Check out this WEIRD tech I found at Free Geek Twin Cities!

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  • @StudioBebopUSA
    @StudioBebopUSA Год назад +124

    4:16 I'm amazed they managed to fit a whole ass pinball machine into that Mac!

    • @angrydove4067
      @angrydove4067 Год назад +2

      I'm drunk, I am a pinball machine

    • @Kalvinjj
      @Kalvinjj Год назад +8

      I thought slot machine

    • @TommyAgramonSeth
      @TommyAgramonSeth Год назад +4

      ​@@KalvinjjI had the same thought, haha

    • @Troppa17
      @Troppa17 Год назад +5

      Yeah, sounds like one for sure. I guess the plastic fan blade broke and fall off the metal hub. Seen that on old small fans especially GPU fans but first time on an PSU for me at least...

    • @smug_cat1
      @smug_cat1 Год назад

      I thought about a typewriter
      But yea u have a point 😂😂😂

  • @strayiggytv
    @strayiggytv Год назад +102

    That is the most "help me I had an uh oh" sound to ever come out of a computer 😂

    • @linuxstreamer8910
      @linuxstreamer8910 Год назад +2

      a music pc

    • @Alefjj
      @Alefjj Год назад +11

      Sounds like a pinball machine.

    • @pseudotasuki
      @pseudotasuki Год назад +1

      I think it miiiiight need a new fan.

    • @clim30j
      @clim30j Год назад +1

      Possibly a part of the metal "ribs" has bent in, causing the spinning fan fin to hit it.

  • @LucaBlightOfHighland
    @LucaBlightOfHighland Год назад +22

    I like this video, it's almost a substitute for LGR thrifts 😂

  • @TankVerKA
    @TankVerKA Год назад +72

    Your guess on the captel phone is pretty spot-on. My grandparents have one and someone or some software transcribes captions while the phone call goes otherwise as normal

    • @FredWallace18
      @FredWallace18 Год назад +9

      Yup, CapTel is a company in Madison, WI that does phone captioning. Voice-to-text software does best-guess, and grunt workers clean it up on-the-fly. I applied there long ago when I was between jobs.

    • @lovesbonzibuddy
      @lovesbonzibuddy Год назад

      I think you usually call 711 to get a relay operator, and they're the ones typing out the captions shown on the display.

    • @richardestes6499
      @richardestes6499 Год назад +2

      In most of the US, it's all under the CaptionCall brand now. I only know this because I used to work at one of their call centers.

    • @fox-paws
      @fox-paws Год назад +4

      I remember working for a phone and internet provider and having people call about those. Sometimes there would be really old people who subscribed to internet a long time ago and could only get about 1 meg internet because they were grandfathered into a plan we didnt offer anymore. Those people would then get upset because they would get these phones and wouldn't meet the 2 meg requirement that was required to use the phone.

    • @AsamiImako
      @AsamiImako 10 месяцев назад

      The captions are provided by real people. We are frequently treated like computers/toys however.

  • @ora2j251
    @ora2j251 Год назад +72

    I hecking want the dual DVD enclosure RIGHT NOW. I would have a perfect use case for it in one of my machines.

    • @coreybabcock2023
      @coreybabcock2023 Год назад +1

      Definitely I was like I need that !

    • @charlesswansonii9319
      @charlesswansonii9319 Год назад +4

      I dig that as well. You could reserve one optical bay in it for a DVD drive and then use the other bay for something like an IcyDock hot-swap SATA drive bay. It's genius.

  • @BCZF
    @BCZF Год назад +11

    I used to work for Captel for many years. We had to copy what we heard from the conversation exactly using Dragon Naturally Speaking into our headsets, and we had to manually type in things like swear words, because Dragon would not recognize them. It was an ok job, except some phone calls lasted hours and you had to hand off to someone else if you needed to go to the bathroom, take a break, etc.

  • @PhillyMotoXTS
    @PhillyMotoXTS Год назад +43

    These videos make me so jealous that you have this available. The only thing close to me is Goodwill which mainly has 15 year old DVD players and that's about it as far as electronics go.

