005. These are notes I took about the machine.
- 69MB RAM, 350MB HD
- CPU cooler installed on the processor
- Two missing port covers indicates it used to have Nubus cards as well.
- Macintosh Color Display also included, but very brown, mostly due to a previous chain-smoking owner (probably deceased). Removed the back cover to...
2022-04-21 05:46:57 +0000 UTC View Post
I've heard that a couple of the XServes are packed up for delivery to this loaction, as well as a noise reduction server enclosure, pictured above. More specifically, he says:
I have extracted the enclosure from where it was languishing and have it close to hand now.
I have the G5 and one Intel Xserve boxed up and ready to transport.
I will need to return with the Intel box so I can pack up the second X... 2022-04-21 04:07:58 +0000 UTC View Post
First, welcome to the swell of viewers who joined the Patreon. Thanks for your support! I wanted to assure everyone I'm still here. I did not cut-and-run. I took a short break after the Marchintosh video, but, in that time, I visited a local Mac collection that went up for sale and a friend offered to release his Xserves to my care, that are being taken out of service in a couple months. So, things have been very active behind the scenes.
Some items of interest... a photo from Patron 'B...
2022-04-12 04:24:43 +0000 UTC View Post
At last, the final version of the second episode of the Denfield Hoard, which will also be submitted as part of the Marchintosh event tomorrow. Yes, I'm pushing the deadline again this year.
2022-03-27 04:50:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Anyone wanting to watch some great comedy should check this out. Guest, Ron McAdams, is very entertaining and graciously gives my channel a plug! The "mine video" he mentions is the Oil Museum video (I guess technically they were 'mining' for oil before the advent of drilling).
2022-03-24 04:31:47 +0000 UTC View Post
SE and Mac II members, check out part 2 of The Denfield Hoard before it gets posted for Marchintosh2022.
Some tweaks may yet be made in the final version.
2022-03-23 05:42:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Apple didn’t do much interesting through the twenty-teens in regards to the Mac, so the release of Mac Studio was a surprise. After watching Apple wander in the desert with the Mac Pro strategy, hanging the 2013 and 2019 Mac Pro out to dry after they released it, I was not expecting a prosumer Mac. From 1999 to 2012, the prosumer Mac was the entry level tower. And that was great, because I liked the tower configuration. And then, with the release of the 2013 Mac Pro, there was nothing. Appl...
2022-03-16 06:09:27 +0000 UTC View Post
I had amassed a large Macintosh collection by 2014, but no real justification for having it. "Maybe I should do YouTube videos about them!". My vision was to do a model-by-model guide of each Mac like they did in Macworld Secrets. If you're going to do videos you need to have the vintage Macs to film, and I had no problem with that requirement. I had been collecting for 10 years by then. I've been a video hobbyist since the 80's, so I have the equipment and ability to do it. With that vision,...
2022-03-12 16:35:16 +0000 UTC View Post
It's the beginning of Marchintosh, co-founded last year by celebrity, Ron McAdams, who is also a Patreon supporter. A month for the community to create and share Vintage Apple content and become familiar with other content that is out there.
I am thinking to have my next Denfield video available for the annual event. I'd post it here first, see what the 'core' viewers think, then #Marchintosh2022 the thing. That's my half-baked plan anyway. In the meantime, a special post coming t...
2022-03-03 06:39:04 +0000 UTC View Post
The poll showed a lot of interest in seeing my collection. Let's start with the most recent additions to my collection from an interesting source.
Any factual errors, opinions or personal stories about these, I'd love to hear them!
2022-02-24 23:51:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The poll results are in and very helpful. Thanks to all that voted!
Short videos about my collection and Backstory of my collection ran away with it. It seems it's all about the Macs! In response, I've been working on a collection video this week with hopes to be done within a week.
My process for making the videos fell short. Regular updates on what I'm working on showed low interest, too. I know some people like to be surprised by the topic.
My Marathon Map had very ...
2022-02-16 06:05:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe last opinion poll asking which Mac model you'd like to see a video about was very telling, thank you!
This Patreon site is still quite new and I'm wanting to do more in this format. Many of you have commented that you joined because you wanted to give support or "give back" to the channel. That makes you an amazing group of people! So, if you decide to leave or downgrade, it's no problem, but I don't want it to be because you were disappointed with the content. So what Patreon...
2022-02-09 02:37:05 +0000 UTC View PostIn 1994, these were the products Apple decided were 'archived', which I suspect means they were too old to support repairs on. Not much Macintosh here, but interesting nonetheless. The thermal transfer Scribe printer has an amazing 2 1/2 pages of parts! And the Apple I is conspicuously missing!
2022-02-06 21:53:10 +0000 UTC View Post