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Played a doctor on TV. Former G+ Influencer. An actual wizard.I know an unhealthy, generally worrying amount of things about the following topics:#MST3K#Rifftrax#Riffing#Tokusatsu#SuperSentai#KamenRider#Cryptids#1970sMadeForTVMovies#Stargate#DoctorWho","url":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/@thevhswizard","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"thevhswizard","displayName":"The VHS Wizard \ud83e\udd9d\ud83d\udcfc\ud83e\uddd9","note":"Actor \/ Cartoonist \/ Author \/ Humorist (and kinda bad at all of them), but I&#39;ve failed at more things than most people have tried.Married, poly, old and in a lot of pain. Played a doctor on TV. Former G+ Influencer. An actual wizard.I know an unhealthy, generally worrying amount of things about the following topics:#MST3K#Rifftrax#Riffing#Tokusatsu#SuperSentai#KamenRider#Cryptids#1970sMadeForTVMovies#Stargate#DoctorWho"}},"content":"<p>I don't really know much about this particular sphere of the world, but if there's anybody who has a hyperfixation with educational software from the 1980s, it would be here on Mastodon.<\/p><p>Friend of mine is clearing out her parent's house and has found several old 5\u00bc\" floppy educational games for the Apple II.  They've still got their original boxes, but have definitely been \"loved\".<\/p><p>I am always paranoid about lost media and software preservation... are these something anybody would... want?  Is it worth trying to find people who are into this?<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/tags\/RetroComputing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#RetroComputing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/tags\/RetroGaming\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#RetroGaming<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/tags\/AppleII\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#AppleII<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/tags\/SoftwearPreservation\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#SoftwearPreservation<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-04:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/users\/thevhswizard\/statuses\/116359480609373372","object":{"id":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/users\/thevhswizard\/statuses\/116359480609373372","objectType":"note","content":"<p>I don't really know much about this particular sphere of the world, but if there's anybody who has a hyperfixation with educational software from the 1980s, it would be here on Mastodon.<\/p><p>Friend of mine is clearing out her parent's house and has found several old 5\u00bc\" floppy educational games for the Apple II.  They've still got their original boxes, but have definitely been \"loved\".<\/p><p>I am always paranoid about lost media and software preservation... are these something anybody would... want?  Is it worth trying to find people who are into this?<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/tags\/RetroComputing\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#RetroComputing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/tags\/RetroGaming\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#RetroGaming<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/tags\/AppleII\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#AppleII<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/tags\/SoftwearPreservation\" class=\"mention hashtag\" rel=\"tag\">#SoftwearPreservation<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/@thevhswizard\/116359480609373372","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"appleii"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"retrogaming"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"softwearpreservation"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-04-06:objectType=thread:nonce=c337aca32cf74365","notice_info":{"local_id":"12411164","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2026-04-06T21:26:42+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/retro.pizza\/@thevhswizard\/116359480609373372"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/6300264","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}