    • @ccoder4953
      @ccoder4953 Год назад +4

      Yeah, totally agree. I live near Denver and, while it's great we are one of the few areas with a Microcenter, the used PC scene is pretty much Goodwill having consumer electronics. Apparently the Goodwills in this area just don't want to deal with computers. There are a few used computer stores in the Denver area, but, as far as I know, none that are as weird and wacky (and cheap) as Free Geek.

    • @grumpywurzel1973
      @grumpywurzel1973 Год назад

      Totally jealous of the electronics and prices available, here in the UK the 2nd hand market especially from shops such as CEX etc is massively overpriced

    • @MikeDS49
      @MikeDS49 Год назад

      From brands like RCA and Venturer.

    • @1.4M-ry8zx
      @1.4M-ry8zx 9 месяцев назад

      I have literally nothing, at least you can get retro parts online for nothing in romania

    • @SenileOtaku
      @SenileOtaku 9 месяцев назад

      Yeah, Goodwill in this area (Hudson Valley NY & western CT) is absolutely useless for vintage equipment. Heck, they don't even have decent Anime either (last time I found any good anime was a DVD set of Martian Successor Nadesico). But if you're looking for severely fugly used furniture, you're all set.

  • @christiancoding
    @christiancoding Год назад +11

    "i think this mac has a problem." "Yup." I think that mac begging to end his cruelty.

  • @susanpost1771
    @susanpost1771 Год назад +8

    I work for CapTel as a Caption Assistant. You are exactly right. The person with the phone would be able to read when the other person would say.

  • @ukmk3supra
    @ukmk3supra Год назад +12

    That's not a quicksilver, it's a cleverly disguised TARDIS and the cloister bell is sounding! :D

  • @mysticmarble94
    @mysticmarble94 Год назад +6

    mutated mouse .... also known as x-mice

  • @JonaDes
    @JonaDes Год назад +8

    The ketchup phone seems like something for This Museum Is Not Obsolete

    • @SenileOtaku
      @SenileOtaku 9 месяцев назад

      Well, it's handy if an old school chum calls and you want to ketchup on old gossip...

  • @adamsavard535
    @adamsavard535 Год назад +7

    Funny how perspective shifts when you grew up with something. That Sony CD changer/stereo is just a slightly different model from what my grandparents had, so it looks completely normal to me.

    • @warkface0
      @warkface0 Год назад

      Yeah, I worked at a department store electronics section in the mid-2000s, and I don't think shelf units like that were wildly uncommon.

  • @samred
    @samred Год назад +4

    @5:45 I was the proud owner of a similar Sony 60-disc changer system from maybe a year later, which *also* supported CD-Rs full of MP3s. $300ish new at Fry’s. I had over 400 albums loaded onto that sucker.

  • @dillosauras7718
    @dillosauras7718 Год назад +5

    that pc sounded like it ran on gears

  • @KoalaBerzerker
    @KoalaBerzerker Год назад +8

    I think there might be something wrong with this computer!
    * Turns it on
    * Slot machine and pinball table sounds
    * Plugs it off, looks at it
    Yup.

  • @cy8646
    @cy8646 Год назад +5

    I'd like to put a modern, decent work PC in to one of those PowerMac's. I always wanted a Mac growing up and I got to use that shape PowerMac in college. Loved it.

  • @lukeson8934
    @lukeson8934 Год назад +9

    the dual DVD laptop disc drive is actually genius! I want one for my retro Win XP PC!

  • @perspektive42
    @perspektive42 Год назад +5

    The ketchup phone is the natural companion to the burger phone.

  • @glynnetolar4423
    @glynnetolar4423 Год назад +3

    That computer sounded like it was counting change.

  • @nigelchin3286
    @nigelchin3286 Год назад +9

    That ketchup phone reminds me of the cola phone covered by dankpods last week😂

  • @Zorqueozwald
    @Zorqueozwald Год назад +5

    Imagine watching someone getting mad at a phone call and hanging up by slamming a novelty ketchup bottle phone on the table.

  • @robsquared2
    @robsquared2 Год назад +11

    I'd have definitely bought the 2 laptop drive to 5.25 converter back in the day, but IDE is dead. Also it sounds like someone put a pinball machine in that tower mac.

    • @FalbertForester
      @FalbertForester Год назад +1

      You can still get IDE to SATA converters!

