RetroBytesX, the windowing system for Unix (and other OSs), based on when you count it from is 40 years old, and its still in use. As Wayland looks ready to take over, its time to look back at how we got X11, what we have done with it, and where it is going.
00:00 - Introduction 00:36 - The Elephant in the room 01:21 - V and the creation of W, which becomes X 03:04 - Why is X the way it is 03:44 - The world Unix grew up in 07:20 - A brief word from our sponsors 08:05 - From weekend hack job, to the future of the GUI 15:01 - X and its license 18:12 - X11 Adoption 22:13 - X terminals 26:06 - CDE 29:53 - The Unix workstation woes 34:24 - Open source starts to take the lead 42:56 - Everything is 3d now 44:40 - DRI 47:35 - Gnome, KDE, and Xorg 51:30 - Time to clean up X 53:50 - Wayland 56:16 - The future of X 57:24 - Thanks
The History of X11RetroBytes2024-01-27 | X, the windowing system for Unix (and other OSs), based on when you count it from is 40 years old, and its still in use. As Wayland looks ready to take over, its time to look back at how we got X11, what we have done with it, and where it is going.
00:00 - Introduction 00:36 - The Elephant in the room 01:21 - V and the creation of W, which becomes X 03:04 - Why is X the way it is 03:44 - The world Unix grew up in 07:20 - A brief word from our sponsors 08:05 - From weekend hack job, to the future of the GUI 15:01 - X and its license 18:12 - X11 Adoption 22:13 - X terminals 26:06 - CDE 29:53 - The Unix workstation woes 34:24 - Open source starts to take the lead 42:56 - Everything is 3d now 44:40 - DRI 47:35 - Gnome, KDE, and Xorg 51:30 - Time to clean up X 53:50 - Wayland 56:16 - The future of X 57:24 - ThanksEnd the line: The last Sun Sparc WorkstationRetroBytes2024-09-28 | By 2007 Sun knew the writing was on the wall for their workstation line, so they decided to produce a final swan song. Apart from looking fantastic, was it all Sun users hoped for, was it a worthy machine for Sun to close out on.
Thanks to Pete, and Tim for letting me use their footage, as I forgot to film anything at the last event.
00:00 - Intro 00:49 - A word from our sponsor 01:35 - Lets get a look at the Ultra45 08:19 - Who hurt you 10:24 - Openboot 15:25 - Network install Solaris 28:17 - A look at the Desktop 31:48 - Why did people buy a Sparc Workstation in 2007 33:31 - What can I do with an Ultra45 36:58 - ThanksThe History of Zilog & Z80RetroBytes2024-07-13 | Its been the news lately, that the original Z80 will finally cease production this year. While lots of news outlets used it as an excuse to publish a list of Z80 based machines, none of them looked at how Zilog and the Z80 came to be. So lets look at how Zilog came to be, and the CPU they created.
00:00 - Intro 00:57 - A word from our sponsor 01:29 - Federico Faggin 03:37 - Things happen at Intel 07:15 - People leave Intel 08:43 - CP/M 11:56 - None CP/M Z80 machines 13:38 - Micro trainers, and the Microbeast 21:23 - What happened to Zilog & the Z8000 25:36 - The Z800 27:31 - Why IBM did not pick the Z80 for the PC 34:23 - ThanksPentium Pro, was it a lemon ?RetroBytes2024-05-25 | The Pentium Pro in the 90s was regarded by many as a failure, an expensive flop from Intel. Was that commonly held belief true, let's find out.
00:00 - Intro 00:41 - A word from our sponsor 01:13 - The Pentium, a success for Intel (except for floating point divide) 02:32 - The Pentium Pro, The good 04:12 - The bad (Lets get nerdy) 14:07 - Is it a lemon ? 17:37 - The Pentium Pro's successes 20:20 - The Pro's legacy 23:09 - ThanksWindows: The battle for an open standardRetroBytes2024-05-04 | By the end of the 90s the Unix workstation world had worked out that windows was a developing threat. How could they complete, well may windows could become a standard API they could provide an implementation of.
