The LGR Apple II Collection + Testing an Apple //e!

[@hotelmario510]

I love how LGR still has the same immensely likeable presentation style after all these years. Always chortling to himself. These videos are always really pleasant to watch even just as background noise.

[@mica7191]

I am watching LDR since 2011... that year i got my first PC , and my own first internet connection...

[@matthewplehn4271]

agreed

[@cw8537]

Also going to add: the immense lack of side-commentary for Apple stuff. Clint’s clearly not comfortable with the Apple side of things-still love him tho

[@jstinn123]

LGR is moving, a hectic thing moving, and he still manages to give his fans some interesting content. Thanks LGR!

[@JohnSmith-xq1pz]

Will future LGR have a dedicated Arcade space?

[@pentelegomenon1175]

Is it ironic or appropriate that it's an unboxing video?

[@Aoekin]

props my friend, good thing the weather has been good haha.

[@DRCHEESE387]

Thanks Mr LGR!

[@frankerobert5315]

i appreciate this.

[@adriansdigitalbasement]

I found an old cloner in a box of random old junk. I'll make a copy of myself and mail it to you. :-)

[@vhfgamer]

Let's get right to it.

[@heilong108]

The cloner IS the box

[@HokkaidoFan]

@Mr. Spectacals Look at that!

[@LGR]

@Adrian's Digital Basement My clones will welcome your clones with open arms and goofy grins!

[@BloominFleury29]

@@LGR that’s kinda wholesome. I don’t really have any odd ware but I could send a drawing of you I made

[@mykeljmoney]

“It’s just kind of filler content.” I thought, “damn, it’s just riffing so it’s probably short.” I was very pleasantly surprised to see 36:26! Now that’s what I’m talking about! LGR riffing is always enjoyable and informative! And yes, when I see there’s a new LGR video I click it asap. I don’t waste time checking out things like length or topic. Come on! It’s LG-frickin’-R!

[@TheSulross]

but even when he's not rifting he comes off as though he's rifting - is his super power talent

[@the_soapies]

"If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter"

[@nnthayer]

Want to call out that excellent and proper packing job for the Monitor /// at 20:29. As someone that's seen his fair share of old computer stuff damaged from indifferent sellers (including a Monitor /// that was simply popped into a box with no padding of any kind), I gotta say *that* was gratifying to see.

[@lo1bo2]

Agreed, that was impressive. If I was buying bulky computer stuff and the seller was within a day's drive, I'd just plan a fun trip and pick it up myself.

[@amirpourghoureiyan1637]

If only more people took the time to research how to ship a CRT :/

[@SnipE_mS]

I recently had an ibm 5153 monitor show up in a million pieces so I completely know what you mean!

[@TheSulross]

along side home economics and shop classes, the school systems should have classes on how to properly pack a CRT monitor for ebay shipment

[@lo1bo2]

@@TheSulross Legitimately, I liked my home economics class and shop class in middle school!

[@g.u.959]

Naming the chapter “RIFA madness” was an excellent touch. I giggled way more at that than I should’ve.

[@WolfePaws]

I'm hearing impaired, so I always have the closed captions on - I really enjoy the way he subtitles. Amusing sound effects and "Apple-flavoured Jazz themes."

[@ryoandr]

take it apaaaaart

[@AaronOfMpls]

@@WolfePaws And I'm _not_ hearing-impaired (except for the near-ultrasonic frequencies we all lose sometime after our teens), but I still have the captions on as - a.) another channel into my brain, and - b.) to look for jokes and other things (like "[apple-flavored jazz tunes]" _EDIT: and "[laughs in capacitor death]"_ ) that make me smile. 🙂 Thanks as ever, LGR! 😎 An Apple IIe is super-nostalgic for me, since they were the first computers I ever used too (unless you count a Speak & Spell). My elementary school (late '80s-early '90s) had quite a few of 'em!

[@RubyRoks]

I really appreciate this interim "Blerbs but higher quality" format. It feels like a bit of a throwback to the older times before production quality got more focused

[@deepspacetech3000]

Hi Clint. Long time listener, first time caller. Your videos always trigger a pleasant dive into nostalgia...Computer classes with Word Muncher and Oregon Trail. Attending local yard sales buying random computer equipment, convinced some combination of which would lead to a time machine. Getting actual floppy disks as a present on Christmas morning (including Corncob and Wolfenstein 3D). Thank you for your videos. Hope the rest of your move goes well!

