Inside an Abandoned 1990's Computer Factory & Corporate Office

As time and technology moves forward in lightning speed, this facility is the opposite. Frozen in time for nearly 20 years, this location is the perfect example of what life without humans would look like. Right out of a post apocalyptic video game, this decaying scenic location oozes with moss and new life while nature reclaims what is truly her's. If you enjoy the explore, make sure to leave a thumbs up and subscribe for more videos!
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[@DarkExploration]

Hope everyone enjoys this video, I was only a child when these computers were out and crazy to see this place stay stagnant for this long and take a new environment. Also, How old were you when you got your first computer?

[@hectorhortel2617]

how well you write friend !! in my case at 10 years old the Commodore 64! , for games. and the next one was window 94. What beautiful times those really, David! ...

[@spooley]

Lot numbers on the door were possible auction lots? Might have sold some office equipment near the end.

[@Kristinapedia]

I first had exposure to computers in 1982 when I was 12 with the Commodore 64. Of course we didn't have a computer at home but in 1984 my father borrowed an apple IIe from the school that he worked at. We could only play games on it of course. The next time I would use a computer would be in 1987 for introduction to computers in 11th grade. After that the first computer I got, (read: that my now ex talked me into buying with my credit card because he was a user) was a compaq presario 2510 with windows 98se and a whopping 10gb hard drive. 😂. That cost me $2000. I got my first laptop in 2009 and my second laptop in 2012 and i still use it today. (Replaced a few parts, bigger hard drive, double memory etc). One thing my loser ex did do was bring out my love of computers which also helped my love of genealogy since i had the world at my fingertips.

[@salis-salis]

For a company that makes computers, they don't seem to trust computers... everything in paperfolders...

[@DanielDanger420]

Probably 17 years old. Got my first "laptop" ... Thing was about 25lbs. Made my lap so damn hot! Had to put it on a phonebook on my lap. Surprised I managed to grow up and have kids. Thought that thing sterilized me!

[@crashbandicoot5091]

Dude how could you resist the urge to open up some of those boxes on the shelves and pallets? Probably some cool late 90s/00s relics in brand new condition.

[@explores40]

Maybe he just wanted to explore it would take him forever to go through some of the boxes 📦

[@deendrew36]

@@explores40 but just a couple of them wouldn’t have taken too long!

[@donoester6744]

It might be a red herring you placed regarding the company name, but this was a PCB manufacturing plant - the computers and monitors were probably used by the employees for CAD work in designing and laying out PCBs, etc. Inside the room with the red-tinted windows was the place where they developed photoresist films for each layer of the PCB. I don't know, but a place like this would likely have closed due to competition and price cutting from far-east countries. The equipment used for manufacture (etching, plating, drilling etc.) seems to be gone. Thanks for the video, it is very interesting to see - but also very depressing.

[@TwistTapeTechnology]

That was my assumption. Especially with the UV glass in one of the rooms. I wonder if they only did bare board, or if they also did PCB assembly? Looked like a fairly large facility.

[@rwilson4486]

Exactly, they just built circuit boards. Never made entire computers or operating systems. Cannot be compared to Apple or Microsoft.

[@allysonluly5226]

Was it like lithography

[@ijulesy]

Photocircuits factory in Oyster Bay, NY. Closed in 2007, so abandoned for about 13 years, not quite 30...

[@DarkExploration]

Yeah I miss pronounced it because I kept thinking of the 90s. Sorry about that

[@Splayn]

still crazy what water damage can do to such a place in 13 years. Looks abandoned way longer

[@rouaanjewaskiewitz8331]

I wanted to say,how can it be closed in 1990 but there is office 97 discs there lol.

[@Geotpf]

@@DarkExploration The computer monitors are all circa 1995, not 2007. By 2007 most would already be LCDs, not CRTs. The sign that says "This room contains lots" followed by a couple numbers, as well as stickers on some other things with similar four digit numbers, indicate to me that there was a bankruptcy auction selling equipment (hence the lot numbers), and some stuff didn't sell. Maybe the LCDs sold in the auction but the older CRTs didn't? Still, that's a lot of CRTs for a tech office operating in 2007.

[@ricknelsonm]

@@DarkExploration You do great work bruh, who cares about that

[@TisiGrey]

It took me like a 5 minute google search to find out this closed in 2007 and they made PCBs, not PCs. But cool explo.

[@KristineMacabare]

I like seeing office buildings return back to nature like that. Apparently Photocircuits filed for bankruptcy in 2005, but according to one former employee at the plant, despite their financial company's attempt to bail them out, the company themselves failed to upgrade their equipment. If their office was still using CRTs and old servers cooled by residential-looking, wall AC units in 2007, who knows what their plant was still using. Thanks for posting this one. Very interesting!

