Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
It's been ten years of Modern Classic on YouTube! Join me as I take a look at my channel over the the past decade, from its genesis and humble beginnings to its... humble present, but with more gray hairs and a few added pounds. Get behind the scenes deets, find out more about the stuff I talk about and get an inkling of just what the heck I'm thinking in some of these videos. I'll also give some "where are they now?" type updates on some of my video subjects. Thanks for watching and subscribing lo these many years! (You are subscribed, aren't you??)
Here's a playlist of all the videos I mention in this video: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpOhRLlNr2iGLy5_U27RtoDPGKqpjCVKG
For the extremely impatient, here are direct links to the videos mentioned in the video, in the order the videos were mentioned:
youtu.be/HIBp9hEBzrs
youtu.be/Payg7QDpRno
youtu.be/bZbrgOUgtp0
youtu.be/DYwPL2czMu4
youtu.be/NdJ6BbvTw-s
youtu.be/6cvj9HteljM
youtu.be/ynotT8ue-oI
youtu.be/pfKgSRvyICw
youtu.be/qwAj17J1oo0
youtu.be/OJM6siVB-eU
youtu.be/0PceJO3CAGI
youtu.be/Mzu5asr0b1o
youtu.be/-h8NJrYI53Y
youtu.be/VqjEDbuc-Cc
youtu.be/GLUTFtjCUP8
youtu.be/D0ByjtA1_zc
youtu.be/MSe6ZIjhHXs
youtu.be/_eF4DSDPncg
youtu.be/WiPM7i_E0uI
youtu.be/pP7Df89-UM0
Feel free to peruse all the videos on my channel to see more! And while I did not post all the videos in every multi-part series above, you can get to the additional parts either through the end cards or looking at my playlists. (Or just my main video list.)
00:00 Intro and channel start
03:30 My first video - ThinkPad P50 review
06:10 I've been talking about turntables forever
07:10 My terrible early opening theme
08:57 The Intellivision story
11:39 The Apple II - Apple's most important computer
14:20 The $20 laptop phenomenon
20:11 The "first" isn't always what you think
22:31 Surround sound music over the years
27:40 My prolific period, and repairing my Bandai Intellivision
31:07 More complicated repairs - my IBM PS/2 P70
32:54 The IBM PC - the world's most important computer
38:38 The Apple IIc Plus - Apple's fastest and rarest 8-bit
41:35 Back to 486 gaming - restoring a Compaq Deskpro XL
44:46 Hi-res audio - more bits are better
49:28 My silver tower that began life as my first-ever PC
52:56 The modern era, including the "Last IBM Thinkpad"
It's been ten years of Modern Classic on YouTube! Join me as I take a look at my channel over the the past decade, from its genesis and humble beginnings to its... humble present, but with more gray hairs and a few added pounds. Get behind the scenes deets, find out more about the stuff I talk about and get an inkling of just what the heck I'm thinking in some of these videos. I'll also give some "where are they now?" type updates on some of my video subjects. Thanks for watching and subscribing lo these many years! (You are subscribed, aren't you??)
Here's a playlist of all the videos I mention in this video: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpOhRLlNr2iGLy5_U27RtoDPGKqpjCVKG
For the extremely impatient, here are direct links to the videos mentioned in the video, in the order the videos were mentioned:
youtu.be/HIBp9hEBzrs
youtu.be/Payg7QDpRno
youtu.be/bZbrgOUgtp0
youtu.be/DYwPL2czMu4
youtu.be/NdJ6BbvTw-s
youtu.be/6cvj9HteljM
youtu.be/ynotT8ue-oI
youtu.be/pfKgSRvyICw
youtu.be/qwAj17J1oo0
youtu.be/OJM6siVB-eU
youtu.be/0PceJO3CAGI
youtu.be/Mzu5asr0b1o
youtu.be/-h8NJrYI53Y
youtu.be/VqjEDbuc-Cc
youtu.be/GLUTFtjCUP8
youtu.be/D0ByjtA1_zc
youtu.be/MSe6ZIjhHXs
youtu.be/_eF4DSDPncg
youtu.be/WiPM7i_E0uI
youtu.be/pP7Df89-UM0
Feel free to peruse all the videos on my channel to see more! And while I did not post all the videos in every multi-part series above, you can get to the additional parts either through the end cards or looking at my playlists. (Or just my main video list.)
00:00 Intro and channel start
03:30 My first video - ThinkPad P50 review
06:10 I've been talking about turntables forever
07:10 My terrible early opening theme
08:57 The Intellivision story
11:39 The Apple II - Apple's most important computer
14:20 The $20 laptop phenomenon
20:11 The "first" isn't always what you think
22:31 Surround sound music over the years
27:40 My prolific period, and repairing my Bandai Intellivision
31:07 More complicated repairs - my IBM PS/2 P70
32:54 The IBM PC - the world's most important computer
38:38 The Apple IIc Plus - Apple's fastest and rarest 8-bit
41:35 Back to 486 gaming - restoring a Compaq Deskpro XL
44:46 Hi-res audio - more bits are better
49:28 My silver tower that began life as my first-ever PC
52:56 The modern era, including the "Last IBM Thinkpad"
