Unboxing Star Micronics Colour Dot Matrix Printer. Will it work?
I picked up this 1989 Star Micronics NX-1000 dot matrix printer from a recent computer warehouse haul in Auckland. There's a good chance it hasn't seen much use in 25-ish years, but I was surprised to see that it came in its original box. During the unboxing you'll see that its manuals and cables all present and correct, so I had hopes that this epson compatible printer might work.This lovely little printer was one I was familiar with from primary school back in the day of the BBC micro, and it was a very nice machine back in its day. If you like my videos please subscribe to my channel, press that notification bell and hit the like button!
0:00 Intro 0:35 Features of the printer 1:40 Sold by Commodore?!
Windows 2.0 was the hotly anticipated replacement for 1985's Windows 1.0. Here's an in-depth set-up guide and review on real hardware. Is it everything you hoped for in a vintage GUI environment, or is it just another bunch of 'doze?
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbK57g6ncdw
On this special edition of Al's Geek Lab, I talk about my (and my team's experience) of working from home for around a week now. I've learnt a few things about both the technology and the life techniques that have helped so far, hopefully this helps you get through a bit!
Look after each other, look after yourself and try and have fun!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubJYxzwNpfA
This is the true story of a New Zealand business that got ransomed. Company names and some details have been changed for privacy and security reasons.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AvFN93X5yU
There's no official Ubuntu Desktop version that works on an M1/M2 Macintosh silicon, so I show you how to download and install the latest version of Ubuntu to work on your Mac using the free version of VMWare Fusion Player, and the Ubuntu Server release, which I turn into the Desktop release. Magic!
#applesilicon #m1 #m2 #ubuntu #ubuntuserver #ubuntudesktop #gnomedesktop #lunarlobster
00:00 - Introduction
00:27 - Marker 2
01:29 - What you'll need
02:14 - VMWare Fusion Player
03:14 - Get Ubuntu Server for ARM
05:53 - Set up VMWare
10:50 - Ubuntu Installation
18:56 - Ubuntu First Star
20:38 - Install graphical Desktop
24:11 - Restart...
24:44 - First run graphical desktop
25:43 - Good to go
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bo133gljCA
A beginners tutorial to how to install Ubuntu Linux on a PC which already has Microsoft Windows on it. This guide assumes you wish to keep Windows and be able to start either Linux or Windows on your PC (dual-boot). You should first read all the preliminary information on the website: http://www.linuxnewbieguide.org before attempting this tutorial to avoid disappointment!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gPgaO2w3H0
Dave Kelso of PSEC Media interviews me on everything technology, from new to old.. the power of AI to the fun of the old BBS (Buliten Board Systems), Apple 2s and Wolfenstein on a CGA PC! There's a bit of everything in this interview for everyone who's interested in technology!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAdlpM8hbuU
Your pal Al shows you how you can turn a 256K original IBM PC XT at 4.77MHz into an Internet using, awesome sounding, 16 colour wielding, compact flash crunching, 8MHz flying piece of awesomeness.
Table of contents / hot rod items are achieved by:
0:00 Introduction
0:19 What items make up the 'Hot Rod'
2:00 640K upgrade : AST Sixpak plus ISA card with 512K RAM, I/O and a real time clock
2:58 ATI EGA card connected to the IBM 5153 CGA display
5:06 A working hard drive light: courtesy of some dodgy cabling I did from the XT-IDE-CF card to the front disk panel LED!
5:59 Floppy Disk Controller
7:15 Sound: Sound Blaster 2.0 Card
8:00 Nasty internal speaker hack
8:55 Internet connectivity: 3c503 3Com network card with the use of brutman.com 's TCP stack.
11:00 Mass storage: XT-IDE-CF card, with a 2GB Compact Flash card
12:14 Faster speed: Orchid Tiny Turbo 286 Card with an 80286-N (8Mhz) and an 80287 co-pro.
16:45 Speed comparison: 8088/XT
17:23 Speed comparison: 80286 speed
18:05 Booting from Compact Flash
19:40 Using the Internet applications
22:30 Configuring networking/Internet
27:50 Using telnet to connect to a linux box
28:30 Browsing the web with elinks
29:05 Using twitter
29:23 Using email (pine/mutt)
30:37 Using IRC chat natively
31:35 EGA graphics & audio demo: Planet X3 game
32:33 EGA & audio theme: Monkey Island
All of the work in this video was done without changing out any stock components such as the motherboard. No XT's were harmed in the process of making this video! #retrocomputing #ibm #xt
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Links from the stream:
Simple Metadata cleaner for Linux:
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2022/08/simple-metadata-cleaner-app-for-linux-desktop
NsCDE (Not so common CDE environment):
https://github.com/NsCDE/NsCDE/releases?utm_source=substack
Doom skins (terminator/ beautiful doom) https://youtu.be/9R6kOrCo85o
Area 5150 CGA Demo by Trixter et al: https://youtu.be/O1j5ycBXXcc (retro Eric)
XENIX: https://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2021/246/Remembering-XENIX
CP/M now open source: https://retrocomputingforum.com/t/cp-m-placed-more-clearly-into-open-source/2723
Raspberry Pi Pico 6502 running loderunner: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/pico-powered-6502-loderunner
How Pitfall has 255 rooms in only 16 bytes RAM and 4K ROM: https://evoniuk.github.io/posts/pitfall.html
Turning a 1980s luggable into a modern gaming rig: https://hackaday.com/2022/08/11/a-portable-computer-living-in-1988-but-also-in-the-future/
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccGjlzeQ7F8