[ Snapshots ] Fixing an Apple IIc
Expert Apple IIc repair by Ulaf Silchov (November 2007)
View Article[ Retro Scan of the Week ] That Sanyo Feeling
“My whole torso is numb, and it feels great!” The Sanyo MBC-1100 (1982) was a Z80-A-based business machine that ran CP/M as its operating system. It was one of many, many Z80 business machines from...
View Article[ Retro Scan of the Week ] Apple II Box for C64
A scene from one of Benj’s recent nightmares. Hey mime! Yeah, you! Stop stealing my $599 Mimic Spartan Apple II+ compatibility box for the Commodore 64. I need it to open up a whole new world of...
View ArticleGAME BOY CAMERAS SPAM TRY-POD MOUNTER DEVICES
UPON ONE OF THOSE TIMES, ULAF CREATE TRY-POD MOUNT FOR THE GAME BOY COLORFUL UNIT, THE CAMERAS, WHICH THE MINDS OF NINTENDOGS CREATES SOMETIMES NEAR 1998 (WHAT A MINDS). WITH GREATEST OF THE SKILL,...
View Article[ Retro Scan of the Week ] USB Instructions
Words cannot express how hard it is to use USB plugs properly. This is not particularly retro — in fact, it’s from 2005. But I find it so amusing that I have to share it. I believe this insert (about 5...
View ArticleTop 1000 Video Games of All Time
Today, PC World published my latest slideshow, The Top 1000 Video Games of All Time. The in-depth piece — split into 1000 separate slides, each with its own paragraph of text — took over two years to...
View ArticleThe Warning Signs of Computer Dad Syndrome
During the 1980s, a debilitating disease broke out among white middle-class nuclear families across the United States. Fathers everywhere were seen awkwardly encouraging their children during regular...
View ArticleTHE CONFUSIONING OF YOUR MIND
[ Our longtime contributor, Ulaf Silchov, recently completed his first self-help book, which will soon be available through Amazon.com. It isn’t completely VC&G-related, but it contains sound...
View ArticleReal Place Names that Sound Like Namco Arcade Games
This is amusing. It turns out that a number of real, actual geographical place names in the world happen to sound a lot like 1980s Namco arcade video game titles. (If you try to pronounce them in...
View ArticleThe Story of AMD64
(An interpreted narrative told through real AMD stock photos) 10 DAYS OF VINTAGE: Day 9 — Once upon a time, three lonely scientists devised a chip. It would be the ultimate computing device. They...
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