The Monorail: $999 All-In-One Windows PC from 1996!

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4 жыл бұрын

It may look like industrial equipment, but the Monorail PC was sold as a low-cost Windows 95 PC for first time computer buyers in the mid 90s! Probably the first desktop with an integrated color LCD monitor, too.
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@eddiemuller3157
@eddiemuller3157 4 жыл бұрын
"Late 90's dial-up wank bank" is a sentence that needs to be used more often.
@HSAC.WDTK.DTKT.LFO.
@HSAC.WDTK.DTKT.LFO. 4 жыл бұрын
There needs to be a disk image made available... for research!
@pandapolygon
@pandapolygon 4 жыл бұрын
@@HSAC.WDTK.DTKT.LFO. yes for research haha
@pauldavis5665
@pauldavis5665 4 жыл бұрын
Porn back then was so pixelated because of low speed dial up modems that you could barely see anything anyway. I get down on my knees and thank God every day for HD porn.
@burgertim7878
@burgertim7878 4 жыл бұрын
You young'un's don't even know what it's like to fap to porn at 320x240.
@Snandra66
@Snandra66 4 жыл бұрын
Would still be fascinating to see how much 18+ content online has changed over the 20 years that have passed.
@Slay1337pl
@Slay1337pl 4 жыл бұрын
Monitors in 2019: 90% screen-to-body ratio. Monitors in 1996: 90% body-to-screen ratio.
@seraphinax6449
@seraphinax6449 4 жыл бұрын
Laptop resolution in 2011: 1366x768 Laptop resolution in 2019: 1366x768
@loganscomputerco.2599
@loganscomputerco.2599 4 жыл бұрын
@@seraphinax6449 It's funny looking back at some of these old 90's PCs and knowing that some these machines were considered elegant designs while now in the late 2010's we think of these as ugly beige boxes... well some of us
@seraphinax6449
@seraphinax6449 4 жыл бұрын
@@loganscomputerco.2599 Surely there were some timeless classics from the 80's and 90's that actually look more elegant than some of the modern-day machines.
@CrazyTechReviews
@CrazyTechReviews 4 жыл бұрын
SeraphinaX true but I was mainly referring to the beige box machines of the late nineties
@seraphinax6449
@seraphinax6449 4 жыл бұрын
@@CrazyTechReviews And some beige boxes were included in what I consider "timeless classics"
@thebasketballhistorian3291
@thebasketballhistorian3291 4 жыл бұрын
After discovering the previous owner's "collection", I would've disinfected the keyboard right away, lol.
@Sakuya727
@Sakuya727 3 жыл бұрын
From what I’ve seen Clint (LGR) is pretty meticulous about cleaning, disinfecting and dusting out his machines so don’t worry lol
@isthatafish...
@isthatafish... 3 жыл бұрын
FIRST THING ON MY MIND
@trijetz3562
@trijetz3562 3 жыл бұрын
I'd pour a gallon of rubbing alcohol on the keyboard
@haijehiemstra2883
@haijehiemstra2883 3 жыл бұрын
2019 this was ...
@aaronblair9583
@aaronblair9583 3 жыл бұрын
@@haijehiemstra2883 this was what?
@psivewri
@psivewri 4 жыл бұрын
Hearing the windows 95 start up chime always brings a smile to my face :)
@thegrays3303
@thegrays3303 2 жыл бұрын
Same here. I learn on how to use computers around when MSDOS 2.0 came out.
@bkzach
@bkzach 2 жыл бұрын
First time I’ve ever heard it lol, seems familiar yet very retro-beepy, if you get what I’m saying, I love hearing xp’s startup sound
@DMMDestroyer
@DMMDestroyer Жыл бұрын
Culture.
@joshuamccutcheon
@joshuamccutcheon Жыл бұрын
I love that sound too
@YYAT
@YYAT 4 жыл бұрын
Good to know the original owner figured out what the internet is for
@holocaust_2.0
@holocaust_2.0 4 жыл бұрын
the Internet is for porn right?
@J4yy_
@J4yy_ 4 жыл бұрын
@@benn454 For porn, porn, porn!
@josephcote6120
@josephcote6120 4 жыл бұрын
I have to admit I found my fair share of stuff on local BBS systems. Not a problem in SF, but I suppose it would have been more difficult in more conservative areas.
@arthas640
@arthas640 4 жыл бұрын
I knew a guy who bought a computer pretty early (late 70s, early 80s) but didnt get on the internet until nearly a decade later because he thought you needed a special computer to do it.
@isaakstahlwolf4095
@isaakstahlwolf4095 4 жыл бұрын
@@arthas640 well that would be late 80s, early 90ies then. still pretty early for home internet access. Didn't get a modem until 1998 or 1999.
@tl1024
@tl1024 4 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that "adult entertainment" wasn't blurred, it really looked like that in the 90's!
@tortron
@tortron 4 жыл бұрын
Still downloading
@TheSnaiku
@TheSnaiku 4 жыл бұрын
I would say that the end of 80's fashion. Leisure Suite Larry 1 comes into mind.
@tylercouture216
@tylercouture216 4 жыл бұрын
The pussy house and teen flashers are two of the links I saw
@robfl07
@robfl07 4 жыл бұрын
As a kid I always wanted to try “buffering”..... I heard it was sexy .. lol
@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube
@StopChangingUsernamesYouTube 4 жыл бұрын
Gotta make some sacrifices here and there to fit all your important documents on a single floppy disk.
