THE LARGEST RETRO COMPUTER MUSEUM IN AMERICA

[@markgigiel2722]

I'm an OLD tech and even I didn't know about much of this. This was great. Thanks.

[@LennyFlorentine]

Glad you enjoyed it! I learned a ton as well!

[@JamesMcJilton]

Hey it’s me James from 18:28! Great Video 👍

[@LennyFlorentine]

Hey James! Great job trying to beat that Tic Tac Toe machine!

[@diggingattycho7908]

I had a Playschool Computer when I was 5 years old. I took it apart, my grandmother scolded me. I put it back together, it worked. My grandmother never scolded me again(when I took stuff apart).

[@pervertedalchemist9944]

There is a store similar to this one in Newnan, Georgia. It's in the downtown area in a "blink and you'll miss it" kind of spot.

[@AUTISTICLYCAN]

LENNY Dude when I was an IT Specialist for the USGovernment we used to go to this building \ company for Computer Training Courses. They would supply lunches that were nothing short of EPIC! The classes were good too. My co-workers and I toured the very same computer \ electronics museum you are sharing. AWESOME! My first Cell Phone was the Motorola RAZER. I got it because it looked like a Star Trek Communicator. The USGovernment stayed with Blackberries FOREVER! We had a Blackberry Phone Support Team. That old pay phone was EVERYWHERE in my childhood. I remember the blue box & whistle. I say no more. I am a Gentleman now. Bill Gates used it too! There was a clock winder job in the White House.

[@LennyFlorentine]

I love hearing stories from when people have been to a place when I put out content. I barely even touched on how much stuff was in this place, will go back for sure!

[@charleslee1879]

That was so cool! Captain Crunch is a friend of mine as was Bob Bishop... This brought back so many fond memories... Thanks!

[@glenncurry3041]

For historical purposes, the reason Pay Phones went to tones was because you could trick the earlier ones into thinking a coin was dropped in by shorting the handset mic to the coin return. Always carry a bobby pin or paper clip to use by sticking one end into the mouthpiece and touch the other to the metal of the coin return. It would trick the system into thinking a coin dropped. So they went to tones as technologies progressed. Actually to tone, singular. The first was a single tone, 2600Hz. A person could whistle that tone and trip the system. A blind kid discovered this by accident. People that learned the tone were called phreakers. It was called phreaking. people like John Draper were originally single toners. Because it cost them money, AT&T went to multiple tones which is why multi-tone boxes were needed. Draper was one of those that made the jump.

[@utp216]

Thank you for this! I'm still amazed how close we are to each other. I grew up in West Baltimore and worked in Timonium then Hunt Valley before moving to York, PA. Very cool you shared this video at System Source. Keep finding and highlighting awesome tech (and audio) places! :)

[@Wurlyscope]

Great trip through memory lane, thanks!

[@LinuxDaily]

Given I collect vintage computers/gadgets I will never be able to leave this place!

[@budgetkeyboardist]

What a super cool place! Thank you for this awesome video.

[@LennyFlorentine]

Thanks for watching!

[@bertram3814]

Good interviews and information.💯

[@samuelg7673]

props for this dude for admitting that Steve Jobs stole a lot of ideas.

[@marcparsons1726]

Worked at an OEM small business where we had The Graveyard for all that stuff deemed useless. Who knew today?? Nice subject, good job everyone!

[@LennyFlorentine]

I bet some really cool stuff came through that graveyard!

[@marcparsons1726]

Climbing over a few Lisa's to get to the IBM pile.

[@straightasaspline]

my first console was the og gameboy, i loved that thing.

[@karaDee2363]

This was very interesting . I remember the first home computers were crazy expensive, such as $10,000 back then, which would be something like $80,000 today

[@MikeSchmidt-qt7ls]

You find the wildest stuff and places. Let me know when you come to colorado. Gold sound would love to meet you.

[@LennyFlorentine]

I love Colorado, will do for sure

[@LennyFlorentine]

I just checked my Colorado list and Gold Sound is already on it!

[@AthenaNova1]

The Sirius "Movie CD" uses it's own codec that needs it's own player program. It's not compatible with the Video CD format. I still have the "Dominion Tank Police" movie CD in my collection.

[@LennyFlorentine]

Nice! Thanks for sharing!

[@samuelg7673]

Damn showing off CEDs right away

[@RedSinter]

Hey Big Lenny....Just describing it is memorable as a Baby Boomer and familiar with the computers you mention and the Story of the Captain Krunch Whistle. I was a Super Beta Owner...and Sony Trinitron Owner as well...and playing Total Annihilation... System Shock...and crying 😭 I couldn't finish the Crusader Series by Atrai! And I and now my ex had the opportunity to buy Apple stock at $1.24:and Windows for 8.45 with $20k and she said no. The test is history 😂 and now you know why 24 years later I still get the Thousand Yard state when I have to be in her company.

[@kwd-kwd]

what was the reel to reel looking thing in the red box next to all the videotapes?

[@AudioGuyBrian]

I cannot believe the only 6502 CPU based computer they had was the first Apple. There were soooooo many early home computers that were much better that used the same chip but faster version. Atari Computers, Commodore computers, etc.. Not a sign of them there.

[@Bert-hn8yg]

Fascinating video: Where is the museum located? I must make a field trip. Did you happen to see any sliderules on display?

[@LennyFlorentine]

They had so much I didn’t show, I showed about 2% off the place max

[@LennyFlorentine]

System Source in Hunt Valley, MD

[@FidelityNation]

Cool place. I’ve taken some Cisco and VMware courses there in the past.

[@glenncurry3041]

I was hoping to see a mag core memory device. First computational device I used. Ya that was a while ago.

[@LennyFlorentine]

They probably had one, I had 2 hours worth of footage and hardly even toured the place, it was huge

[@AllboroLCD]

So.... The Apple 1 was sold for $666 and their logo is a bitten apple from the tree of knowledge?

[@paulidjit]

Ah yes, everyone knows the tale of Isaac Newton sitting under the tree of knowledge, when a serpent hurled an apple at him and then whispered “gravity” into his unconscious ear. Because of this mankind is cursed with toast that always falls butter side down.

[@AllboroLCD]

​@@paulidjit TY : D I gotta pull my head outta this pop culture bs, mah brainz gettin mushy from it all.

[@AllboroLCD]

​@@paulidjit If people so desperately need to worship a mere mortal man, let that man be Gary Kildall instead I say.

[@MyJoyDepecheMode]

🥰👍❤👍🥰

[@audiotuyenchon8042]

VN 🇻🇳 Bolero 👍🤣🤣❤❤❤

[@sprroach44]

No Microsoft Zune?

[@vinniemorciglio4632]

2600.....

[@DrJoesFunStuff]

Pager...

[@LennyFlorentine]

I think I need one