    • @AaronOfMpls
      @AaronOfMpls Год назад

      Maybe the drives can be swapped out with SATA ones.
      ...And yah, that does _not_ sound like a happy Mac!

  • @iscariotproject
    @iscariotproject Год назад +3

    twin cities the gold mine that just keeps on giving

  • @mazziecat
    @mazziecat Год назад +6

    Man, I'm jealous of the stuff that's still widely available in US thrift stores. Good luck finding any of that here outside the rare online auction or our Craigslist. I haven't even seen a computer in probably 5+ years in the three thrift stores I frequent and we definitely don't have something like Free Geek.

    • @SenileOtaku
      @SenileOtaku 9 месяцев назад

      Not available at any of the thrift stores in MY area (NY/CT).

  • @IsoMacintosh
    @IsoMacintosh Год назад +2

    Sonnet still makes mac mini rack cases that are cool but damn expensive.
    Despite xMac mini server being the name they advertise it for non server uses too, specifically mentioning that you could install a RME sound card with a daughter card while still leaving one pci-e slot for other stuff.

  • @StumblrNoE
    @StumblrNoE Год назад +3

    Yes, that CapTel phone does just that, displays captions for phone calls! The cost of the service is covered by a federally funded program, and it's just to help people who are hard of hearing. We had one for my grandma, it helped a lot. You're making me want to make a trip to the Twin Cities with this video, and I haven't had the time lately to visit Free Geek!

  • @BSFJeebus
    @BSFJeebus Год назад +3

    you know who would love that mac server? Jeff Geerling

  • @ajax700
    @ajax700 Год назад +4

    Ah, those A4tech dual wheel scroll mice that ended as an evolution dead-end main feature ha ha.
    Best wishes.

    • @SenileOtaku
      @SenileOtaku 9 месяцев назад +1

      I have one of those dual scroll wheel mice.

  • @georgeh6856
    @georgeh6856 Год назад +2

    I have never seen a rack-mounted server drawer with that much empty space in it. Usually, every cubic millimeter is filled with something.

  • @IgnatSolovey
    @IgnatSolovey Год назад +2

    I actually had a dual-wheel A4Tech mouse. And it was pretty convenient, actually. In all honesty, I wouldn't mind a second wheel on my present-day Logitech M510.

    • @VEC7ORlt
      @VEC7ORlt 9 месяцев назад

      Yeah, dual scroll wheels were pretty cool, 4tech did them wrong tho - I've had a boeder mouse that was arranged button-wheel-button-wheel-button - that was goddamn perfect.

  • @dkmillares
    @dkmillares Год назад +2

    More Free Geek videos please!

  • @libertyernie
    @libertyernie Год назад +3

    One thing i saw there back in december was something that looked like a tower PC, but it had like eight 5" drive bays. I imagine it was simply an enclosure for hooking up a ton of scsi drives to an external PC, but I've been curious about it ever since.

  • @dhpbear2
    @dhpbear2 Год назад +1

    5:20 - A friend of mine had THREE of those 200-CD changers connected together! Wow, have things changed!

  • @jeremiefaucher-goulet3365
    @jeremiefaucher-goulet3365 Год назад +1

    I would be spending like crazy if there wqs such a store where I live. I'm jealous.

  • @puciohenzap891
    @puciohenzap891 Год назад +1

    That Mac was hilarious, must've been a diesel!
    The 200CD Sony was a nice bargain, I think the Pio receiver underneath it as well.

  • @MotownBatman
    @MotownBatman Год назад +1

    I want that MacMini Rack Server! Thats Fresh as Hell!
    That DVD Duplicater would have been awesome back in the day of my DVD & XBOX......Backups....

  • @Raptor50aus
    @Raptor50aus Год назад +1

    I wish we had these stores in Australia. By the way my D-82 and D-88 both working perfect inc the LCD. I even restored the original lead acid battery.

  • @adey88splace
    @adey88splace Год назад +3

    I don't know why, but I really wanted that combo dvd drive setup. That was pretty neat.

    • @AaronOfMpls
      @AaronOfMpls Год назад +1

      Indeed, and I'm kinda wondering if the drives can be swapped out for modern SATA ones.
      My current PC's case only has one 5¼" bay. And while I haven't _needed_ more than one drive in it, I now have some idea of what to look for if I ever do!
      (** debates driving over to Free Geek, on the off chance the thing _hasn't_ sold like 5 minutes after this video came out **)

  • @Prototheria
    @Prototheria Год назад +1

    I had one of those disc duplicator things in a Dell tower back around '06-'08 timeframe. I seem to remember it being an option . And yep... I made a ton of copies of stuff!

