tezza
Veteran Member
Hi, I used to live in this forum from about 2007 until towards the end of the last decade. In the last few years vintage computing has been on the back burner, but some old timers here might still remember me.
Here is why I'm posting. From about 2013 to 2016 or so, I uploaded a series of videos to Youtube, showing particular classic models of the late 1970s-1980s in my collection, and also covering a bit of their history.
People seemed to find the videos interesting, but they were produced in the dark ages of 10 years ago. I had no real video creators' gear at the time (still don't) and so produced the clips using an old camera, a very cheap set of headphones with mic and MovieMaker on Windows 7. The effort was pretty low-fi. I was lucky even to get away with it at the time. Now of course, most Youtube content is of the highest of production values.
Consequently, whenever I thought of my old videos sitting up on YouTube, I would always cringe with embarrassment at the thought of someone watching them, given at their less than stellar production values compared to modern day efforts. However, recently I came across a service where I could clean the audio up using AI. I've now started to refresh the videos with better audio, and I'll be uploading the improved versions over the next weeks or months. The resolution is unchanged so it still low-res but hey, they do represent primitive computers after all. One could argue the vintage style and quality (and the vintage presenter) fits the theme
I'm letting people on this forum know about this project for two reasons....
First, there may still be some old timers on this forum that still subscribed to my Youtube channel. They will get notifications that a new video has been uploaded. This may be surprising as they would not have heard of a new video being uploaded for the last 7 years! To avoid disappointment, I'm just letting them know there is no new content to these videos. They are in fact existing ones, but with better audio. However, if you are one of these old timers and have seen the video before, you might want to view it again (with better audio) just for old time's sake.
Second, if you haven't seen these videos before, you might want to take a peek. I'd suggest only looking at the ones published on Sept 10 (2023) or afterwards. These have the acceptable audio. Subscribe to the Channel, and ask for an alert so you will know when I've uploaded refreshed videos. These will be a more pleasant auditory experience than the older ones there. The channel URL is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Q2xbLkv5s9xVKRWGShKnw
A shout out to anyone who remembers me. I hope you are all doing well.
Terry Stewart (Tez)
Here is why I'm posting. From about 2013 to 2016 or so, I uploaded a series of videos to Youtube, showing particular classic models of the late 1970s-1980s in my collection, and also covering a bit of their history.
People seemed to find the videos interesting, but they were produced in the dark ages of 10 years ago. I had no real video creators' gear at the time (still don't) and so produced the clips using an old camera, a very cheap set of headphones with mic and MovieMaker on Windows 7. The effort was pretty low-fi. I was lucky even to get away with it at the time. Now of course, most Youtube content is of the highest of production values.
Consequently, whenever I thought of my old videos sitting up on YouTube, I would always cringe with embarrassment at the thought of someone watching them, given at their less than stellar production values compared to modern day efforts. However, recently I came across a service where I could clean the audio up using AI. I've now started to refresh the videos with better audio, and I'll be uploading the improved versions over the next weeks or months. The resolution is unchanged so it still low-res but hey, they do represent primitive computers after all. One could argue the vintage style and quality (and the vintage presenter) fits the theme
I'm letting people on this forum know about this project for two reasons....
First, there may still be some old timers on this forum that still subscribed to my Youtube channel. They will get notifications that a new video has been uploaded. This may be surprising as they would not have heard of a new video being uploaded for the last 7 years! To avoid disappointment, I'm just letting them know there is no new content to these videos. They are in fact existing ones, but with better audio. However, if you are one of these old timers and have seen the video before, you might want to view it again (with better audio) just for old time's sake.
Second, if you haven't seen these videos before, you might want to take a peek. I'd suggest only looking at the ones published on Sept 10 (2023) or afterwards. These have the acceptable audio. Subscribe to the Channel, and ask for an alert so you will know when I've uploaded refreshed videos. These will be a more pleasant auditory experience than the older ones there. The channel URL is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5Q2xbLkv5s9xVKRWGShKnw
A shout out to anyone who remembers me. I hope you are all doing well.
Terry Stewart (Tez)