[@Stevie_B_0828]

"Look at that toilet in there jus chill'n"... LOL, dude you rock! 😄😄 🚽👍

[@ldgrittmanpeanutsfluffy6754]

About 11:00 the shot of the plant growing beside a computer part was quite breathtaking. I can see prints made of the picture. Wonderful video!

[@ls6-ss413]

Grew up down the road from this place and know a few people who worked here for many years. I could show you quite a few similar buildings on the island. This place was amazing in the 80's I remember visiting as a child. This is actually very sad to see.

[@mikesawyer1336]

That much decay in 14 years? Amazing.. Water kills a building very quickly

[@nicoleaustin8616]

Some 25 year old is calling his mom up right now "YOU LEFT MY DRAWING!!??"

[@thebonefish]

5:24 I believe you have my stapler

[@Elusive9T2RETRO]

I came to write this 🤣

[@cmendoza9255]

Office Space

[@bperf322]

The decay, the desks, the computer monitors... It doesnt get more Fallout than that building

[@debs7871]

This was the best explore I’ve seen in months. You have a great camera presence and your comments are respectful. You have a keen sense of what your audience wants to see... like the natural decay and the before and after photos. Thank you!

[@DarkExploration]

Wow, thank you!

[@rochelle2423]

Love your explorations, they're a stark reminder that everything is temporary. It always strikes me that someone cared about these things, packed the boxes, labeled the drawers, etc. Love the plants growing in darkness. To quote Jurassic Park.. life will find a way. Great work!!

[@RedstoneMiner18]

True

[@user-ci9ri4fl5pBuckeyeChessie]

Why did you not open some of the boxes on both the shelves and on the pallets, it would be interesting to see the old stock in brand new an unused condition.

[@bkha8483]

As mentioned below, this place was not a computer mfg, and I know the place fairly well, since I've been working in the electronic industry since the late 70's on Long Island, and know of this company. They mfg printed circuit boards (PCB). PCB's are used to place/solder/assemble the electronic components on, and make electronic equipment (some of the equipment their PCBs were used in, could have been early computers per say). Long Island was heavy in military work and prime contractors and sub contractors 50's -thru the 80's. 90's saw a huge down turn As the lucrative military contracts declined, along with the actual primes on LI, so did the requirement for USA made parts, as COTS took over and off shore sources were qualified and accepted, the local shops like this one could not keep up with the declining prices from over seas. This company was very good size employer. There were many efforts to keep them in business. Yanking on their purse strings , were the ever increasing cost of doing business on Long Island, worker's salaries (cost of living sky rocketing on LI) and as much, cost of electricity. This operations used a lot of electricity, and LI is one of the most expensive places in the US for the cost of electricity. The Lot numbers saw on the door jam, was for an auction. The equipment was sold off. Sorry to say, I've been to a lot of them on LI, looking for deals for the company I worked for at the time, looking to get deals to help our place as we grew. The company I worked for at the time, we designed certain type of electronics, and manufactured in NY, SD, Mexico, and hate to say it China for the telecom market. Not only did the price pressures on the sheer quantities call for it, but there was a business culture that drove it. IT was a requirement to manufacture in the far east.

[@AR20231]

By far my favorite video by you! Being tech support and remembering how computer first started coming out when I was kid a lot nostalgia here!

[@hi.panorama]

The power of decay is unbelievable! On the other hand, it is a shame this building didn't find a new owner but fell into ruin - it seemed to have the great potential

[@ThomasKent1346]

6:42 "This room contains lots". More specifically, Lot numbers 3529 to 3532. In other words, items put up for auction.

[@jabbert2663]

Hey bro I love your channel. I like how you explore the past and respect it. I suffer from depression and your videos cheer me up. I thank you from the depths of my heart. You keep doing stuff like this and life will treat you well. May god bless your soul and have a merry day good sir.

[@DarkExploration]

I'm glad I could help. Seriously, i appreciate you. Thanks for the support

[@jabbert2663]

@@DarkExploration No thank you for everything my dude.

[@kpietran61]

This place is amazing!! I’m with you I love all the natural decay. I love how you find beauty in everything and introduce us to the beauty of the decay when we are thinking yuck .

