One of the things that frustrate me the most about my eyesight issues, along with a few other problems, is that I can’t tinker with hardware as much as I’d like to. So, when I discovered Action Retro on YouTube, I admit I became hooked on Sean’s videos of doing unthinkable things to old Macs and many other systems.

Sean and I discuss what inspired him to get started with his channel, some of his more exciting systems to work with, as well as a slightly random detour to talk about Mike Judge’s inspiration for Office Space. Sean also shares some valuable tips for those wanting to tinker with vintage systems.

We’d love to hear your stories of crazy upgrades you’ve done to vintage tech, so please do leave a comment below, email us via podcast@crossedwires.net or start a discussion over on Goodpods.

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Episode Links

Sean (Action Retro) on Twitter / YouTube

Sean’s Floppy Raid (YouTube)

Office Space (IMDB)

68kmla Forum

Tinker Different

Frogfind - DuckDuckGo frontend for vintage systems by Sean

68knews - Sean’s vintage frontend for Google News

Chapter Times

00:00:04: Introductions

00:02:26: Floppy RAID

00:04:29: Pushing Vintage Tech To The Limits

00:11:22: Weirdest System?

00:14:50: A Thing For PowerPC

00:18:33: The Mike Judge Connection

00:20:25: Challenges

00:23:46: Most Time-Consuming Project?

00:28:47: Getting Old Systems Online

00:39:17: Wrapping Up

Credits

Intro and outro theme: Ace of Clubs by RoccoW

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