[@TopHatJackStudios]

[Laughs in capacitor death] LGR's captions are always gold.

[@mialemon6186]

I never wanted to NEED captions, but the LGR captions are a special kind of gold that make me feel like we get an even better video. It's nice to be thought of this way. 🤣💛

[@OriginalPineapplesFoster]

@@mialemon6186 As a budding captioner, seeing comments like these makes me want to do them as well as LGR does. ❤️🍍

[@stampedetrail2003]

I found a whole pallet of IIe platinums at the dump about 20 years ago, took em home and made one really nice IIe platinum. Then proceeded to make a CAD program, word processor, fractal generator, quiz game, kind of re-runs from my high school days really. I called it "Appleatia" and still have it scanned for emulators. Fun stuff, these were really primitive computers but the included software, really made it an excellent platform for learning the basics of coding and math.

[@mosquitobrainbutcool]

Do you have the rom online anywhere? That sounds super interesting to play around with.

[@stampedetrail2003]

@@mosquitobrainbutcool actually yes, as dsk files I think.

[@brentboswell1294]

8:49 That's most likely the Apple Extended 80 Column Card, which gave the machine 80 column display capabilities and 64k extra RAM (bank switched, as the 6502 could only address 64k of memory at a time). It also enables double high resolution graphics, 512x192 in 16 colors 😊 The other options from Apple for the Enhanced slot were the Apple 80 column card (no RAM other than a doubling of the video RAM), and the RGB Extended 80 column Card, for the ultra rare Apple RGB display (several of which were rescued from outdoor storage at Computer Reset).

[@MichaelPohoreski]

560x192 DHGR :-)

[@brentboswell1294]

@@MichaelPohoreski Oh yeah, forgot HGR was 280 pixels...😉

[@Kylefassbinderful]

you beat me to it lol

[@robotickilldozer]

Definitely a display card, just looking at the part numbers - the big chip is a CRT controller with built-in character generator, plus two EPROMS (for character sets?) and a 2 KByte static RAM. I don't know anything about specific Apple cards though.

[@brentboswell1294]

@@robotickilldozer if it's only got 2K of RAM, then it's the Apple 80 Column Card. There were several revisions of the Extended 80 Column Card (which had 64K RAM on board). I know this because I went to an Apple store in 1992, to get a new one for our 1986 Enhanced //e, which had blown a RAM chip. We got a much newer card that was much smaller and only had two RAM chips on it. I was in college at this point, and convinced my mom to buy a 386 PC for the home computer 🤣

[@Wulfdane]

I remember seeing the TRS-80 in Radio Shack when I was kid and while it looked neat, all I cared about as a kid was the Atari 2600. It was the Apple IIe in school that opened my eyes to computers and I have loved computers since.

[@brandonbert]

LGR: "I'm itching to do another setup video..." Proceeds to do a setup video. The legend delivers again. =)

[@andrewd.harris656]

We used those in middle school when they had long been ancient. The Navy dumped a lot of old tech off on the school I went to in late middle school. It was called Northeast Middle School, and my class was the first class to start and finish at the new building they'd built for it. I was in a gifted class, and I had to write my first novel on the Apple IIe. I got in trouble for it because it was violent and didn't get to go to D.C. with the rest of the class when Bill Clinton was President. Didn't miss out on much. I did make the President's list though that year and got a letter from Clinton. Also learned some BASIC on the IIe back then. They had some really cool RPG's for it. Games like oregon trail are easy to make in BASIC.

[@Skelig]

The amber Alps in the Apple IIc are absolutely beautiful to type on, easily the best keyboard in Apple's collection.

[@ghostlymoth5653]

I just came to say that I found your channel yesterday while I was installing an old American Online 8.0 into my computer and I love your content. I love how passionate you are about old tech and the way you get so excited! It is awesome! I am so happy to have found your channel

[@LGR]

Oh nice! Hope you continue to enjoy the videos, I've got some pretty good ones on AOL :)

[@ctrlaltrees]

Hope the move is going well! Good on you for keeping the content flowing 😁

[@kazinwho]

"Uh oh - shit!" the most common spoken phrase for retro tech enthusiasts lol

[@LGR]

Truth

[@stockicide]

It's refreshing to see Apple products that were designed to be easy to open up and repair / upgrade.