00:00 - Intro 01:11 - A Brief work from our sponsors 01:41 - The world of workstations 04:29 - The rise of windows 05:20 - Sun PC 05:50 - Wabi 10:27 - Word 6 the Trojan Horse 13:37 - PWI An open Windows Spec 14:22 - Open standards bodies 16:35 - 1995 Win32 is here, but so is Java 17:38 - Sun refocuses on Servers 19:40 - Sun PCi, the PC on a card 21:51 - Sun starts making x86_64 servers/workstations 22:06 - Wine, and the legacy of PWI 24:20 - ThanksLets Make a DOS BBS in a offensively modern wayRetroBytes2024-04-06 | They said it could not be done, or was that should not be done. Its time to build a MSDOS based BBS, but instead of just slapping DOS on an old PC, and connecting a modem or two. Lets do this in the most offensively modern way possible.
To others Kubernetes DevOps type who thing you can't use Kuberenetes for legacy work loads, you're going to be annoyed at the very least.
00:00 - Intro 00:15 - A Word from our sponsors 00:39 - What is a BBS 05:16 - How does a BBS work 13:15 - Lets get modern (containers) 23:51 - Kubernetes 26:56 - Build a server install Kubernetes 31:30 - Ceph, lets store some files 38:09 - Doors 42:38 - Lets make a helm chart 49:03 - Dial in and modems 53:17 - fTelnet 55:28 - Fidonet 58:13 - ThanksThe history of OS/2RetroBytes2024-02-24 | A better DOS than DOS, a better Windows than Windows, OS/2 was going to be the OS we would all want to install on our PC, but some how despite it being a really good OS, IBM never did get the masses to buy and install it.
Was it that OS/2 was not all that is was cracked up to be, or was it that IBM's marketing department was as good at marketing as Liz Truss was at out lasting lettuce.
00:00 - Introduction 00:25 - A word from our sponsors 02:46 - IBM Creates their PC 05:36 - IBM vs The Clones (Clone wars) 07:36 - The IBM/MS joint agreement, & the first version of OS/2 11:58 - OS/2 gets a GUI 16:10 - Ms pulls out of the joint agreement 17:31 - Why did the joint agreement end 23:25 - OS/2 1.3 & OS/2 2.0 the first IBM only release 28:42 - OS/2 Windows compatibility 30:03 - OS/2 Warp 36:37 - Windows 95 comes out, and Workplace OS 44:39 - Why is OS/2 good (REXX) 46:21 - Why protected memory matters 51:33 - OS/2 marketing (a series of unfortunate events) 58:05 - ThanksPIStorm - How it worksRetroBytes2023-12-23 | PIStorm has been one of the most interesting, and cheapest accelerators for the Amiga. So I figured it was finally time to look at it, and see how we got here and how it works.
00:00 - Introduction 00:50 - What inspired PI Storm (PI Tube ) 04:38 - A Word from our sponsors 05:04 - PiTube Direct 06:07 - Bare metal PI 07:43 - Here comes the storm 09:34 - CPLDs pins and signals 12:19 - 68k on Linux 13:26 - Memory and crossing the clock domain 18:33 - RTG and other benifits 20:45 - Lets stick one in an A600 24:05 - FastRom mapping 25:11 - PiStorm32 27:03 - Emu68 30:00 - ThanksChristmas YouTubeRetroBytes2023-12-21 | It's Christmas, as Noddy Holder would say. A time when we would gather round the TV eat too much food, and fall sleep while some elderly relative would make you watch the queen (experiences outside the UK may various).
Well we don't really watch TV that much any more, but we do watch YouTube, so I figured why not provide some YT viewing suggestions.
00:00 - Intro 00:43 - A word from our sponsors 01:06 - RTS 02:51 - Yesterzine 04:18 - Tamaracade 05:05 - Macintosh Librarian 06:42 - What ho snokers 08:19 - reEnthused 10:02 - Ctrl Alt Rees 11:35 - More fun making it 12:55 - CRG 14:02 - GlassTTY 15:04 - Gouldfish on games 16:56 - Crap content 17:52 - Lee Smith's workshop 19:57 - EndThe Transputer: A parallel futureRetroBytes2023-11-25 | In the 80s one British firm was working of the future of high performance computing, where not 1 processor would work on a task but many. That company was inmos and the processor was the Transputer.
