My PC growing up. We actually got ours by collecting points from the back of potato chip packages. Looking it up the points were called "Ploids". The points could then be used on a site from the company which held regular auctions. We figured out based on the average points the Astro was going for, it was a bit cheaper to buy a ton of chips from Costco than it was buying the PC outright. We spent days cutting out the points, taping the chip bags to preserve them for a bit longer, and sending them in. In the end we got the PC for a couple hundred cheaper and a huge supply of somewhat stale chips.

@dangerotterisrea

Жыл бұрын

Tenacious!!!

@aBlackMage

Жыл бұрын

The only things my family ever managed to get from collecting points are board games and small household items like a butter dish. Getting a whole PC is incredible!

@guiguito5505

Жыл бұрын

Legend.

@jonnyc429

Жыл бұрын

That's some thrifty thinking, love it

@voodooroller

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of punch drunk love

That new shot you're using of the desk with the window behind it is absolutely next level

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Just really nice unplanned lighting, you should've seen me scrambling to get as many shots as I could before the sun moved.

@humanpr0ject1

Жыл бұрын

@@LGR Haha, it looks awesome! Loved the video

@benjaminedwards9751

Жыл бұрын

Looks a lot like my childhood bedroom in the 90s oddly enough, even down to where the bathroom door was, the window, and even the color of the paint on the walls. Spent countless hours gaming on my 12.5 MHz 286 in there.

@CyborgHobbit42

Жыл бұрын

We've entered a new era of the LGR Cinematic Universe.

@andywest5773

Жыл бұрын

Seriously, it looks like an actual Gateway ad.

You know, I gotta really stop and appreciate the fact that EVERY LGR video has full on English captions That is an amazing job done by Clint, and I deeply appreciate it! English is not my main language so I still have a little bit of trouble hearing it sometimes, it makes watching these videos a lot more fun! Thank you, Clint!

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

I’m glad they’re useful!

@raymaster

Жыл бұрын

@@LGR I use subtitles all the time even with English being the only language I speak. I do appreciate that its not just the machine learning produced ones or at least if they are someone took the time to edit them.

@andreyansimov5442

Жыл бұрын

As I understand author very well, subtitles are so much fun to look at. I like this sense of humor (Doom sounds playing) )))))

@claudioalbuquerque6654

Жыл бұрын

​@@LGR I always watch your videos with subtitles on, it's a great feature!

The cow pattern is why I wanted a Gateway when I was younger. I was told that it was only on the boxes. Thank you for showing me actual cowputers.

@LegionLives

2 ай бұрын

This old box is my family's PC when I was a kid. I got the weirdest nostalgia hit from this video.

LGR videos make me feel like I'm trapped in a 1991 mail-order computer catalog, but in the best possible way?

@MissouriMatt54

Жыл бұрын

That is not a good thing

@LothairApoclyane

Жыл бұрын

you can always turn the page

@shakka877

Жыл бұрын

It's like vaporwave for me

@onlyinsomniac

Жыл бұрын

@@MissouriMatt54 nah, I like it. It's like being in a dream and a soothing voice is talking about cool old tech

@MissouriMatt54

Жыл бұрын

@@onlyinsomniac Okay, I will give you “soothing voice” and “tech”, but some of this stuff just sucked, even back then.

Oh my gosh your storage room 🤯 Looks like old tech heaven.

@karenelizabeth1590

Жыл бұрын

"A brief visit to one of the LGR storage rooms will--" 👀 HOLD UP

@NickDalzell

Жыл бұрын

Kinda reminded me of a mini-computer reset

@edgars53

Жыл бұрын

Needs its own video!

@chrisbekker9698

Жыл бұрын

Storage room also caught my attention :)

@karenelizabeth1590

Жыл бұрын

@@NickDalzell That's probably where some of it came from!

The internal VGA connector was probably very handy for Gateway's Techs who needed to test the machine on their workbenches, rather then being forced to reconnect the machine's CRT every time. So +1 for thinking about those people.