@spectacledWolf
@spectacledWolf 4 жыл бұрын
That goddamn smeary monitor is like the dreams you have when you're running a high fever.
@Mario_N64
@Mario_N64 3 жыл бұрын
That's how old laptops were.
@crapisland.5689
@crapisland.5689 3 жыл бұрын
it's crazy how we went from 63 million to 4.57 billion internet users in the span of 30-so years. thank you mo for reminding me how far we done come.
@brucewrigleysgumchewz4667
@brucewrigleysgumchewz4667 3 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how you could find TONS of stuff on Google back then, but can now hardly find squat on there in 2021. Oh how far........ backwards Google has gone. Personally...I think Social Media, ridiculously extreme tracking and ADS have totally ruined most of the greatness of the web these days.
@DimT670
@DimT670 Жыл бұрын
@@brucewrigleysgumchewz4667 i mean all of the "tracking" is 100% optional and you can just get an ad blocker
@TheAnthonyMarlowe
@TheAnthonyMarlowe Жыл бұрын
More on the internet than drivers
@rettro6578
@rettro6578 11 ай бұрын
@@brucewrigleysgumchewz4667💯💯💯
@Ava-pq6om
@Ava-pq6om 4 жыл бұрын
That "internet" thing sounds dope, I should get in on that.
@LGR
@LGR 4 жыл бұрын
63 million users and climbing!
@suborbitalprocess
@suborbitalprocess 4 жыл бұрын
The previous owner got off on that too ;)
@The_Traveling_Clown
@The_Traveling_Clown 4 жыл бұрын
@@suborbitalprocess 😆🤣
@sptony2718
@sptony2718 4 жыл бұрын
It's just one of those modern gags. The internet will vanish into obscurity again. Just give it some time.
@thetman0068
@thetman0068 4 жыл бұрын
It'll never catch on. People will be bored of it by 2004.
@skuzzyj
@skuzzyj 4 жыл бұрын
"....over 63 million people are linked by computer to the internet" This is still technically correct. Which is, of course, the best kind.
@EvertGuzman
@EvertGuzman 4 жыл бұрын
At least
@LilDroidBlue
@LilDroidBlue 4 жыл бұрын
Haha! "Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct! Which is the best kind of correct." 'How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back' Man, I love me some Futurama. Some say too much... but I just switch to watching on my phone and put some earbuds in.
@PixelatedH2O
@PixelatedH2O 4 жыл бұрын
I had to look up current statistics after seeing that. Apparently now there are around 4.5 billion internet users.
@holocaust_2.0
@holocaust_2.0 4 жыл бұрын
@@PixelatedH2O which is over 63 million.
@jonnyc429
@jonnyc429 3 жыл бұрын
For some strange reason this is one of my favourite episodes of LGR. There's just something about it that is charming and enjoyable!
@CrispyToast
@CrispyToast 4 жыл бұрын
Mono----D'OH!!!
@VictorGreinvolfe48
@VictorGreinvolfe48 3 жыл бұрын
Ah. I see you are a man of culture as well
@rosestrohm7986
@rosestrohm7986 3 жыл бұрын
Monado?
@TheWarmotor
@TheWarmotor 3 жыл бұрын
Beat me to it by 8 months. Curses! Oh well... Main street's still all cracked and broken! Sorry Marge, the mob has spoken!
@Hellwyck
@Hellwyck 4 жыл бұрын
"I heard the hard drive's awfully loud" "It's runs as softly as a cloud!"
@RagPlaysGames
@RagPlaysGames 4 жыл бұрын
"Were you sent here by THE DEVIL?!" "Oh no dear sir, we're on the level."
@AlexR2648
@AlexR2648 4 жыл бұрын
"Is there a chance the jacks could bend?" "Not on your life, my Hellwyck friend."
@stridermt2k
@stridermt2k 4 жыл бұрын
"But the LCD has a line and seems broken" "Sorry consumers, our price point has spoken."
@SD-tj5dh
@SD-tj5dh 4 жыл бұрын
"The keyboards crusty and well worn" "It comes with HALF A GIG of PORN!"
@vincentmarcellino7183
@vincentmarcellino7183 4 жыл бұрын
Monoraaaaaiiiiil! Monoraaaaaiiiiil! Monoraaaaaiiiiil!
@Lunareon
@Lunareon 4 жыл бұрын
"Cost-optimized inferiority" is my new favorite phrase. It describes so many things so perfectly nowadays. xD
@badgerlordpatrick6493
@badgerlordpatrick6493 4 жыл бұрын
Cost-optimized inferiority - ah, my favourite kind of inferiority.
@nyodesu
@nyodesu 4 жыл бұрын
11:20 Well, I never expected THAT to be in an LGR video! *"Late 90's Dial-up Wank Bank!"*
@lenovovo
@lenovovo 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah Nario, that was pretty funny huh! LOL :-)
@und4287
@und4287 3 жыл бұрын
Complete with STN screen blur
@BABUSHKA21
@BABUSHKA21 3 жыл бұрын
What is that ?