00:00 - IntroductionSecret History: Apples first attempt at making a CPURetroBytes2023-09-30 | You would think with all the news about Apple creating their own ARM based CPU that this was the first time they had tried it. In the 80s Apple ran a secret project to create their own CPU design. Fortunately their spec document leaked, so we can now look inside their secret CPU project.
00:00 - Introduction 00:54 - Project Aquarius 03:04 - A word from our sponsors 03:22 - How the project got started 06:00 - How to keep a purple super computer secret 10:12 - The Scorpius CPU (multi-core in the 80s) 14:36 - How it came to an end 17:53 - What if? 19:45 - ThanksThe Acorn Electron : Its not quite the story you think it isRetroBytes2023-09-09 | The Acorn Electron has turned 40 years old, but its often judged in away that suggests it failed or was the sole cause of Acorn's financial issues in the 80s. Well I'm not sure either of those things are true. So its time to look at the Electron.
Here is the video by Rose Tinted Spectrum I mentioned Elementum, it explains so well why this game is so good. Also just check out his videos in general, very much worth watching. youtube.com/watch?v=43qKSVRqs68
00:00 - Introduction 00:26 - Brief word from our sponsor 00:49 - Why create the Electron 02:33 - Hitting a price point 03:51 - The ULA 07:07 - Trouble at 4A Market Hill 10:39 - Lets look at the Electron 14:59 - The good, the bad, and the RAM configuration 24:15 - The games 30:00 - Software development 36:54 - Hardware Addons 43:35 - BT Merlin 45:00 - Should I buy and Electron 45:40 - If your looking for the most contravention bit of the video its here! 48:00 - Thanks for watchingIMSAI 8080 - You know that computer from War GamesRetroBytes2023-07-29 | I've finally had the time to build my IMSAI 8080 kit from the high nibble. Its a replica of the first commercial scale clone computer the IMSAI 8080. If you where looking to buy a micro computer in the early 70s this is one of the few commercial off the shelf machines you could buy. So no wonder kids would use it to hack their school and change their would be girl friends grades to impress her, before nearly accidentally triggering ww3. Getting this kit has also finally given me an excuse to talk about this iconic machine.
00:00 - Introduction 00:23 - Brief word from our sponsor 00:49 - IMSAI 12:00 - Soldering Montage 17:45 - Finished Kit 18:19 - How did things end for IMSAI 20:40 - Lets use our machine 26:08 - ThanksArcnet - It was a contenderRetroBytes2023-06-17 | By the late 70s Arcnet had become the most widely deploy LAN technology in the US, as the 80s progressed it managed to stay ahead of Ethernet, until the very end of the 80s and the beginning of the 90s with Ethernet took the lead. As the 90s progressed Arcnet faded away. Why did this happen how did Arcnet take the load, and the loose out to Ethernet.
00:00 - Introduction 00:10 - Brief word from our sponsor 00:36 - Victor Poor 02:28 - Arcnet the beginning 03:21 - Arcnet Initial success 05:50 - Here comes the Micros (and Ethernet) 08:08 - How arcnet works (vs Ethernet) 15:18 - How did Ethernet Triumph 23:40 - Arcnet Plus 26:41 - TCNS 27:33 - ThanksThe abridged history of Computer Display TechRetroBytes2023-05-20 | We talk alot about the history of computers, about particular CPUs and platforms, and how these things developed. What we don't talk much about is the history of display technology. Well time to fix that one (or at least in my content).
00:00 - Introduction 00:29 - Brief word from our sponsor 01:00 - What the fudge is this video about 01:39 - The first computer 04:01 - The Williams Kilburn tube 08:02 - Batch computing and blinking lights 10:06 - Its about to change 15:31 - Vector displays 19:53 - The teletype 25:07 - Serial terminals 28:36 - Vector Terminals 31:43 - TV and Film uses 32:07 - The beginings of the micro 39:21 - Terminals get graphics 42:56 - X Windows, the last terminal 48:10 - The ENDThe history of SPARC, its not just a Sun thingRetroBytes2023-03-25 | SPARC, the cpu architecture originally created by Sun for its workstations. However soon more than just Sun where involved in developing SPARC processors.
