I'm back... and I brought some Compaq friends. 

Glad you're back, you (and your videos) were missed!

This video made my day! Of all the RetroSpector78s on RU-vid, you're by far my absolute favorite. Welcome back!

I think I can speak for us all when I say, thank god you are ok and welcome back. Barely started watching the video but I'm sure, as always, it will be a good one. As before, greetings from your UK audience.

finally you are back we were really worried about you something bad happened to you thank god you are ok

So good to see that you have returned, I wondered at times if the 'worst' had happened but you're sounding pretty well and ready to go again! 😀

Great 🎉you are back!!!! Missed your videos a lot and looking forward to more stuff from you. Well, and I also need to come back lol. Cheers from Austria 🇦🇹, Peter

I clicked as soon as I got this notification and I'm at school, you're one of the best vintage tech RU-vidrs there ever has been!❤

I'm very glad you're back. I wish you health and time to record retro videos

damn bro, glad you're alive lol

Hahaha, I love how the approaching footsteps at the beginning of the video made me think for a few seconds that you'd actually be in-shot - until it inevitably hit me that I should have known better, of course. As a fan of your channel since day 1 I'm very happy that you're back! And, starting that with a series on a series of Compaqs is a great way to do it. There was a clear start to their era and a well-defined end as well - perfect ingredients to a number of "modern retro" videos in my book. Again, welcome back, and I look forward to what follows!

Davy, welcome back man, missed your style! Love the Compaq series! I have a few of my own like the Presario CDS 523 all-in-one (486dx2-66), Deskpro and a Presario 5000, some nice machines to play with. Best wishes for the new year, and until we meet again!

You were maybe the first retro computing RU-vidr i watched and I’ll always enjoy your videos. They are special. Welcome back!

Very nice to have you back! Greetings from the Swedish Retro Computer Association.

Holy shit, I was expected that you are gone forever. I am very glad that you back!❤

Welcome back, I hope you are ok :)

Welcome back!

I enjoy the hum.and whirr of the old computers starting up.

I'm very pleased to see you return, and not for nothing but, my compliments to your electrician.

We're just happy your okay

You have such a beautiful setup for all these. The sound of that deskpro(The Pentium III one) booting is very nostalgic for me, as I had that same machine growing up. Glad to see you're back here on the tube.

I literally just a couple of days ago had a thought, "I haven't seen anything from RetroSpector for a while," and wondered if something had happened. Glad you're back!

Hi, welcome back. I'm happy to see you again driven by these wonderful machines and there atmosphere of sounds. Same to you, Best wishes for you and the family.

I thought of you yesterday and was wondering why you haven't uploaded a video in over a year, and today you uploaded a new video. Glad that you are back.

Thanks, Thought you were dead man...Welcome back!

I'M SO GLAD YOU'RE BACK

Thank you so much for returning, and welcoming us back to the channel!

Welcome back! My Deskpro EP is easily my favorite machine (identical to the last one you showed but with a 500MHz Celeron.) Such a fun design and easy to work in when needed.

Woohoo! Glad to have you back! I had no idea they made a 286e version of the DeskPro with that style of chassis. I remember the old classic ones with the black front face, and I have a 386s in the newer style as well. But that is pretty dang cool. Love the good ol' Compaqs!

I’m glad you’re back. You’re on my top 10 favorite RU-vidr list 😊

Welcome back to YT too. Hope you didn't have really bad issues since September 22'. Wish you happy new year.

I have never clicked so quick on a notification before, I am very glad you are back!

Fantastic to see you back, I was worried something had happened as you just seemed to have dropped off the face of the earth. 2024 is already a better year for having you back!

Woohoo!! You’re back! :D I’m definitely looking forward to some new videos by your makings. I’ve been checking your channel a few times in the past year, just to see if I was missing anything. Thanks for making my day! :D

omg friend, mate, brother, you just gave me instant childhood goosebumps, it has to be.... ages since i heared that grand prix sound, wow! i totally forgot about that, we did play that game for hours and hours... it was THE racing game, the only one we knew, the only one we played. thank you, mean it! nice that you are back, gosh, I love that room, hardware is awesome, glad to have you here best regards from southern germany

I know this is going to sound weird, but I'm happy you came back. You seem reluctant to show yourself, don't be.

Happy to see you upload again! We've missed your videos :)

Very nice to see you back. Looking forward to exciting and fun retrostuff from you in 2024!

Glad to see you back around again! :)

2024 is looking a little brighter already with your unexpected return. can't wait to see more about these machines. Last time i saw this many Compaq's in one room was back in early 2000s school and well, we didn't quite have as many nice things to say about them as you do but these ones are looking very good.

Welcome back. Happy you are back. I missed your videos. Finally new good content.

Yay, now I know somebody to pester for all the Compaq BIOS floppies. :P Man, I am so glad you are back. Your channel has been sorely missed.

OMG He's back! :O I have to say, I've really missed your content and I'm very happy to see you back. Hope you have been well, very much looking forward to the new content! 👍

nice to have you back, hope everything is fine looking forward to many new interesting vids

So glad you're back! Can't wait to see the Compaqs in future videos!!