[@joshpratt5519]

This place was buzzing in 1989

[@ShamrockParticle]

If a power transformer starts to wear out, it'll buzz louder 😅

[@Milf0rd1]

Its crazy the amount of monitors sitting around abandoned, I use to wish I had a single 24" svga monitor on my setup

[@westtell4]

As of April 15, 2007, Photocircuits Corporation went out of business. Photocircuits Corporation manufactures printed circuit boards for cars, consumer electronics, and military technology. It also provides engineering prototype services for military and commercial products; and rapid ramp-to-production services. Photocircuits Corporation was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Glen Cove, New York. The company has facilities and offices in Peachtree City, Georgia; Heredia, Costa Rica; Batangas, Philippines; and Kunshan, China.

[@Uttelito]

It looks like they tried to auction off as much as they could, alot of stuff have stickers with numers from the auction firm. thats probobly why there are no furniture.

[@drewsa_mmxx2009]

Your correct they did! Most companies do it when they are going bankrupt so its not too surprising lol

[@bighands69]

@@drewsa_mmxx2009 A liquidator is appointed by the courts and the pay for the privilege of trying to sell of the assets. Much of the heavy equipment would need very specialist remove due to size and weight and is much easier to buy new equipment from a manufacturer that will provide service.

[@drewsa_mmxx2009]

bighand69 ahh thanks for letting me know i always thought it was the company themselves that did it

[@game_master_rukia]

it's actually been about 13 years since they closed cause they closed down for good in 2007

[@DarkExploration]

I kept having the 90s in my head thus leading me to keep saying 20 years ago.

[@RichieRouge206]

It always amazes me how despite what man conquers, nature always takes back in the end! Wish you could have saved that boombox lol. The spider webs would definitely freak me out. Such a cool place and great explore dude!

[@Keith1212]

*looks at microwave with the door open* "THIS IS a computer that was being fixed!" I mean fuck it everything's a computer if it's in a computer factory.

[@TheGibsOfTheTube]

Love your videos man. Absolutely love urban exploration! Not to knock you though but looking up on Google shows that they were in business until 2007 and didn't close in the 90s.

[@strawberryshortcake2255]

Can you try to find pictures of how these buildings/rooms look back in the day vs now? like before and after. It would be really interesting to see! love these videos ❤

[@amyrah9546]

Such a good video, I love your filming style and all your videos, definitely my top favourite explorer channel 😊

[@Willpower-74205]

It's like real life Dead Space art. Creepy yet compelling. Good one, Devin! 😎👍

[@strawberryshortcake2255]

I wish they somehow preserved these places. They hold so much history but are just left to rot 😔

[@nicktechnubyte1184]

It's a real injustice to the history of technology!

[@bighands69]

So the amount of energy it requires to preserve those places would mean they could keep the place running. Keeping them operational would be expensive.

[@annmarielikeszebras]

glad to see you're back! good to see such a good explore in times like these! We got our first "newer" computer, built by my cousin, in like 2002. I tried typing shitty stories on it, but It was so bad. It crashed a lot and had sd ram. Before that, we had a windows nt 4.0 pc and an amiga in the mid 90s. the 4.0 was before i started school, and the amiga was second hand a few years later with games that i was bad at. then we got an n64 and i didn't look back. first new pc was 2004 and i installed so much shit. ended up being largely sims 2 and msn emoticons :')

[@gureno19]

It hasn't really been untouched and naturally decayed, almost every square inch of this facility has been stripped of copper in the roof and walls.

[@SherriWarden-zl9eq]

You mention how nature takes over.....I think nature has always been in charge. Thank you for your video.

[@MrAllen-fv9cj]

25:30 nice Michael Scott quote poster.

[@mattjajkowski]

Awesome videos thanks for urban exploring for those of us that can’t!

[@jimpanza1]

You all do great videos keep them coming. You know what bothers me about a place like this is that we here in America have tons of buildings in the same situation. We build a building use it for a while and than just abandon it when we do not need it anymore. Sometimes the building is lickey and finds a new owner when finds a new use for it and it gets a new life. However in this case and the case of many other building across america they buildings are left abandoned to rot away and not get used again when they could be turned in to things likes affordable homes for people that could not afford places to live or places for colleges to build campuses. I know know in a couple other parts of New York State where IBM did the same thing and closed some of their manufacturing plants in 1998 and those buildings are rotting away today. Those buildings would make a great college campus or a great affordable housing. Lots of times the communities around these companies depended on these companies to survive and than when these big companies leave it really hurts the surrounding communities. I really wish we here in America would think before building a boulding what happens if the company or that that owns or uses this building leaves what can we do with the building than let it just rot away.

[@A._Grey]

That was a cool explore, I used to work in a pc factory like that in 2000's

[@fabian6514.cr3]

Omg all those CDs and floppy disks. I would've taken them home

[@RedstoneMiner18]

Same!