00:00 - Introduction 00:24 - Brief word from our sponsor 00:55 - Sun 02:15 - RISCY tangent 06:33 - RISC CISC whats the difference 10:00 - Register Windows 12:00 - SPARC is released 16:57 - ROSS Technologies & Hypersparc 22:10 - The time are changing 25:59 - Ultra Sparc going 64 bit 31:36 - Sparc 9 faster instructions 38:18 - Open Sparc 41:00 - ThanksSCSI, usb of the 80sRetroBytes2023-02-18 | In the 80s there was no USB, yet there was a wildly used technology that let us connect hard disks, cdrom drives, scanners and printers even Ethernet interfaces and that was SCSI.
00:00 - Introduction 00:16 - Brief word from our sponsor 00:41 - Why make SCSI in the first place 02:35 - Things get sassy 03:30 - Scsi becomes the standard 05:49 - The BUS 09:16 - Some of the computers that used scsi 09:40 - IDE the rival 14:11 - Servers and RAID 15:20 - Tape drives 17:13 - CD-ROM 19:30 - Multi host 21:43 - The evolution of the standard 25:53 - Adaptec 27:14 - USB 30:00 - SAS 31:20 - Fibre channel 33:17 - Thank you for watchingThe potted history of ARMRetroBytes2023-01-28 | ARM is now one of the few CPU architectures left in large scale use in general computing. It started in the world of desktop, computing, moved the the mobile space, and is now back in desktops. How did the ARM processor come to be, and how did it get where it is now.
00:00 - Introduction 00:45 - A quick word from our sponsor 01:14 - The origin of ARM 09:40 - Champagne Time 10:47 - So how little power does it use ? 13:17 - How fast was the ARM 2 you ask 14:15 - Newtons of the none fig type 18:15 - Strong ARM 22:34 - Testing and Sheffield 26:26 - Complete Crystal balls 29:42 - The gas man comethThis is a PC, no really.RetroBytes2022-12-30 | In the late 80s early 90s, one 3rt party vendor stood out about the others. GVP. One solution they provided let you Amiga 500 become an IBM compatible PC.
0:00 - Intro 0:33 - A word from our sponsor 1:03 - GVP Impact II 2:54 - GVP A530 5:02 - 286 6:31 - Emulated devices 8:30 - Graphics 13:15 - PC In action 16:13 - Memory in a PC 20:30 - But why, and other questions ? 20:07 - ThanksToken Ring, the Betamax of NetworkingRetroBytes2022-12-11 | Ethernet may now rule the roost, but at one time Ethernet had competition, and some of that competition was view my many as superior, and yet Token Ring never became the predominate wired technology.
0:00 - Introduction 0:37 - A word from our sponsor 0:55 - CSMA/CD and Ethernet 5:32 - Token ring how does it work 9:09 - Token ring hits the market 12:00 - Token ring high end nitch 13:20 - Lots of kit to look at 16:00 - The beginning of the end 18:03 - Nail in the coffin 24:20 - The endHow we got the modern InternetRetroBytes2022-10-28 | Ever wonder how we ended up with the Internet we have now ? What string of events got us to where we are now. I'm guessing there is a version of the history of the Internet you've been told, but was it true, or just a small part of the what happened.
Nostalgia Nerd Stu WhatHoSnorkers James O'Grady Ed, Mike & Terry
0:00 - Introduction 0:33 - Time to bring in the big guns 1:03 - Voxpops (we are like a proper news show now) 1:58 - It all starts with a memo 2:35 - A word from our sponsor 2:53 - Arpanet 4:30 - Donald Davies, & packet switching (the Internet is really Welsh) 5:22 - BBN and the Imps 9:09 - Arpanet, and the NPL network join to form the Internet (yes the creation of the internet is a join UK US thing) 12:20 - TCP/IP 15:17 - Class-full routing (we still don't have the modern internet) 17:15 - CIDR & BGP (the modern internet is upon us) 18:43 - Arpanet shutdown, and the rise of new networks 20:03 - The administration structure of the internet changes 20:41 - The road to DNS 24:43 - The changing culture of the internet 27:30 - IPv6 and the future of the internet 32:30 - ThanksPlay Expo Blackpool 2022RetroBytes2022-10-16 | Didn't we have a lovey day, the day we went to Blackpool.
This year I finally went to PlayExpo in Blackpool, what's it like, well watch the video.
Sponsored by pcbway.comWhat do a beach, flame throwers, and a global telecoms network have in common ?RetroBytes2022-09-23 | Its not often beaches, telecoms, and flame throwers mix, but at the birth of global telecommunication, when telegraphy services where king they did.
