Morning folks,
I've had to rush this one through a bit, as it has been my son's birthday this week, and apparently I've been incredibly busy. Also, I've had no sleep and I'm about to go to so...
2020-07-31 09:19:45 +0000 UTC View Post
I've been wanting to cover this trio of Tiger/Grandstand tabletop games for years. There's just something stupid about them. Very likely the size of the screen in relation to their body. But regard...
2020-07-23 03:34:58 +0000 UTC View Post
Greetings folks. Hope you're keeping well.
This past week or so, I've been knee deep in James Bond. I'm not entirely sure whether that's a good place to be, but the outcome of it is this vide...
2020-07-17 02:00:51 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted to solve 2 things in this video. The first is to discover whether you can actually run DOS malware under Windows 10. The second was to try and run over 6,000 DOS Viruses and just see...
2020-07-06 16:00:35 +0000 UTC View Post
I want to say that I've enjoyed the last week of setting up and delving into (what seems like) countless VTech laptops. But I haven't.
I thought it would be a joyus festival of electronics. I...
2020-06-26 17:13:34 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright folks, here's a little video about MIDI; at least from a general PC users perspective. What was once an incredibly popular go-to for Gaming and media playback, has somewhat disappeared over...
2020-06-16 03:04:39 +0000 UTC View PostEDIT: THEY GONE!
Hello everybody!
I've got a couple of codes for 80s Overdrive on the Switch! The publisher sent them to me, so if you'd like one, the first two comments shall receive!<...
2020-06-06 02:36:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Keyboards seem to be still present in my mind, so I thought I'd explore the reason why there are two pipe symbols on a lot of keyboards, specifically UK and International.
After successfully ...
2020-05-29 02:36:01 +0000 UTC View PostUPDATE: This doesn't affect all countries. It shouldn't affect UK residents, and it should be minimal for US residents.
Hey folks! So, I've got good news and bad news.
The bad new...
2020-05-28 17:46:06 +0000 UTC View Post
My son came up to me the other week and said, what happened to all the previous USB types?
And I thought, yes, that's a good question. What DID happen to them. Why do we have so many.
H...
2020-05-23 00:46:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi peeps, so this is a video I've been working my balls off on for the past couple of days (plus a hella lot of research and investigation beforehand). I had to pause work on the main video I was w...
2020-05-20 09:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
WELCOME TO THE FUTURE OF FITNESS.... MS-DOS
Yes, I've grabbed myself another shoddy accessory. One which interfaces with "ALL" exercise equipment.
But actually....well, it's actually ha...
2020-05-14 14:11:42 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello you excellent people,
I hope you're doing ok.
To keep myself busy this week, I've been exploring GeoCities pages.
Here's the fruits of my labour. Presented in a ...
2020-04-29 01:03:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks,
Hope you're keeping well.
You might have seen on Twitter that I've had a load of MS-DOS enamel pin badges made up. Well, I've now got custom backing cards for them too, so th...
2020-04-24 14:55:11 +0000 UTC View Post
As we're in lock-down, it felt appropriate to try some interactive PC golf.
Released in 1994, PC Golf by Sports Sciences inc. is the accessory of choice.
To be honest, I think I'l...
2020-04-21 18:01:57 +0000 UTC View Post
If you cast your mind back to around this time last year, you may remember I found a 1994 PC whilst doing a bit of thrifting. It was just hanging about in a stationery shop window, for sale, like i...
2020-04-10 15:37:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Following on from the NetVista, I thought it would be interesting to look at the origins of the beige computer desktop style, and its demise.
This video kicked up a few surprises, including s...
2020-03-30 20:16:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Ey up. I hope you're all keeping well. Currently I'm furiously editing videos in lock-down, which doesn't seem to be much different from usual, except that I've got 2 children to teach/feed/talk to...
2020-03-24 20:39:17 +0000 UTC View PostHey everyone,
I know that this is going to be an incredibly tough few weeks/months for some of us, so if you need to, please put yourselves first, and don't feel bad about dropping your patro...
2020-03-19 21:32:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Apologies for the sparse amount of videos in the past 2 weeks. Among feeling a tad ill, one of the other reasons for this was the sheer amount of detritus that had built up in the office.
Thi...
2020-03-15 20:47:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe next batch of physical rewards will be sent out next month.
There's a slight delay, as I'm waiting for some rather fetching pins to be delivered. Updates to follow.
Thanks for your ...
2020-02-29 16:06:48 +0000 UTC View Post
And almost immediately, here's another VLog for your delectation. This is just a short one, filmed at the PlayExpo Margate after party.
I wanted to get some more footage during the day, but a...
2020-02-26 23:54:15 +0000 UTC View Post
*Warning - contains flashing screen images*
I always feel like I should capture footage when I go to a computer/gaming themed event or location, but I don't always know what to do with it. 2020-02-26 00:09:23 +0000 UTC View Post
The Next is finally here!
This video over-ran somewhat. It's also the reason I'm now leaving for Playexpo Margate, at 7.30am on a Saturday, rather than at a leisurely pace yesterday.
En...
2020-02-22 07:27:12 +0000 UTC View Post
This Spectrum Next really is a thing of beauty. I was going to do a swift "unboxing", but thought I'd make a full review instead. Really get to grips with the machine.
Hopefully that'll be re...
2020-02-14 15:47:51 +0000 UTC View Post
So, here's the polished and more informative video about my recent trip to the Home Computer Museum in the Netherlands.
I thought it would be interesting to focus on a few specific machines, ...
2020-02-08 20:14:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Most of the respondents asked for a vlog style video, so here it is. A rather crude overview of my trip to the Netherlands with Octav1us. Our ultimate desination was, of course, The Home Computer M...
2020-02-05 10:17:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to Mr. Blanchard "re-enthused", I picked up an Intel learning pack from eBay, just before Christmas.
These things were given to schools in the USA and Canada between 1994 and 199...
2020-01-28 11:35:24 +0000 UTC View Post
So, it looks like I'm taking a trip to the Netherlands this weekend, to the re-opening of the Home Computer Museum. They're moving to a larger premises and it looks bloody amazing.
So many ma...
2020-01-27 13:27:09 +0000 UTC View Post
Lately, I've felt like exploring the IBM PC Compatible world more. It's the world I was pre-occupied with from 1995 onwards, but I seem to neglect it. This video, then, gets a little bit closer. Th...
2020-01-20 16:36:25 +0000 UTC View Post