  • @nicholasjulianriley
    @nicholasjulianriley Год назад +1

    Oh man, that HP 9000/710 next to the Dell with the gigantic subwoofer brought back bad memories (we had them in a computer lab). What a terrible keyboard layout.

  • @Tarkov.
    @Tarkov. Год назад +1

    I can't help but think that laptop drives had to be slower than regular desktop burners.
    EDIT: Also, I love the idea of the ketchup phone sitting on someone's kitchen table and their cat comes over and knocks it "off the hook"
    haha what a nightmare.

  • @Kumimono
    @Kumimono Год назад +1

    Heinz phone is perfect, if you want to catch-up with an old acquaintance.
    Also, I really thought that one Mac was a, mechanical instrument of some kind, in a Mac case. Like a barrel organ.

  • @bghoody5665
    @bghoody5665 Год назад +1

    Not just a sub-woofer, a THX certified sub-woofer. I wonder how much extra Dell had to dish out for that badge?

  • @Agent57000DM
    @Agent57000DM Год назад +2

    4:28 - I thought you found a funky custom Pachinko machine.😄

  • @maltronik
    @maltronik Год назад +1

    The ketchup phone looks like something maxwell smart would use….

  • @phr3dmcc0y
    @phr3dmcc0y Год назад +1

    Dude, the 50.00 dell w subs is worth it. that would be a bangin MP3/winamp unit.

  • @GeekmanCA
    @GeekmanCA Год назад +1

    I was always curious about those xMacs but the prince point was just too high for playing around . I was extremely skeptical about the reliability of that PCI-Thunderbolt bridge, especially when picking a random PCI card off the shelf.

  • @ronhutcherson9845
    @ronhutcherson9845 Год назад +1

    That PB video mod is kinda impressive.
    And that phone would be a great way to catch up with a friend… oh you’ve heard that one already. Wonder if that was on the box?

  • @jowi_24seven43
    @jowi_24seven43 Год назад +1

    Lmao what a hack job of a rack "server". I loved this episode, so much comedy

  • @AliceC993
    @AliceC993 Год назад +1

    At around 6:00 - my sister used to have a 50+1 CD Sony shelf system. I cannot remember the model number for the life of me, but basically it had this carousel system that always held one disc in the actual drive and the rest would be held vertically in the carousel. Very neat system. Surprisingly good 3-way speakers bundled with it, I have no clue what ever happened to it. I would guess it came from anywhere between the early-mid 90s and maybe 2001-2002 at latest.

  • @alles_klar
    @alles_klar Год назад +1

    Oh wow, that Dell ith the THX speakers. I used to LUST over this in computer magazines when I was in high school. I would buy it in a heartbeat.

  • @AcornElectron
    @AcornElectron Год назад +1

    Might as well.
    Keep up the good work and, as always, stay safe!

  • @Yangorango
    @Yangorango Год назад +2

    5:34 This brought me childhood memories. We used to have a Pioneer XR-P770F at home. It had a 25 CD rack hidden behind the front panel I loved to look inside of as it was the coolest thing ever to me.
    I remember having it from sometime 1997-98 until my mum got rid of it sometime in 2007 as its front panel buttons responded erratically and she didn’t see any point in fixing it.

  • @demons500
    @demons500 Год назад +1

    That Apple pc sounds like my first car.

  • @arturofernandez8487
    @arturofernandez8487 Год назад +1

    Who put a pinball inside a powermac g3?

  • @redgek
    @redgek Год назад +1

    Just ignores HP Apollo workstation...

  • @AcornElectron
    @AcornElectron Год назад +2

    Do you work there?

  • @stuckin2003
    @stuckin2003 Год назад +1

    I miss Free Geek Twin Cities so bad! Always so much fun to wander around and look at all the obscure tech.

  • @dhpbear2
    @dhpbear2 Год назад

    4:35 - It's running a pinball sound-emulator program!