0:00 - Introduction 0:35 - A Word from our sponsor 0:55 - PK the early years 3:37 - WW1 4:27 - WW2 7:48 - How it worked 9:39 - The collage years 12:48 - So much shinny brass electrical kit 13:40 - The end of the telegraph 14:30 - Thanks for watchingNetscape its rise, fall, and eventual revengeRetroBytes2022-06-17 | The browser that opened a door to the huge explosion in popularity for the Web, it dominated the early web scene, but after only a few years Microsoft's browser IE had a larger market share. How did this happen, and what did Netscape do in response, and what was the effects of those actions on us today.
This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com).
0:00 - Introduction 0:39 - The first ones 2:47 - A word from our sponsor 3:05 - The beginning of Netscape 5:45 - Netscape 2 10:04 - IE 13:30 - Win98 Anti Trust case 16:41 - AOL 17:22 - Mozilla Org 19:58 - The End...DEC AlphaRetroBytes2022-05-20 | In the 90's the Alpha processor was one of the most powerful CPUs you could lay your hands on. With a number of operating systems available for it, from both DEC (VMS, Tru64) and 3rd parties. It even have the most successful none x86 port of Windows NT. For many the Alpha was then next machine up if their x86 PC just did not have the CPU power they needed.
BN: In the intro I say the PDP-11 is 8bit, its not its 16bit. That was a slip of the tongue, I even wrote 16bit in my script, is that what I said no, did I spot it after watching through the video many many times, no.
This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com).
0:00 - Introduction 0:14 - A word from our sponsor 0:23 - The background 1:30 - VAX 3:05 - VAX Cluster 4:05 - Terminals 5:32 - ReGIS & Sixel (the best thing most people don't know about terminals) 6:51 - Cisc/Risc 7:40 - Prism 9:51 - Riscy VAX 10:38 - Alpha 11:18 - Alpha Personal Workstation 500 Tour 16:03 - VMS on Alpha 16:34 - Tru64 on Alpha 17:21 - Trouble at mill 18:39 - Infamy infamy they've all got it in for me 20:19 - The state of the market 21:04 - Compaq buys DEC (but Alpha grows market share) 26:14 - The demise of Compaq 26:53 - End of the road for Alpha 28:13 - What did DEC ever do for us ? 29:56 - Thanks for watchingiAPX The first time Intel tried to kill x86RetroBytes2022-04-22 | Intel seems to like trying to kill off it's most successful line of x86 CPUs. Itanium might be the last time we all remember, but the first time was with iAPX.
Lets look at the architecture that was once Intel's future, until it crashed and burnt.
This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com).
0:00 - Introduction 0:16 - A word from our sponsor 0:43 - The background 1:20 - What iAPX stands for (Intel can't spell) 2:33 - iAPX and high level languages 4:19 - Ada 5:59 - iMAX 6:55 - iAPX 432 (The lemon) 9:00 - The compiler is rubbish too 11:00 - IBM PC to the rescue 13:30 - 80286 the end of the iAPX 432 16:00 - ThanksHow 90s dial-up Internet worked, and lets make our own ISP.RetroBytes2022-04-01 | Up until home broad band came into existence the only way to access the internet at home was to get your modem to call the ISP's phone number and listen to the unpleasant sound that would happen. In this video we look at the history and technology of dial-up ISPs and build one our self.
This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com).
0:00 - Introduction 1:02 - A word from our sponsors 1:45 - Let normal service resume 3:07 - Bell 101 Modem 3:51 - Hayes Smart Modem 7:38 - Building an ISP 8:34 - Telephone line simulator 11:05 - Building a Linux Dialup Server 14:28 - Client setup 15:34 - First test 16:00 - Comparing our setup to a commercial one 19:36 - 56k modems & ISDN 25:50 - Radius 27:20 - Testing over the real phone network 29:59 - Free serve 34:50 - The coming of broad band 35:43 - Emergence service after the POTS switch off 37:27 - ThanksDEC and the PiDP-11RetroBytes2022-03-04 | Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) was at one point the 2nd largest computer company in the world. Defining the mini computer, with its PDP range. It would eventually go one the create the VAX line of computers and its VMS operating system, and well as the Alpha processor.