@UNSCPILOT

Жыл бұрын

Agreed, modern apple could learn a thing or two about making their glorified E-Waste more repairable

Anytime I watch an LGR upload, I have this inexplicable urge to buy late 90's beige hardware for my own nefarious nostalgia purposes.

@andreyansimov5442

Жыл бұрын

Im currently lurking on classifieds for beige hardware... unfortunately here in my country they were not awailable widely back then, nor now. But, I see some.

@Petoskey116

Жыл бұрын

Yeah - I kinda bought a Gateway Profile 3 on eBay the other day............

@TheFingledorf

3 ай бұрын

Noostalgia 😉

That clip of the Rugrats Astro commercial hit me like a nostalgia truck. I know I saw that ad as a kid but had completely forgotten about it. Seeing that clip was like a small revelation.

This was my very very first pc! we got it used from a family friend and used it as the main family computer for a few months before my dad bought a kitted out gateway performance 1000. After we got the performance 1000, I had the astro in my room and used it to play stuff like Falcon 4.0 and rollercoaster tycoon a bunch

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome. What a great bedroom PC for the time!

@joshuamarvin7400

Жыл бұрын

Rollercoaster Tycoon is a timeless classic.

Technology changes and years move on, one thing that will always be the same is how pleasing it is to look at the shadows of leaves in sunlight. Great job on the setup. Really gives that good nostalgia feel

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Wow! You sure have stepped up your production game! That new home is serving you well!

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I’ve been having a lotta fun trying new environments!

I remember these. My local mom-and-pop computer store back in the 90s was selling them as "kitchen computers." They even seemed to have put a custom disk image with a bunch of recipe and home software (like a demo for Quickbooks or something).

@raspberry1440kb

Жыл бұрын

nice

Wow LGR on Friday🎉 thank you Clint the gateway to a good weekend!

@MrRedFoxorMrelzorrorojo

Жыл бұрын

I see what you did there. Double pun for the win!

@adventureoflinkmk2

Жыл бұрын

Was gonna say Clint normally uploads on Friday.. lol

That storage room is better organized than any Radio Shack I ever worked at.

@user20367

Жыл бұрын

I still get games on pc by using CD-ROMS. Someone gave me a minecraft cd rom and it is my favorite game.

@UNSCPILOT

Жыл бұрын

As a fellow retail worker, most of the issue is customers that must move all the things, and never remember where they picked stuff up. It's no shock to me that an awesome ultra-nerd like LGR has a wonderful storage area for his collection of retro epicness. I need to do better with my own group of AMD PCs and laptops I grew up with, and the XP Franken-machine I'm building out of old and new parts to cover the gap from our first PCs we gave away before my retro PC hobby took hold, heck, I even have a C64 1541 floppy drive and a Commodore programmers manual even though I don't have a C64... yet

Videos like this are exactly what I need when I'm feeling low. The jazz, the tech, and LGR's sense of humor. Thank you for the top notch content as always.

@user20367

Жыл бұрын

I love windows solitaire. And by I mean the original.

When I see 90's PCs that I didn't even have, I'm filled with nostalgia I never knew I had!

@AUTOMATIC_SMART_ANNOUNCEMENT_S

4 ай бұрын

When I see 90’e PCs older than I am, I too am filled with nostalgia I never knew I had!

Great vid. You're like the Bob Ross of old hardware.

@Hotlog69

Жыл бұрын

"Let's get you opened up and cleaned. Soft bristles and a delicate stroke is all you need to make this little fan feel all good and new again." "Looks like we need a hard drive. Let's see what we have. Oh, here's a happy little drive. Not too big, not too small, it's just right."

I worked in a Gateway factory for a couple months in 2001, specifically on the teardown line, where they'd take all the parts out of the units folks traded in and set them up for refurbished or rebuilt units to sell later. I don't recall having seen any of these come through, though. Coulda been that the CRTs were taken off beforehand. But I was only there for a couple months either side of 9/11 and only worked the very end of the line where they sent the empty cases to wherever it was they went with all the labels and stuff removed.

