Retro Computing Enthusiasts are Masochists

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HUGE thanks to the following YouTubers who helped me on this journey:

- ‪@Mac84‬
- ‪@ActionRetro‬
- ‪@ThisDoesNotCompute‬
- ‪@VeronicaExplains‬

Things mentioned in this video (some links are affiliate links):

G4 MDD Build log / parts list: www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/build-log-power-mac…
PowerBook 3400c build log / parts list: www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/build-log-macintosh…
HFSutils blog post: www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/getting-files-and-p…
BlueSCSI: bluescsi.com/
PiSCSI / RaSCSI: github.com/PiSCSI/piscsi/wiki
Macintosh Garden: macintoshgarden.org/
68kMLA Forum: 68kmla.org/bb/index.php
TinkerDifferent: tinkerdifferent.com/
Buried Mac:    • Buried Mac  
Building a Slightly Cursed Mac Plus Plus Plus:    • Building a Slightly Cursed Mac Plus P...  
VCFMW 2023 LGR Video:    • VCFMW 2023: When Vintage Computer Fes...  
Why Replace Bulging Electrolytic Capacitors:    • Why Replace Bulging Electrolytic Capa...  

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Contents:

00:00 - Joining the masochists
00:42 - Do not what I do
03:15 - Online protection
04:05 - Apple in their prime
05:20 - Power Mac G4 MDD: End of an era
08:15 - Restoring and upgrading it to the gills
11:18 - netatalk on a Raspberry Pi 5
12:03 - PowerBook 3400c: The fastest laptop
14:16 - Tearing down the laptop, and some Bad News
16:34 - Through the magic of buying another!
18:02 - TODOs and 3D tanks
19:25 - Apple was worse back then
20:15 - It's not worth it
21:27 - Stayed for the community