That Crazy Dutch Computer is Back | Nostalgia Nerd

00:00-01:59 Intro
01:59-03:00 Fleet Command
03:00-06:11 Tektronix 4051
06:11-14:54 Aesthedes
14:54-20:14 Dial up internet in 2023
20:14-21:31 Credits

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[RichJMoneyTV]

Having your own MSN server for a museum is peak nostalgia gratification in my book.

[HomeComputerMuseum]

It was great fun to have you in the museum again!

[mrmii]

I'm glad to see the CD-i prototype still has a nice home among the rest of the amazing collection in the museum. I found and donated that prototype 2 years ago now. I'm also very happy to see that Aesthedes working again. Definitely one of the most impressive computers I've ever seen.

[kdisley]

That Aesthedes was giving me some complex and conflicting feelings... When I was getting set to leave school in 1992, I was determined to become a graphic designer - I had put all my eggs in one basket, and basically disregarded every subject which didn't revolve around getting into art college to work towards an eventual degree and a career in front of a draughtman's board. I went to see the careers' officer and the first question they asked was, _"Do you know anything about computers?"_ At the time, the only real experience I had was playing games on our old ZX81 and latterly Dad's Amiga, and typing up my homework on Mum's Amstrad PCW9512 - I could run a game in BASIC but that was about as far as my computing knowledge went. So I said, _"No, "_ and the careers' officer basically told me that there was no point in going to art college because by the time I had gotten a degree in paper-and-pen Graphic Design it would already be obsolete, and it would all be done on computers.

So the Aesthedes was basically the enemy, and the reason I've never had a real career.

Thing is, though, I later got into computers - in an attempt to make a new career for myself, my younger brother (who was part of the years below me at school who got the upgraded computer lab, and therefore was completely at home with computers - what a difference four years and a focus change in the National Curriculum makes!) suggested that I should try a Cisco CCNA course since it seemed to be up my alley. While taking the course I ended up learning a whole lot about the history of computing in general as well as networking in particular, and started to gain an appreciation for old technology... which of course eventually led me to channels like this.

So while part of me was seething at the very existence of the Aesthedes, there was also part of me that was really interested to see it working, and was following along with what Bart was explaining about the inputs and how the displays worked. I really enjoyed seeing it in action, but I also hated myself a bit for enjoying it...!

Very deep and complicated feelings evoked by a Youtube curiosity video...

[AdrianMars]

I was for a while the sole UK tech repsonsible for Aesthedes repairs and upgrades. The purchase price was vast and annual maintence costs also huge. It was obvious at the time that Corel Draw was going to kill it. It was though lovely to use. If only they had ported the software to a PC based platform, keeping the georgous user interface panel it might have stood a chance. So glad one them lives. Thanks to all concerned foe showing / exhibiting it.

[willemvdk]

I feel stupid for being a Dutch vintage computer nerd never having visited the museum yet. Its a 2 hour drive. 😅 I should go soon!

[bjornm.]

Props to Delta, that they still got the PSU documentation after ll those years!

[marklechman]

Bloody amazing collection. I could easily spend months in there. You gotta love geeks. Across all languages, nations and ideologies, we unite for the love of tech. ❤✌️

[CCP]

as a graphic designer that Aesthedes machine is really fascinating. i'd love to fiddle around with it and see if i could make it do, well, anything

[allanalmeidapa]

Proxying like in 1996!!!! I used to deal with all that stuff. Gotta love Linux and its networking core, to help and save the world, since the beginning of the time. Congratulations for sharing.

[jengelenm]

I can spend an entire year there and not be bored. Good job on the repairs

[penfold]

Once theyve got that huge CAD graphic machine working fully, it would be great to see what that original user they got in contact with can do on it.

[mmadmic]

I'll visit this museum in a near future and what I like at first look in the video, is that it reminds me a computer shop from the 80s-90s with mixed computers and boxes everywhere.

[rickbuzz]

The Tektronix terminal made me think of Adama dictating his commander's log on the original Battlestar Galactica, and seeing "Computer terminals provided by Tektronix" in the show's end credits.

[arjanvuik]

I have been to the Home computer museum with a few 'retro lovers' a couple of weeks ago. I really loved it. Bart is such a good sport and really knows his stuff! Anyone who loves Retro computers, and you are in the neighborhood of Helmond, you have to go to the Home computer museum.

[PavlosVinieratos]

so cool to see they figured more out about that computer! we were there one time and they were debugging some stuff on it. one of my favorite museums.

open source and crowd source everything haha.

[LSGod]

I love that you did a follow up on the crazy computer thing. I'm a Dutch guy and never heard of it, before you did that first video on it. Thumbs up.

[datassetteuser]

Seeing the little Star Wars droid light up part for part was great, as was that you could not help but reference Battlestar Galactica in the beginning. And indeed, the scanning done in that show, with the different star crafts appearing and disappearing on screen in the very same fashion, was burnt into my memory. It is such an iconic way of displaying scifi stuff to me personally. There are some videos on YT that just show graphics being "rendered" on Tectronix with some nice ambient 80s computer music, and this is just so very relaxing and fascinating. Great little video, hope to visit the museum myself this year. Cheers!

[Tweaker]

I live in a small canadian town. Retro computers and games are my passion, and there is literally nothing to see or obtain within 500km. If not for this, I would never know. Thank you.

[mercuryvapoury]

I loved every second of this video. 1996 was the year I first discovered the internet, at college. I had an Amiga at home, and I was famed for taking a box of floppies into college every day, filling them with stuff from Aminet, taking them home, and using CrossDOS to copy everything from the disks to my Amiga's (240Mb) hard drive. I must have been one of the first users of Hotmail, though my original account has long since expired. Back then, they gave you a generous 2Mb of space. I imaged my Amiga drive several years ago, and still have saved emails dated from late 1996. Naturally, these must have came from those floppies. Good lord, I'm getting all nostalgic for stuff that happened more thanb half of my life ago.