[@bharatgarg3116]

Interesting Video ! Looking forward to more from you !

[@zachlundy3504]

Not sure if you will see this or not, but one of the best ways to determine what year it was last in operation was look at any fire extinguisher on the walls. They all should have a tag on them that says a year they were last inspected, they are required to be inspected once a year if the place is in operation

[@ladytsadventures8033]

Really cool video! That was so neat to see all those old monitors!

[@michaeljarosz4062]

I saw lots and lots and lots of video monitors, not so many keyboards and hardly any PC cpu boxes. Makes me wonder if one of the comments I read here was right that they designed circuit boards here using some sort of circuit design CAD on screen, possibly run from a central mainframe or VAX-type mini. In the 80s and 90s I worked for an architecture firm that did just that. If we were good, the manager would let us into the network room where we could see the VAX that was running the whole office.

[@hi.panorama]

Still one of my favourite of your urbex explorations.

[@spiritofpast900]

Great video Devin, a big thumbs up

[@jdexploresfan3628]

Interesting explore. Thanks for the upload 👍😃

[@vikitooooooo]

Damn, imagine if someone went there with a truck just to steal everything.

[@christophermorreall3454]

That black opened device was finished. It was a label printer with the lid taken off. My job has those printers.

[@lowtech81]

the blue at 23:30 is a lable machine, not a computer

[@DarkExploration]

The more I know. Thanks

[@Dag20123]

@@DarkExploration correction. It's a label printer. It prints text in any font, as well as symbols and black pictures or logos. Usually printed on stickers for packaging but I've used them for wire heat shrink tubing. This device will also perferate at any desired point. Pretty cool devices.

[@anthony_leckie]

This was one of the most interesting exploration videos I've ever seen.

[@97JoMiller]

This company made circuit boards not computers like Apple and Microsoft... (Microsoftt didn't get into the computer market until recently) and they closed their doors in 2007. They blamed part of the closure on the facility that you are walking through as well as a large deal falling through after another r company bought them out when they filed for Chapter 11.

[@srarcade]

I love the early 80s architecture of the office building portion

[@erikdukes2505]

I really appreciate your exploration videos. You have absolutely done your research. With historical, political, religious and adventuring purposes. Well done with both the history and knowledge. Of each old ruined, decayed, emptied or abandoned buildings. By the way I am Erik. I just subscribed to your channel. How do you manage to research tons of these places? Especially in different locations. Since I myself am a history buff too.

[@Djbiohazard1991]

I don't get why people abandon stuff like that. Like, it looks like a nice building, could've put a few startups in it or something. "Nah, I'd rather leave it to rot."

[@thevacdude]

Very cool place. Thanks for the tour.

[@VectraQS]

One of my favorite parts of urbex videos are the electronics left behind. This video takes that up to 11.

[@escapenguin]

Poor sysadmin meticulously labeled everything and it's just tossed all over the room.

[@saitamabilingualgamer3915]

This place is awesome. Its cool how the building doesn't seem like it experienced much vandalism and mostly has natural decay. Looks like it would appear in Last of Us.

[@deendrew36]

Is that a show of some sort?

[@KC8EWU]

The one machine that had a heater and said packaging was a shrink wrap heat tunnel. The plastic wrap is put on loosely and then goes through the tunnel which causes the plastic too shrink tightly around the package.

[@DarkExploration]

That makes alot of sense! Thank you for clearing it up

[@KC8EWU]

@@DarkExploration anytime, I once worked in a food factory on the 3rd shift sanitation crew (fancy name for overnight cleaning crew basically, lol)

[@Jasa12265]

Looks like the company closed down in 2007. My guess is most of the damage happened from Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

[@mikefitchNYC1971]

Fascinating exploration!

[@davek12]

That's some serious humidity damage. Really amazing how fast.

[@evhvariac2]

Excellent video and narration

[@earth2006]

it would be interesting to boot up the computers and see what the final entry was.

