Can I Put DOS on a ROM for Tandy 1110HD? - #DOScember 8-Bit Retro Journal 2023-12-16 | In this journal entry, for #DOScember2023, I'm working on creating a new ROM for my Tandy 1110HD laptop. Its sibling, the Tandy 1100FD comes with DOS and DeskMate in ROM, and I'm trying to port that to the 1110HD, the hard disk version, which would make the machine boot more quickly.#Tandy #MSDOS #PC #IBM #retro Index:0:05 Introduction3:25 Tandy 1110HD vs 1100FD6:20 1100FD ROM on 1110HD12:55 Building combo ROM for 1110HD19:34 Booting with new combo ROM22:34 Wrapping up
Quick Clip: More Unix-Style Hacks - Adding Progress Bar to QL Program Loads 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-10-19 | Just a quick clip demonstrating an easy way to add any type of progress bar to any SuperBASIC program load. It requires no extra software and is really a built-in feature of the QL. You can have a twirling text-based clock, or a graphic bar that fills up the closer the program gets to finish loading from disk.#Sinclair #QL #Unix #Linux #Progress #Bar #Retro
Unix-Style Scripting on QL: Automating Tasks in QDOS with SuperBASIC 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-10-12 | In this journal entry we'll take a look at the power of the BASIC language that comes with every Sinclair QL. Though powerful enough to do full fledged programs, it is also well suited for file handling and program execution. QDOS system commands integrated seamlessly with BASIC, making it easy to create wrapper front ends to integrate other programs#Sinclair #QL #SuperBASIC #Linux #Unix #Scripting #Perl #bash #csh #Retro
Quick Clip: Success Formatting on my TRS-80 Model 3 - #SepTandy Requiem 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-10-05 | Just a quick clip, for a late #SepTandy2024 entry, showing a successful format and copy with my TRS-80 Model 3 computer. Last year I tried and failed, and it turns out the type of floppy matters. I may do a follow up on this video in a few weeks (we'll call it #OcTandy :-/).#TRS80 #Model3 #Floppy #Retro
A Broken Color Computer 2: Whats Wrong With It? - #SepTandy 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-09-28 | In this journal entry for #SepTandy2024 I'll be taking a closer look at a non-working Color Computer 2. I never had one as a kid, though was always intrigued by Radio Shack computers and owned a few myself. This particular one is from my wife's family and I'm hoping to be able to restore it to see what cool things could be done with it. I'll likely need some help, so please comment if you see anything that I missed.#Tandy #RadioShack #CoCo2 #ColorComputer #ColorComputer2 #Retro
Tandy 1110HD Floppy Refurb: First Boot - #SepTandy 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-09-21 | In this journal entry, for #SepTandy2024, I'll be refurbishing the floppy drive in my Tandy 1110HD laptop. The hard disk doesn't work, and previous attempts to get MS-DOS onto ROM also failed, so the only way to get it to boot is through its floppy drive. It uses a belt-driven mechanism so hopefully replacing that will do the trick.#RadioShack #Tandy #1110HD #MSD-DOS #Floppy #Retro
Creating a Removable Rechargeable Battery Pack for TRS-80 PC1 Printer Interface - #SepTandy 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-09-14 | In this journal entry for #SepTandy2024 I'll fix my TRS-80 Pocket Computer Printer Interface. It stopped working because the built-in NiCad batteries shorted. Without them, even a 2.5 amp power supply isn't strong enough to run the printer, The battery pack must act like a capacitor. Instead of buying a replacement pack, I created my own using a battery holder that I cut to fit. This way, I can remove the batteries when not using the printer.#TRS80 #PC1 #Printer #RadioShack #NiCadIndex:00:05 Introduction01:26 Replacement batteries02:59 Checking the fit05:33 Connecting new NiCads07:04 Testing the printer11:26 Making adjustments to fit13:25 Putting it all together20:55 Printing from a program22:41 Wrapping it up
Quick Clip: #SepTandy 2024 Preview - Here’s What I’m Working On 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-09-07 | Just a quick clip showing what I'll be working on for the month of September. It's #SepTandy2024 and I have some new Radio Shack equipment to show off. Excited to get my hands on some really cool 80's retro computer gear.#RadioShack #Tandy #Preview #CoCo2 #Tandy1110HD #PocketComputer #PC1 #TRS80 #Model3
