Greetings. It's been another month or so and there's more stuff to unbox that you have sent me.
Maybe not you in particular, but you know who your are. So let's go ahead and unbox this stuff.
First up here, is a package from Chad...
...it's quite large.
"Hello Clint, here are some old keyboards and a couple other random things. Keep up the good work."
...and well thank you, I feel blessed to have viewers like you!
Okay, got a 3,5 inch disk holder. Looks pretty new actually.
What is this? Oh my goodness, that is a substantial KVM!
That is awesome, I was actually recently looking online for a good one of these...
Doesn't look like it actually switches sound but that's okay.
It switches frickin' AT & PS/2 keyboards, that is supercool, wow!
That is a cool logo to see.
What. That has yellowed to oblivion but check that out, that is pristine!
Not clicky, but it is an awesome, clean keyboard.
There's proof right there that it doesn't even need to be exposed to like sunlight or smoke or anything.
Still smells like, you know, new really,...
...but it's just yellowed because some plastic just yellows no matter what.
Hmm, it's like another keyboard here.
Whoa!
That is a clicky board.
I'm not sure what switches, they almost feel like ALPS.
This is an NEC - APH412; I'd have to check to see what kind of switches they have.
Oh that is supercool.
Another keyboard. (laughs)
Oh, what is this?
That is really neat.
I don't know what kind of switches those are but they feel nice.
Not as clicky, but very responsive.
I love that tray on top, that is insanely cool. Never had a keyboard like that.
And another keyboard. This is just... Wow, a Wang keyboard.
Mmh. That is very gummy, but dude, what a keyboard, holy crap look at that:
We got speakers, I think this is a terminal keyboard? Yeah it's got to be with the connection here.
Very yellow, but retrobright will fix that up.
Hey, it's a couple of Mouse-Systems mice.
Very awesome, thank you very much sir.
Next up we got some small packages.
First one here is from Ross W.
Oh hey, OK. "So Who's Dr. Rabbit?", a Colgate virtual mystery CD-ROM?
"A global oral health initiative", well that is purely bizarre, thank you very much!
This one here from Celinia Ud (?), I think this is, I don't know, something a company sent.
Awh yeah, okay, this is the VR cover people.
They make all sorts of awesome accessoires -at least I hope they're awesome- for different VR headsets.
And I saw some videos on the Vive and they were like: "Hey, do you want to try some of these out?"
Yeah I do, because the Vive, with the foam on there, is disgusting after a year of use.
So thank you very much.
I got one here from Debby.
Uhmm..
This is an Ebay thing, somebody bought me something from Ebay I guess, maybe it's not from a Debby!
Jasper, thank you!
"Building cars"... That is interesting. That's down my alley, looks like something for kids!
Got one here from Johny.
I'm trying to cover up adresses and stuff, but check this out:
This is made to look like (laughs) a sort of Newegg.com-style invoice, called Oldegg.
We deeply apologize for the delays in shipments. This item has been out of stock for the last 27 years. (laughs)
I mean seriously, look, he went all out even with a faux return warranty, this is..
Okay, I understand the box now.
Whoa.
That is frickin' cool.
Wow.
I'm only vaguely, barely familiar with this, this is like pre-ImagiNation network.
It looks like this is a Tandy product, Sierra online thing, holy crap, that is cool.
Allright Johny, that is amazing: you not only went all-out with all the paperwork but this...
That is an amazing collectable. It like - it ís brand new.
Thank you.
This one here is from E. Just E.
I guess it's from Eric.
I'm the dude who sent you the weirdo Post-it note software.
Oh yeah, thanks for that.
I just actually put that on the shelf the other day.
Hah, how cute.
That's like, the perfect little thingee to put up in my kitchen.
It's a little radio, shaped like a computer, like an AT clone.
Yeah, the one I have is much smaller and does not have a mouse.
(laughs) That is superneat!
("My favorite things" in bit-music)
Okay... it's just gonna keep going.
Well, it's one of my favorite things indeed, thank you very much!
I like that "Y2K compatible" there.
That's just gonna keep going I guess.
Hmm. "Webster's Pocket Computer Dictionary".
I've seen these around at Goodwills but never one in this nice shape, so I never picked one up.
What, Magitronic Computers' version of MS-DOS 5, if that box will go back together.
