Portal Still Alive ending credits on a real amber monochrome monitor smeezekitty 2014-10-05 | *Thanks for 90K(!) views / 6000 likes* | Portal ending credits on vintage machineI saw that the Portal ending credits were designed to look like an old amber monochrome monitor. I had a amber (orange) phosphor MDA/HGC monitor sitting not far from me so my first thought was "I have to reproduce this on the real mono monitor"I have an old 1986 Paradise Autoswitch EGA2 card that supports monochrome monitors and 80x43 mode so I plugged it into my 486 box and fired up Turbo C++Luckily everything just fit in the 80x43It took a lot of time and trial and error to get the timing even close to right. I know it is still a little off in parts. To make things worse, I have had constant hardlocks due to bugs in the soundblaster code (which I didn't write since I don't know anything of sound programming)After lots of tweaks I finally got it working reasonably well. I don't have a decent camera so apologizes for the video qualityThe whole thing is driven by a 486DX-120 with 64 MB of RAM and DOS 6I did loosely get inspired by 256byteram's 8080 run but with some major differences.For one thing this plays the real sampled audio track through the soundblaster card.(Everything you hear is coming through the vintage system's speakers)Also the display format closely matches the original including the credits. I don't thinkI saw any other reproduction on youtube that shows the credits as wellSource code download: http://www.mediafire.com/download/pm63zl3k6vn6t4e/still_alive_dos.zip
Blondie: Heart of Glass music video on a color mechanical television smeezekitty 2023-08-06 | This is Blondie's "Heart of Glass" music video on a 32 line home-made mechanical television. It has a resolution of 32x48 pixels at 16 frames per second. It uses a red/green LED color system and it is driven my own custom software (FreeNBTV)
HP AC-4E tube decade counter in operation smeezekitty 2022-12-28 | This is a HP AC-4E 4-tube decade counter from 1962 (an example of early digital logic) in working condition. It is being driven with a 3Hz square wave. The circuit is based on the test circuit described in the manual with the switch being replaced by a transistor. Each indicator is a neon light and it advances the count every pulse from the function generator and resets to 0. It also produces a "staircase" analog signal which can be seen on the scope.
HAARP 32-line NBTV reception October 25, 2022 (manual sync) smeezekitty 2022-10-30 | This 32-line NBTV was received from a HAARP test transmission on October 25th, 2022 at abot 16:35:55 UTC. Recorded with an RTL-SDR in Washington This version was displayed using NBSCPlayer and manually syncedMore info and reception reports:https://ghostsintheairglow.space/taswegian.com/NBTV/forumhttp://www.nbtv.wyenet.co.ukReceived audio: drive.google.com/file/d/1PleFbbkNk-1BorcnrRhxQDHDa7pzPCEr/view?usp=share_link
HAARP 32-line NBTV reception October 25, 2022 smeezekitty 2022-10-30 | This 32-line NBTV was received from a HAARP test transmission on October 25th, 2022 at abot 16:35:55 UTC. Recorded with an RTL-SDR in Washington The sync was regenerated using custom stoftware.More info and reception reports:https://ghostsintheairglow.space/http://www.nbtv.wyenet.co.uktaswegian.com/NBTV/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=3198
The Sims on a 486 smeezekitty 2021-02-22 | I'm torturing my 486 machine again, this time running The Sims 1. Like Simcity 3000, it is quite slow. But unlike Simcity 3000, this one was actually quite hard to get working. I had to use Ghirdra to disassemble the executable and patch out the Pentium CPU checks and the usage of rdtsc.The sound doesn't work for some reason but I am guessing it may have something to do with the lack of rdtsc. Otherwise it is slow but more playable than I expected.Specs:AM486-120Acer AP4364 MB RAMS3 ViRGE PCI 4MBSound Blaster Vibra16Windows 2000
Playing Tetris on a mechanical television smeezekitty 2019-07-30 | I wrote an implementation of the game "Tetris" which outputs it to my 32 line color mechanical television
Mechanical Camera connected to a mechanical television smeezekitty 2019-07-18 | Displaying an image from my mechanical camera on my mechanical television
Mechanical camera test 2 smeezekitty 2019-07-14 | Test of my 32 line mechanical camera with a new disc and circuit improvements
Mechanical TV camera test smeezekitty 2019-07-04 | Testing my mechanical TV camera project. Holding up an "X" in front of it
Startrek TNG intro on a mechanical television smeezekitty 2019-06-26 | Startrek: The Next Generation intro on a 32 line color mechanical TV.