Am I the only one that was so impressed with the storage room; no wonder the number of video went down for some time; this is some serious professional organisation; so neat and nice to see I would love to browse that room!

@bigdavey8863

Жыл бұрын

I hope we get to have some level of tour of his new home once all is said an done

Having grown up in North Sioux City with parents that both worked for Gateway, I always love to see coverage on anything Gateway related, but to see the Astro? The very computer that raised me? You are doing god’s work here XD I don’t remember the exact details, but Christmas 1999 they gave the employees free Astros, so my parents had two, one for me and my brother, and one they gave to my grandparents, while my parents enjoyed their high end Gateway tower with all the bells and whistles. So many memories using the Astro, Age of Empires was indeed one I played tons, as well as classics like the Madness games (Midtown, Monster Truck, Motocross, etc), Re-Volt, Road Rash, Rollercoaster Tycoon, the vast library of Humongous Entertainment games as well as other edutainment titles, I could go on and on and on. My mother recalls finding me up in the middle of the night with a carton of ice cream on the Astro at age 2 or 3 on multiple occasions, you couldn’t keep me away! My father thought the Astro was junk and that they were hard to repair, maybe other issues apart from the battery popped up? Or he was just spitballing, who knows. He got rid of my Astro without telling me one day in 2010, and it took me 10 years of off and on searching to find another, never letting this one go!

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

Ahh dang, shame about the original but I'm glad you finally sourced another one!

@Zippy_Zolton

Жыл бұрын

have you tried out RVGL? would definitely bring back memories if you haven't heard about it

@stevenchinn8218

Жыл бұрын

Hey! another person from Sioux City! My mom was a manager at Gateway since the late 80's and our whole basement was full of those cow print boxes and old PC's I'm sure she has one or two Astros in storage somewhere.

@Tails9751

Жыл бұрын

@@Zippy_Zolton I hadn't heard of that, but I'm glad to see fans of Re-Volt keeping it alive, will definitely give it a try!

@Tails9751

Жыл бұрын

@@stevenchinn8218 Haha so many people around Sioux City have Gateway ties, my parents are always bumping into people that they knew from Gateway, and some of the people I work with now are ex-Gateway and often tell stories from those days XD We still have our cow print boxes the same, if y'all have any Astros to spare let me know, I kinda like the idea another comment said about building a sleeper PC in one since it has that easy to use VGA port for display, and I know a friend that specializes in working with old hardware and doing silly stupid things XD

I love the insanity of the design inside the case - it's like someone made the prototype version and management were like "brilliant, ship it tomorrow, don't change a thing"! Nothing better than fixing a stone dead machine by simply replacing a battery (or removing it) either.

That is the most well composed shot of a desktop computer that has ever existed. Seriously, no million dollar TV ad in the 90s ever looked that good. And just a very nice photo/video clip. Very rich, pleasing contrast, layers of complexity, just a great shot.

@UNSCPILOT

Жыл бұрын

If 8-Bit guy needs an ad for the Commander X16, he totally needs to call LGR

@firstletterg

8 ай бұрын

@burnte I noticed that also , this is a truly stunning PC.

10:35 My favorite LGR thing is the "Jazz and Boot break" where the voice over fades out, the jazz stops soon after, and then it's the satisfying sounds of the POST and boot sequence. So so so cozy.

Your computer video shooting room has come out so nice and cozy. It's so unique compared to tons of KZread backgrounds of only walls of games and random nerdy nick-nacks. 🤓 love it

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’ve been making a conscious effort to try and stand apart in that sense. Quite a few similar looking collection walls, Ikea cube shelves, cooler-hued RGB lights, and hexagon wall panels out there on KZread.

@jackfroste

Жыл бұрын

@@LGR who else has Hexagon panels besides Dave 8-bit Guy?

