Behind the scenes on the Mac Color Classic episode (Patreon)

Well, in this year's channel update video I said I wanted to make more retrospectives, and here's one of them. Don't expect all of them to be about computing specifically, but I really like the style these have taken. I think sharing the context around the item is just as important as the item itself.

Some fun notes on this episode, in no particular order:

--I didn't need to do any research on this one, the majority of the time was spent trying to find good visuals (and contacting people to allow me to use them). I didn't need to research this topic because...
--I actually built a Power Color Classic myself back in 1999-2000. I had bought two Color Classics back then for $100 each. One got modded into a PCC (using a Power Mac 5500 motherboard if memory serves), while I vowed to keep the other one stock. (The PCC modding went well for the most part, but I had a hell of a time getting IDE working properly, and ultimately got frustrated and sold the machine on for someone to finish.)
--...so the machine you see in the video is the unmodded one that I've had for about 18 years.
--I've been following the retro Mac community since, well, it wasn't so retro. There are at least a few other good stories like this one, though some would take some investment (e.g. buying an expensive, rare retro machine) to pull off. I have everything I need to do a couple more though.
--Due to its age, my Color Classic is getting a little cranky. (If you follow me on Twitter you may now realize what I mean.) The caps on the motherboard are slowly going bad, so I have to leave the machine plugged in for a while before it'll power on. At first, I thought it was dead and that in order to get the footage I needed, I'd have to cheat by...
--...installing the logic board from the LC 575 I also have, effectively doing the Mystic mod once again. The LC575 is the first Mac my family owned, purchased not long after I borrowed the LC III from school for a summer (listen to the "My Favorite PC Game" podcast for that story).
--Shooting video of a CRT is a massive pain. Due to how CRTs and cameras work, you always end up with scan lines. For one of the wide shots of the machine (like at the beginning), I had tried cheating by actually shooting it as a photo timelapse. If I set the shutter speed long enough (and ND the hell out of the lens), I could avoid the scan lines. The timelapse worked perfectly, except for the fact that due to age, the screen brightness varies slightly over time...so the resulting footage looked like the screen was flickering.
--I spent way more time trying to get the background music to fit than I normally do, but I'm really happy with the results.