Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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@DankPods flew from way down unda' to share his "nugget hoard" of iPod knockoffs with us. Did you know Intel and Dell made MP3 players??

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CHAPTERS
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0:00 Intro
1:10 Lexar Jump Drive
2:07 Early MP3 Compression
3:17 Breath in the Nostalgia
5:08 Intel Pocket Concert
6:51 Leaky Batteries
7:56 Digital Audio 'Guided Tour'
9:52 Dell Pocket DJ
11:46 You Got Guts, Dell
12:03 Iomega HipZip
13:18 "These are so fragile"
16:24 Creative Nomad Jukebox
19:00 Shots Fired!
21:23 HA! Old.
22:33 Failure to Launch
24:04 Ward Away the 5Gs