Raspberry Pi – McRetro.net

Dial-up on Windows 95 on the MiSTer FPGA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-k2nwFDKoU&t=1730s

MiSTer Dial-up in Windows 95 (2021-07-12) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-k2nwFDKoU&t=1730s)

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

Ghost Publishing Platform on the Raspberry Pi

I decided to have a look around for an alternative to WordPress. I must admit I do have a tendency to do this from time to time. Anyway, enter Ghost. No php, just pure js built for the new … Continue reading

SSL / TLS / HTTPS Enabled, IRC Server Running

Nailed it, I knew I could work out how to get a darned IRC server up and running. So now you can spam my name into the chat and it will alert me like mad that you are trying to … Continue reading

Initial Tests for a McRetroNet IRC Server

Well, for the most part it seemed to work for a while and I was able to join in on my conversation with myself a few times. IRC might be a good way of having an instant chat that is … Continue reading

Generating Custom Darknet Onion Names

Shallot is a great little program for generating your own vanity darknet onion address. I’ve used it for my old http://mcretro35qepy5cy.onion/ address. I figured I’d share how it all works.

So I fired up the old Ubuntu 16.04 (64-bit) and … Continue reading

ZeroNet, BitTorrent and Another Darknet

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Just a few days ago I managed to get WordPress to play nice with my darknet (Tor) website, meaning McRetro.net is now mirrored 100% to the mcretro35qepy5cy.onion address. Magnificent! That got me thinking though, what other darknets could I get … Continue reading

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