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

@@jackfroste Linus Tech Tips, Action Retro, Epictronics, a number other reviewers, vloggers, and streamers that are and aren't tech-related. It's just a really popular sound dampening panel shape, I don't blame 'em!

@Alfenium

Жыл бұрын

LGR has a master enthusiast's showcase, everyone else has a Reddit shelf.

@Mick_92

Жыл бұрын

@@LGR I mean, hexagons ARE bestagons, after all.

I think I speak for all LGR fans when I say we would love some official tours of your storage rooms! I admit I went back and paused it multiple times throughout that part of the video so I could see all the goodies you had in there. Another great video, as always.

@vintagethrifter2114

Жыл бұрын

And that was just one room! I have rooms like that as well but with less computers. It's for 20+ plus years of vintage electronics. I keep the IBM and early printers on the bottom because of their weight.

@fridaycaliforniaa236

Жыл бұрын

Upvote for this

@verygreedy100

Жыл бұрын

I just want more LGR sandwiches

@keithbrown7685

Жыл бұрын

@@verygreedy100 Amen, brother!

@andreyansimov5442

Жыл бұрын

I see this first time now out of his ten videos, and my eyes tried to pop out when he got there.

Former Gateway country store employee here I remember working on the Astros a lot. They were pretty finicky didn’t run well and had overheating issues but I love the way they looked!

I am SO jealous of your storage room. So many old CRTs and old PC parts, so much tinkering potential!

Man, when you first boot it up it sounded like the thing was about to launch into space. Those were some sweet, nostalgic sounds.

@NickDalzell

Жыл бұрын

It still annoys me that all modern machines are deathly silent. It's rather unnerving for me as I've grown accustomed to hearing the sound of work being done

@keithbrown7685

Жыл бұрын

​@@NickDalzell Got to disagree. I hated the racket my comps made, even when they were just sitting there. A desktop-replacement laptop changed all that. It had fewer ports, but it was vewwwy qwwwwwiet. : )

@SlowPCGaming1

Жыл бұрын

Yeah when I heard the floppy drive make its grinding noise I thought back to my old full server tower. At first I cringed. Then I thought to myself "Oh yeah, that was how it sounded every time I booted mine".

@SectorfiveYT

Жыл бұрын

my modern machine does make a lot of fan noise sound when i do intense work.

@NickDalzell

Жыл бұрын

@@SectorfiveYT Fan noise will never replace that iconic mechanical sound of an old HDD and floppy self-test during boot, along with the AMIBIOS memory count ticks. If only I could bring them all back to my modern rig including the MHz display (albeit a GHz display today)

In my city they were going to open a Gateway store, they had it all setup, painted the walls up with the cow pattern, had the sign up and the retail space setup and everything... and then it never opened. This was sometime between 1999 and 2001.

Brave choice with the IBM Deathstar! I went through three of them on my first own computer.

Big step up in production values, I appreciate the effort that went in to this video, well done LGR.

I often find myself watching these videos and feeling a nostalgia for a time I'll never have back. From when I would go to my mom's house on school holidays and we would play for hours on the ancient pc in the kitchen she had been gifted by a friend. I wish I had the kind of money to try building an old machine myself, if only to gain confidence to do a new one, but I have no idea what I would do with the thing once it's built as I have very limited space. As it is, my tower stands on the floor with my table having barely the room for a mouse and keyboard side-by-side.

@Dagoth666Ur

Жыл бұрын

You can try to find older lap top if space is problem i have 2 old lap tops for old games beside of dozen of other old computers, i just love them way less hassle to play something on them than regular old pc.

This is definitely one of the most cutest looking PCs I've ever seen.

All the shooting locations in the new place remind me of those super detailed nostalgia paintings that one artist does with all the different games on the shelves and computers or consoles around. Real cozy brought to life.

lol 2:06 got to love the fan screwed directly into the heatsink

I loved the initial shots of the PC in the kitchen; it called to mind all the old advertising copy when the PC was being framed as a household appliance much like a television!

