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Teaser Trailer "Back to the BBS: The Return to being online" -Games, Mods, Hardware, Software + more
The next installments of the new BBS documentary is coming soon, This part of the documentary covers games, mods, using retro hardware to connect to a BBS in the modern world, BBS server software, messaging/email, privacy and a little insight to the BBS community
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On Saturday 8th April 2023, I joined a number of retro computing enthusiasts from the lower part of the North Island of New Zealand to take part in the 3rd Vintage Computer Meetup. Whilst it may not be in the same league as the similar meetups that happen in the US, it is a great chance to meet with people that are likeminded and look at their interesting retro machines and hear their stories about them. In this video, you’ll see all of the exhibits, including lots of Apple 8-bits, a NextStation, lots of Sinclair machines and mods, Spectravideo, Commodore, Tandy, IBM, Jupiter and Sharp machines. Thanks heaps to David Otter for arranging it all, here’s to NZVCM 2024!
Presentations from:
Kirk Jackson (Apple I Replica, Apple /// and Apple ][s)
William Irwin - ZX spectrum
Neville Clark - Spectrums
Andrew Stephen (Next Station Turbo)
Andrew Hey & brother - Spectrums & mods
David Otter (Spectravideo / Coleco ADAM)
Grant Chivers - Commodore Pets
Duncan Anderson (Apple //GS & C64)
Matthew Thelgold? - Co-Co 2
Jonathan Chote (IBM 5150 & Expansion and Amstrad 6128)
Evan Thompson - Jupiter Ace
Stefun Tloppe - Sharp pc-7200
Greetings to:
Christopher Baran
Terry Stewart (Get well soon!)
Adam Simpson
Jacob Dorne / Monotech
Ashley Pies
Chris Baran - Colour Computer 3
Simon Swain
Ian Witham
#aapril2 forever!
Thanks to the following community supporters for their great products that Kirk incorporated:
A2heaven.com for the VGA scaler, SDFloppy II, MEGA Audio and Senior PROM
a2retrosystems.com for the Uthernet II
Armin Hierstetter for the Apple1
Bigmessowires.com for the Floppy Emu
Blue Shift and John Brooks for the VidHD
brielcomputers.com for the Replica 1 plus
David Mutimer for the booti’s
jcm-1.com for the Softcard /// replica
Garrettsworkshop.com for the 8mb IIe RAM2E II
maceffects.com for the IIe clear case, keyboard and disk drive cover
Michael Ng for the Datanetics keyboard
reactivemicro.com for the Replica 1 plus and universal power supplies
theprintshop.club - reproduction of a banner
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0:00 Introduction
0:46 Kirk's #aapril2 Apple 8-Bit collection
3:12 William's Spectrum Collection
4:40 Andrew's NextStation Turbo
8:53 Neville's Sinclair Collection
11:46 Andrew's Spectrum Mods
16:20 David's Coleco & ADAM & MSX
24:22 Gran'ts Commodore PET collection
27:10 Matthew's TRS-80 CoCo 2
29:57 Duncan's Modded Apple2 GS & C64
31:37 Jonathan's PC 5150 & Expansion & Amstrad CPC 6128
33:42 Evan's Jupiter Ace
36:34 Stefun's Sharp PC-7200
41:50 Al's IBM 5162 PC/XT Model 286
48:59 Tour de force & outro
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Up until now, listening to digitised music on a retro PC has been pretty much impossible. In this quick video, I'll show you how you can play MOD / S3M / XM modules on a PC with as little as a 4.77MHz CPU. This is using brand new software (March 2020), which is still in beta so YMMV!
As always, your comments are very welcome and I'm thrilled when you subscribe, so if you like my content please like and subscribe!
Links to the material shown in this video:
Forum page with link to beta 16 of ModMaster XT: https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=62&t=66350&start=340
Download MODs etc from here: https://modarchive.org
Galaxy Music Player (GLX) (1994) download: http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=73182
Original version of ModMaster 2.3 (1997): http://www.pouet.net/prod.php?which=81851
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A clever chap called who works for Google called Tavis Ormandy ported the old UNIX version of WordPerfect to work on modern Linux distributions. I show you how to download and install it!
Link to Github resource:
https://github.com/taviso/wpunix
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0:00 Introduction
7:24 Installing for Raspberry PI target
9:34 Installing for x86 Linux target
9:51 Installing APT dependencies
12:24 Get & Install the DEB package
12:47 First time run & review
17:38 Important messages!
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This video is sponsored by PCBWay, for high quality PCBs and CNC machining, visit https://www.PCBWay.com!
In 1985, ‘luggables’ were not a new thing. We had seen them since at least 1981, with the CP/M-based Osborne One. The Compaq Portable was the first IBM PC-style luggable, released in March 1983. The thing, however, about luggables, is that they were essentially a whole PC in a box the size and weight of a Singer sewing machine.
The Sharp PC-7000 was different because the form factor and weight were significantly less. It had an LCD screen, which, for the time was remarkable. LCD was a very new technology at the time. As you will see, the monochrome display was none too good when it came to readability, especially in sunlit conditions.