[@djcsdy2]

Bear in mind that on a monochrome monitor, the "composite" video output is exactly equivalent to just the luma part of a component video output. So you would expect it to be very sharp. The monitor won't include any hardware to strip out the colour band of component video (too expensive!), but will instead ignore the colour burst and treat the colour band as the higher frequency part of the luma signal. Thus on a monochrome monitor you get back the horizontal sharpness that you would have lost to the colour band on a composite colour monitor. Since the Apple II's display hardware is really monochrome internally, and relies on NTSC artifacting to produce colour, everything works out perfectly!

[@jamesleung2450]

All these apple II's remind me of the ones in every school classroom in middle school in the mid 90's, nostalgic!

[@maxxdahl6062]

Hell our elementary school had them here.

[@bryanjensen2614]

Mid 90's? We had Apple IIe's in our classroom in 9th grade in 83.

[@vjcodec]

love this content Clint! don't worry about that it feels low effort to you. its not! you just pumped out a 36 min video with amazing machines. really enjoyed it. thank you!

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

I Love it when LGR say's In terms of the rear end situation , it's looking good about an old apple Computer :) QC

[@nemopouncey3827]

did you know if you press Ctrl alt a you can hack into the program disc?

[@foxdavani4091]

I always love the chill jazz playing in the background. With your soft voice and the nice jazz, listening to computer stuff is relaxing. Really relaxing. Like just chillin at a coffee shop while people chat.

[@KzintiCV]

The Apple 2e was my first computer ever. Even today the sound of it running hits me with a nostalgia nothing else can touch.

[@zodden01]

Apple 2e was my first machine when I was 9 years old. It got me into a lifetime of computers, tech and building PC's. Its a shame I have no idea what happened to it all these decades later. This video brought back some memories, especially the sounds when you turned it on. I had not thought about that in many years. Good stuff!

[@MrLurchsThings]

The Apple II line is such a great range of machines. Woz’s decision to have all that expansion built in was brilliant. In fact a IIe Platinum just followed me home yesterday. I sense a Jan/Adrian style repair-a-thon upcoming. Although I’m not sure how many times you can replace RIFA caps and stay interesting 😂

[@ClassicGameSessions]

Wonderful Apple II collection. Some of my earliest gaming experiences were on the Apple IIe. I love the old PCs and DOS gaming as you do but nice to see your keen interest in these Apple classics! Nostalgic green monochrome monitor lol had one of those!

[@Nomadmandude]

Number Munchers and Oregon Trail.

[@NickDalzell]

Oregon trail was the #1 game in second grade. Spell a vator, Jenny's Journeys, odell lake...

[@willmoody74]

New subscriber here. First of all, your content is amazing. Keep up the great work! I recently cleaned out my childhood belongings from my parents' house as they transition to a senior community. In 1987, Santa brought me a Laser 128 computer with a Laser monochrome monitor, a joystick, a Laser mouse and a dot matrix printer. The next year I got an external drive as well. I found all of the parts of the computer carefully stored in a closet...and it still powers up! I also found Beyond Zork, Plundered Hearts and several other Infocom games still in their original boxes (I was a nerdy kid). I also found my Tomy Verbot with the remote control and my Radio Shack Armitron. Seeing those items again brought me such happy feelings of nostalgia. Your content often makes me feel the same way and I appreciate you for that!

[@orbitalgolem91]

Fantastic. I still have my ][ Plus from 1982, and my IIGS from 1986. Picked up a //e Platinum years ago to shore up the collection - basically new and stored in a school closet for years. Learned about obsolescence early on when my folks got me the ][ Plus in Dec '82 and Apple introduced the //e the next month.

[@nightrider_]

Just love this. I'm excited of what other LGR hidden goodies we're gonna get videos about.. Cleaning and reorganising stuff always brings up things we forget we had and I love that, that feeling produced a video from LGR. :D Edit: I also loved that he knew what blew up like right away. That is just experience. xD

[@Markimark151]

The Apple II plus was the very first computer I ever used in elementary school, we also had Apple IIe in our school library. Played lots of typing games and these computers were used throughout the 1980s until our school upgrade to the Macintosh in the late 80s!

