Jason Merrill

I'm so proud that I could contribute in a small part to the @bluescsi.com project. It's a fun group of friends making really cool stuff that I use almost every day! bluescsi.com/milestones

New video! This time I look at the underrated Macintosh LC III and see what kind of stupid shenanigans I can get up to with it! youtu.be/31CICgxqoCE

Your eyes do not deceive you! The cat's out of the bag: I've been collaborating with the @bluescsi.com project to make the enclosure and front panel originally designed for PicoIDE common to both! I collabed with @eric.scsi.blue on code and @gutbomb.net did the 3D design. jcm-1.com/product/blue...

On Wednesday at 3:00PM EDT, I'm going to do a little stream to work on a couple motherboards: 1. a $20 supposedly dead AMD AM4 B550 motherboard 2. a slot 1 AT format motherboard that has been severely mistreated in its lifetime (provided by @gutbomb.net ). youtube.com/live/tC-qGfk...

Found some crummy peripherals in a random box

introduce yourself with 10 bands you've seen live Flaming Lips Blur The Rentals nine inch nails David Bowie Depeche Mode Various punk bands no one remembers at The Raven in Denver in the mid 90s … I think that’s it

Why would The White House be confirming Indycar scheduling? I thought these guys were the party of small government and didn't like it when government meddled into the affairs of the private sector.

I designed the case for this thing and I've been playing with a development unit and it's going to take the whole vintage PC space by storm. Best thing since the gotek in my book. So much more flexible than using compact flash cards. Plus using it as a CD-ROM drive opens up so many possibilities!

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Don't threaten me with a good time.

I'm going to 7.5.3 - Advice Anyone?? I'm going to upgrade my Quadra 630 8/250 from 7.5.1 to 7.5.3... Am I going to see any difference? Is there anything in particular I should know before making the jump? Any tips, tactics, or tricks I should know? Thanks for your time...

I was wondering if anyone had a machine running stable in NT4 with an AGP card on the P5A with a K62-400 chip.Any info would be appreciated. TIA

Take a deep dive with me into the world of 8mm film and why it's so challenging to digitize these old home movies. 🎞️ This video also includes an in-depth hardware review of the Kodak Reels Digitizer and some hacks to try and make it suck less. 📽️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ztzo... #8mm #film

New video: Was the Macintosh Classic Crummy? youtu.be/RXq_mkMkWkA

New video. Let's look at another old Mac. youtu.be/W3ch_EVS_0g

I made a stupid YouTube short about an old Mac NASCAR game youtube.com/shorts/NifwE...

Hey I finally got an everdrive for my NES but it didn’t have a cartridge shell so I just used one from an old sports game and cut a hole for the SD card.

👀"Dave's not here, man" 👀 youtube.com/live/oaPeOB2... Sunday 9/14/2025 8:00am PST 11:am EST

New video! Was the Performa / Quadra / LC 630 Crummy? youtu.be/ZstO5iREEOw

LIVE TOMORROW 7PM EDT: "IS THIS ANYTHING?" RETURNS: Join me on Twitch tomorrow at 7pm EDT as Uncommon Ephemera returns from hiatus! Let's look through found #VHS tapes for #lostmedia to save! twitch.tv/uncommonephe...

I've just released version v3.2.0 of the PicoGUS firmware with lots of great improvements, such as a fix for freeze in SB mode, volume setting (thx Delphius), high-quality resampling of OPL2 audio (thx korneliuszo) and way more Click through to read the full release notes: github.com/polpo/picogu...

New video! This time I mess with a weird sun workstation from the 90s. youtu.be/_WzL0PwrlG8

New Video: I Played Every NeGcon Game youtu.be/mtddLRf4ORc

Was the Macintosh Color Classic Crummy? Let's find out! youtu.be/QXS2nwZJAO8

this is such a magical repair video www.youtube.com/watch?v=46Lv...

A really amazing professor is trying to raise funds to support students over the summer to work on a sewage treatment educational game! What is not to love about this? 💩 www.kickstarter.com/projects/que...

New Video: Was the Macintosh LC Crummy? youtu.be/lDGUYsVNXIY

We got a few questions about the Ultra SCSI Fast20 beta firmware so I wanted to share some details! This is an overclock to the Pico1/2 that allows the latter to almost saturate a 20MB/sec Ultra SCSI Fast20 bus! Real world results will vary of course, but here’s what we’ve seen so far! (1/6) 🧵

New Video: The eMachines Experience youtu.be/f8ubtZZ_jUg

Being a bit of a #GlobalTalk menace this morning... thanks to @gutbomb.net for being a willing victim 🤭