I think I remember these being higher end prizes on Double Dare 2000. Quite the interesting piece of 90s computer nostalgia.

@mr3urious

Жыл бұрын

That explains Gateway's partnership with Nickelodeon at the time.

@NickDalzell

Жыл бұрын

I remember wanting one so badly. I was still stuck with an IBM XT clone at the time.

@coffeelover239

Жыл бұрын

@@mr3urious Which probably also explains the Rugrats and Blue's Clues Astros as well.

That was one of your best videos in awhile my man. Thanks. You channeled LGR of old there.

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

I appreciate it!

We used to fix these back in the day by replacing the CMOS battery. Our first one on the bench we replaced everything to no avail. One of the techs happened to think the only thing that hasn't changed was the CMOS battery that was transferred over to the new board since it didn't come with one. Old and new board worked fine with a new battery. We made a mint off of these in the day.

Love those weird shaped 90s relics, great video!

@rmcdudmk212

Жыл бұрын

I hope he doesn't do a video on me! As a weird shaped 90s relic myself I'd be embarrassed 😳

@schwarz_mason

Жыл бұрын

OMG SAME!!!

@pirx9798

Жыл бұрын

Weird? They're shaped like the future!

Your framing is getting really good. Very pleasing shots of the computer with almost mesmerising shadows playing through the window in the background.

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! The new place has proved inspiring.

@TekMerc

Жыл бұрын

@@LGR Thank you for all your content, sir.

Love how Clint cleverly hid the thermal paste application. Nicely done! Your thermal paste is neither correct, or incorrect! Perfect!

There is something satisfying about your videos. Soothing voice, musack and mechanical hard drive nostalgia is good for the soul.

Oh man, Gateway will always live in my heart. We had Gateway computers in my house growing up, from our Windows 95 PC, to the XP machine we upgraded to, to my first laptop. I still have some extreme brand loyalty to those things. And Gateway Country stores will forever be my happy place.

@andreyansimov5442

Жыл бұрын

Imagine my feelings when I looked first time in my life at Gateway black tower in Moscow computer store back in 2000? With all the specs and display... I want to go back there to buy it now. But store just doesnt exist for years. And I have never seen these machines on classifieds here in Russia.

Great new sets/ illumination, congrats on the new place!

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Had one of these back in 2000-ish that was given to me by a local office. The blue channel had given out on the CRT display, so it was permanently dyed this weird pink hue and was relatively dim. I found out that it was still under warranty while I was looking for a replacement tube. I claimed the warranty, and after it came back, it worked great for years. I remember specifically using it as a side PC to look up stuff on Thottbot and for Yahoo messenger before the mainboard finally gave out in I want to say 2006.

@eDoc2020

Жыл бұрын

I presume you mean the green channel went out, that's the worst one to lose. You're lucky it was under warranty, I have a history of having things shortly right after the extended free replacement program ended.

@rashdecision

Жыл бұрын

@@eDoc2020 You're probably right. I remember it as blue, but I didn't do the repair myself so I'm probably misremembering. It was, in fact, over 20 years ago. Yeah, the warranty was never registered by the business I got it from, so I just claimed to be a contracted IT representative of that business. Surprisingly, Gateway didn't ask any questions and just serviced it, even the shipping both ways was free. It was only around 8ish months after the business bought it to be a receptionist PC, and I think the warranty was for 2 years.

Clint, I can't tell you how much I appreciate all the details -- between how you dress and stage the shots, to highlighting the sounds and noises the vintage tech makes --- the details in the user experience. Thanks again for what you do! And further congrats on the new space. It seems great that you are now able to have it all under one roof with space to spread out (proper workbench, storage, etc).

Thanks for the video Clint! My grandparent had one of these for a number of years. I spent hours playing a snowmobile game on it. When they got a new one, it became mine. It ended up dying a few years later. I loved that machine.