[@omegaflameZ]

Never had the chance to use these sorts of machines but can I just say, THE SOUNDS! I love how these machines sound, even the creaky bits!

[@draganovkassiar]

My elementary had a lab of Apple IIs of some variety (probably E) until it was tipped down and rebuilt in 2002. I was using those things in like 2002 in second grade. Always wanted one ever since

[@minty_Joe]

Same here. The public school I went to from 6th grade and onward had a lab full of IIe systems and each teacher had a IIgs of their own. By 1992, the school got in some new Mac LC II and LC III systems for the library and Mac computer lab. Those systems were linked together to 3 ImageWriter II and a couple LaserWriter printers via PhoneNet adapters. The Mac lab teacher had a IIci on her desk and another IIci acting as a print spooler. Imagine, for a moment a roomful of those Macs all sending a print task at the same time. It would likely be about 20 minutes later or so before it finally got to your print job. Very slow.

[@ThePolandball]

Nice one Clint! I had an Apple II+ once (with the "Monitor ///" and double 5 ¼" drives)... had tons of fun tinkering with it. I too remember encountering keyboard issues. Brings back memories!

[@Nimmbin]

Great video LGR. Don't stress too much about content right now, get yourself settled. Your videos are and will always be worth waiting for. Thanks for sharing 😊

[@userNULL]

YES Love the Lost joke at 20:16, The Hatch terminal was the main reason I got interested in vintage computers!

[@JSR_]

I'm drooling. What an amazing collection! I hope to see more content on the Apple II sometime in the new house! Good luck in the rest of the move!

[@alexhofstee466]

An LGR - Adrian's Digital Basement Apple fix collab? Sounds like fun. 😁😉

[@rjhelms]

The IIe with a Monitor III is one of the ultimate computer rigs to me. My dad bought basically this exact setup in '83 for serious business (VisiCalc!) and a few years, later once he switched to a PC, he handed it off to us kids. Such good memories!

[@therealherbzy]

I really wish there was more good Apple IIGS content out there! Its such a beautiful computer. I know that you have an old review of it and its a good video. I just want more!

[@dancingwiththedogsdj]

Clint, young man, despite you just "threw" this together, it was awesome!!! I've always loved your channel, but seeing "baby Clint" reviewing "Stunts on PC" or something way back when, to now, it's amazing how you've grown and keep the charm we love. You take care of yoursef during the move, but CANNOT wait for more!!!!

[@RudysRetroIntel]

Excellent collection!! The AppliCard is cpu card that runs faster than Microsoft CPM card. The card with the video cables allows you to do 80 columns :)

[@YamiSatoshi]

As a retro computing fan and a game show fan, I got particularly excited when you brought out the Apple II, not just because it's the original Apple II but also because nine of them drove the game board on the 1978 version of Tic Tac Dough.

[@captainhook155]

Wow this is really great. Seeing this thing in such good condition is like going back in time. I know very little about the antiquated computing stuff but seeing your enthusiasm really makes your videos worth watching. Appreciate the content and good luck finishing your move!

[@loughkb]

Wow! Score on the quality of the machine and the packing. It's like getting a museum piece. I did notice something, and I'm not sure if it was your camera angle causing an illusion or not. But on the monitor III, it looks as if the scan lines are further apart near the top of the screen, gradually getting closer together as you travel down the screen. It's been years since I worked on those old CRT's, but I think the adjustment is called 'linearity'. It might even be one of those pots on the back. I liked those mesh anti-glare screens. As Mel would say, shiny!

[@awd42]

Yeah, the linearity definitely needs adjusting. Don't know about that monitor in particular, but for some, the linearity adjustment was a coil you'd use a plastic hexagonal tool to adjust.

[@LonSeidman]

This reminds me I need to snip the battery out of my IIgs.. And replace its RIFA cap!

[@Kylefassbinderful]

The IIc will forever be my fav Apple ll. I have the 3rd revision with the rarely used memory expansion slot. I'll never let it go.

[@tetsujin_144]

To me it is the iconic version of Apple II. I knew the IIc before I knew the IIe even existed.