[@stephendevore3902]

The computer product they were working on and left. That is printer for making thermal labels to put on boxes.I uses one almost like that up to 2015 At Filaments Division Dupont.Great Video. Your a Video Archeologist. This best describes what you do.The 1990a were a rough and tumble market that Apple and others left in the Dust!!! I'm 53 now. The amount of change is amazing .Your looking at hundreds of years of change in a compressed 20 to 30 year time line. Think About the changes that will and will not be in the next 30.Great Video Be Save🙂😎

[@cheekychops2004]

It's so cool how you see beauty in all the decay😊

[@CurlyVeil]

I was waiting for this video 🖤🙌🏼🙌🏼

[@MarathonManPeatMoss]

I only watched this as long as I did because I worked for another division of Kollmorgen Corporation when Photocircuits was part of Kollmorgen. This would have been far more interesting if you had simply googled "Photocircuits" and told some of the history of the company and what led to its demise. The toxic plume generated by decades of pollution from this facility is a story on its own. But calling one of the early US manufacturers of printed circuit boards a computer company? Some nice footage, but a little intellectual curiosity would have gone a long way here.

[@elbeelondon]

Love these videos!💕

[@benjaminthomas6663]

Thumbs up for what appears to be a solo explore.

[@MrL4t3]

Very nice place and awesome natural decay.

[@danestegman155]

I am glad you wore a mask, when you went in here! There looks like it has an awful lot of mold and decay in this place! You should have someone with you too! I would not go in a old fun down building by myself! Good video! What a mess! I am surprised that someone has not torched this place, with all that paper in it!

[@bighands69]

Modern people are scared of their shadows. Masks you must be joking.

[@Boot_185]

I love the natural floor with the moss and plants

[@thedeadzone9236]

I hope one day I can find an abandoned call center or office building like this, it would be awesome to explore

[@ls6-ss413]

Very cool explore 👌👍

[@joaoaugustomiranda]

good night, i subscribed to your channel because i really like watching this type of video. from Brazil

[@renep702]

13:27 realy nice HP 9000 Server! love that... :)

[@longge6395]

I'd die to go to all the places you're going and take pictures. I'd also be unable to not take these old photos home with me.

[@TRCCtv]

calling monitors, label printers.... computers.... may as well call the chairs computers too, lol

[@Loganix]

I want that Dell keyboard so bad! Here, eat my money eBay. Great video!

[@robertnussberger2028]

14:06 I can imagine that black pc tower was a prototype they were studying on just moments before they closed up. Soo, this factory probably closed in 2001, in my theory.

[@RedstoneMiner18]

Interesting theory

[@mollylou426]

I love your work, keep it up. Stay safe

[@luanidie1271]

Nice work =*

[@dafyddr8678]

WoW.. To be honest i'd have taken a hard drive to see what the company left behind..! Surprised they left paperwork for orders from the Military !

[@DriveCarToBar]

abandoned 30 years ago...computers from 2002. lol. 13:25 - you could probably clean those HP systems out and fire them back up. I'll bet once you removed the old rat shit from inside, those of OpenVMS systems would still work and run for another 20 years.

[@lostandfoundplaces]

This place is crazy, obviously it has been closed for 17 years only (documents and photos from 2003), and the level of decay is amazing.

[@ituiitauba]

It's amazing! Congratulations!

[@LakeshoreParanormal]

Awesome video Bro

[@movieedge7370]

So sad that someone left those pictures behind.

[@pike666db]

I would've taken them and post them on the former employees group on facebook.

[@Juniper122]

Wow that place looks incredibly dangerous. I never seen the inside of that building but I am from Glen Cove and that place vacated only 13 years ago. They closed in March 2007

[@explores40]

Whoa this place is falling apart cool explore at the time I wonder if this building still stands today 🤠

[@jorge_films6181]

Dope videos bro. New Subscriber. Want to visit abandoned places and if possible i would like to know how you get access to some pf these places. Are they all open to the public???

[@jaromircech228]

👍👍 nice Bro

[@eaglescout1984]

An FYI on the boilers. Those would have been for heating the manufacturing building. So, considering the type of building it is (steel structure) with as much exposed roof as there is and located in an area with some possibly cold winters, I'm not surprised they had they had 2 boilers of that size.

[@michaeljarosz4062]

His first thought was that they were some kind of turbines. Now THAT would have been cool if it were true. I recognized them as boilers immediately.

[@Ronnocbot]

23:36 That is a label printer. We still use that exact model at my employer to print asset tags for tech.

[@movieedge7370]

I wonder what the place looked like back in the day . All the people that lost there jobs there I wouldn’t be Surprised if they went to Microsoft or Apple to find work.

[@lenholt7419]

Interesting explore. One piece of equipment Easty? was probably some form of oven. In that time frame, Circuit boards would have all the components placed then baked to solder. The compurters were old CRT's and keyboards. Saw a lot of old printers and such. Probably more toxins there than can be imagined.

[@michaeljarosz4062]

The area was clearly a packing station, and I'm pretty sure that was a shrink wrap oven.

[@pgtrish]

If 2020 had an office space...