@SimonChristensen
@SimonChristensen 4 жыл бұрын
Did you uhm... archive that wank bank too? ASKING FOR A FRIEND
@wakcedout
@wakcedout 3 жыл бұрын
For science!!!! Lol
@unnamed715
@unnamed715 2 жыл бұрын
What are you, in-SAIYAN?!
@nslouka90
@nslouka90 4 жыл бұрын
I'm impressed that they partnered with fedex to determine the size of the machine not to spend too much on shipping and the amount of logistics that went into making the thing, clearly a cash grab built at cost but impressive.
@CamdenBloke
@CamdenBloke 4 жыл бұрын
It looks like one of those touch screen cash register computers.
@Yeen125
@Yeen125 4 жыл бұрын
CamdenBloke Given Monorail’s obsession with outsourcing, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s where the metal case originally came from.
@pistool1
@pistool1 4 жыл бұрын
11:35 Never knew that there's an actual purpose for the mouse trail function; I always thought it as a fancy gimmick only :D
@imprezaver4
@imprezaver4 4 жыл бұрын
Except you can't touch anything on screen
@kbhasi
@kbhasi 4 жыл бұрын
@@pistool1 Yep, it was intended for use on DSTN LCDs, from what I heard from someone else.
@AmyraCarter
@AmyraCarter 4 жыл бұрын
@@pistool1 The mouse trail function's primary design is for slower GPUs that have a hard time keeping up with screen updating. That said, it is a feature that is pretty much deprecated nowadays since drawing the mouse cursor and updating it requires very little.
@Charles-jj2su
@Charles-jj2su 4 жыл бұрын
WOW. It hurts to look at the display in the video, can’t imagine trying to use this thing in person for more than 5 minutes.
@catfish552
@catfish552 4 жыл бұрын
"We want a name without computer buzzwords!" ~a couple years later:~ *Monorail E-Solutions*
@Arcademan09
@Arcademan09 4 жыл бұрын
Monorail Moe even sounds like a Simpsons character
@rickyspanish641
@rickyspanish641 4 жыл бұрын
He sounds a lot like Tom Kenny.(Spongebob)
@DYNANiK.official
@DYNANiK.official 4 жыл бұрын
WHAT I SAY?! MONORAIL!!! WHATS ITS CALLED?! MONORAIL!!!
@dominicbofficial
@dominicbofficial 4 жыл бұрын
Mono meaning one, and rail meaning rail!
@johannesbouvier-muller9904
@johannesbouvier-muller9904 4 жыл бұрын
Cool
@aflextwin
@aflextwin 3 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Matthew Broderick
@xxElyonxx
@xxElyonxx 4 жыл бұрын
looks like the old owner took the rail part of monorail a little too seriously
@doctorkocktor1347
@doctorkocktor1347 4 жыл бұрын
this joke is under appreciated
@MyHeadHz
@MyHeadHz 4 жыл бұрын
@underground leaks 101 what....
@looroll8695
@looroll8695 4 жыл бұрын
How to not reset a computer 101
@comicsansgreenkirby
@comicsansgreenkirby 4 жыл бұрын
@underground leaks 101 *visibly confused*
@twistedyogert
@twistedyogert 4 жыл бұрын
He enabled "sticky keys".
@kevmullins27
@kevmullins27 4 жыл бұрын
Late 90s porn: Helping teenagers through puberty one KB rendered at a time.
@2Scribble
@2Scribble 4 жыл бұрын
That old wives tale about going blind from looking at porn was a lot more accurate back in the days when you were squinting at a picture that took half an hour to load...
@lihanou
@lihanou 4 жыл бұрын
I subbed to LGR around the time of sims 3 launch. I still remember when youtube denied LGR for partnership or something, but look at how this channel grew wow... big congratz!
@LEANDRO-eq3cy
@LEANDRO-eq3cy 4 жыл бұрын
Mr. new vegas: NCR officials at Camp McCarran were relieved when technical difficulties with its monorail line to the New Vegas Strip proved easy to fix.
@ThatGuy-a48
@ThatGuy-a48 4 жыл бұрын
That's a pretty random reference
@itaybron
@itaybron 4 жыл бұрын
ah, i see you are a man of culture as well.
@SummerSideTea
@SummerSideTea 4 жыл бұрын
Makes you wish for a nuclear winter.
@jakethreesixty
@jakethreesixty 4 жыл бұрын
That and the Simpsons are the first things that come to mind when I hear Monorail
@SummerSideTea
@SummerSideTea 4 жыл бұрын
Ah hell I now wanna play through fallout new vegas
@Kumimono
@Kumimono 4 жыл бұрын
Damn, the LCD blur in that adult entertainment was really noticeable.
@myc0p
@myc0p 2 жыл бұрын
I blame passive matrix BSD.
@clemstevenson
@clemstevenson 4 жыл бұрын
This hard drive will self-destruct in five seconds, good luck Jim.
@TooMuchMiddle
@TooMuchMiddle 3 жыл бұрын
I just love this channel. It's amazing how far we've come in such a short time.
@evanredacted7977
@evanredacted7977 4 жыл бұрын
I was waiting for the Simpsons monorail joke and was not disappointed.
@Aevilbeast
@Aevilbeast 4 жыл бұрын
I literally was going to comment the same exact thing...LOL great minds think alike!