  • @RealEpikCartfrenYT
    @RealEpikCartfrenYT Год назад

    those are A STEAL. Like super cheap compared to what I find on local classifieds here in my country. I also heard they have a shipping service. I wonder if they do worldwide shipping and how much it costs.

  • @nachiopistachio
    @nachiopistachio Год назад

    I expected literally anything inside of the Quicksilver except something as mundane as that. But hey, at least it boots

  • @aliendave
    @aliendave Год назад

    My dad has had that ketchup phone since the 70s! Also I'm pretty sure my college roommate had that 60 CD changer. Looks very familiar.

  • @johnbarrington2526
    @johnbarrington2526 Год назад +1

    I wish we had that store in my area

  • @kuchenblechmafiagmbh1381
    @kuchenblechmafiagmbh1381 Год назад

    Sonnet didn't only make that rack enclosure for the Mac Mini but also a 4U enclosure for the 2013 "Trashcan" Mac Pro 6,1: ruclips.net/video/LcADO1d0rKk/видео.html
    And MacStadium went even further by rackmounting iMac Pros.

  • @fm00078
    @fm00078 Год назад

    I LOVE THAT MOUSE!!!+! _ _ Well... not REALLY love, like a lot I bought 5. Plus a mini style with 1 wheel 3 buttons for my 9" Android Pad. Let's not forget the Mini keyboard too.
    Early customizable 5 button mouse. One I worn totally through the plastics left main button. 😉👍

  • @RandomTechWZ
    @RandomTechWZ Год назад +1

    I really wish we had one of these in Michigan.

  • @TheGigashadow
    @TheGigashadow 8 месяцев назад

    I had (and still do have somewhere) a shelf stereo system similar to that back in 1996-1998, it's a Pioneer with a 25 disc changer and 5.1 Dolby surround, sound along and a remote control along with some other very cool features... It was a very good system!

  • @rosemeyer1939
    @rosemeyer1939 Год назад

    That Dell speaker system is an Altec Lansing ADA995. It really, really rocks. Limited connectivity nowadays, but it's a quality bit of kit.

  • @TheGamesPlayr
    @TheGamesPlayr Год назад

    Love that 60 CD HiFi, I have a 3 CD and 3 MD HiFi from the 90s it's a Sony DHC-EX880MD.
    Also used to have one of those Sony 200 disc DVD players, was so cool but sadly it broke, wish I'd kept it and tried to fix.

  • @kobalt_ren01
    @kobalt_ren01 Год назад

    8:30 My mother had one of those! I think I might still have the RAM... for some reason? I recall playing 3D Pinball Space Cadet on it, with the giant matching blue CRT.

  • @theshadowman1398
    @theshadowman1398 Год назад

    Those mega CD / DVD / Blu-ray changers are great but a recipe for losing their original boxes.

  • @blodyholy_
    @blodyholy_ Год назад

    I actually owned that Sony 60 disc changer. (Not that exact one, of course.) I’m fairly certain it was either a JCPenny or QVC gift by a family member. If I recall it had gear issues and would get stuck often.

  • @l3chevalier
    @l3chevalier Год назад

    On 09:06, on the left side of the Dell, there is an AT Case machine, it is just like my first computer. I'd buy that, but I'm Sweden ='(
    Nice stuff! I love those exploration videos.

  • @queegfivehundred8197
    @queegfivehundred8197 Год назад

    I bought a Pioneer 25 disc mini system (with dual cassette decks at the bottom) in 1996 or 1997, and am planning on servicing it to put back into service (albeit mainly for listening to music from my plex library).

  • @fargeeks
    @fargeeks Год назад

    Uh you need to rename the title of this video to:
    Check out "these" weird techs I found at free geek twin cities
    Currently the title of the video implies that you're talking about a single device and NOT the others that you shown in this video

  • @michaelprox1172
    @michaelprox1172 Год назад +2

    Hi

    • @Gmastergun
      @Gmastergun Год назад

      First comment on the video

  • @JT-zv2ff
    @JT-zv2ff Месяц назад

    I think the people at Free Geek Twin Cities get a little stingy when they are pricing things and forget their purpose is to save the environment at the same time giving a little discount geek stuff to keep our kind of people happy.
    Remember, don't be stingy with people

  • @coreybabcock2023
    @coreybabcock2023 Год назад

    Those captel phones were popular with sbc ameritec and ameritec back in the day we had them at goodwill in Appleton WI

  • @crimsonlion100
    @crimsonlion100 Год назад

    wow, if i ran a dvd pirating operation in 2004, that dual laptop drive enclosure wouldve been SICK.