A Collection of ZX81 Printouts from the 80s: Games & More 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-08-31 | In this journal entry I'll take a look at old ZX Printer printouts of programs I wrote in the early 80s as a kid. I thought I had lost some of these and had forgotten about many of the others. It'll be a fun jaunt back in time to see all the coding I did when I first started learning about computers. Help me decide which ones I should type in to resurrect.#ZX81 #ZXPrinter #1980s #Games #Retro
Quick Clip: Success in Programming of Downsway Joystick on Manic Miner 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-08-24 | Just a quick clip showing how to properly configure the Downsway programmable joystick interface for popular ZX Spectrum games like Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy. It took some trial and error but I figured it out.#Sinclair #Spectrum #Downsway #Joystick #ZX #Retro
Downsway Programmable Joystick Interface for Sinclair ZX Spectrum. 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-08-17 | In this journal entry I'll demonstrate a programmable joystick interface I recently picked up for my Speccy. I'm not sure how popular these were back in the 80s, but I had trouble getting it to work with some games, including Manic Miner and Jet Set Willy. It did work in BASIC, so I'm not quite sure why it failed on these popular games.#Sinclair #ZXSpectrum #Downsway #Programmable #Joystick #Speccy #Retro
Doing Science on the Sinclair QL with Abacus & Easel 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-08-10 | In this journal entry we'll take a look at doing some data analysis using software that came bundled with each Sinclair QL. Though all 16-bit era computers had the processing power to do scientific number crunching, they provided little in included software. The combined one-two punch of Abacus & Easel was a precursor of the modern Excel spreadsheet that is used for more than just business purposes, as it's a good tool to analyze data quickly. In this video, I'll demonstrate how those two applications can mimic what I could do in Excel, and show how quickly and easily they can do so.#Sinclair #QL #Science #Psion #Abacus #Easel #Amiga #Atari #Mac #Retro
Quick Clip: A Follow Up on QStar 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-08-03 | Just a quick clip exploring a second version of QStar that plays slightly differently. Here, instead of switching players from Hero to Blocker, here you switch positions with the Blocker and only move as Hero. It adds 10 new levels and the strategy is slightly different.#Sinclair #QL #QStar #QStar2 #DStar #Game #Retro
QStar, a New Game for the Sinclair QL in 2024 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-07-27 | In this journal entry I'll show a new game that was just created for the Sinclair QL called QStar (specifically QStar 1). It's a fun strategy game that comes with 25 levels. I've made it up to level 4 so far, and it is very challenging. It reminds me a bit of Lemmings in its complexity and problem solving, though is completely different from it. It has really fun graphics and plays easily on an unexpanded QL.#Sinclair #QL #QStar #DStar #Game #Retro Link to where you can find the game:qlforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=4809
Quick Clip: A Quiet Retro Diversion Revisiting Internet Origins 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-07-20 | Just a quick clip of some summer fun going back to BBN Technologies. As I was touring the campus, I noticed an abandoned house right next to it and was curious what its story was. Join me in a look at this hauntingly discarded property. Oh, and to make it more foreboding, no dialog for this one.#Internet #Arpanet #BBN #Web #Haunting #Retro
Four Year Anniversary Special: in Search of the Birthplace of the Internet 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-07-13 | In this journal entry, I'll be taking a trip back in time to visit the campus of BBN Technologies. We celebrate companies like Apple, Commodore, Sinclair, IBM, and Microsoft for bringing computers into our household, but without BBN, we might never have connected them the way we do now. It's a somewhat personal journey for me as I worked there for about 6 years in the late 90s to early 2000s. We'll be doing a walking tour with some commentary, both from Wikipedia and also from my personal experiences while there.#BBN #IMP #Internet #Arpanet #web #Retro