@vangogo6819
@vangogo6819 4 жыл бұрын
@@Aevilbeast Me too! Lol, "Monorail!" In Troy McClures voice of course🤣🤣🤣
@correlis
@correlis 4 жыл бұрын
I call it "Lanley's Law" - as any online discussion involving the word "monorail" progresses, the probability of it degenerating into a string of Simpsons references approaches 1.
@juggernaut6832
@juggernaut6832 4 жыл бұрын
Same here!
@konradstrachan
@konradstrachan 4 жыл бұрын
For me the moment I heard monorail all I could hear in my head was 'Monorail monorail monorail..'
@celesteraven916
@celesteraven916 4 жыл бұрын
That screen makes everygame look like it's running in drunk mode
@Mario583a
@Mario583a 4 жыл бұрын
Even games that utilize Motion Blur. Do it Clint!!
@AgentTasmania
@AgentTasmania 4 жыл бұрын
And today games want to take up GPU cores applying motion blur.
@joelhewitt9995
@joelhewitt9995 4 жыл бұрын
Great video! I love your trips back in time to look at technology history. It's amazing how far we've come in a quarter century.
@mansquatch2260
@mansquatch2260 4 жыл бұрын
I spent the whole first half of the video thinking about that Simpson's song... and you didn't disappoint!
@ionizedodds1601
@ionizedodds1601 4 жыл бұрын
I remember this as my first "real" computer. We got it so me and my dad could play Half-Life. At... 5fps. Good times :D
@abczyx4815
@abczyx4815 4 жыл бұрын
your Dad sounds like a real cool dude
@patrik_x86
@patrik_x86 4 жыл бұрын
HL didnt come out until late 98
@ionizedodds1601
@ionizedodds1601 4 жыл бұрын
@@patrik_x86 Yes we got the PC 2 years after it came out because it was cheap
@700gsteak
@700gsteak 4 жыл бұрын
Like your first boyfriend and first car, you never forget your first computer. This would have been a hell of a pc cause everything is there inside it. cdroms were super pricey on their own in 1996
@Zerotwo-ks8rg
@Zerotwo-ks8rg 4 жыл бұрын
5 F P S
@chrisnightingale6917
@chrisnightingale6917 4 жыл бұрын
Was waiting for the Simpsons reference; was not disappointed.
@GunshipHero
@GunshipHero 4 жыл бұрын
I was relieved when it finally happened.
@daveybentley9059
@daveybentley9059 4 жыл бұрын
I was disappointed he didn’t say to stand clear of the doors when using the cd tray.
@alanharkleroad4376
@alanharkleroad4376 4 жыл бұрын
That was the first thing I though of.
@DimitriosChannel
@DimitriosChannel 4 жыл бұрын
Same here.
@nslouka90
@nslouka90 4 жыл бұрын
I was singing the song before i clicked
@unknown2594
@unknown2594 4 жыл бұрын
Damn I've lived in Marietta my whole life. You learn some interesting shit every day. Thanks for the video
@stevencolson9793
@stevencolson9793 2 жыл бұрын
Putting this video playing along MJD's version makes me learn a lot more about this boxy all-in-one compy, making it such a treat that you both covered the same thing Collab soon?
@ddrfraser1
@ddrfraser1 4 жыл бұрын
Please make an LGR t-shirt that says "It Amuses Me, So I Approve"
@subscribeordiefukyou
@subscribeordiefukyou 4 жыл бұрын
"Mono means one, and rail means rail!"
@beatsbeercigarettes
@beatsbeercigarettes 4 жыл бұрын
AWM you didn't see the Simpsons episode. Classic Conan episode that can't be beat. Tisk tisk.
@saiyaman23
@saiyaman23 4 жыл бұрын
@@CorysCat r/woooosh
@squareeyes9540
@squareeyes9540 4 жыл бұрын
"... and that concludes our extensive three week video."
@iaincowell9747
@iaincowell9747 4 жыл бұрын
@@squareeyes9540 "And that concludes our intensive three-week course" Why would there be a 3 week video?
@4touchdowns1game29
@4touchdowns1game29 4 жыл бұрын
Are you from Ogdenville?
@FrozenFOXX
@FrozenFOXX 4 жыл бұрын
I'm stunned, I actually tested one of these for my local library back when I was younger. I remember I didn't necessarily want one but thought if it wasn't too expensive it would do the job of web browsing and basic media just fine. Never thought I'd see one again, thanks for the video!
@twidget64
@twidget64 4 жыл бұрын
l really appreciated how smoothly you included an LGR Tech Tale in the same episode
@Toastybees
@Toastybees 4 жыл бұрын
That mid 90's pornography belongs in a museum!
@4KbShort
@4KbShort 4 жыл бұрын
Literally, same thought. XD
@imgladnotu9527
@imgladnotu9527 4 жыл бұрын
Or r/oldschoolcoolNSFW
@manictiger
@manictiger 4 жыл бұрын
So do you!
@SvendleBerries
@SvendleBerries 4 жыл бұрын
Throw him over the side!
@user-pi5xz5je4y
@user-pi5xz5je4y 4 жыл бұрын
It belongs on my SSD.
@MartinPaoloni
@MartinPaoloni 4 жыл бұрын
11:13 BE THANKFUL that the mouse was missing. Imagine coming across "that" with your hand on that mouse. Ugh...
@hanyougod
@hanyougod 4 жыл бұрын
Clint, you've become so damn good at this over the years. Good stuff.
