Action Retro

Action Retro

Extreme amateur retro computering!

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A Ludicrous Display

A Ludicrous Display

I Have Built a Monstrosity

I Have Built a Monstrosity

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  • @watchmakerful
    @watchmakerfulСағат бұрын

    These drives will NEVER perform the same. Unless the controller is so cheap that it does not support more than one channel.

  • @JerryEricsson
    @JerryEricsson2 сағат бұрын

    I had a simular machine years ago, it was a bit better, I think, never thought I could perhaps get our of the built in and get to DOS, of course back then I didn't understand what DOS was. Later I got a big 386 desk top and eventually put windows 95 on it, what a dog that turned into, gal in college bought it from me for what I had into it, I had picked up a 486 fo do my college work with, in my dorm room, it ran 95 great, another student purchased the floppy version and I made a copy, still have that somewhere around the house in a floppy disk box. Old machines are fun, I still have a few that I sell to folks who have expensive sewing machines that require these old laptops to operate although the owners seem to be dying off now days, hell I am over 70 now, lost all my siblings and my wife to cancer, even lost my right kidney to cancer a year ago.

  • @Machistmo
    @Machistmo3 сағат бұрын

    fake BS

  • @guatagel2454
    @guatagel24543 сағат бұрын

    I'm using the ESP32 more and more in production.

  • @dsevil
    @dsevil3 сағат бұрын

    Now write a port of the Mac emulator for the 6502.

  • @whophd
    @whophd3 сағат бұрын

    Now we need the "AV" version of the PPC Jurassic Mac

  • @BrendanRobert
    @BrendanRobert4 сағат бұрын

    If there is a KEGS port to ESP32, then that would be something. ;)

  • @isaacwatanabe9599
    @isaacwatanabe95994 сағат бұрын

    My imac has this problem and im glad theres a fix

  • @glaubhafieber
    @glaubhafieber5 сағат бұрын

    That’s almost like I play dos games on my M1 MacBook Air

  • @danielbaker1248
    @danielbaker12485 сағат бұрын

    I wouldn't use Chromium in Puppy Linux. Chromium is too bloated for most tech that you install Puppy Linux on. You want to use the Native browser that Puppy Linux comes with; it's so much faster and more effective than Chromium.

  • @Blue5wirl
    @Blue5wirl6 сағат бұрын

    Lie berries?

  • @winthropdc1
    @winthropdc16 сағат бұрын

    Now I am sad I sold my Apple //e some 40 years ago.

  • @graealex
    @graealex6 сағат бұрын

    You know these snail parasites that move around inside snails and show funny colors - turning them into "zombie snails"? That's exactly how this Apple II feels like.

  • @airbedruad
    @airbedruad7 сағат бұрын

    Would it work in a GS?

  • @cvt8353
    @cvt83534 сағат бұрын

    Yes.

  • @glaz126
    @glaz1267 сағат бұрын

    That video made me want to install ubuntu on my ThinkPad ( and it's great I love Ubuntu )

  • @cvt8353
    @cvt83539 сағат бұрын

    This is so wrong! The ESP32 was never designed for this! 😆 Thanks for the amazing video! I don't even know how to describe the difference it has made!

  • @MarkHyde
    @MarkHyde10 сағат бұрын

    This is simply amazing - fast Mac than the Mac itself -WILD lol :) And emulation-ception!!!

  • @simcamgmt
    @simcamgmt11 сағат бұрын

    Are they going to make one for the 15/17" iMacs? Those were way more common.

  • @ruisantos4520
    @ruisantos452011 сағат бұрын

    S100 was a fantastic interface at the time. So far I remember there was a company called Seatle Computers that had computers based on this standard in their boards. So far I remember as well the CP/M originally was as well done and working on such standard .. Am I right ? Someone can confirm that ?

  • @patrickfurlong4276
    @patrickfurlong427612 сағат бұрын

    Witchcraft!

  • @robertboritzki2772
    @robertboritzki277214 сағат бұрын

    The pictures are good

  • @ladronsiman1471
    @ladronsiman147115 сағат бұрын

    From somebody that couldn afford a Mac Plus back in the day ..I had to resort to use an Atari ST1042 and Magic an emulator ..

  • @annieworroll4373
    @annieworroll437315 сағат бұрын

    neat 970 evo. I've got two 1TB units, one in my desktop and one upgraded the gen 2 256gb SSD my laptop came with.

  • @dhm7815
    @dhm781515 сағат бұрын

    I use Debian and Xfce. "Life is better with the rat." That's not the advertising slogan but I wish it were.

  • @TechRyze
    @TechRyze15 сағат бұрын

    It's absolutely brilliant. If only it had an optional HDMI output as well, it'd be perfect! I'd love to see these expansions for other 8-bit micros, as this is seriously usable with a Linux distro running on it. We're even going to end up seeing Windows on ARM running on these things before long.

  • @GregChabala
    @GregChabala17 сағат бұрын

    You Ship of Theseus'd your Apple II, you're running an ESP32 in Apple II cosplay.