Quick Clip: Can New Rollers Improve ZX Microdives? 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-07-06 | Just a quick clip to see if a new set of rollers, created by a member of the QL Forum, can improve performance of microdrives by perhaps increasing the cartridges capacity.#Sinclair #Spectrum #Microdrives #ZX #Speccy #Cartridges #Retro
A Z80 Assembler for the ZX81 in BASIC I Wrote in the 80s 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-06-29 | In this journal entry I finally successfully recovered from tape a Z80 assembler that I wrote as a kid in the 80s for my ZX81. It's pretty sophisticated, reminding me a little of MCODER, that BASIC compiler for the ZX81 I've played with on this channel before. It implements most common assembly operations, is easy to use, and includes labels, the ability to relocate code, allows for creating larger programs in stages by easily erasing completed assembly code, and allows for removing the full assembler once the machine code is finalized. Pretty advanced set of features, considering it was solely developed on a 16K ZX81.#ZX81 #Z80 #Assembler #Assembly #Sinclair #Retro
Refurbishing Early 90s Cassette Recorder - Sonys TCM-929 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-06-22 | In this journal entry I try and fix a cassette recorder I found for free. It's not currently working, likely due to a bad belt. Once I get it up and running, I'll see if I can save and load programs on my ZX81. Even with all the modern alternatives for retro gear, I still love the old analog methods of saving and loading information.#ZX81 #Sony #Cassette #Recorder #TCM929 #Sinclair #Retro
Quick Clip: Toni Bakers Mastering Machine Code on Your ZX81 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-06-15 | Just a quick clip having me play with some ZX81/TS1000 machine code. As a kid, my first computer book was Toni Baker's ZX81 machine code one. It had such a profound impact on me as I was intrigued by the "second" language inside my tiny computer. I learned a lot from that book and wrote a bunch of machine code programs and eventually wrote an assembler that made life easier. I still need to salvage that assembler from a cassette I still have.#Sinclair #ZX81 #TS1000 #MC #Assembly #Programming #Retro
2024 Summer Fun: Upcoming Projects That I have Planned! 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-06-08 | In this journal entry we'll take a quick look at all the projects I have planned for the summer. I'll look to fix an old Sony cassette recorder and attempt to recover a long lost ZX81 assembler with it. I'll also tinker with networking on the Spectrum and QL, try and finish my Atari joystick mouse, play with my newly acquired stuff including a TS1500 and programmable Spectrum joystick interface, and experiment in making plastic molds. It's going to be a fun retro summer!#ZX81 #Spectrum #QL #TS1500 #Sinclair #Amiga #A600 #Networking #Assembler #Moldmaking #MacBook Index:00:05 Introduction00:52 90s cassette recorder refurb01:45 ZX81 Assember in BASIC02:20 Spectrum to QL Networking05:16 Spectrum Programmable Joystick Interface06:44 Mold making08:20 Homemade "Atari Style" mouse09:45 Mac PowerBook battery refurb11:40 QL's Abacus and Easel13:48 Scripting QLDOS with SuperBASIC16:18 Looking for ZX81 case17:35 Timex Sinclair 150019:20 Wrapping up
Quick Clip: Amiga 600 Has Sound Issues 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-05-31 | Just a quick clip showing off my clean circuit board. The problem is that there is almost no sound. Trying to figure ot what's wrong with it, so if any of my readers have an idea, please post.#Commodore #Amiga #A600 #Sound #Recap #Retro
Configuring Compact Flash PCMCIA Card on My Amiga 600 - #AMayGA 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-05-25 | In this journal entry, for #AMayGA2024, I'll be investigating how to get my new Compact Flash PCMCIA card to work on an Amiga 600. Aminet to the rescue, as a compactflash.device driver did the trick...mostly. Also needed to integrate a FAT95 driver.#Amiga #CF #PCMCIA #CompactFlash #Retro