@LGR
@LGR 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@joshashe2087
@joshashe2087 4 жыл бұрын
0:19 Damn that windows startup sound hit me really hard. Ahh the memories...
@GrizonII
@GrizonII 4 жыл бұрын
I feel like the “Mono” part of the name fits with it being an _all-in-one_ computer. I could also see the name evoking how it was intended to be a very streamlined process for first-time computer owners, as it implies a kind of speed, efficiency, and linearity.
@romajimamulo
@romajimamulo 2 жыл бұрын
That's... A lot more credit than I'd give them but you have a point
@Gameprojordan
@Gameprojordan 2 жыл бұрын
And "rail" has to do with having to ship it back and forth to the company so they can upgrade it for you
@zmanjace1364
@zmanjace1364 4 жыл бұрын
The screen makes my brain hurt just watching the video...
@tomyyoung2624
@tomyyoung2624 4 жыл бұрын
Yes great!
@IPODNUTRR
@IPODNUTRR 4 жыл бұрын
I had no idea that Monorail was a computer company until I started watching your really cool video on the subject. i aso learned alot about coomputer history through you channel. My favorite videos from your channel are your videos on oddwhere:))) Keep up the great videos
@MathusPlays
@MathusPlays 4 жыл бұрын
Man I love the sound of this thing turning on! Really brings me back lol.
@ButtsechsChampion
@ButtsechsChampion 4 жыл бұрын
Watching you play anything on this hurts my eyes, but mostly my soul.
@Zayfod
@Zayfod 4 жыл бұрын
"Lately the Internet is on the tip of everyone's tongue" People /really/ needed to stop licking the Internet.
@AgentTasmania
@AgentTasmania 4 жыл бұрын
*pulls WiFi card out of mouth* Don't tell me what to do
@imark7777777
@imark7777777 4 жыл бұрын
Hmmmmmm Better disinfect that screen.
@kingjames4886
@kingjames4886 4 жыл бұрын
ya, you don't know where it's been.
@raymundoorduno7959
@raymundoorduno7959 3 жыл бұрын
Woooowww man just went through a nostalgic time warp!! Thank you!!!
@peanutrabbit5847
@peanutrabbit5847 4 жыл бұрын
We have an iMac at home iMac at home:
@devjock
@devjock 4 жыл бұрын
"a" power cable? WHAT? Can we talk about how beefy and nicely braided that cable looks? Seriously, where did you get that cable? I want one for my 1084s monitor!
@LGR
@LGR 4 жыл бұрын
Got it on Amazon! twitter.com/lazygamereviews/status/1193334460625948673
@TheJasonbail
@TheJasonbail 4 жыл бұрын
@@LGR I had to double take when I saw that I was like why does this computer need a 30 amp power cable
@miaugato93
@miaugato93 2 жыл бұрын
Looks like something for a clothes iron
@ki4gmb
@ki4gmb 4 жыл бұрын
"Late 90's dialup wank bank" is possibly the best thing I've ever heard.
@Joshfarmpig
@Joshfarmpig 4 жыл бұрын
xdlol i heard "Wank" from a friend when i was 10 oh man that takes me back
@arthas640
@arthas640 4 жыл бұрын
this actually reminds me alot of my second computer, i was 10 or 11 and got a computer just a couple years older than this one and the previous owner manually deleted most of his files but when i was playing around with the computer I found a bunch of porn from the previous owner. I was a bit divided on that since on one side i got porn back when porn sites regularly filled your computer with viruses, making porn surfing a dangerous hobby for someone who isnt tech savvy, but on the other hand the porn was the weird kinky kind (mostly fairly fit guys with obese women 2-3 times their size)
@JohnDoe-wb7ng
@JohnDoe-wb7ng 4 жыл бұрын
@@arthas640 LOL
@SportyMabamba
@SportyMabamba 4 жыл бұрын
Vapourwave collab group name tbh
@morningvideo
@morningvideo 4 жыл бұрын
This was almost like a tech tales. Thanks again LGR.
@mattparker8387
@mattparker8387 4 жыл бұрын
I learn a lot from these videos keep them lgr is an awesome youtube chanel
@handsomebrick
@handsomebrick 4 жыл бұрын
Monorail Simpsons episode: 1993 Monorail company founded: 1995 That's probably not a coincidence.
@atariblue
@atariblue 4 жыл бұрын
You know what else isn't a coincidence? Monorail Mo is a blatant rip-off of Manic Mailman.
@gblargg
@gblargg 4 жыл бұрын
I knew that Simpsons clip would find its way into this somewhere. Was not disappointed.
@ryang2573
@ryang2573 4 жыл бұрын
First time I heard Clint say 'monorail' that song popped into my head.
@adam1984pl
@adam1984pl 4 жыл бұрын
Monorail-Quake single map.
@mattwolf7698
@mattwolf7698 4 жыл бұрын
Simpsons did it again.
@torquemada1971
@torquemada1971 4 жыл бұрын
Jesus, I had one of these in 1997. I was laughed at even then.
@torquemada1971
@torquemada1971 4 жыл бұрын
@@billhicks8 A local bank in Atlanta had a dozen of these in the lobby for creating new accounts. It was an early online bank.
