
Retro Frank’s World TV 5 (FWTV to Go) Live from Pentagon City: Announcing the AppCannon
This is an early example of Frank’s World TV. In fact, it’s the fifth show ever. I share it again here ten years after its publication after mentioning it on a recent episode of the Data Driven Podcast. It’s funny to watch this a decade after the disaster that was Windows 8 and how much […]
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Early 2000s Linksys Wi-Fi Gear
- Frank
- November 24, 2023
- Linksys
- Retro
YouTuber clabretro takes a look at some early 2000s Linksys routers, including the famous Linksys WRT54G. He sets up a wireless-b wi-fi network and flash DD-WRT onto the WRT54G.
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Lindows, the weird Walmart Linux from 2002!
This video from Action Retro. delves into the weird story of Lindows, the 2000’s Linux that came installed on cheap Walmart PC towers.
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How to Turn an Old PC Into a High-End Amiga with AmiKit X
- Frank
- November 14, 2023
- 1980s computers
- 80s
- 90s
- 90s computers
- amiga 1200
- amiga 4000
- amiga 500
- amiga 600
- amiga emulation
- amiga emulator
- amiga emulator raspberry pi
- amiga forever
- amigaos
- amikit x
- best amiga emulator
- Computers
- emulate amiga on pc
- old pc
- play amiga games on pc
- play amiga on raspberry pi
- Retro
The Amiga was a computer that was way ahead of its time. In fact, it was the first truly commercially available multimedia computer and it came out in the 1980s! I can only imagine what the machine would be capable of given more modern hardware. Now, I don’t have to wonder. In this video from […]
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Modern Ubuntu is KILLER on old Intel Macs!
Action Retro installs the latest Ubuntu Linux on an old 11″ Macbook Air. How does it compare to running MacOS Catalina on it, which is the last officially supported MacOS?
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The Computer Chronicles – Windows 98 (1998)
This video is from The Computer Chronicles and tracks the launch of Windows 98 as well as a new upstart Windows alternative called Linux.
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BUILDING THE WORLD’S FIRST 100% NEW COMMODORE 64!
- Frank
- January 15, 2023
- 1980s
- 2sid
- 6502
- 8 bit
- armsid
- Build
- C64
- c64 keycaps
- c64 reloaded
- chip replacement
- chiptunes
- classic computers
- commodore
- Commodore 64
- dual sid chips
- emulation
- EVO 64
- EVO64
- FPGA
- hack
- ics64
- j-cia
- kawari
- keyboard
- keycaps
- keys
- new c64
- new commodore 64
- new keycaps
- plankton
- Raspberry Pi
- Retro
- retro computing
- retro gaming
- retrocomputer
- review
- sixty clone
- sixtyclone
- swinsid
- THEC64
- Ultimate 64
- Ultimate64
- vintage
- vintage computers
Retro Recipes takes new components and rebuilds the world’s first new C-64 since 1994. The Commodore 64 was discontinued in 1994 and since then it’s been impossible to find a 100% new “real” (non-emulation) replacement. Thanks to the sponsorship of http://PCBWay.com – great PCBs from $5! – let’s try to build the world’s first brand […]
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MEGA 65 Unboxing, History & Teardown!
A video over 40 years in the making! Explore the history of the Commodore 65, back as the MEGA 65, unbox it & do a mega teardown with the microscope!
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