Scooby Doo Zombie Island trailer on a color mechanical television smeezekitty 2018-07-19 | 32 lines, 16 FPS, 2 color system
Bad Apple music video on a mechanical television smeezekitty 2017-08-28 | Unfortunately my camera wouldn't focus on it that well. And of course the framerate mismatch causes horizontal bars
32 line mechanical television test smeezekitty 2017-07-30 | This is a revision of the mechanical TV i built and uploaded quite a few years back. now with a better LED driver circuit and a better mechanical system to hold and spin the disk
Peltier element reaching -31c (-24F) smeezekitty 2015-07-04 | A peltier cooling element reaching a chilly -31CIt is on a heatsink which is submerged in a big bowl of ~27C water.58C+ delta-T
Very tiny terminal: Arduino emulating a VT100 on a 128x64 GLCD smeezekitty 2015-02-01 | I programmed an Arduino to emulate a subset of a VT100 terminal using a 128x64 LCD. I created a3x5 pixel font yielding a total console size of 32x10Unfortunately it is a slow since the code is an inefficient hackand it has to constantly poll the PS/2 keyboard and serialport to prevent dropping data due to a buffer overrun.The LCD is connected to the TX of the hardware serial port.The hardware RX is connected to the serial out of theLinux 86duino and a software serial TX satisfies thekeyboard input of the 86duinoIt supports cursor positioning functions, underlined, blinkingand inverted text and partial scrolling functionality.The LCD is a Sparkfun 128x64 KS0108 withserial backpack.Typing with one hand holding the camera is DIFFICULT!The whole thing is connected to an 86duino running Debian SqueezeTerminal emulation code released here: mediafire.com/?jra6ozdl1lunazk
Simcity 3000 on a 486 smeezekitty 2014-12-31 | Running Simcity 3000 on my 486-120 with 64 MB of RAMand an S3 ViRGE 4MBOfficial minimum processor is a P1 166Yeah it is kinda slow.
Burning black tape with a magnifying glass inside a sealed jar smeezekitty 2014-12-22 | I just wanted to see what would happen if I burned black tapeinside a sealed glass jar with a magnifying glass and the sun.Not really exciting
486 Playing youtube video Part 2 smeezekitty 2014-11-26 | This is part 2 of a 486 with Windows 2000 playing a youtubevideo with youtube-dl and mplayer. I borrowed a better camerathis time. Video played:www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2LpPCaldjYSpecs:AM486-120MHz64MB 72 pin FPM RAMAcer AP43 motherboardWindows 2000S3 ViRGE PCI 4 MB
486 computer playing a youtube video smeezekitty 2014-11-14 | 486 PC running Windows 2000 and playing a youtube videoat 176x144 using mplayer + youtube-dlThis was the video played:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDaJ7rFg66AI figured the Blue Danube would be appropriate for the gracefulness of Windows 2000 on a 486 with 64 MB of RAM;)Specs:AMD AM486DX4-12064 MB of RAMS3 ViRGE 4MBAcer AP43
486 with Windows 2000 on the internet smeezekitty 2014-09-14 | 486 Machine browsing the internet with Windows 2000SpecsAcer AP43 moboAMD AM486DX-12064 MB of RAM256K cacheS3 ViRGE videoI ran out of SD card space at the end :P
J. Geils (Do you) Remember when smeezekitty 2014-07-01 | Recorded from a record but pretty good quality recording.
Dosbox on a 486!! smeezekitty 2014-04-27 | Just for the hell of itDosbox "running" in windows 95 on a 486 machine!!