Nice to see your new house starting to pay off, that storage room is awesome!

Nice filming spot. It had that nostalgic feel from the childhood

The love, care, and attention that you give to old obsolete technology just warms my heart.

Oh Gateway Astro one of the few pc's that I barely even see. I only see them in some magazines or some grainy old photos on the web but not in a video. It is so nice to see one in action and being able to see what is capable of when it came out way back in the late 90s. Pretty neat

Dude, when I heard the Intel chime, all the memories came crashing down.

@keithbrown7685

Жыл бұрын

Yes. 'crash' would be the optimal word.

That shot of the PC and the wavy reflection from the windows was pure 90s bliss

@mardus_ee

Жыл бұрын

11:32 Very much so, looks like a trade magazine advertisement from early-to-mid 1990s. The ads would often add graphical and text doodads, but the shot itself is perfect as the base image.

Man, I really miss the random PCs from the 90s. They definitely had a weird style to them that is timeless in a way.

5:30 At least this means that if the monitor ever goes bad, the computer isn’t completely useless since you could just take it apart and connect a different one.

@Kara_Kay_Eschel

Жыл бұрын

Disassemble a lcd monitor and mod it in there somehow.

@JeffreyPiatt

Жыл бұрын

I believe that was also there to speed up the service department doing video testing .

That could make a really nice CRT sleeper PC actually, esp. with their decision to have the monitor connection as a regular VGA socket, etc.

@scruffythejanitor1969

Жыл бұрын

I would love to see someone mod this to not only boost performance, but also to add in all the missing I/O.

@a4e69636b

Жыл бұрын

I think seeing a Raspberry Pi 4 in there would be really interesting.

A PC that was only made for a year and doesn't work at all when the clock battery fails - no wonder these are so hard to find. Great video, Clint.

@keithbrown7685

Жыл бұрын

You'd find them, just that you'd have to become some kind of a landfill archeologist.

Well done on a great video as always LGR. I'm always intrigued by Gateway machines, since there were very few of them here in Aus back then. The move to your new house is already doing a tremendous service to the quality of your videos. The sets, the workshop, the storeroom, it's all paying off. Bloody awesome mate keep it up.

Nice to finally show off the house as close to finished now with as much cinematic flare as possible.

@schwarz_mason

Жыл бұрын

Dude have you seen the world record fart? WILD

I remember when Gateway was the best thing around. It's really sad the company crashed so hard 😭

@anires1195

Жыл бұрын

i still have a working Gateway computer.

@JeffreyPiatt

Жыл бұрын

I remember they collapsed and they had just managed to expand there retail to my area. They were a opening retail store for the renovated Whitehall Mall. The store lasted about a month before closing and being replaced by a smaller electronics store that also closed. Ironically the mini strip had none of the stores survive that originally opened in it . the Anchor was Borders.

@Yanks1005

Жыл бұрын

@@JeffreyPiatt Whitehall PA? I live near there lol. If so, small world.

@stevethepocket

Жыл бұрын

@@vardekpetrovic9716 Cloanto still seems to be alive and kicking. Much to the annoyance of people who would rather their products become abandonware.

@the123king

Жыл бұрын

@@vardekpetrovic9716 Hyperion is still around.

That Rugrats game you featured at the end... Did they seriously make the in-game inventory screen... _Inside Tommy's friggan diaper?!_ What the *Hell,* Gateway? Did you even LOOK at this game before approving it as a bundle?!

Windows 95 to Windows Vista era stuff is always such a nostalgia trip for me. Great video as always!

We had a Gateway Country store close to where I grew up. My friend and I were in our early teens when it opened up and we would walk there once in a while to see the new computers. They had a few computers setup with internet access and printers that you could use freely. We would find guitar tabs online and would print them out to take home. We'd literally walk out with like a ream of paper we had printed guitar tabs on and nobody in the store ever cared, haha.