[@Kylefassbinderful]

@@tetsujin_144 same. I got my IIc in 1999 in a box with random cables and power cords. The guy at the thrift store sold everything to me for a buck lol. This was in the early days of eBay before people listed anything vintage. Back then a lot of people didn't have computers let alone internet or digital camera. Listing something on eBay seemed intimidating for everyday folk back then. That was the best time to go computer collecting.

[@MichaelEilers]

The IIGS keyboard is still amazing to use, even though the compact size and lack of any borders/edges to rest a hand or finger takes some getting used to. Love the sound and feel, and they take a pounding for decades with no issues.

[@JamesPotts]

With the exception of the filter caps, Apple 2 PSUs are pretty solid. And welcome to early IIe ownership. I bought the same type back in the day, after making the case that I should spend "college money" from the grandparents early.

[@awwrelic]

I'll have to show this to my little sister (now 50); she remembers using Apple 2e when she was in school in the late 80s. Mind you, I was 15 when the original Apple 2 premiered, and the closest thing my high school had to a keyboard were both manual and electric typewriters :) But this video really helped me; I have had a portable computer I've had for a good 15 years, and now I know it's a clone Apple IIe. Finding that out I can now look for an AC adapter to see if it works :). Thanks for the videos over the years!

[@simogene]

Filler content that I'm here for 100%! Nice break from my own moving struggle. Thanks, Clint!

[@CarnorJast1138]

The one Apple I wouldn't mind having is that Apple IIgs! Not an Apple fan at all, except the older classics from them. The IIgs is really the one I am looking for and am so glad you have one to show off!

[@Issicra]

Our middle school had Apple IIc(s) in the computer lab, in the early 80s, and one of my neighbors had an Apple II Plus. Brings back a lot of memories.

[@ReinaldoRauch]

Anything that you post will be awesome Clint, hope the moving is going well! Dont push yourself too much, take your time!

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

If you’re not interested in “hey, here’s some computers, let’s talk about ‘em”, I have to wonder how you’d have stumbled across LGR in the first place 😂

[@trustnoone81]

My thoughts exactly

[@DissociatedWomenIncorporated]

@Mr. Spectacals I mean that's a fair point, though at least in the modern day when he does that he tends to be running retro games on a cool retro setup and so the hardware is at least a co-star in the show 😁

[@TheSulross]

it's his celebrity status

[@tonisjuhkam3956]

Computer bathing 😅

[@BubblewrapHighway]

I think I was desperately looking for new Morrowind videos and eventually found his.

[@eatmanyzoos]

love the hints of green in the designs. it goes with the text on the monitor 3 perfectly. pretty cool.

[@rvkasper]

Great video! IIe was def the computers we had in elementary school - my Dad worked for Martin Marietta which was an Apple shop and had a decent employee discount. So we had at home the IIgs, then a Mac IIci, then a Radius branded PowerMac clone believe it or not. Those carried me through the 90s more or less til my first Windows PC in college.

[@BennyTygohome]

I remember an Apple retailer in the Everett mall in the 1983 or 84 ish years. Id go in there at 13 yr old and sit at the desk, going through the demonstration software, using a mouse for the first time. The salesman was not super happy a 13 yr old was in his showroom, potentially taking valuable time away from his real clients.

[@raystapp4001]

Those were the days when the mall was cool. I miss that big fountain that use to be in the middle of the Everett Mall. The only store I recognize is Spencers.

[@patrickfinie4102]

Ahhh. Love the lightly layed back, or some might call, Lazly done videos. Your content is always great.

[@darktetsuya]

The Apple II line was the one I was raised on in grade school! loved how much more that the IIGS could do, for sure! I forget how I learned but I discovered the secret menu that let you change the colors and the octave the start tone played at! OMG the OG BASIC version of Oregon Trail I haven't seen that version in *years* ... was cool to see while that power supply part lasted, hoping it's not too much trouble to replace or remove entirely (as you were saying) but this was fun to watch!!

[@robertshowe2417]

It is like being back in highschool, the memories are awesome.

[@HeadsetGuy]

Much like you, my first experience with the Apple II was the IIe's we had in our Kindergarten classroom. We didn't have many noteworthy games though, just the rare Apple II version of Fisher-Price School Bus Driver, a game called Mathosaurus (by Micrograms, a relatively obscure company), and a few MECC games that weren't the well-known ones. They also had Apple II's (I think at least one of them was a IIc) in the 1st grade pod, and the only program I remember from there was Quilting Bee.