@billhicks8
@billhicks8 4 жыл бұрын
@@torquemada1971 That's awesome, I mean it's a great attempt for a company trying to strike out on their own. I'm impressed with the general quality of the software and sturdiness of the build. I imagine the costs of sorting out the screen for the consumer were the final nail for them though.
@nickbailey2562
@nickbailey2562 4 жыл бұрын
I had one of these growing up, totally remember playing diablo 1 and Warcraft 2 on that screen. Loved it!
@chrisreynolds3695
@chrisreynolds3695 3 жыл бұрын
My dude, thanks for putting this up. I wanted one of these back in my youth, and would have been both impressed and disappointed :D
@CherryPixelBun
@CherryPixelBun 4 жыл бұрын
So uhhh, for the sake of preservation will the "collection" be uploaded to archive.org? Asking for a friend.
@AleK0451
@AleK0451 4 жыл бұрын
for archiving purposes of course
@novafawks
@novafawks 4 жыл бұрын
Content matter aside, I'm sure a lot of those vids are long-gone to time. It would be in humanity's best interest to archive them!!
@nobel11
@nobel11 4 жыл бұрын
Put them on Wankipedia
@imgladnotu9527
@imgladnotu9527 4 жыл бұрын
@@novafawks to add: when you manually search for 90's stuff on mainstream sites, 90% of the time the archives are incomplete. theres a subreddit that i know that has 90's and older: *r/oldschoolcoolNSFW*
@Archangelm127
@Archangelm127 4 жыл бұрын
I am honestly curious to look through that wank bank.
@anew742
@anew742 4 жыл бұрын
You've got to upload that porn to the Internet Archive It's for historical preservation of course
@tromick
@tromick 4 жыл бұрын
Agree indeed!
@jimhjortsberg2990
@jimhjortsberg2990 4 жыл бұрын
Joking aside, porn is probably the one piece of media with the most content lost over the years. So from a preservation standpoint, those videos are actually a great find as i doubt anyone else bothered to save them.
@tromick
@tromick 4 жыл бұрын
@@jimhjortsberg2990 That's why i save the can-be-deleted ones. Amateur or vintage.
@anew742
@anew742 4 жыл бұрын
Exactly, it deserves to be saved! I was only semi-joking about it being for historical preservation, it's scary how much and how quickly adult content vanishes
@tromick
@tromick 4 жыл бұрын
@@anew742 Regretity, copyright etc.
@jessicashaffer5932
@jessicashaffer5932 4 жыл бұрын
I love these videos of old computers and how the internet used to be! It really makes you appreciate what you have now, thank God we don't have dial up and those slow computers anymore! There's a new game called Planet Zoo, I hope to see you review it in the next few videos, I am so interested in what you think of the new game!
@TangentAudioVideo
@TangentAudioVideo 3 жыл бұрын
Some time in the late 90s/early 2000's I acquired 3 of those Monorail keyboards from somewhere (maybe a computer show, remember those?). Still have them to this day, being a big fan of sliders over rubber domes. Never knew of the actual computer until this video!
@draketungsten74
@draketungsten74 4 жыл бұрын
Mono- D'oh!
@WarOnCOD
@WarOnCOD 4 жыл бұрын
Beat me to it :)
@captain0080
@captain0080 4 жыл бұрын
You win this round 🧐
@DeadPollo
@DeadPollo 4 жыл бұрын
"i call the big one Bitey!"
@draketungsten74
@draketungsten74 4 жыл бұрын
@@DeadPollo Batman's a scientist?
@brokenacoustic
@brokenacoustic 4 жыл бұрын
This is more of a Shelbyville kind of thing...
@themexican382
@themexican382 4 жыл бұрын
Touching that keyboard after finding the goldmine of 90s "Material", Hope you washed your hands
@danieldaniels7571
@danieldaniels7571 4 жыл бұрын
COS Can't Drive should have shined a black light on it
@fartohard
@fartohard 4 жыл бұрын
Just be thinkful he didn't get the mouse with it. Yuck.
@wheelmanstan
@wheelmanstan 3 жыл бұрын
yeah I've been digging through old hdd's and formatting them recently, always stuff on them you don't want to die and leave behind for someone to see, hell I can't believe these old hdd's still work, like 20 year old drives still work!
@d3drummerboy
@d3drummerboy 2 жыл бұрын
That chime brought me back, had windows 95 on my first pc, I had the compaq armada mini laptop with 192mb ram, Loved the OS and all the great features with apps like paint, word, games, dial up connection and more it really felt like the world at your fingertips at the time.
@raxigar9176
@raxigar9176 4 жыл бұрын
First 7 minutes felt like a Tech Tales. I miss Tech Tales now.
@remke5137
@remke5137 4 жыл бұрын
Same man. Same
@emilium4482
@emilium4482 4 жыл бұрын
I burst out laughing when you said it was once a wank bank
@tyttuut
@tyttuut 4 жыл бұрын
He tweeted about it... Good lord that's a lot of porn. He said that like 60% of the drive is full of porn.
@suborbitalprocess
@suborbitalprocess 4 жыл бұрын
@@tyttuut so about 600 Mb of porn Downloaded by a 33.6K dial-up modem Viewed on a crappy 10" LCD Wow we've made progress
@_baniraaisu6711
@_baniraaisu6711 4 жыл бұрын
@@suborbitalprocess some people just THAT kind of horny horny.
