That Crazy Dutch Computer is Back | Nostalgia Nerd
Thanks to Scopely for sponsoring this video – Download Star Trek Fleet Command on iOS & Android and battle in the Star Trek universe here: https://pixly.go2cloud.org/SH3go ~ You might remember I visited the Home Computer Museum in The Netherlands a few years back. WELL, I went back, and I had a look at some of the finest exhibits this land has ever seen, including that MASSIVE Aesthedes computer!
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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Home Computer Museum Bringing the Aesthedes back to life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lo3AlnCaGo
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@Nostalgianerd
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
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@alleykat6273
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
That thing makes our Cromemco and Quantel boxes look like Ataris in comparison
@lovemadeinjapan
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
I was there again today, and my conclusion of the day was that SD-adapters for home computers in general suck big time, and have no purpose for museum use (yet). Not a single one of them has a proper user interface that is a no brainer on how to use it. On most machines you don't have the foggiest idea on what to do, which is a real pitty. So most of the machines need better ways to select and run software. Also there are too many TVs connected over RF, even if both the console and the TV have RGB/SCART. It was a bit more cleaned up than last time, which was a good thing. A weird observation: I have the idea they have 3 Discoverer TVs on the repair table like forever now (at least over a year). And I want to play graphic adventures, like Monkey Island or Space Quest. And they really need a PC Engine.
@jaxnean2663
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Dilbert is demonstrating the Aesthedes!
@marckremers
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Wait this is a Belgian computer?! 11:27
@marckremers
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Gosh! I love the keyboard!
@MichaelJantzen42
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
4:20 I actually live nearby Tek museum – you should visit it 🙂 – they'll let you play with those computers a and a lot of similar ones.
@jovandevijver9400
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
This is real nostalgia! I was a demonstrator on the Aesthedes in the previous century (from 1989-1990).
@Mereltje64
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
It's strange to see the aesthedes in one of your videos with Bart showing off the "infamous" mystery goo with my fingerprints in the stuff!
@nvh1998
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Very cool museum. Still on my list to go there. Another museum in The Netherlands with a lot of old computers is the Bonami Games & Computers Museum in the city Zwolle. If you ever have the opportunity, I recommend you check it out.
@coyote_den
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Huh… Given the lack of sync and blue on the left monitor…. is it possible someone swapped the sync and blue cables?
@AMPProf
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
THAT IS NOT LCARS.. SOMEONE NERDY GD what Movies .. LOOKS LIKE A GOBOTS console or I SWEAR Mothra/godzilla
@_The_Jim
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
really interesting! it was great to see they actually had a bunch of stuff working and set up.
@JasperWilliams-Juice-Factory
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
I had the pleasure of working on an Aesthedes at Holmes & Marchant in Marlow for around 5 years. It took a long time to get to grips with it but once we did it was ground breaking. In terms of devloping new business it had massive PR appeal as very few people had one and kew how to make it sing, presentations on it were like a performance. In the end we had 2 and we said it looks like the USS Enterprise flight deck to encourage clients to come and see it, and they did. Performance after performance. I would love to have a go on the Aesthedes again, once it's properly up and running.
@jwdickieson
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Wow that is so damn cool
@skillaxxx
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
That Aesthedes machine is amazing, as was that Vector CRT-with-memory screen, yet 'silly' WinRoute hit hard on the nostalgia too, forgot all about that !
@lovemadeinjapan
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Today the newspaper said the city of Helmond will donate 75000€ the next 4 years, so that is very good news for this museum. Love how they put all the effort in making everything tick. Also the museum is a very nice workplace, I know Nostalgia Nerd is about the computers, but I do like the social project that makes it possible. The place is, as you can tell from the logo, gender and neuro-diversity inclusive.
@dreamscape3731
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Been watching your videos for years now! But never subscribed for some reason, just saw you on retro electro workshop! Loved it, great to see the growing community much more in the lime light… and on the day of my 1st daughter Chloe’s birth.. coincidence.. I think not.. future nostalgia nerd in the making! All the best, keep up the amazing g content!
@gonzaloNMF
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
This is a big contribution to the geek community. Thanks
@leocomerford
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
An interesting collection, especially the Aesthedes, but there's probably only one machine which holds the title of "that crazy Dutch computer", and it's the Deltar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deltar .
@PendelSteven
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
The Crazy Dutch Computer, the Æstedes, basicly is CorelDraw, Illustrator and such like that nowadays.
Note that on the computer itself the Æ is also rightfully "double capitalised". Or well, æ is one letter, so it's either æ or Æ.
But yeah. 64000 x 64000 resolution. Hence the six videocards. If your making a 64K image, I suppose you also at least need one videocard… Huh.
@barryschalkwijk9388
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Hell Yeah the Aesthedes. Love that machine. l can totally understand that lady. it does feel like a privilige to have worked with it. A full adobe suite controlled 90 % by just knobs and sliders. And all the power in the world.
@LeonardNL
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Where is this museum?
@quarkbent9165
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
I like the look of this museum, but… shouldn't some of these things be stored in low-light conditions?
@joloevaa
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Hi. Do you have an Intergraph Clix CAD workstation from the 80's. We used to design Oil & Gas platforms on them. They was huge and had a cross chaired mouse with a lot of functional buttons. Therafter we went for the HP HP-UX workstations. That was a revolution back in 1992-1993. Then we went to the SGI workstations……….
@werecynicalwhywolf8700
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Is that Robert Smith operating the Smith & Robert's computer?
@PbPomper
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Bonzi Buddy! Haha! Fantastic trip down memory lane XD
@PbPomper
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Damn, I am Dutch. Why did I not know this?! I'll defintely drop by soon 🙂
@tsuikagura
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
I LOVE the video, thank you so much for making it, and love the museum! I hope they can get everyghing working. But! I'm soooooooo triggered by all the monitor screen touching OMG
All them greasy fingerprints… imagining trying to get them off… cleaning fluids also dissolving protective coatings… that's all I could see after a while 😀
@punboleh7081
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
It was nice to see the OS/2 Warp 4 box in the background during the 1996 segment. 🙂 Would have been nice to see it running, too. Memories….
Back then it took me several weeks to figure out how to connect OS/2 Warp to the Internet, as I just couldn't figure out how to install the modem driver. After weeks of searching it turned out it didn't need a modem driver as they're all speaking the same language, anyway. 🤦♂ Those few years of using Windows before I switched to OS/2 had conditioned me to always expect things to be complicated without even considering anything to be straight forward.
In the decades since I've seen the same again and again when Windows users tried to use Linux. They were just so used to everything being complicated they were completely lost when presented with something simpler.
@AndyKroet
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Hoezo, een Nederlandse computer. ..Helmand is Helmond
@bikkyghaisai7692
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Thank you for sharing the internet way of things in the '90. Nostalgia indeed!
@imark7777777
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Wow getting the schematic for a power supply that's insane I got a piece of equipment and all I need to know is what the resistor value was and the company was not at all helpful.
@jayrodathome
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
I remember comic chat like it was yesterday
@keith_5584
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
Great troubleshooting skills. Using a microscope to find the connection scratches was brilliant.
@GroupNebula563
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
But can it run DOOM?
@thegroove69
March 20, 2026 at 8:08 am
The Title of this Video reminded me instantly on my broke ass Ex-Girlfriend 🤣
Thumbnail said "Its finaly working!"
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