Nostalgia Nerd, Windows 95, He-Man, CD32, Jail Floppies & More - Ramble 127
Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmW_V9LsV6w
In this episode I talk about Nostalgia Nerd’s fresh start, Windows 95’s 30th anniversary, the new He-Man game, an Amiga CD32 Mini, floppy disks in jail, an updated driver for an ancient GPU, Quake from memory & more!
Chapters
- 00:00 – Nostalgia Nerd Starts Again
- 07:58 – PCBWay
- 08:57 – Windows 95 30th Anniversary
- 17:05 – New He-Man Game!
- 23:31 – Amiga CD32 Mini
- 29:14 – Floppy Disks In Jail
- 33:49 – Teaching Old GPUs New Tricks
- 37:52 – Briefs: Amiga Browser / AnandTech Archived / DOOM Alarm Clock / Quake From Memory
- 46:46 – Videos Of The Week
Original Video Links
Episode Links:
Nostalgia Nerd Is Starting Again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8a3JAXMlpI
Windows 95 30th Anniversary: https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsofts-windows-95-release-was-30-years-ago-today-the-first-time-software-was-a-pop-culture-smash
Windows 95 Browser Emulator: https://www.pcjs.org/software/pcx86/sys/windows/win95/4.00.950
My Windows 95 Beta Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgq7LcvRFA4
He-Man Game: https://corporate.mattel.com/news/mattel-and-limited-run-games-announce-he-man-and-the-masters-of-the-universe-dragon-pearl-of-destruction
CDex32 / CD32 Mini: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/08/commodores-ill-fated-amiga-cd32-is-getting-another-chance-to-shine-via-this-plug-and-play-mini-console
Floppy Disks In New Jersey Jail: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/new-jersey-prisoner-laments-reliance-on-floppy-disks-for-appeals-documents-which-limits-file-size-to-1-44-mb-prisoners-allowed-20-floppy-disks-in-cell-but-usb-flash-sticks-are-banned
ATI R300 Driver: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Radeon-R300-Mem-Info-GL
New Amiga AmiBrowser: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/28/amiga_web_browser_amibrowser
AnandTech Archive: https://www.techspot.com/news/108967-anandtech-27-year-archive-has-vanished-but-someone.html
DOOM On Alarm Clock: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QutpZBTJRDY
Quake From Memory: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/wily-fps-modders-remake-the-original-quake-from-memory-alone-imagine-if-triple-a-remasters-worked-this-way
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