Its time to look at the history of DEC, and its PDP line of machines, and build the PDP-11 replica kit the PiDP-11
0:00 - Introduction 1:00 - The PDP-1 12:05 - Soldering Montage 15:19 - The mistake 15:33 - The desoldering resoldering montage 16:40 - The kits complete 17:43 - Fun with switches, using the PDP-11 23:00 - Ken Olsen (Decent human being) 27:16 - Eastern block PDP clones 27:50 - SummaryThe NeXT VideoRetroBytes2022-01-28 | When Steve Jobs left Apple he setup a company that would create one of the most interesting Unix workstations. The NeXT computer would have an out sized effect on our society and the future of Apple.BBC Master 512: Its a PC, no really it is!RetroBytes2022-01-07 | For #doscember2021, I'm going to look at a version of DOS you've probably never used on a machine you probably thought could never be a PC.
#doscemberQuid Game(s) : Rocket Raid, Missile Base, Monsters #quidgameRetroBytes2021-12-15 | All bought for £1 off eBay. Retro does not have to be expensive. #quidgame
To try these games your self, go to http://www.bbcmicro.co.uk and be amazed you can run a BBC emulator in a browser.
00:00 - Intro 13:40 - Copyright 05:20 - Monsters 07:08 - Rocket Raid 09:16 - Missile Base 11:45 - ConclusionAmiga PPC A1200 TowerRetroBytes2021-12-11 | The power pc (PPC) A1200 in a tower case happened at an interesting time in the Amiga's history. Commodore had gone bankrupt, the Amiga's new owners seemed to have no love for the Amiga, and with no new Amiga on the horizon 3rd party hardware providers created their own future for the Amiga.A1200 Vampire V2RetroBytes2021-10-29 | In what is becoming a Halloween tradition for this channel it's time to look a vampire card (its as close to indulging themed content as I'm ever likely to get), this time we are looking at the Vampire v2 for the A1200.
My thanks to BigGun for the help with getting it flashed and working.Retro Computer Festival 2021 (CFCH Cambridge)RetroBytes2021-10-18 | After waiting more than a year, the Retro Computer Festival happen and I went, and I mostly remember to film a video.
Sorry about the video quality and sometimes iffy audio, it was all shot on my phone.
0:00 - Intro 2:15 - Screen mode 3:58 - Procedurally generated universe 5:05 - Planet names 6:00 - Text tokens 7:50 - 3d Graphics 8:56 - Small angle approximation 10:22 - Main loop 11:45 - Loop counter 12:33 - Ship drawing 13:16 - Drawing on screen & the screen co-ordinates system 14:05 - Zero page 14:40 - Acorn Electron version 15:40 - Conclusion 16:12 - ThanksThe story of The Casio LoopyRetroBytes2021-08-13 | Casio thought it had a found an untapped market for consoles, a whole new customer base who they assumed where not using the current crop of consoles. So Casio lunched the Loopy, and its may well be worse than you think it is.Amiga A500 Upgrade: Mouldy to MarvelousRetroBytes2021-07-10 | Last year I cleaned up one of the most unpleasant smelling machines I've ever been near, a very mouldy Amiga 500. Having used it for a year it's time to pimp my A500, and my tank mouse.
The aim of the Amiga A500 Upgrade is to get a good looking gaming machine, rather than somthing targeting the most power hungry Amiga applications, and games ported from other platforms.
If you're interested in the Terriblefire TF536 I'd have a look at the Terriblefire YT channel youtube.com/channel/UCgHJudlHQiKGx-eSXwpLi8Q, you'll learn a fair bit about electronics and the inner workings of the Amiga, and also about one Scottish band in particular.
The pervious A500 video where you can discover the vital role dentists played in the birth of the amgia is here youtu.be/s9LBa-WtvdkIntels biggest blunder: ItaniumRetroBytes2021-05-29 | Intel is a very successful company, but sometimes it makes mistakes, and very few mistakes are this titanic, its time to talk about Itanium.
SGI Video youtu.be/gVyCjweagJMThe PlayStation Portable (PSP), its retro now.RetroBytes2021-04-23 | Released 17 years ago now, Sony's PSP was a huge hit and the most capable handheld when it was released. Given the Sony store is being closed for the PSP this year it's time to have a look at the PSP.