[@fungiplays2289]

Highest of thumbs up LGR. Before my uncle let us borrow his C64, my first experiences in computing were on a friends Apple 2e. Mostly I just watched while he drove, but every once in a while I'd get a chance to use it. I remember it felt magical. Brings back a lot of memories of Legacy of the Ancients and Karateka.

[@allanfulton7569]

I'm so happy the monitor made it to you without damage. That's the one thing that worries me about buying one online.

[@xargos]

Glad to see you break out the Apple II stuff for this. I did notice the Monitor III has a bit of a vertical linearity issue but at least that shouldn't be a major issue to fix.

[@B-Hathaway]

Man this takes me back. The Apple IIe was my first computer in middle school. Learned some very remedial programming in BASIC back then, all of which evaporated from my memory many years ago.

[@paulmuaddib451]

I'm hoping this means more Apple content in the future! I'm sure you've got tons of Apple stuff, just like this, that you've put away to the side because of your greater interest in other things. Either way, I'm excited about your move, I'm moving soon myself, and I look forward to seeing where the channel grows from here.

[@johngrantland680]

IIGS was epic looking back. Amazing engineering and design for that time period. Those computers were good for 10 years of usefulness. I had a G3 97-2008 with one hardware upgrade. Information increases became too big for that machine.

[@WintrBorn]

The only reason I stopped with my IIgs was I needed Internet access on 1994. I did so much with that computer, and I miss it.

[@lylehoskin8049]

The IIgs was our family’s first computer. Used it from 1987 until we upgraded to a win95 Acer in 95 or 96. Loved that machine.

[@GoetiaTV]

Those Disk ][ drives give me more nostalgia tingles than anything else here. They had a great solid feel, weight, wonderful texture and that latch clicking into place… 🥰

[@Chris_In_Texas]

21:10 I can still remember as a kid my unboxing of my brand new Apple IIe system that was purchased new in June 1984, talk about a kid in a candy store! Basically like your setup, unit, 80col/mem card, two 5-1/4 drives, monitor iii, stand. It was so fun. Also go a Epson FX80 printer, went through a lot of ribbons with that printer. Then the upgrade to an Apple IIc that I turned into a fully portable unit with battery, LCD snap on display, 800kb 3.5" floppies. Those were the days! Keep up the good work sir! 👍😎🍺

[@Sk0gg1es]

Amazing how good that display looks. Just makes me sad to think that all CRTs have limited life left considering their parts aren't manufactured anymore.

[@dalehadley3283]

Ya know, I didn't mind the echoey room,or the surface level discussion of the Apple II's, your videos in general are just awesome to watch Edit: I heard that pop and was like "Uh oh,that can't be good" glad it wasn't worse

[@boboblio4002]

so much nostalgia, the sights, the sounds

[@dminalba]

The Apple II was a machine that was pretty rare in the UK as the BBC micro had the UK education market lock, stock and barrel and the ZX Spectrum was king of the UK home computer market in the 1980s, however the Apple II was the machine to play The Oregon Trail. Last night I was watching the 1985 James Bond film A View To a Kill and noticed an Apple IIc with the green screen used by Tanya Roberts to check the Richter scale of an earthquake.

[@dminalba]

@Spectrum User Yup the same RIFA capacitors

[@thesteelrodent1796]

Apple anything was pretty darn rare in Denmark as well up until the mid-80s, also because we had our own RC systems which sat in every school (built by the state-owned computer centre and supplied to all public schools for next to nothing) and Commodore dominated the home market - nearly every kid I went to school with had a C64 and I don't think any of us knew what "Apple" was. We also had CBM PET in some schools, though that was mostly private schools that didn't get computers supplied by the state. First Apple machine I ever saw was the original Mac in some store and it's honestly not until relatively recently I found out what an Apple II was, but I do remember it being mentioned in some of the old Sierra game manuals. Apple just weren't ever able to get on the market in Denmark outside the graphics industry before the Macbook and iMac

[@prberg2]

Can't wait for the Oregon Trail retrospective video. Happy to be patient and to wait for those fun memories to come flooding back...

