Retro Computers and Consoles are my Passion when it comes to YouTube

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I constantly find myself watching these Retro Computer and Console discussion and restoration videos. Since we do not have a general retro forum
like that this is the place

Restoring a Spectrum

 
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8 Bit Guy - I love this guy! Here is his Commodore History series which I find really interesting. One more video is going to come out that covers the Amiga but I really like this history


He also has a couple of games that he has developed that cover alot of the old 8 bit machines from the US.

Planet X2, Planet X3 and Attack of the PETSCII Robots

The 8-Bit Guy

Home on the web of The 8-Bit Guy
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I love LGR there is something about his voice that is soothing LOL sometimes I fall asleep to it. Anyway, the 8-Bit guy did a video on this place in Dallas which was stuffed with old computer stuff I never personally was there but very interesting video

 
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Restoring a 1983 Acorn Electron 8bit Computer

 
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8bit computer guy is cool. I personally like to watch retro gaming videos, like AVGN
 
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jonas said:
8bit computer guy is cool. I personally like to watch retro gaming videos, like AVGN
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AVGN is more comedy that actual reviews though. I have watched a couple of his videos though and got a chuckle.
 
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The Atari ST Story

I love Nostalgia Nerd! Something about these British accent you tubers and retro computer stuff just go together.
 
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Crazy Atari MS Dos PC story - The Atari PC1



 
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I just do not like the AVGN. He dogs the Jaguar bad and it was not funny.
 
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The story of VFX, Commodore Amiga and Babylon 5

 
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The 8 Bit guy does the Amiga 1000

 
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This unknown computer is just so freaking Interesting!


after reading the comments I have found it is an STD Bus type computer - the 80s Arduino used in colleges and industrial applications. No idea what application this was for but everything in it is hand made.

en.wikipedia.org

STD Bus - Wikipedia

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Not technically a retro computer but the story of the ill fated Coleco Chameleon from Lady Decade is good

 
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It's a home built Commodore 64!
 
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For years, an ongoing battle is fought by a group of Engineers to make a product that their industry thought impossible: a processor so cheap it could change the world. But to make it happen they would have to struggle in ways they could have never expected.
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This an older history of the Commodore Amiga by Nostalgia Nerd. It has a bunch of good information and I love the accent of these documentaries :)
 
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A second video from Nostalgia Nerd about the Amiga covering the later years not covered in the first video.
 
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