I like these OEM versions of DOS, I've quite a few for different systems:
Epson, Leading Edge, Amstrad and whatnot.
This is how Microsoft made their frickin' billions: licensing this out to other companies.
And of course selling it directly, but yeah... these branded by an actual OEM are pretty cool.
Thank you very much, this is a really cool box.
Aight, here's one from Joni, It is from Finland.
"F-Secure". This is a package of floppy disks and stuff, I approve of that!
What the heck...
Oddware! ...I don't know what this is but it's got sensors and stuff.
So I'm guessing the sensor detects where things are?
Here's the manual. "Aeropoint".
...enables position tracking in free space. Dang, that is all futuristic and crap.
For DOS 3 and Windows 3? That's pretty amazing.
Also a copy of Star Trek Omnipedia. I will take it.
Totally missed the note. Oh, this would've answered my question.
"Here is the Creative Aeropoint 3D mouse. Hope it still works and all the parts are there...
...or just sent you a pile of junk."
That is very possible, I get a lot of junk.
It's always well-meaning, but a lot of stuff I get ends up not working or is incomplete.
But either way, that is fantastic, all the way from frickin' Finland, so thank you very much!
(laughs) "I tried to find packing peanuts to tease you but was unable to."
Oh, they don't have packing peanuts where you are. Well good!
This is from Bachev Communications (?)
Well, there's no note... That's a frickin' Cherry keyboard.
Come to think of it, Cherry did send me an e-mail a while back, I had completely forgotten...
...saying, "we will send you a sample keyboard if you want" and I'm like, "sure, why not?".
Well, right away, that feels... absolutely cheap, I swear.
I'll be honest: this looks a bit like a piece of crap, but thank you, presumably somebody representing Cherry.
Here's one from S. Rapoza.
Oh my.
This is stuff I never heard of. An evaluation copy even.
"Juilliard Music Adventure".
From the "Millie's Math House" people, oh. "Bumptz Science Carnival".
"Snootz Math Trek". Well they like Z's, don't they, it's like Mad Catz.
Hmm, no Z's here, it's just called "Hollywood". (laughs) Just Hollywood!
What the heck is that, "FREE Palm Man Action Figure"?
This is a whole realm of things I din't know I needed in my life.
And lastly, "Hollywood High".
Uhm okay. The "Discpac", by edTech.
Wha? The "Apple User Group Connection Videotape". April 1988.
You know, this somehow seems like a collectible thing. I gotta digitize this, if it's not already.
I'll be sure to rewind as well, 1988-person-who-made-this-package.
Clint, Here are the first 3 boxes of Apple stuff I told you about.
Like I said in our e-mail, the woman I bought it from used to work in Apple.
Dang, that's really cool.
Okay, so this explains the evaluation stuff. I do remember this, Sam.
There was like a TON of different things.
So yeah, that pickup, very much worth checking out. Thank you.
Well there is my refrigerator turning on, and here is a package from Justin.
What's it say? Open other side please. Guess I will.
"LGR, My PC build attempt with this card went bust, but I don't think it was the card...
...I hope you have better luck with this 5500."
My goodness... Whoa...
I'm looking at that. That is a sight to behold, a Voodoo 5 5500 AGP, 64 MB.
I cannot tell you how much... I went to Best Buy and lusted over this thing in the year 2000.
I love that screenshot of Halo. (laughs)
This is absolutely incredible, thank you very much for sending this sir.
Hey look, it's another box from... Crap.
Anyways, it's another box from Sam, I think.
Here are the first 3 boxes... oh, first three, I guess there's another one here somewhere.
Uuuhh.. (only about 20 more boxes to go)
Well, this, I'm pretty sure, is going to be a gold mine.
"Dueling Digits", demo copy, by Brøderbund, dealer demo, goodness!
"A Christmas Adventure", from Bitcards Inc... Is this like a Jingle Disk competitor?
Oh my goodness, I gotta be careful with this stuff.
Oh my goodness, this is an AOL t-shirt?
"Having a great time, wish you were here!"
Man, that is the truth, AOL back in the day was like going on a vacation.
In your computerscreen. To cyberspace.
Oh holy nuts. It's an eWorld shirt here. Apple's sort of thing.
It was all online stuff that did not work out.
Covered that in my AOL retrospective Techtale.