Vroom Play-through: Morphing Amiga and QL Game Through One Lap - #AMayGA 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-05-22 | A quick clip, for #AMayGA2024, where I'll run through one lap of the Grand Prix Austria Zeltweg on both the 1984 QL and 1991 Amiga version, hardware that's 7 years apart (the games are only 5 years difference). I'll swap between the two as I run the circuit. Hint, I'll likely swap whenever I crash in the other :-)#Vroom #Amiga #QL #Commodore #Sinclair #GrandPrix #FormulaOne #Retro
Vroom - Grand Prix Game Comparison: Amiga vs QL (#AMayGA) 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-05-18 | In this journal entry, for #AMayGA2024, I'll do a game review of the Grand Prix racing game, Vroom. It was originally written on the Sinclair QL in 1986, and later ported to other platforms, including the Amiga in 1991. I'll look at various criteria and finish with the most important one, game play. Let's see how close the competition is.#Vroom #Amiga #QL #GrandPrix #Game #Sinclair #Commodore #Retro
Linux on Amiga: Executive turns Amiga Exec Kernel into Linux - #AMayGA 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-05-11 | In this journal entry, for #AMayGA20204, I follow up on my April 1st video a month earlier where I tried to figure out priorities in AmigaOS. Turns out that things didn't work as expected and the reason is that the Exec kernel may be doing real-time priorities, where a task can get 100% control of the CPU if its priority is higher than everyone else. To fix this, there is Executive, a program that augments the Exec kernel and gives Linux-like process control to Amiga tasks. It's a pretty neat tool and I'll demonstrate how it works.#Amiga #Exec #Kernel #Executive #Linux #UNIX #Multitasking #QL #Retro Index00.05 Introduction02:15 How priorities work in Linux04:15 Interrupts? Example of QL file handling disrupting kernel07:20 Linux real-time priorities09:05 Windows priorities10:00 Executive Installation on Amiga13:15 Quick overview of Executive features14:35 Showing how Executive controls jobs19:04 Setting "nice" values21:30 Executive' utilities included24:30 Wrapping up
Quick Clip: #AMayGA 2024 Preview - Here’s What I’m Working On 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-05-04 | Just a quick clip showing what I'll be working on for the month of May. It's #AMayGA2024 and I have some fun Amiga related projects to show. Excited to explore one of my favorite computers of the 80s and early 90s.#Commodore #Amiga #Preview #Sinclair #QL #Vroom #Exec #Kernel #PCIMCIA #Retro
Abacus: Sinclair QLs 80s Excel-like Spreadsheet Ahead of its Time 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-04-27 | In this journal entry I will take a look at Abacus, one of the four business applications, that resemble today's Microsoft Office package. These came free with the Sinclair QL, an amazing value for an already inexpensive computer. In the early 80s, other machines came bundled with less, where the Mac had only a word processor and drawing program, and the Amiga 1000 came with none. See me do some complex spreadsheet function that demonstrates this applications power and versatility.#Sinclair #QL #Abacus #Psion #Xchange #Spreadsheet #Excel #Retro Index:00:05 Introduction05:45 Abacus basics11:04 Creating double index dictionary21.10 Wrap-up
Quick Clip: Perfect Sinclair Mix - How Strong is Super Glue & Graphite? 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-04-20 | Just a quick clip where I test the strength of mixing graphite powder with super glue. I've seen lots of videos on baking soda and super glue, but that white mix doesn't work well with Sinclair's iconic black computers. So using graphite in the mix makes a dark looking substance, akin to what Roman's invented when they first made concrete, and seems to create a strong bond. We'll test its limits here by seeing how strong it actually is.#Sinclair #Graphite #SuperGlue #KrazyGlue #Retro #QL #SinclairQL #Spectrum #ZX81 #TS1000