@johntrevy1
@johntrevy1 4 жыл бұрын
@@suborbitalprocess Hey, it worked through.
@suborbitalprocess
@suborbitalprocess 4 жыл бұрын
@@_baniraaisu6711 @johntrevy1 I'm not dissing the guy, you work with the tools you have. Just marvelling how far we've come from that
@jonasgrill1155
@jonasgrill1155 4 жыл бұрын
The thing I like the most about retro computers are the noises they make when they start up.
@timberthewolf733
@timberthewolf733 8 ай бұрын
Just watched the Michael MJD video on this computer. Amazing how different yet the same story can be told. Awesome ❤️
@SmolPotatowo
@SmolPotatowo 4 жыл бұрын
11:40 THAT'S what mouse trails are for!?! I just enabled it as a kid cuz I thought it looked cool. :^)
@FrostMonolith
@FrostMonolith 4 жыл бұрын
hey at least we now still have that novelty even in modern systems
@qmto
@qmto 4 жыл бұрын
Monorail Mo looks like someone at the board meeting asked NameLab: "So what's the mascot?" And NameLab was like, mascot??? "Uh, well you see..." *madly scribbles stick figure on the box* "why its the lovely Monorail Mo!"
@maladamedialabs4214
@maladamedialabs4214 3 жыл бұрын
It wasn't until recently that I realized that among my piles of stuff I had a Monorail keyboard! Not looking for the rest of the system but it was just interesting that I some how ended up with one of those puppies. Love your content. Thank you! -m
@Velo1010
@Velo1010 4 жыл бұрын
Man, this video takes me back. Especially that sound of Windows booting. Those were simpler days for sure.
@kuuzer
@kuuzer 4 жыл бұрын
one thing i miss about old PCs is that "BEEP" on startup ))
@julianadams5753
@julianadams5753 4 жыл бұрын
My all-in-one Gateway from 4 or 5 years ago beeps in exactly the same way.
@accountwontlastlong1
@accountwontlastlong1 4 жыл бұрын
I like it too but it used to scare me at times.
@OmegaWolf747
@OmegaWolf747 4 жыл бұрын
I miss that and the RAM count. Why don't modern PCs do this anymore?
@evilspoons
@evilspoons 4 жыл бұрын
@@OmegaWolf747 a lot of them still do, they are just installed in cases that don't have any sort of speaker. And the RAM count runs in a "fast" mode or you'd be there all week scanning through 16 GB of RAM every time you switched it on.
@Dcc357
@Dcc357 4 жыл бұрын
I remember an old 1990's Dell tower my parents had that made all sorts of racket when started lol. Thing sounded like little elves running around inside pressing buttons.
@DanielleWhite
@DanielleWhite 4 жыл бұрын
You just know that somewhere there's a programmer smuggly satisfied with that rewind function
@guardiane
@guardiane Жыл бұрын
Another relic worth reviewing - thanks for this. Makes me glad my parents never got suckered into buying such a thing...then again, all we ever got back then were hand-me-downs that weren't much better lol.
@youritguy1
@youritguy1 4 жыл бұрын
I used to work for Compusa when these computers came out. This brings back so many memories. Good job.
@NielsHeusinkveld
@NielsHeusinkveld 4 жыл бұрын
That porn isn't actually pixelated by Clint, its just how it was back in the day..
@Vermilicious
@Vermilicious 4 жыл бұрын
The looks remind me of those terminals restaurant staff often use.
@Wineman3383
@Wineman3383 4 жыл бұрын
Good video brother!!!
@TheyreStillOutThere
@TheyreStillOutThere 4 жыл бұрын
That Compaq at 1:30 was mine! I found it at an estate sale here in California, it was buried in a closet under a bunch of blankets. The picture is from my eBay listing. Awesome to see something from my collection on LGR. Big fan.
@Cyber_Cowboy
@Cyber_Cowboy 4 жыл бұрын
🎶 monorail 🎶 Monorail🎵 *MONORAIL* 🎶 A coincidence the guys name is Moe? I think not!
@J0SHUAKANE
@J0SHUAKANE 4 жыл бұрын
That start up sound takes me back👍
@nolt_07
@nolt_07 4 жыл бұрын
Windows 95 sound...
@Archangelm127
@Archangelm127 4 жыл бұрын
@Luke Robinett Yeah, the way it does the BIOS beep was very late-80s
@KuraIthys
@KuraIthys 4 жыл бұрын
True. But from personal experience the BIOS beep survived into the 2000's... At least, if you still bothered to hook up your PC speaker... XD
@ThunderbolttheFox
@ThunderbolttheFox 4 жыл бұрын
Pajama sam was a game I played as a kid and it's been in the back of my mind for years. Now I know what the game is called, thanks for solving that small mystery
@Gerard-oo8os
@Gerard-oo8os 4 жыл бұрын
Pajama Sam! That’s the title of the video game that I used to play a lot as a kid. I forgot the title and this video just reminded me. Thanks!
@StarsOfPleiades
@StarsOfPleiades 4 жыл бұрын
1996: $999 for an all-in-one PC 2019: $999 for a computer stand
@hedgehogthesonic3181
@hedgehogthesonic3181 4 жыл бұрын
Sad, but true.