Beagle Bros software stickers, eWorld stickers, (laughs) Apple Newton stickers... okay.
Genuine collectibles, this stuff is going to be... (laughs)
Okay, I was going to say: it's going to be very well taken care off.
I don't know about this one... Just kidding.
Wherever it ends up, I wanna get this stuff out there and to share it and be preserved.
A review copy of "Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego?" for the Mac.
Claris' "MacPaint" demo, not for resale.
Check if it can go back together here...
Sort of came apart inside the box. "Where in Europe is Carmen Sandiego?" That is interesting.
I've never actually played this one.
"The Hobbit". That's supercool, and it has the Hobbit book.
Really awesome box and really neat game.
"SimEarth" is this, it's the review copy. I actually do have a review copy of this one, and a lot of Maxis games.
I'm not sure why. Still, that's really cool, I've never seen this particular review copy sticker.
A'ight, another box here from Jeff.
"Something tells me the box art won't live up to the game".
That's always a good sign.
"Greetings! Hi! Love the show, got this while thrifting...
...inspired by LGR, next time you're in Idaho, beers on me."
Oh, awesome!
(laughs). That is fantastic box art.
Wow, it's like Mr. Bean, trapped inside of a tube.
Very authentic stock trading I'm sure, that is supremely boring-looking, I love this kind of software
I've actually got a few stock trading "games".
"Wish I had the hardware to go with this".
Hmm, I just love when people wrap up things like this. Such a cool touch.
Okay what is this?
Wow wow whoa.
"CyberMaxx", more than a gigabyte of valuable VR software?
For what?
I guess for the "CyberMaxx", that's a VR headset that I've never even come across.
Yeah, it's a giant book with some software.
"Computers, Those Amazing Machines".
Books for world explorers, National Geographic Society.
Oh man that's cool.
Those are from 1984, nobody used to know anything about computers after that.
What's on the other side, let me check the other side.
Okay, that's like a cool, trippy butterfly dude.
Butterfly in the sky...
Oh, it's in a book. Thank you very much, this is such a cool thing.
And last, but certainly not least here, is the, I guess, third package, that was sent with the Apple stuff.
Thank you Sam, once again, holy crap.
Yeah I'm not dreaming. That's a sealed "Number Munchers".
"MacWrite II", promo copy.
"The Reading Pen". Hear words and definitions spoken aloud.
Optically reads words, I guess.
"Computereyes". Hey, I ran across one of these at Goodwill not to long ago and it didn't have anything in there.
This one is sealed. It's a digitizer for Apple II GS computers.
It's a little card and some software.
Claris' "MacDraw II".
"Battles in Normandy", that is neat.
Love me some war games. This one looks to be a rarity, made in Australia.
Never heard of it and that is awesome.
This is a lot of Mac games, here we got "Word Munchers".
"Spellevator", several copies of "Number Munchers" and another copy of "Word Munchers".
What is this? A promo copy of Mac OS 8?
Let see here... "Drug Alert"! (laughs) That's awesome, some war on drugs.
Uh, memorabilia.
Do'h, man, that makes me wanna do drugs.
"Help childeren say no to drugs". That is phenomenal.
1988? No, 1986!
And lastly, "The Fingerprint". There's a little fingerprint on a stick.
"FingerPring GSi is a graphic utility card that allows you to freeze any program...
...and instantly capture and dump..." So it's a printscreen?
It's a screenshot-taker.
Don't tell me that's the button.
You know, I'm genuinely intrigued, although these kind of things. I'm not sure if I'm going to open them...
...I mean typically I haven't got a problem opening sealed, old computer things, but these...
...coming from the source that they did, I would sooner give this to a museum or something.
In fact, all of this Apple stuff, a lot of it anyway, might end up in a museum or something.
I'm gonna look around and see what happens.
Allright, so here is sort of an overview of what I got, honestly it's not even everything.
There's a bunch of keyboards, other little things, they're over there.
This is what I could kind of get in frame at the moment.
So yeah, thank you very much to everyone once again.
I'll go ahead and start cataloging this and sorting it, getting it displayed and protect it...
...and all kind of things I like to do to old stuff. I'm not sure about that MS-DOS sticker!
(laughs) But no, this is awesome. Thank you very much to everyone. You're supergenerous.
Stay tuned! More LGR coming soon.