Thought I would choose a completely uncontroversial topic for my first short.
#shorts#MARCHintosh : Is this the most obscure Apple product ?RetroBytes2021-03-12 | We all know as huge number of Apple products, but which one is the least well known, well my contender is this.
If you are interested in the Apple Pippin friend of the channel and all round good egg Johnny Blanchard has done a video about it for MARCHintosh youtube.com/watch?v=xfyUcQoKVj4SGI Octane: What can a $30,000 computer from the 90s do ?RetroBytes2021-01-30 | In the 90's one company dominated the world of 3d graphics SGI, used in industry, university science labs, and the film and tv industry. They where used to edit and create some of our favourite Films and TV shows (and some terrible ones too).
My thanks to Nikki and Bunty ( twitter.com/NikkiAndBuntytwitch.tv/NikkiandBunty) for lending their voice talents, you can see them streaming on twitch on Friday nights.#DOScember | Novell | The wired world of DOS networkingRetroBytes2020-12-18 | In the 80's the PC came to dominate the business computing scene. However the fight was then on to define which standard would become the standard network technology for the PC, would it be Vines, LAN Manger, or Netware.
This video is part of the #doscember effort to get a whole bunch of channels todo DOS themed video.
James O'Grady ------------------------ youtube.com/channel/UCmKA-MiHwHpuawrhPBsWzJg80s Software house - AcornsoftRetroBytes2020-11-28 | One of the best software houses for the BBC creating applications, development systems and games. Publisher of one of the largest games of the 80's Elite. It's development team went of to create RiscOS for Acorn, and create the system that manages our heating at home.
aBug where kind enough to include me in their reunion event which is where I was able to record the footage of Paul Fellows and Jonathan Griffiths, so a huge thank you to all of them.
http://abug.org.ukThe Vampire v4 - A new AmigaRetroBytes2020-10-30 | In the closest this channel will probably come to a Halloween special, we look at the latest from the people who brought you the Vampire Accelerator, a new standalone Amiga, the Vampire v4.CDTV, CDi when the living room multimedia player was the futureRetroBytes2020-10-07 | At the beginning of the 90's both Philips and Commodore has a vision of an new class of home entertainment system, that would sit under the Big TV in the living room next the to VHS recorder, that would educate and entertain the masses. It wold not be a hoe computer or a games console but its own thing.
I would like to thank a few people who help with this months video.
Jonny Blanchard ReEnthused (youtube.com/channel/UCYF-5rMVfnI48w48EW2g3hA) who helped me out, by kindly letting me use some of his games footage when my composite to hdmi box died. His channel covers loads of wonderful old systems, including a whole bunch of ones you may never have seen.
Zombieworkshop again for his artwork (http://www.zombiworkshop.com) it is really worth checking out his artwork, and if you need some doing he's always open to doing commissions.
Also if you're into light gun games the channel I mentioned that was worth checking out is GouldFish On Games (youtube.com/channel/UC5Ee7qQWiSZDcdTnXB6fBfw)BBC Micro - Tea ShopRetroBytes2020-08-20 | The fun business sim game intended to educate and entertain school kids, and well it was more fun than actual lessons. So come see the delights of this mode 7 classic as we create that tea shop experience (ok we may have improved the visuals a tad).
I would also like to thank Rose Tinned Spectrum for getting me in contact with Stu.
If you fancy having a go at playing Tea shop, you can find it on the BBC Archive (http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=2884) and play it in your web browser.The Amiga 500, the Amigas tricky second albumRetroBytes2020-07-17 | After finally bringing the Amiga to the market sales are not going as well as hoped, everyone praises the Amiga but it cost too much for most consumers. Commodore needed a cost reduced Amiga, but how would Commodore get the costs down without losing what the Amiga is, how will this A500 fair.
This video features a particularly mouldy A500, can it be saved, will it ever smell ok ever again ? Why not find out why I try to fix it, and we look at how the A500 came to be.Chuck Peddle - The man and the very brown computerRetroBytes2020-06-12 | This video covers Chuck Peddle the designer of the 6502 processor, and the computer company he started after MOS, Sirius Systems Technology. We look at his career, and the first and only computer Sirius made, the Sirius 1, or the Victor 9000 as it was called in Europe.