It was at least two or three years, however, before anything came out that would challenge Sharp’s form factor and weight. Certain early portable Apple Computer portables spring to mind in this regard.
Other than the screen, the specifications were reasonable for the time too. At the heart, it sported an 8086-based CPU at 8MHz, making it zippier than the 8088 IBM PC at 4.77MHz. As it was an 8086, it also had a true 16-bit data bus which was quite the boon. It was let down a little by its low RAM specification, which could be upgraded, but the base model only had 320K. However, in 1985, this should have been sufficient to run Lotus 1-2-3 and most of your other DOS-based business applications. You could purchase an add-on modem, and I believe there was an alternate model that shipped with 1 floppy drive and a half-height hard drive. In-built in every model was an RS-232 serial port capable of up to 9600bps (so I assume 8240 UART) and a Parallel port. My machine comes with an external display connection, which apparently, was an extra feature.
This video shows the tear-down of this machine, which for much of its life, had been a thing that was lugged around a car mechanic’s workshop or office, as a printout I found inside the machine would suggest.
I hit a few snags along the way, which I managed to repair. Check it out!
00:00 - Introduction
00:37 - A Word from our sponsor
00:43 - The Sharp PC-7000 Specs
04:08 - Taking off the keyboard
07:51 - Opening it up
10:01 - The motherboard
13:06 - Taking it apart
15:44 - LCD unit
17:16 - servicing the floppy drive
22:02 - Removing the CMOS battery
23:47 - looking at the keyboard
24:58 - Initial power-on
26:07 - The LCD sucks!
26:38 - The P key is broken!
27:13 - CMOS setup utility
29:00 - Serial to 9600bps!
30:17 - Servicing the keyboard
37:49 - Getting forensic with the P key!
42:04 - the keyboard lives!
43:32 - conclusion
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If you've watched Netflix's High Score, episode 3 shows role playing games. Gayblade was the first game for the LGBTQ+ community. Sadly the game was lost to the sands of time.
Not any more! Thanks to Jason Scott of the Internet Archive and a few other folks on the Internet, it has been found. But what is this game, how did it end up getting found, and most importantly, is this game that caused a little hysteria, actually any good?
You can now download the game (and play it in your web browser) at the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/GayBlade_by_Ryan_Best
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Bulletin Board Systems (BBS's) were what people went online with before the web. This multi-part documentary shows you what BBS's do, why they are still relevant and fun to use today.
The documentary interviews some users and system operators, both young and old. Crazy as it may sound, BBS's are actually still around today and can be accessed via the net. BBS's offer information and provide mail systems that are away from the prying eyes of Facebook and Google. They're a very sociable place to be, with messaging & chat. They have art unlike any you've ever seen and some really cool games and mods.
Think of the best bits of E-mail, usenet, Reddit, Facebook Groups, filesharing and a few more besides. Package it all in one area, with a really cool retro aesthetic and you have a BBS. People run BBS's today because they are passionate about engaging in a community of people with similar ideals, something they won't get anywhere else.
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Logo background scroller provided by: Blocktronics
BBS art by groups such as:
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Intro to ANSI 8-bit Animation / Happy Birthday: Blocktronics
BBS, The Documentary: Jason Scott Sadofsky (2005)
https://archive.org/details/bbs_the_documentary
The Computer Chronicles:
* The Internet (1995)
* Modems & Bulliten Board Systems (1985)
https://archive.org/details/computerchronicles
Connect - A look at bulletin board systems: Roy Janke (1992), NewTek Incorporated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESaTREAAzww
The Social Dilemma (Trailer): Netflix
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uaaC57tcci0
Tim Berners Lee ~ The World Wide Web: Dap Dapple, Christian Hainzinger, Lorenz Kloska. Inter/Aktion GmbH (SWR TV)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4cN_q3NX9c
Mark Zuckerberg's Testimony Before Congress- The Six Best Exchanges: CNBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAgbIiQSzEkCBSN
Tech CEOs from Google, Twitter and Facebook testify at Senate hearing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYzy-Kn4v4Q&t=397s
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Sysops ANaCHRoNiST and MeaTLoTioN from two BBSes talk about what the sense of community is all about when you're on a Bulletin Board System #BBS !
Check out the full documentary series: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLop3s1hMlSJKXqmuFjK7gbJh2WAyllTTY
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These were the top 10 DOS games of the year 1990. Watch with me as I review them all and tell you why they are awesome!1990 was a year of two halves to me. 256 Colour VGA was in, EGA, CGA and MDA felt like a thing of the past, almost overnight. FM Synth in Adlib was the norm and slicker gameplay, with the introduction of many 3D games was welcoming in the new decade.
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1:00 Erratum: Prince of Persia
1:09 Number 10
2:02 Number 9
2:59 Number 8
5:16 Number 7
6:16 Number 6
8:25 Number 5
10:16 Number 4
12:29 Number 3
15:28 Number 2
17:05 Number 1
19:54 Important notes!
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