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I have a few items from my collection for sale at VCF Midwest this weekend! My friend Steve will have these at his table, located near other awesome folks like MacEffects, @museumjoe.bsky.social and @bluescsi.com along with a few stickers!

Fully restored Mac SE/30 including BlueSCSI v2!

PowerBook 150 in way better condition than it deserves

Original Macintosh II — the first color Mac!

Macintosh Portable in fantastic shape. Fully restored, new battery, BlueSCSI and includes original carrying case and power supply.

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Sep 10

While I’m sadly unable to make it to VCF Midwest this weekend, a portion of my vintage Mac collection will be there…and it’s for sale! More details soon!

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Sep 6

youtu.be/0P0lOf1FifE?...

Make sure you set aside an hour first, once you start watching you won’t be able to stop

杏里イン・コンサート (Anri In Concert) (Full 1984 VHS Rip)

YouTube video by City Pop Visual Mode

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Sep 6

Just wait until people (re)discover Anri, all hell will break loose. Mass dancing in the streets

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Aug 30

It’s been a while — here’s your weekend moment of zen.

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Aug 29

@connectionsmuseum.bsky.social I know y’all focus on CO gear but any interest in an 80s PBX?

Four Meridian 1 phone cabinets, each the size of a refrigerator.

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Aug 27

hell yes

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Aug 26

The packaging on this is 🔥

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Aug 26

Yeah, Kai Robinson and I worked on it — both the main PCB and the daughtercard. I started putting together a BOM but couldn’t identify some parts or figure out modern replacements (particularly the Sony-branded ones).

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Aug 25

Yeah I gotta get my shit together and finish testing my own PCBs

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Aug 22

I picked up a JBL speaker that works really well except for one design flaw: the power button breaks off! Let’s take a look at fixing it (for free!) and some other interesting secrets that lie within…
youtu.be/mTApvqVAlw4

Fixing this JBL speaker's one STUPID design flaw

YouTube video by This Does Not Compute

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Aug 20

IDK what’s weirder about this iMac, that it’s an Intel model with USB-C and a 1080p screen, or that in 2020 it has “think different” on the box

An absolutely wack 2020 iMac box showing the specifications. 21” 1080p (non-Retina) screen with an Intel CPU, SSD and two USB-C ports. Oh and the box has the “think different” slogan on it.

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Aug 15

“I just cut this keyboard in half!”

A Kinesis Freestyle 2 keyboard. Makes no damn sense because aren’t split keyboards supposed to also be ergonomic? This one is just split for no reason. The extra keys on the left are kinda neat though

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Aug 15

Need make RF go brrrrr or boss get big mad

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This Does Not Compute @thisdoesnotcompute.bsky.social · Aug 11

Got this from Redbubble today. So instead of making $2 per t-shirt, now I’ll only make $1. And if I bumped up the margin to make $2 again, they’ll just take 50% of that too.

And this is all on top of the profit they’re making from producing the merch to begin with.

Am I understanding this right?

Some bullshit from Redbubble about how they’re making more money at artists’/sellers’ expense.

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