Re-Inking Cartridge for TRS-80 Pocket Computer Printer Interface 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-04-13 | In this journal entry I re-ink the tiny toner cartridge of my TRS-80 Printer Interface. I've had the printer for a while but haven't been using it since the ink in the cartridge has long dried. Here I'll try using a sharpie to re-fresh the cartridge.#TRS80 #PC1 #Printer #RadioShack #Tandy #RetroIndex:00:05 Introduction04:19 Pre-ink prep06:01 Inking Cartridge13:05 Cleaning up19:05 Printing with Cartridge20:15 Wrapping up
Quick Clip: 400-in-1 Handheld Nintendo Game System for Under $4 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-04-06 | Just a quick clip showing a Nintendo handheld I got form AliExpress for $3.59. This was the same unit that Adrian form Adrian's Digital Basement reviewed. It actually works as advertised and is a steal at that price. Some games run a bit faster due to PAL and NTSC mismatch, but it's sometimes not even noticeable.#Nintendo #Mario #400 #NES #AliExpress #Retro
Multitasking on the Amiga: Can I Create a Better Exec Kernel for Workbench 2.1? 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-04-01 | In this journal entry I investigate the Exec Kernel on my Amiga 600. I'm playing around with task priorities and finding that the Amiga is behaving strangely. Using ZShell I'm able to see and adjust priorities of running programs, but the effect is not what I would expect. Come see my new and improved kernel.#Amiga #Exec #Multitasking #Kernel #Commodore #Retro.#AMayGA #AMayGA2024Index:00:05 Introduction02:25 Process control on Amiga06:19 The problem with Exec Kernel10:40 Solution, a working Kernel14:58 A comment from after filming video16:22 How I came up with a better Kernel20:30 Wrapping up
Quick Clip: Using PowerBook 180 and PowerPoint 3.0 to Present Today - #MARCHintosh 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-03-28 | Just a quick clip for #MARCHintosh2024. I sometimes use my 1991 PowerBook to present PowerPoint presentations using PowerPoint 3.0. My presentations generally aren't sophisticated enough, even for that version of PowerPoint. And presentation created with it can be read by the latest version from Microsoft.#Macintosh #PowerBook #PowerPoint #Microsoft #Apple #PB180 #Retro
Sinclairs 1987 Portable Macintosh: Cambridge Z88 - #MARCHintosh 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-03-23 | In this journal entry, for #MARCHintosh2024, I'll explore connecting my Cambridge Z88 to my Apple PowerBook 180. The Z88 came with specific Macintosh software that converted its files to MacWrite and Lotus 1-2-3 formats. This allowed for an inexpensive Mac-compatible portable with 20 hours of battery life that only weighed a few ounces. I finally figured out the connection issue, and it was an interesting problem. Join me in discovering how well Sinclair's last computer integrated with the Macintosh platform in the late 80s.#Macintosh #z88 #Laptop #Portable #Apple #Sinclair #Retro
Quick Clip: A Power Line LAN Using Homemade Telephone Network? - #MARCHintosh 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-03-20 | Just a quick clip for #MARCHintosh2024. Here I continue my video of two weeks ago where I created my own local phone network and try to connect it through the electrical wires of my home. I have a pair of RCA telephone line extenders that use the power lines to transmits a signal. We'll see how well it works.#RCA #Powerline #LAN #PowerBook #PB180 #Apple #Macintosh #Retro
Star Trek Omnipedia: Searchable Archive on a PowerBook 180 - #MARCHintosh 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-03-16 | In this journal entry I'll travel back in time for #MARCHintosh2024. In the mid 90s, when the world wide web was still in its infancy, and most of us still had slow dial-up modems, finding information about your favorite topic could be difficult. CD technology provided one resource that could exploit large amounts of data. I'll be exploring the Star Trek Omnipedia CD from 1995 on my PowerBook 180 using a rather slow double-speed CD ROM. Let's see what it was like to watch grainy video, hear audio storybooks, and more in the early part of the 90s, before we all became interconnected, and hooked to the online data store that is the world wide web.#Apple #Macintosh #PowerBook #StarTrek #Omnipedia #90s #CDROM #Retro Index:00:05 Introduction02:21 Installing Start Trek Omnipedia07:40 A tour of what's on the CD ROM20:28 Wrapping things up
