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Adrian's Digital Basement
@adriansdigitalbasement.com
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Hello everyone! I'm Adrian Black, a retro computer YouTuber who fixes stuff from Portland, Oregon. Main: youtube.com/@adriansdigitalbasement Second: youtube.com/@adriansdigitalbasement2 Extras: youtube.com/@adriansdigitalbasementextras
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Not sure what the plan will be -- I haven't heard anything. It's always possible that I do my own talk, but about what I don't know. I guess I do my own talks every week on my channel ... LOL!
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 19h
If anyone missed the YouTuber panel at VCFMW, it's been posted online.

youtu.be/VMSxlRK7lY0?...
Vintage Tech YouTubers Discussion Panel | VCFMW 20 (2025)
YouTube video by VCF Midwest
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 19h
YES

www.portlandmercury.com/news/2025/10...
Portland City Attorney to US DOJ: “Please Do Not Fail America”
Portland’s city attorney says federal police are brutalizing protesters, and the government is weaponizing its longstanding settlement agreement with the city. In response to an investigation launched...
www.portlandmercury.com
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Trump Is In The Epstein Files
YouTube video by Maxx Starburst - Topic
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 22h
Thanks for the title!

The chicken is there today. Frog Guy got pepper sprayed.
Patriotic Chicken at the Portland ICE facility More media than protesters. Typical Portland light pole accessories.
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 22h
Total earworm and it's stuck in my head! LOL!
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 22h
YEP! The news said some PA speakers are set up. It seems they have a whole playlist!
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 22h
Reporting to you from war torn Portland Oregon. At the ICE facility, things are... well, see for yourself.
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
Attention everyone in the pacific northwest:

VCF PNW 2020 is Coming 2026!

vcfpnw.org
Excitement!
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
A campaign for political office? Definitely nope! (Or any other kind of campaign)
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
There was a load of drama surrounding those yep!
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
AFAIK the Thinking Machine is missing most of the original boards so it's being driven by some FPGA solution. I'm not sure where it came from.
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
Yeah me too, maybe they could help me organize the basement huge backlog!
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
Ah yes -- just a sample of some of the wacky emails I regularly get....
Email sent to me
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
So much history there!
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
Definitely many artifacts from the LCM ended up here, which is really awesome.
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
It really wanted to blend in!
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
I had a blast hanging out at the Interim Computer Museum Saturday night. There were a bunch of things I had never seen in my life.

Thanks @celgen.org for being my model!

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Punch card sorting machine. Quite mesmerizing! The Thinking Machine is a sight to behold. This PDP has a few faults at the moment, some stuck memory bits I think. Stuff I've never seen in my life.
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
Note: It's only open Sundays!
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
Maybe he could have given you tips on how to navigate the crossing when dealing with his colleagues. That is funny he recognized you!
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
Keep your eyes peeled, there will be a VCF in Seattle next year! I'll talk more about it when dates are firmed up.
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
It's surely going to be amazing!!
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 1d
It's absolutely imperative that you go there!! It's indescribable to be standing in the aisle of the cross bar switch while the call simulator is running.
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 2d
Who remembers the OLPC from 2007? Did you know it has a somewhat decent camera on it??

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OLPC_XO...
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Hadn69 🏳️‍⚧️ @hadn69.com · 2d
I took some "amazing" photos of @adriansdigitalbasement.com and CathodeRayDude using an OLPC at the Seattle Interim Computer Festival today!
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Adrian's Digital Basement @adriansdigitalbasement.com · 2d
The quality is way better than I would have thought!!!!!
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