It's been a year? Boy, my sense of the passage of time is poor. I'm glad to see you back!

Glad to see you're back, and doing well. 👍

Good to see u back👍 Looking forward of what to come.

Return of the king! Your videos are a lot of what got me into doing retro tech videos myself, it's great to know you're doing okay

Welcome back!!!Good to see you again!

Ever since I saw the neat aesthetics of the 286 and 386 Deskpros that were in Computer Reset (including some with double-floppy half-height drives), I decided to make Compaq my collector brand. It is made all the more interesting because Compaq rose from the Compaq Portable 1 in 1983 to being the largest PC supplier in the 1990s to becoming an orphan brand, strictly speaking, once HP bought them in 2002 and eventually discontinued using the Compaq name. I am really looking forward to seeing the videos you make with these 10 machines, and I hopefully will even learn things from them to improve and fix things on the several Compaq from this era that I have!

Welcome back, good to see you again, you have been missed. Looking fwd to the Compaq videos and whatever else will ensue.

It had been almost a year of no video post. Glad you are back again. Missed your videos. Now we can get a good retro computing contents 😊

I missed you. Glad you're back!

Happy New Year! It`s Great to see you back. You Have Been Missed, Looking forward to your Compaq videos. hope all is well Take Care

YAY!!!!!!!!!! Welcome back, friend! 🙌🏻 You've been very missed! ❤️

I've legit never been SO happy to see the return of one of my favorite youtubers!

Welcome back! Love those Compaqs!!

Welcome back! So nice to see all that Dutch software!

its great to have you back! love your videos

Welcome back sir! looking forward to new videos, especially about the prolinea

Glad you are back! It's been a minute.

It's nice to see you're back. Can't wait to see the Compaq videos.

Welcome back! Second RU-vidr I sub to that's come back. Great to hear more content on it's way. All the best for 2024

I started to think you died 😔 But your back and alive! 🥳🥳🥳

You just filled up my Retro tank. Lovley computers. from a more refined PC era. Those Trust speakers bring back memories.

yessssssssss !!!! Happy New Year !!!!! So cool to have you back !!!!

Love your videos, was hoping you were doing all right. Can't wait for what is to come!

Welcome back, we've missed you!

Welcome aboard Compaq friends! lol I had that deskpro 286 and that brought back some memories lol

Welcome back! Haven't seen that many Compaqs together since I was a kid.

What a great intro, it put a smile on my face to see so many awesome computers :D Glad to see you back.

Super happy to see you’re back! Great content as always. Looking forward to see more about these Compaqs!

Epic Command & Conquer Lan-Party!!

Welcome back! I always enjoyed your videos. I've always been a fan of odd-looking prebuilts, so the Presario near the end is my favorite

It's good to see you back RetroSpector!

ahhh the good old deskpro/386... we used to run Xenix on these back in the day with the software my dads company produced and developed... it was MIS software for call centers (how many calls, queue mgmt etc) i still have the install disks for it in a case here lol....

Happy to see videos from you again!!!

Great to hear. In your absence I became a fan of your channel and started to build a retro 486 DX-4/100 machine 😎👍

YEAH!!! Great news on retrotube!

A sincere welcome back! There's so much opportunity in this lineup so I look forward to your follow-ups.

Great to have you back!

holy crap you're back! Missed your videos

Oh man this video just started and I'm only 2 minutes in and I'm so excited to watch this! I see so many models that I've either owned, used, or supported over the years!

Great to see you again! And so many machines! Just aweseome retro-fun!

Welcome back! Can't wait to watch

Het voelt goed om terug te zijn.

IBM G70 was my favorite monitor years ago wish I still had it.

yay the man is back I cannot believe it!!1!one :-D

nice ! My retrocomputer collection began with Compaq Contura 430CX notebook... Also have some other notebooks and p1 and 486 Compaq Desktops)

Welcome back Conner (hard drive)

Compaq has a sweet spot in my heart because I used to work at the Spanish Presario tech support (that was located in France, in Les Ulis, for some reason, go figure :)) a couple of years up until the HP buyout. Loved it. They did some nice laptops, but also some sketchy ones indeed. The thing I liked the most? The internal ticketing system that was totally built inhouse by Compaq and would still be great today. Oh, the memories... :)

welcome back great to see you again love your channel the content cheers kurt australia

Great to see you back.. cheers.

Good to have you back buddy!

Great to see you’re back! Looking forward to all the Compaq goodness.

I’m writing this while the ads still playing. So happy you’re not dead. Greetings from everyone’s favorite Neighbor ze Germans

Wow really happy so see you make a video!

So glad to see that you are back! Always loved your channel and you have been dearly missed over the last year and a half. I can't wait to see what you have in store for all of these wonderful machines especially the Portable III. Good luck on getting that HDD working. If it's anything like mine, it's a connor drive.

Welcome back, we missed you so much !!!

The satisfying crackle of the computers "thinking", ahh yes. I'm beyond nostalgic for those sounds.