Quick Clip: HELP! Troubled Serial Connection - Is It Mac or Z88? - #MARCHintosh 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-03-13 | Just a quick clip for #MARCHintosh2024. I'm struggling with connecting my Apple PowerBook 180 to my Cambridge Z88. I don't have the original cable and after researching ways to connect the two computers, I've been unable to solve it. The Macintosh DIN-8 Serial connection is not the standard RS-232 that I'm used to. Can I get some help getting it to work from my viewers?#Macintosh #PowerBook #Z88 #PB180 #Apple #Sinclair #Retro
A Homemade Telephone Network: Connecting Mac, QL, & PC Modems Over Phone Lines - #MARCHintosh 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-03-09 | In this journal entry for #MARCHintosh2024, I try to connect my Apple PowerBook 180 to my Sinclair QL via modems using a homemade telephone network. If you supply your own level of power through phone lines, you can activate them enough to have old modems believe they are real. This will enable them to connect with each other without flagging a "NO CARRIER" alert. It's pretty cool what you can do to recreate the infrastructure of the 20th century.#Macintosh #PowerBook #QL #Apple #Sinclair #Telephone #Network #Retro Index:00:05 Introduction03:54 Creating a small phone network06:00 Mac to QL modem connection attempt11:05 My retro bridge laptop: '04 Dell Inspiron 860014:45 Mac to PC modem connection19:45 Wrapping up
Quick Clip: #MARCHintosh 2024 Preview - Here’s What I’m Working On 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-03-02 | Just a quick clip showing what I'll be working on for the month of March. It's #MARCHintosh2024 and I have some fun Macintosh related projects to show. Excited to explore one of my favorite computers of the 90s (I missed the 80s Macintosh era).#Apple #Macintosh #Preview #PowerBook #PB180 #Sinclair #QL #SinclairQL #Modem #Phone #Retro
90s Tech: Before Apples iPhone & Watch, We Had PDAs 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-02-24 | In this journal entry I'll be bringing out some old handhelds that I owned in the 90s, and one I bought in 2005. A few years after the Apple Newton came out, I bought one at a much lower price. Next I got my hands on a Palm Pilot, which was much smaller, and more useful than the Newton. A decade later I bought a Palm watch made by Fossil. I'll show what state each is in. Hint, not all are presently in a usable state.#Apple #Newton #PalmPilot #Palm #Fossil #Abacus #PDA #RetroIndex:00:05 Introduction00:21 Apple Newton08:35 Fossil Abacus (Palm watch)14:29 Palm Pilot19:49 Wrapping up
Quick Clip: Using House Wiring as a Easy Home LAN 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-02-17 | Just a quick clip taking a look at an old set of RCA Wireless Phone Jacks, that use the house wiring to create a connection between two nodes. I had come across the modern equivalent of a TP-Link set that paired two Ethernet lines. A nifty tool that I'll be investigating further.#RCA #TPLink #Retro #Sinclair #QL
Captain Photon on the Sinclair QL - JPEG Image Viewer 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-02-10 | In this journal entry I'll be playing with images on my Sinclair QL. I found this really cool software called Photon, which converts JPEG files to QL screen files. With it I converted a few interesting images, including The 8-Bit Guy's Attack of the PETSCII Robots splash screen. Could this be the start of a game on the QL?#Sinclair #QL #JPEG #Photon #PETSCIIRobots #RetroIndex00:05 Introduction00:46 Qview Tiny Toolkit01:30 Unix vs QDOS03:11 DOScember image07:03 Christmas card10:04 PETSCII Robots colorful splash screen16:14 PETSCII Robots simpler splash screen22:54 Wrap up
Quick Clip: Clives X1 Radio - Sinclair Research Reborn in late 90s 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-02-03 | Just a quick clip showing the world's smallest FM radio. At least that was the claim in 1997 when Sinclair Research developed and sold this tiny FM radio. Clive Sinclair got his company back and started developing little gadgets again, the type that he got started with in the 70s.#Sinclair #X1 #Radio #Clive #Retro