@kjrehberg

Жыл бұрын

Gateway Country was awesome. We bought at least one computer there because their sales and support were so good. It also got me interested in thin clients when their Gateway Connected Touch Pad came out, competing with the Netpliance i-Opener, both of which had those 2-4 year internet service provider lock-in deals. That whole market imploded just before AOLTV was cancelled. Interesting times to be in home computing on the internet.

I really love the shape of this computer. It's very cozy.

@stevethepocket

Жыл бұрын

To quote a popular meme, it's shaped like a friend. 😊

@RussianSevereWeatherVideos

Жыл бұрын

@@stevethepocket It sure is!

When I worked in a Gateway tech support call center in 2001, this was the machine _everyone_ wanted to get a call on. Walking grandma through replacing a hard drive on anything else was just a nightmare. This one was so easy. It was super rare but sometimes we'd get someone calling in for support on it.

your videos like this one always bring me back to being a kid playing games on my old windows 98 HP Pavilion desktop, very cozy and relaxing stuff to watch man

Had one of these as a kid, and it was such a fun computer. It was my first real experience with USB!

I saw one of these years ago on a forum and always wanted one, totally thrilled to see it on LGR!

My mind is blown that thing ran NFS and Quake as well as it did. Neat little PC I'd never heard of. Nice work dude.

The wait for new vids to start showing since your move was definitely worth it. I can see a few improvements from the main shots, b-roll, and other shots like in your work area. Makes me want to finally redo my desk to record larger projects. That storage solution seems pretty well played out with motion lights, if I'm not mistaken. Might do something similar for my things.

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, it’s been a journey but it’s finally coming together nicely I think!

@PixelMaker04

Жыл бұрын

@@LGR so far so good. My current project is a full acrylic build from the mid 2000s. I just can't seem to locate an era-appropriate clear ps/2 or USB keyboard like the logisys clear multimedia keyboard. I've got everything else... Cold cathodes, lcd, speakers, mouse, etc.

Hey Clint! As always, thanks for the awesomeness 🎉

Yay new LGR always makes my day when these come out 😁

Man I love your storage solution for all your tech gear. I know you've changed it up a bit over the years but man what a dream! Really really glad to call myself a Patreon supporter and glad that you have the means to run this channel. There are so many computers out there that need videos documenting issues, features, etc. and LGR is such a slick way to present them. Rock on, dude! 🎉

@LGR

10 ай бұрын

Thanks, I appreciate it!

It's been brought up a few times and yeah I'm going to say it too - the production value of your videos as of late is absolutely fantastic, as seen here. Some of the shots you've gotten of this look really great.

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

I recently bought a Compaq desktop that has the 810 chipset. Mine came with a 500mhz piii though. The 810 graphics actually aren’t bad for many games earlier than 1999. They have a nice output quality as well.

Just made myself a warm cup of tea, and LGR happens to upload at exactly the same time ... Oh yeah, this is going to be a wonderful afternoon.

This was the first computer we had in my house growing up. I remember it so fondly and miss it so dearly. I've been trying to find one for sale for ages but it seems like these are one in a million now. Gosh how this brought back so many happy memories of my parents and I sitting around browsing the "new to us" internet. Thank you LGR for bringing such nostalgia back to me.

I love your videos, and your voice is so soothing!

My first PC in the nineties was a Compaq. I loved that the installation tutorial featured John de Lancie from Star Trek: The Next Generation

Being from Durham, NC myself it's cool to see a local shop donate a classic PC like this for one of your videos that you managed to resurrect!! Never knew of the shop personally but they seem to have rave reviews. May have to give them a look!!

Just what I was waiting for a new video! 😎 Always a delight to watch. Thanks!

It looks like an eMac, and iMac G3, the Molar Mac, and a classic 90’s Gateway monitor all rolled into one and I love it.

