LGR: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "SGI Indigo2: An $86,000 Workstation from 1995", recommended in threads about SGI and vintage workstations as a good look at the hardware.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2019–2024demoRecommended in threads about SGI and vintage workstations as a good look at the hardware.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2018–2025explainerHN shares it as a fun explanation of analog floppy-disk cameras.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2022–2023demoCited as an example of a compact, ready-made way to play retro DOS games on real hardware without collecting old machines.
- cited 4× 0 months 2023–2025videoLinked when retro hardware, 8088 or 386 machines, or oddball AliExpress computers come up.
- cited 3× 0 months 2020–2023demoHN cites it as the go-to video on the little-known MD Data format, mostly in MiniDisc and obsolete-media threads.
- cited 8× 0 months 2018–2023demoHN links it whenever data-on-video-tape or YouTube-as-storage schemes come up, as the real precedent for storing digital data on VHS.
Questions
Which LGR video does Hacker News recommend most?
SGI Indigo2: An $86,000 Workstation from 1995: recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users between 2019 and 2024.
Is this every LGR video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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