[@heclec427]

Apple IIe was the first computer I ever laid eyes on. We played good ol' Oregon Trail and there was that game where you had to get the chicken, fox, and grain across a river. I'm sure there was some educational stuff we did, too.. 😋

[@parjf]

I absolutely love the Apple IIgs case, one of the best Apple cases ever designed (at least visually).

[@JakeElPrro666]

The echo is as deep as the exploration. Hope everything goes great with the moving Clint, greetings from South America!

[@brittislove]

This man has a very soothing voice. I could talk on the phone for hours with him

[@mrb5217]

When you finally get settled down, you may want to adjust the V.Linearity on the Monitor III (Hopefully it has one). Listing the catalog really shows how stretched out the characters at the top are compared to the squished ones at the bottom.

[@JenniferinIllinois]

No complaints here for the 'filler' material. Always love to see some good ol' Apple IIs.

[@foxdavani4091]

I really enjoy listening to LGr when I’m getting ready for work

[@LiefLayer]

I'm moving too. I'm really tired and watching LGR is so relaxing!

[@JTSuter]

My first exposure to the Apple IIe was in 1st Grade in 1988/1989. It was all about Number Munchers, Oregon Trail, and Odell Lake. Managed to finally buy one that will also undergo the restorative works!

[@PrinsessePeach]

LGR is the best KZbin channel! 👍

[@Ralph-yn3gr]

That version of Oregon Trail was so awesome it blew your Apple II's mind, literally!

[@PixelatedH2O]

My very first computer experience was at school on an Apple IIe. Our computer lab had several, and we could play edutainment games like Oregon Trail, Speedway Math, and Number Munchers. We also learned very simple BASIC skills. Then a few years later I got an Apple IIe at home, before getting my first Windows machine a few years after that.

[@aner_bda]

I remember using the Apple IIe in about Kindergarten, Grade 1 and 2, then my school upgraded to the IIgs. The IIgs was my favorite. I have a lot of found memories of that machine. It wasn't until I was much, much older that we actually got a computer at home, which was a Compaq Presario Pentium machine.

[@RavenWolfRetroTech]

Just the sound of the drives brings back such memories.... The pop memories are much more recent!

[@blinddog1212]

The II booting successfully and the "KERNEL OK" test result made my day! Thanks for doing this, even with the move going on! Good luck with getting settled into the new digs. (I expected you to call it a "house thing" at the beginning of the video. :))

[@blinddog1212]

IIe, that is. Didn't realize until watching this, but I would love to see more videos that cover diagnostics on the classic platforms!

[@WatersEdge337]

You let out the magic smoke! I hate that the capacitor popped, but it certainly made for interesting viewing. Best of luck setting everything up in the new place!

[@AzrialAlaria]

Back in elementary school in California, this was THE computer of choice in the 80s! Every single school in the district had a room full of these. Green monochrome monitors and all!

[@John_Locke_108]

Yep, seeing these all lined up on a table makes me feel so nostalgic. Like, I suddenly have the urge to create a turtle and make it move across the screen.

[@kristian4805]

A rifa cap once blew in a sewing machine of mine, making it run by itself, very exciting thing when you have youre hands around the needle.

[@BADeByrd]

Back in the 5th grade (1995) my teacher Mr. Rice was an avid computer collector and his class had 30 apple IIs, one for each student to learn computer stuff. He allegedly had over a hundred stored in his garage. I've always had a soft spot for the apple II as it was the first computer I leaned how to program on along with the C64.

[@turbografx16]

Mr. Rice sounds awesome

[@davidfrischknecht8261]

The Apple //e was the very first personal computer I ever used. My dad bought a used one off a guy who had upgraded to a Macintosh. This one came with that same Monitor /// and stand. My dad got a bunch of public domain software to use with the computer. Quite a bit of that software was buggy. Fixing the bugs in the programs written in Applesoft BASIC is what convinced me I wanted to be a computer programmer when I grew up.

[@majorhemroid]

Talk about memories. From grade school to high school, there's plenty of history on that table for me.

[@robintst]

That monitor held up really well for it's age, what a great sharp picture.

[@Dukefazon]

"Natural point to stop to video" - I got a huge laugh out of that :D

[@ebodaman]

What a nice video and stroll down memory lane. Elementary school computer lab was full of those Apple //e computers. Good times.