My Grandma (RIP) and Step-Grandpa had a Gateway (granted an actual tower/monitor but still) for the longest and it actually aged pretty well with it being net and gaming capable even 5+ years later. Windows 98 makes it all the better as it has some of the best retro games. So many fond memories that I never knew how much I'd miss.

I so love the fact that you hold the fan blades when blowing them out with compressed air. You wouldn't believe how many people blow up stuff from their pc just by simply blowing fans without holding them and unknowingly create voltage which goes back into the board and other components and fries things up. Kudos!

Clint, this was a lovely watch. You have really nailed your presentation and production. I never had one of these machines as my dad typically had mid-high level PCs in the house.

this is the 2nd pc my family had. my mom tried to open a sewing shop, and this was meant to be her work computer. after her shop failed, we brought it home, and it pretty much became my computer since i used it so often. one neat piece of default software that came on it was an instructional video that introduced what USB was since it was new technology at the time, and it predicted that it would be the default port going forward for all peripherals

I worked at GW country stores from 1999 to 2004. Right up to the point when they were purchased by eMachine and closed all stores. The Astro was Ted's answer to Steve's iMac but the iMac had better marketing and the ipod gen 1 was right around the corner. Those were the days. I can't wait to see your next oddware review of a Gateway Plasma TV from 2002!

@itsonlybrad2278

Жыл бұрын

I'll never forget the day I went over to my friend's place and his dad was setting up a Destination in their living room. I was like, what is that?! I remember we played The Neverhood on it. I'm surprised LGR hasn't done a video on Destination yet but those are probably pretty rare these days. They're still out there though! I remember being shocked about 9-10 years ago when I opened a closet at my office and there was an old Destination sitting on a long forgotten A/V cart. I felt like I was transported back to high school. Good times.

@MR-co2ti

Жыл бұрын

@@itsonlybrad2278 Those Destinations where ahead of their time.... This would have been a serious purchase. The "High Definition" VGA 31" Monitor\TV was almost 300lbs. The stores had a living room setup with the Destination for people to demo. People loved checking it out but it was hard to sell based on the price. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWiLtqyAcqTMd6Q.html

Now thats a brand name ive not heard in a long time

Thanks for the video review. You have the most interesting and detailed video reviews. I sink into nostalgia.

This storage room shot is absolutely awesome!, would be great to se more of that

810 graphics, early onboard sound, no expansion options... Truly the stuff nightmares were made of. It totally deserves being stuck with a death star HDD.

Oh man I remember working on these. The biggest issues with it were the fact it uses the Intel i810 chipset (limited to 512MB of RAM) and the USB controller would flake out and stop being recognized properly by Windows 98. Since it ONLY has USB ports, this meant you had a driver install window, for the crucial device for mouse/keyboard functionality, that you couldn't interact with. Even more daming, no PCI/ISA/PCMCIA slots either.

@zaatas

Жыл бұрын

What program were you going to use that would require over 512 mbs of memory, but still work fine with a 400 mhz Celeron anyways. Like didn't he say it had 64 mbs of ram? Most computers had 2-4 ram slots, so that means that thing has 4 16s, 2 32s, or 1 64 stick, you would need to have 4 128 sticks to even meet that limit. I don't think it was possible to surpass that hardware limit with the type of ram available.

@mardus_ee

Жыл бұрын

​@@zaatas This could be a combo of Windows XP and Firefox as just an example. A new computer with 512 MB RAM and Windows XP was normal in 2006. Several years later, I'd managed to upgrade a notebook with those early specs to 2 GB (max), which extended its life well into the late 2010s.

Sweet! Thanks for the very nice and cool video once again Clint. 👍 It was astronomical. 😄

My friend you have the best video quality production IMHO! Crystal clear image, colors and content. Gongrats for all!

@LGR

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Love these retro computer videos.

Love your retro computer videos!!!

@schwarz_mason

Жыл бұрын

I am in agreeance

my favorite Clint quirk is when he randomly slides into his duke nukem voice

So cool seeing your storage room - I could get lost in there! Thanks for sharing!