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
Category: Raspberry Pi
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 â 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
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
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