Windows 95 on a 486 smeezekitty 2014-04-26 | Windows 95 on my new 486 buildAM486DX4-120Acer AP43 motherboard16 MB FPM RAM (going to be upgraded)256 KB cacheD-LINK DE220 ISA network cardSoundblaster Vibra16S CT2800 sound cardS3 ViRGE 4MB PCI video cardWeird 4 CDROM changer driveWindows 95B, Opera 8.50 browserDemonstration of MIDI playback, web browsing, hover game and video playback
New vintage 486 build first run smeezekitty 2014-03-28 | I recorded the first run of a 486 PCI build in progressAcer P43 motherboardAMD 486 DX4 120MHz16 MB RAM (going to be upgraded)1987 Paradise EGA + monochrome monitor (only video cardI have to spare)It has a very unusual BIOS setup
Open source Linux Radeon driver total fail smeezekitty 2014-03-23 | Total fail of the Linux (xubuntu) open source Radeon driver showing heavy graphic corruption in Unigine Tropics with a Radeon 6670This is what is should look like: youtube.com/watch?v=q-DUkeR7pL4
Neverball Easy challenge mode playthrough smeezekitty 2014-02-02 | A complete challenge mode playthrough for the neverball easy mode. Only one fallout and that was caused by a stutter by the recording software
486 PC connected to the internet with Windows 3.11 smeezekitty 2014-01-19 | A 486DX/33 connected to the internet with Windows 3.11 and opera 3.60 browserMachine is a compuadd 433 with 24mb off RAM and an Intel etherexpress 16 Ethernet card
A-ha Take on me music video on 128x64 GLCD smeezekitty 2013-11-07 | 128x64 serial GLCD from sparkfun playing music videoThe data is fed from the computer from individual .bmp files to an FTDI adapter.
BSD robots implemented in Arduino smeezekitty 2013-11-05 | An implementation of BSD robots game on an Arduino and a sparkfun serial GLCD display
3D rendering on Sparkfun 128x64 serial GLCD smeezekitty 2013-11-04 | Code from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlCye0TyHrE modified to use a serial GLCDShows that serial LCDs can deliver sufficient performance.Mod'ed code: http://pastebin.com/g0MydD0VI don't have a NES controller so I had to send keys over serial which incurred significant latencyNote the LCD serial firmware needs to be flashed to Jennifer Holt's (SummoningDark) updated firmware. The sparkfun provided firmware is very buggy and slow.
486 Emulating NES and playing Super Mario Bros. smeezekitty 2013-10-08 | This is my 486DX/33 Running Nesticle to emulate an NES playing Super Mario Bros.
486 running Linux and using beep command to play Aerodynamic smeezekitty 2013-09-15 | Idea from here: youtube.com/watch?v=Ib2kA9uhzc4Source code from here: http://kirrus.co.uk/2010/09/linux-beep-musicSystem is a 486DX/33 with 8MB RAM running custom single floppy Linux system.
Linux on a 486DX/33 smeezekitty 2013-08-31 | This is a small Linux system booting off a floppy on a 486DX/33The computer is a Compuadd 433 with 8mb RAMThis system has a nice ethernet card so once I upgrade it to 16MB ram, I should be able to run a much more complete Linux system on it including network capabilities.Once it loads into the RAMDISK, it is pretty good for 33MHz and 8 MB ram ;)
The Sims 2 running on Windows Vista smeezekitty 2013-08-09 | I made this to show the Sims 2 does work ok on windows vista despite reports that it does not.
Rigs of rods hillside race smeezekitty 2013-07-31 | Playing the hillside race map in rigs of rods with graphics on high settings.
Anita Perras + Tim Taylor Isnt that the strangest thing (RARE) smeezekitty 2013-02-17 | Anita Perras and Tim Taylor. Very hard to find.
Linux booting on Dosbox! smeezekitty 2012-09-01 | Custom made Linux system booting entirely in Dosbox. Unfortunately I could not issue any commands after it boots because dosbox's keyboard emulation is broken and Linux just spews errors.
Attiny13a running on a saltwater battery smeezekitty 2012-01-27 | Attiny13a running on saltwater battery. It is clocked with the 128khz oscillator and programmed to alternate LEDS. Sorry about the poor lighting and messy curcuit.Battery is composed of a zinc and carbon electrode and saltwater.Runs about 5 min then needs to be recharged.
Attiny13a + MM5481N + 7 segment LED smeezekitty 2012-01-21 | Attiny13a driving a MM5481N and 7 segment LED display.
Arduino playing sampled sounds smeezekitty 2011-01-27 | More details available here: http://arduino.cc/forum/index.php/topic,50056.0.html
Alvin and the chipmunks: The beach boys when i grow up smeezekitty 2010-07-17 | This is not actually alvin and the chipmunks, i created it with audacity (separate the voice track and pitch shifted it).
Weird al pokamon song at half speed smeezekitty 2010-04-27 | taken from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZCZ7M_lifM and i used VLC and cam studio FOSS software to slow it down.
SmeezeFS driver working on debian smeezekitty 2010-04-15 | Using FUSE driver.More info at smeeze.homelinux.com
32 line mechanical tv smeezekitty 2010-02-01 | This is my 32 line mechanical television showing black on white & white on black triangles. Sorry for the "shareware thing"