  • @electronraygun6346
    @electronraygun634618 сағат бұрын

    I just dug out my nearly 20 year old Mac mini and installed Sorbet Leopard! I installed an SSD using a SATA to IDE adapter. The thermal paste had turned into a rock hard resin. When trying to remove the heatsink I knocked 2 tiny capacitors off the board and had to solder new ones on. The DVD drive was seized and required lots of cleaning and greasing. But after all that! IT WORKS GREAT! The Sierra theme looks fantastic and it's really super quick! I'm sure I will find some uses for it, even if it's just as a basic media player. It's nice to have it working again after 12 years sitting unloved 😸

  • @mp-kq3vc
    @mp-kq3vc18 сағат бұрын

    Very impressive. I must admit I wonder if it's murder on the power supply though.

  • @cvt8353
    @cvt835315 сағат бұрын

    It is drawing 120mA from the +5V rail when not in use and 190mA when the Wi-Fi radio is on. This is pretty much in line with most expansion cards and nowhere near CFFA3000, which draws 500mA.

  • @belmordok3661
    @belmordok366118 сағат бұрын

    I'm running Windows 11 as the only OS on this kind of a machine and it works like a charm. System Shock remake works on a high settings. Love the machine

  • @oglothenerd
    @oglothenerd19 сағат бұрын

    Can it run Linux?

  • @cvt8353
    @cvt835315 сағат бұрын

    Yes, but only ELKS (a.k.a. Linux-8086) through the PC/XT emulator.

  • @InfernosReaper
    @InfernosReaper19 сағат бұрын

    Rest in Peace TenFourFox

  • @dkmu6
    @dkmu619 сағат бұрын

    I got old POS AIO touch screen pc. It came with z8550 2GB of RAM. I tried to install linux just make it music player that alway on. But It turn itself of when tried to boot from usb. (After I choose try or install.) My english is not that good. I tried to find community or website that can do more research. Any websites or commu you will recommened?

  • @PaleozoicPCs
    @PaleozoicPCs20 сағат бұрын

    Only posting this because I didn't see anyone else mention it: FWIW, this thing is conceptually at least basically the same as Dave Schmenk's Apple2Pi project from about a decade ago. That thing was the talk of the town back then, I'm kind of surprised it hasn't seemed to have come up. I was actually surprised that it wasn't what this video was about. This adds the relay to switch the composite video/sound outputs between the Apple II and the ESP32, and I'm sure it "feels" more bare metal given it's not running a fully blown Linux environment on an even *more* powerful CPU, so... is what it is. If an ARM-based emulator that uses your Apple II as an input device is what you're in the market for this is certainly an interesting take on it.

  • @ytmadpoo
    @ytmadpoo20 сағат бұрын

    I have one of these in my Apple IIe and it's so much fun. Highly recommended. The developer is amazing, always fixing bugs or adding new features.

  • @robertjahn8498
    @robertjahn849821 сағат бұрын

    Michaelsoft Binbows

  • @Izavos
    @Izavos21 сағат бұрын

    Simply unbelievable Apple // and wonderful. I miss my Apple from the 90s until mid-2001, it was my companion.

  • @danielbaker1248
    @danielbaker124822 сағат бұрын

    The only product that Apple ever made that truly signifies the true spirit of their company and the products they sell...🤣

  • @carcrazylondon309
    @carcrazylondon30923 сағат бұрын

    Just got my first Macintosh it’s a 512k this channel inspired me to buy a vintage computer and work and have fun with it!

  • @VoiceMan-ym7kj
    @VoiceMan-ym7kj23 сағат бұрын

    Bro not even a gpu

  • @VoiceMan-ym7kj
    @VoiceMan-ym7kj23 сағат бұрын

    Bro but not even a gpu

  • @thumbwarriordx
    @thumbwarriordxКүн бұрын

    "How did they get this texture on here? Easy, that's the bottom of the print. It's the bed sheet texture. This is not always feasible to do, but anything with one big flat surface comes out so good.

  • @JOT_ELE
    @JOT_ELEКүн бұрын

    It does not work on an iBook G4, it does not have the ability to boot from USB but through Firewire and an external hard drive.

  • @unintentionallyRandom
    @unintentionallyRandomКүн бұрын

    i want to see linux on the 12" macbook

  • @VanDerLaars
    @VanDerLaarsКүн бұрын

    Can't find the Falkon browser available on my Haiku VirtualBox install.

  • @VanDerLaars
    @VanDerLaarsКүн бұрын

    I used BeOS back in the 90's but I don't remember much. Tried Haiku for a few days. Can't really say that I understand the desktop design or the thought behind the menus.

  • @onlineworkmail
    @onlineworkmailКүн бұрын

    Wouldn't it have been better to put the hard drive in an enclosure and then run modern virus software from a live dvd or something. You could have even taken the hard drive out of the more modern system. File System incompatibility?