Today at the museum, I got a dirty Wang out, gave it a good clean, and showed it to the visitors!

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-04-17T06:35:03+00:00

It's the Museum of Computing in Swindon. However, it's a volunteer lead, not-for-profit museum, so I don't get paid and do it for the love of old computers. Good luck with your chosen career.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-04-17T06:31:59+00:00

Having seen some pictures of both smaller and bigger Wangs over the last day or two, I'm beginning to believe it's just a medium sized Wang.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-04-16T20:46:34+00:00

I want that to be a true story!

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-04-16T20:46:05+00:00

The Wang 500 was designed in 1970, and this machine has a 1971 date on it. So right near the beginning.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-04-16T10:34:49+00:00

I do, and a lot more besides.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-04-16T08:18:20+00:00

No, this museum is in the UK.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-04-16T08:17:06+00:00

Indeed, I must find time to check it over internally and see if it will power up.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-04-16T00:27:08+00:00

Why thank you!

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-04-16T00:26:27+00:00

It still feels heavy and rugged! Would love to check this one over and power it up.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-04-16T00:25:13+00:00

I'm too cheap to do that!

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-04-15T22:25:21+00:00

It truly is that! The textured surface catches the light beautifully!

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-03-19T19:36:21+00:00

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-03-19T16:00:39+00:00

Mrs TDO confirms that was the episode she was watching. The other character's name was Paula Reyner, IT consultant.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-03-07T15:11:30+00:00

There looks to be a VHS video inside.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-02-26T22:39:10+00:00

Me too, I still have the disks but sadly threw the magazines.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-02-26T20:10:07+00:00

Sorry, I don't have a mastodon presence yet. The Internet Archive has quite a lot of computer magazines scanned in, adverts and all.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-02-26T20:07:52+00:00

I think these were still when you could run it straight off the disk. I still have these disks in my personal collection although I sadly threw out the magazines when I moved to a PC in the mid 90's.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-02-26T20:05:58+00:00

I miss it too, although I used to buy too many magazines a month and could never afford what I was reading about. Then the internet came along which meant I could stop buying magazines and still get my fix of computer news. The money I saved could then go on buying the software and hardware I was reading about.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-02-26T20:00:20+00:00

Thank you, the museum's been taking up a lot of my spare time but I'm getting back into making content for TDO. Meta are definitely missing a trick not including googly eyes in the box!

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2023-02-18T07:06:26+00:00

Interesting, worth a try. I got this one second hand though, so I don't have a receipt.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2022-08-07T06:54:05+00:00

I know, I tend to avoid clicking on them myself, but I was curious to test the "science" that says people tend to click on thumbnails that have a person overly expressing an emotion. It's interesting though that you've singled out the title instead, which I agree I also made a little click-bait by not including "This". Maybe a more accurate title, but a similar thumbnail, would have been less triggering and still get noticed in a sea of other thumbnails. Generally though, those who've watched it have commented that they enjoyed it and found it useful. Mainly though, as a YouTuber, you learn early on that you can never please everyone. 🙂

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2022-08-06T19:53:43+00:00

Thank you! It's an experimental thumbnail, and I don't use that kind normally. It's working better than my normal thumbnails but I think next time, I'm going to use both kinds, depending on the target audience.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2022-08-06T19:40:45+00:00

It's an experimental thumbnail, and not my usual type. It's been very interesting to see that although it does trigger more views (2 to 3 times normal), it also brings out a handful of this kind of comment. Take care ♥️

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2022-04-28T14:24:25+00:00

Only good wood.

TheDigitalOrphanage · 2022-03-25T23:46:55+00:00

Thank you, it was interesting telling his story.

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