A quick look at HTTP requests on really old browsers. HTTP/0.9, or just HTTP, was a very simple one-line protocol. Mozilla has a great write … Continue reading
Category: Raspberry Pi
WD Blue SA510 1TB WDS100T3B0B Failure… Again
Oh my sweet WD Blue SA510 M.2 SATA 2280 blade drives. You are such trash. I had two of these for GeoCities, one master and one backup. However, since I took GeoCities offline I thought I’d erase and sell … Continue reading
GeoCities Downtime – WD Blue SA510 1TB WDS100T3B0B Failure
Back in late-December, and I’m talking right on 31st December 2022, GeoCities crashed hard. All thanks to poorly written firmware by Western Digital. Firmwares 52008100 and 52015100, I’m looking at you!
The hardware failure of the the WD Blue SATA … Continue reading
RetroChallenge 2022/10 – GeoCities Rebuild on Dial-up at 28.8k
That’s right, we doubled the speed to 28.8k, but it’s still only 28.8k… maybe that’s why the video is four hours … Continue reading
RetroChallenge 2022/10 – GeoCities Rebuild on Dial-up at 14.4k
Now this is an interesting one. I entered in the RetroChallenge 2022/10 to see if I could bring the GeoCities Archives … Continue reading
General Electric Model 4665 AM/FM Radio – Part 3: Transmitter
In this video we’ve taken a first-gen model Raspberry Pi and use it as a radio transmitter. … Continue reading
Rebuilding GeoCities on Mac OS 12
A while back, some of you may remember that I entered RetroChallenge 2021/10. I was somewhat successfully at a rebuild of the GeoCities Archive, also known as The Archive Team Geocities Valhalla, and managed to host it on … Continue reading
Let’s Encrypt Certbot Domain Listing Order
Honestly, I didn’t realise this, but it turns out the first domain listed when running Certbot becomes the main domain on your ssl certificate. By rejiggering the order I was able to have mcretro.net displayed proudly.
sudo certbot --apache… Continue reading
Dial-up on Windows 95 on the MiSTer FPGA
I can’t believe it worked. I switched from Prolific PL2303 to an FTDI FT232RL USB to serial cable which was recognised natively by the … Continue reading
Intel Compute Stick STK1AW32SC
When I revise for university exams I seem to be in a habit of falling asleep rewatching lecture recordings. Heck, I nearly fall asleep during lectures I attend. I’ve found the only way to stay engaged with the material is … Continue reading
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