The ISP series is BACK! We've made some progress since our last update, and in this episode, we take a look at RADIUS and get it set up on the Portmaster to enable user access control.
We've ...
2024-06-14 19:13:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Clabretro is back to expand the dialup in his homelab! He takes a look at Cisco voice interface cards and tests it all with an ancient Hayes modem AND a Sega Dreamcast.
2024-06-12 23:52:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Clabretro is back and he takes a look at an interesting Windows 95 feature that allowed it to act as a "server" that could remotely boot clients into Win95 over the network with just a floppy disk....
2024-06-06 18:51:54 +0000 UTC View Post
We have completed the second video about Archie, where we finally find a copy of the software. After many hours of work, we got it working and show some of the learnings and challenges in getting ...
2024-05-10 23:22:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Clabretro is back with a project to build a Cisco GigaStack cluster! There's an in-depth look at how the GigaStack modules are used, and a look at Cisco's management software that includes some sur...
2024-05-09 21:32:50 +0000 UTC View PostOver the past few weeks, our journey with Archie, the pre-web internet search engine, has been both educational and challenging. As we revived and set up Archie from a beta release, we encountered...
2024-05-08 15:46:21 +0000 UTC View Post
The Linksys Tower of Power is back! Clabretro takes a look at some PCMCIA cards hiding in select Linksys routers. Super fascinating look into how these early routers were designed.
2024-04-24 20:59:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Clabretro is back with an interview featuring Doug Boom, an engineer from Intel. Boom worked on the Intel Express line of hubs and switches. The talk is full of interesting history about ethernet a...
2024-04-18 19:36:52 +0000 UTC View Post
We put together a short vlog and recap of our experience at VCF East 2024. Thanks to everyone that came by our exhibit, and a warm welcome to those new to the channel! Hopefully we'll have a chance...
2024-04-17 20:01:39 +0000 UTC View Post
Clabretro is back with a long form interview with none other than Clabretro Sr (aka Brad Ausen)! He owned several computer stores as well as wholesale warehouses during the 90s into the 00s. Now mo...
2024-04-11 20:13:58 +0000 UTC View Post
We've teamed up with our friend Clabretro who has graciously offered to allow our Patreon members early access to his videos-- and vice versa! We're still working out all the details, and hopefully...
2024-03-26 00:12:26 +0000 UTC View Post
In the first installment of this two-part series, we explore what was termed the "resource discovery problem" of the early Internet and speak to the inventor of the world's first search engine call...
2024-03-23 21:36:14 +0000 UTC View Post
We recently finished up interviews for our "Archie" video which is now in production. It's been an amazing journey through pre-WWW Internet history. The video isn't just a look back at that time pe...
2024-02-29 15:13:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Doug Karl was the one who initially prompted our interest in the Apple Airport story, and as luck would have it, he was visiting family near the Serial Port HQ this past weekend.
We met for l...
2024-02-12 22:13:21 +0000 UTC View Post
We've finished the next video which will be going live on The Serial Port Youtube channel.
In this video, we perform a full hardware restoration and then test out the modem by dialing ...
2024-02-08 20:27:14 +0000 UTC View PostWe recently bought a PC's Limited 286 computer. PC's Limited was the brand name of Michael Dell's computer company before he went all-in with the Dell name.
We've completed a full hardw...
2024-02-04 03:41:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Here's a quick update on what's been happening at The Serial Port!
Our video on the Apple Airport was published earlier this month, the idea came to us from Doug Karl who delivered...
2024-01-30 20:26:48 +0000 UTC View PostEarly access for Patrons! After months of work, the video has been finished and you can watch it now:
2024-01-13 02:44:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone and happy new year!
We are currently working on a video about the Apple Airport. We weren't at all familiar with this device until recently, but it was quite innov...
2024-01-11 03:24:22 +0000 UTC View Post
We wanted to tell everyone Happy New Year and send out a big THANK YOU to all of our supporters that have helped this channel and community grow over the past year. We started our channel in Januar...
2023-12-26 21:58:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Quick Update: You can dial in now to help test the ISP:
Dialin number: +1 252 210 4004
Username: testuser
Password: testpass
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2023-12-11 15:56:21 +0000 UTC View PostHello, everyone! We are planning a Christmas-themed live stream. This will be a public event on Youtube but we wanted to share the details with our Patreon community first.
It's getting really real now! In this video we share a quick update of our progress with the ISP, and we're closer than ever to accepting real dial-in users. Thank you as always for your support! 2023-11-14 15:58:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We finish out our terminal server showdown with our last two entries: the Cyclades TS2000 and Livingston Portmaster 2E. They couldn't be more different, but both prove to be impressive in their own...
2023-11-03 00:31:24 +0000 UTC View Post
We noticed that IBM also had their own terminal server in the mid-1990s, and we found one to test out. This probably won't be going into the ISP series but thought it would be neat to take a ...
2023-10-21 01:16:08 +0000 UTC View PostTime to get started on our comprehensive showdown of terminal servers in this two-part special!
We first take a look at the history as well as the theory and operation of terminal servers. We...
2023-10-14 00:18:31 +0000 UTC View PostWe decided to take advantage of the Packard Bell's voicemail feature. In 1997, ther...
2023-10-09 20:09:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Getting ready to wire up more modems! Terminal servers with RJ45 serial ports make the cabling very simple in some ways, but having to make RJ45 to DB25 connectors isn't the most fun thing to...
2023-09-29 15:10:50 +0000 UTC View PostI [Mark] attended the Vintage Computer Festival Midwest event earlier this month, outside of Chicago. It was the first event like this I attended, and very amazing to see how many vintage com...
2023-09-27 22:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWe're hard at work on the next episode in the ISP series. Here's a sneak peek at one of the terminal servers we'll be looking at: the Xylogics microAnnex XL. We think this was originally released i...
2023-09-24 14:28:53 +0000 UTC View Post