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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · 4d

Tagging a few folks who might also get a kick out of this

@actionretro.bsky.social @mac84.bsky.social @basicappleguy.com @retrocomps.bsky.social @appleinsider.com @gruber.foo

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · 4d

I was unloading for our Apple-themed Retro Roadshow event at the Sunnyvale Library yesterday. When I set our Flower Power iMac down onto a flatbed alongside our NeXT MegaPixel Display, my Internet-addled brain went "huh... I've seen his before..."

Took me a moment but I figured it out 😂

The top of the image shows the famous "Rainbow Girl / Goth Girl" meme featuring sisters who look nothing alike. The bottom of the picture shows a "Flower Power" iMac G3 sitting next to a black NeXT MegaPixel monitor.

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · 14d

The Retro Roadshow is making our 3rd consecutive appearance at the Bay Area Maker Faire! Our exhibition this year is titled "Fly to the Future!" and features an incredible range of flying-themed games running on classic consoles and computers. We hope to see you there!

https://youtu.be/MSkDVchVIfk

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · 22d

We had our whole 2025 Maker Faire lineup of vintage computers and gaming worked out weeks ago, but when news broke that Apple co-founder and all-around delightful human being Steve 'Woz' Wozniak would be in attendance we had to make a last-minute change: the Apple IIe is coming out to play!

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · 23d

I am beyond jealous, congratulations! My list of “White whale“ machines has gotten a lot shorter in the past few years, but a GRiD is definitely still near the top of the list 😍

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · 25d

Big shout-out to Sean / Action Retro, who not only makes fantastic YouTube videos, but also now offers the ultimate shirt for my regular spelunking expeditions to our local electronics recycler!

#EwasteConnoisseur @actionretro.bsky.social

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · Sep 1

Our thanks to Gilroy Public Library and their devoted community for a successful "Mario Through The Ages" event! The positive feedback we received was truly humbling. Tell your family, friends, co-workers, and employers about the Retro Roadshow - spread the word!

www.RetroRoadshow.org

The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · Aug 31

The Retro Roadshow would like to express our thanks to Los Altos Public Library and their community for a successful "Mario Through The Ages" event! Tell your family, friends, and employers about the Retro Roadshow - help spread the word!

www.RetroRoadshow.org

See you soon!

- Sarai & Huxley

The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · Aug 31

TOTALLY NORMAL COMPUTING 😮

This drive was from my main computer when I moved to Las Vegas with my older sister in 2000, and it became the first machine I used to really explore the Internet, downloading music from Napster, burning CD’s at 1X speed…

Feels like uncovering a time capsule of 19yo me!

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · Aug 31

If I can borrow a phrase from @actionretro.bsky.social , pictured here is some TOTALLY NORMAL COMPUTING 😮

I can’t believe I’ve located my old MacOS boot drive from my PowerMac 7100 - last used in 2001! Feels like a time capsule of 19yo me, frozen in digital amber for a quarter century

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · Aug 30

Remembering when we had to follow "how to" guides shared on random tech blogs to enable Japanese keyboard support just so we could use emojis on Western iOS devices. Only ~17 years ago but feels like impossibly-ancient history now...

@mac84.bsky.social @actionretro.bsky.social @gruber.foo

A screenshot from around 2008 showing the original iPhone emoji keyboard, which was essentially hidden for users outside Japan

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · Jun 28

Hello from California! I just went through the process to sign up for a pack of stickers, I can’t wait – they look beautiful!

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · Jun 11

macOS Tahoe is only in beta and maybe things will get better, but never forget the elegant simplicity that was lost between Mac OS X Tiger and macOS Sequoia 💔

@gruber.foo @basicappleguy.com #WWDC25

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · May 24

The “eMachines eOne” iMac G3 knockoff is my sleep paralysis demon

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · May 14

Yes.

www.billboard.com/music/music-...

John Mulaney Says ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Deserves a Spot in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

John Mulaney feels it's high time that 'Weird Al' Yankovic receives the recognition he's due with an induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

www.billboard.com

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · May 14

As someone who has been reading @gruber.foo's Daring Fireball for well over 20 years after my prior fav Apple blog ceased (RIP As The Apple Turns), it's a real thrill to see one of my silly Reddit posts linked on DF today! Also, enjoy this addition to the "lowercase a rendering" discourse

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · May 13

My wife and I are SO GRATEFUL to @lindaholmes.bsky.social for recommending the original "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three" during a recent Pop Culture Happy Hour. We'd never seen it before, but OMG it was a total blast. Incredible movie with an unforgettable final shot!

@npr.org

The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · May 5

Ahh the good old days, when Macs were Macs, disks were floppy, mice were hockey pucks, and power supplies were flying saucers

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · May 2

A bit more detail: this Apple III is fully restored and works beautifully. I just recently picked up this wonderful Apple Color 100 RGB display, complete with its awesome/bizarre motorized tilt function. The tilt motor works but sadly the display itself is dead - suggestions are welcome!

The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · May 2

This is my 𝕒𝕖𝕤𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕥𝕚𝕔

A beautiful Apple III desktop computer with matching Apple Color 100 RGB monitor

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · Apr 7

A philosophical question: if you play Super Mario World on a green-phosphor monitor, does that make it Super Luigi World?

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merritt @merrittk.com · Mar 26

every book at the airport newsstand is called “My Funny Trauma Life” or “She Boss Vibes” or “Tango Down: A John Gribbler Novel”

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The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · Mar 25

I tagged DF but I'm not sure if that account is active here. In any case, hey @gruber.foo: I can't help but think you'd get a kick out of this story too

The Retro Roadshow @retroroadshow.org · Mar 25

Absolutely loved this wild journey to recover a seemingly-lost-to-time Apple Mac OS recovery partition for mid-90s Macintosh Performa 550. Amazing!

@daringfireball.bsky.social

www.downtowndougbrown.com/2025/03/appl...

Downtown Doug Brown » Apple’s long-lost hidden recovery partition from 1994 has been found

www.downtowndougbrown.com

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Sugarboy @sugarboy.bsky.social · Mar 13

Gaming has strayed too far from what it once was. We need to go back to our roots. Bring back big head modes and cheat codes that unlock silly costumes

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