Video Scalers: Can I Improve Sinclair QLs Video? 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-01-27 | In this journal entry I'll explore my collection of Mini video scalers. I recently added to it with an AV-to-VGA model that I'll try on my Sinclair QL. The aim is to see if I can get an improved monitor signal that shows the entire screen in full color.#Sinclair #QL #Video #Mini #Scalers #Retro
Mattel Football 2: a 1978 Handheld Game - Lets Play 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-01-20 | In this journal entry, for Christmas, I got an authentic 1978 Mattel Football 2 handheld game. I didn't have this version as a kid, but my friends did, and we used to play it during lunch in the school cafeteria. This game is pretty advanced, considering it existed when almost no one owned a home computer. Come see how much fun it is to play.#Mattel #Football #1978 #Retro #Classic #GameIndex:00:05 Introduction02:13 Mattel Football 2 overview09:59 Let's play a game20:52 Wrapping things up
Atari Gaming: a Look at a 2002 Remake of the Classic Game System 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-01-13 | In this journal entry I'll be looking at the 10-in-1 Atari TV Game Joystick. It came out in 2002 and comes with 10 built-in games. The unit is well used and has several issues. Watch me rejuvenate it, taking it apart, and building a missing battery door. I'll finish off by taking a quick tour of its game selection.#Atari #VCS #2600 #5200 #7800 #10in1 #Retro Index:00:05 Introduction03:15 First power up05:27 A look inside13:00 Reassembling it14:48 A new back cover18:32 Corrosion cleanup20:46 Centipede21:25 Yar's Revenge21:55 Adventure22:42 Circus Atari23:04 Pong23:22 Gravitar23:52 Missile Command24:15 Volleyball24:32 Asteroids25:05 Wrap up
Quick Clip: Classic Mattel Football, a 2001 Remake of a 70s Game 8-Bit Retro Journal 2024-01-06 | Just a quick clip showing an old 1970s handheld game by Mattel. This is actually a remake from 2000, which itself is pretty old. I had the original game as a kid and bought this in 2001. It's almost the same, except the screen isn't made up of individuals LEDs, instead it uses a LED backlit LCD display. It pretty closely approximates the original.#Mattel #Classic #Football #Retro #Game
Fixing a Dell Trackball Keyboard - #DOScember 8-Bit Retro Journal 2023-12-30 | In this journal entry, for #DOScember2023, I aim to fix my DELL SK-3200 trackball keyboard. I've had it for a while and it's been sitting on the shelf since I haven't been able to find replacement rollers. So I decided to be creative and make them myself. Join me in this somewhat tedious slog to get it back to fully working. Being PS/2, it will be a useful addition to my retro collection, allowing for space saving mouse use without the need of the extra space.#Dell #Keyboard #Trackball #SK3200 #PC #Retro
Floppy Archeology: a Cache of Early 80s 5.25 PC Floppies - #DOScember 8-Bit Retro Journal 2023-12-23 | It's a few days before Christmas. In this journal entry, for #DOScember2023, I spent time going through a bunch of old floppy disks that were given to me. I used my Epson SD-800 dual drive and MS-QLink, a Sinclair QL program to read PC formatted disk, to recover their contents. I then used PCem, a PC emulator for Windows, to see if what I recovered was usable.#MSQLink #PCem #OmniFlop #Sinclair #QL #IBM #PC #RetroIndex:00:05 Introduction02:40 MS-QLink disk reader for Sinclair QL07:00 Several early 80s BASIC disks13:19 WordStar 3.3 disks from 197914:04 Booting PCem, a PC emulator for Windows15:57 Running with PC DOS 2.017:23 A look at BASIC23:00 Can I run WordStar25:10 Wrap up - Happy Holidays!
Concurrent DOS: Install & Use Guide for early 80s Multitasking OS - #DOScember 8-Bit Retro Journal 2023-12-09 | In this journal entry, for #DOScember2023 I'll be exploring Digital Research's Concurrent DOS, a multitasking and multi-user operating system that ran on PCs and was compatible with the PC platform. It's basically MS-DOS but with 4 concurrent sessions. I won't be exploring the multi-user aspect of it, but will take a dive into how it works. I wish I had it back in the early 80's (first version came out in 1984 and the version I'm looking at came out in 1987).#ConcurrentDOS #MSDOS #PC #IBM #Sinclair #QL #RetroIndex:00:05 Introduction02:50 Sinclair QL's preemptive multitasking07:00 Software downloads08:20 Installing PCem10:39 Setting up Concurrent DOS17:08 Using Concurrent DOS31:35 Wrapping it up