  • @thefakemaker
    @thefakemaker Год назад

    Yeah. Had a Panasonic Big Mouth 60+1 shelf system.

  • @UwUSanime
    @UwUSanime Год назад

    It's not enough! Scroll wheels! I need ATLEAST 3 Scroll wheels to get my work done!

  • @AnonyDave
    @AnonyDave Год назад

    More interesting (to me) was that HP next to the dell. Couldn't quite decide if it was a little HP9000, or an x terminal. Just can't quite see clearly enough

  • @andyzib
    @andyzib Год назад

    I don’t remember why but I do remember looking into that Sonnet enclosure when I was dealing with a Mac fleet.
    Hi fellow Minnesotan!

  • @SHADOSTRYKR
    @SHADOSTRYKR Год назад

    I can confirm CapTel services are based out of Madison WI here. A live person is transcribing the second parties voice to text for the hearing impaired recipient. My friend’s wife worked there and I even interviewed there for a college summer job.

  • @dave4shmups
    @dave4shmups Год назад

    Would that Dell PC have been affected by the early 2000s capacitor plague?

  • @GrizzLeeAdams
    @GrizzLeeAdams Год назад

    The jankiness is because they reused the same thunderbolt bridge board that was in their Sonnet Echo boxes. Why respin the bridge board when you can just build up three different products with the same bridge boards as demand requires? Sure, they could have done a different design on the riser card, flipping the thunderbolt ports internally, but then they would need to include another thunderbolt cable extension for the passthru port.

  • @xero110
    @xero110 Год назад

    10:00 Obviously the ketchup bottle is a phone. How else would we ketchup with what our friends have been doing?

  • @ericbauer4559
    @ericbauer4559 Год назад +1

    My grandma had something like one of those shelf stereo systems that could hold a ton of CDs. I can remember the brand or the exact amount of CDs. This was in the mid 90s.

  • @waterup380
    @waterup380 Год назад

    the DVD thing was for guys who made DVDs to sale on the street. you know the guys i am talking about

  • @PrinzMidas
    @PrinzMidas Год назад

    The CD-Tape combo doesn't have a headphone jack. There is one port for a remote, one for Mic and one for Aux.

  • @faenethlorhalien
    @faenethlorhalien Год назад

    Two scroll wheels. That's something someone made on a drunken dare, I'm telling you.

  • @rumpbuns
    @rumpbuns Год назад

    I have that ketchup phone in its original box. Silly little thing. I'm in Pittsburgh so it makes sense here.

  • @Gerkozielman
    @Gerkozielman Год назад

    what a nice catch-up phone!!
    Do you consider of send it to me ?🤪
    And that Mac computer that sounds like an pinball machine 🤣

  • @MSmith-Photography
    @MSmith-Photography Год назад

    I blame Sean from Action Retro for the Mac jankiness. 🤣

  • @willcrowley4540
    @willcrowley4540 Год назад

    I work IT for a company that captions telephone calls for the hard of hearing CapTel is one of our competetors. You're right though. We have captioning agents who recieve one side of the conversation then captions it into another program which then sends it to the phones screen similar to the one you see here. But that phone and ours should also have wifi built in, so they can use eather wifi or ethernet hardwired for the captions to work. The captions aren't instant there is a 3 to 5 second delay from the time they are said to the time they show up on the screen.

  • @xsleep1
    @xsleep1 Год назад

    Heinz 57 phone? I have one in a box in my garage right now. It works but who has a land line anymore?

  • @bradnelson3595
    @bradnelson3595 Год назад

    I'm trying to decide is that fan is louder than the one that came in my G4 MDD. Close call.

  • @JamieBainbridge
    @JamieBainbridge Год назад

    I'm glad i don't live anywhere near a place like this. I'd spend so much money!

  • @neozeo25
    @neozeo25 Год назад

    At 07:30 this is a Captel for people with hearing loss, CapTel works like any other phone - plus you see captions of everything the caller says.