@PiotrPilinko
@PiotrPilinko 4 жыл бұрын
But this is no ordinary computer stand: it's iStand :D
@MrBubbl347
@MrBubbl347 4 жыл бұрын
Inflation
@culturecasino4541
@culturecasino4541 4 жыл бұрын
One of my boyfriends had one of those machines, he was always playing with that thing until I got sucked into the retro gaming world, I started with NES emulators then I moved on to DOS, sure some games sucked but still watching LGR made me realize retro gaming still worth it, and let me tell you it's a very cool spot to stay, I just love retro computers it's my thing they are my life, AVGN too is my favorite youtuber ever...
@wohlhabendermanager
@wohlhabendermanager 4 жыл бұрын
@Roo Smith Do you not realize how much $999 is in 2019? ;P
@chopinbloc
@chopinbloc 4 жыл бұрын
7:45 Dude, you voided the warranty?!? What will you do if something breaks? What if you get a virus?
@navjot7397
@navjot7397 4 жыл бұрын
Simple! Just call tech support from some shady popup
@twistedyogert
@twistedyogert 4 жыл бұрын
I'm sure its got plenty of viruses, considering it's practically got a brothel on the hard-drive.
@twistedyogert
@twistedyogert 4 жыл бұрын
10:17 Ahhh, those were the good old days when your internet wouldn't work if someone was using the phone. I also still remember the dialing sound. Good Lord, I'm really getting old.
@jstinn123
@jstinn123 4 жыл бұрын
I used a mono rail in the late 90's in a WinNT4 server class. The best thing about the unit was it's semi portability. Setting up the lab was a snap, when compared to setting up a regular tower, display etc.
@Morishintaru
@Morishintaru 4 жыл бұрын
I was calling it my "shame folder", but I think I'll go with Wank Bank from now on. Rolls off the tongue much better.
@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo
@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo 4 жыл бұрын
I would hide this folder in program files under Microsoft
@imgladnotu9527
@imgladnotu9527 4 жыл бұрын
@@EvilishDem0nic8732WhatItDo normies and usually smart people tend to overlook said folder. Because logically the ms folder is stereotyped as "system files in order for the pc to run or somwhere along those lines" I used to hide mine in folders of games. Usually a folder or two deeper and set it to hidden. and 90% of the time that folder will be behind the c drive and program files.
@burgertim7878
@burgertim7878 4 жыл бұрын
I would hide mine insde the Cursors folder or in some random games' folder.
@tomyyoung2624
@tomyyoung2624 4 жыл бұрын
Yes so great!
@badgerlordpatrick6493
@badgerlordpatrick6493 4 жыл бұрын
shame folder is more accurate
@in.articulo.mortis
@in.articulo.mortis 4 жыл бұрын
I've sold All-In-Ones to Brockway, Ogdenville, and North Haverbrook, and by gum it put them on the map!
@yetanotherjohn9774
@yetanotherjohn9774 4 жыл бұрын
12:58 To help with slowdown, Stunt Track Driver has a hidden option to switch between 3 resolution options by pressing F1 in any of the menus. Note that changing the option only affects gameplay, the menus stay at 640x480.
@aviaviavian
@aviaviavian 4 жыл бұрын
I recently turned 20 (oh god) and watching you pull up Pajama Sam brought out some *deep* memories, oh lord. I completely forgot he existed, but good god I remember that character design and bedroom. I need to find a port or something... I wanna play again!!
@agenericaccount3935
@agenericaccount3935 4 жыл бұрын
Looks like a POS. (Point of Sale terminal)
@DumbArse
@DumbArse 4 жыл бұрын
Also looks like the more common POS
@agenericaccount3935
@agenericaccount3935 4 жыл бұрын
@@DumbArse I was trynna be nice to it 😅
@JoshHopkinsYT
@JoshHopkinsYT 4 жыл бұрын
No u
@arthas640
@arthas640 4 жыл бұрын
i thought the same thing
@stevesstuff1450
@stevesstuff1450 4 жыл бұрын
The POS system that we use where I work (AXPOS), really is mostly aptly named.... it is a POS........ It's a Windows 10 based system running on 25+ years old hardware (20+ old cash registers tied to the old main-frame.) You can imagine the problems!! :-D It was cheap.... so it'll do, it the corporate thinking here... ;-)
@GeminiWoods
@GeminiWoods 4 жыл бұрын
The porn must be saved if nothing else. Nostalgia at its finest lol.
@SD-tj5dh
@SD-tj5dh 4 жыл бұрын
See how the pornstars have faired over the past 20 years. Going from teen to mature.
@mikeaaronc77
@mikeaaronc77 4 жыл бұрын
I was thinking same thing,,, That is a hidden treasure trove he found.
@nickcobb865
@nickcobb865 4 жыл бұрын
@@SD-tj5dh alot of suicides and drug overdoses.
@nickcobb865
@nickcobb865 4 жыл бұрын
So many porn addicted losers.
@isuzuhombre-lx7jr
@isuzuhombre-lx7jr 4 жыл бұрын
@@nickcobb865 i think you're in denial and posting anti-porn comments because you failed No Nut November yesterday
@SuperMosesfly
@SuperMosesfly 4 жыл бұрын
man I love these old displays
@Gillsystems
@Gillsystems 4 жыл бұрын
This was the first rig I brought to college.. Great machine... Got to take it home in a single box every break. It really was an impressive machine
Gateway Astro: $800 All-In-One PC from 1999!
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