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The person from that youtube channel a few people watch.

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Mine magically came back, after I forgot to take the disk out, and it kept just probing the drive. I then got to do a live performance Solaris install at retrofest (very much not on purpose).

05.03.2026 19:51 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Getting published is very cool however.

05.03.2026 18:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sounds like fun, are you DJing at it?

05.03.2026 12:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If it loads the kernel fine, depending on the kernel version, it might want a bootparamd instance running somewhere. So it can grab its config telling it where the nfs root is.

04.03.2026 22:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Those sunray terminals are very cool.

04.03.2026 21:10 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

when the kernel loads, it ignores everyone of those options and expects to get its config via bootprarmd. Bootprarmd also needs portmapd running, so it works correctly.

04.03.2026 21:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I seam to remember it's dhcp client would reject a lease if it did not have all the dhcp options set that it expects. It would just look like it failed to get an address. I think you will also need a copy of bootparamd running somewhere in boardcast mode. As dispite settting the options via dhcp 1/2

04.03.2026 21:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Its a pain in the arse, at least your rpm supports dhcp so your not stuck with reverse arp.

04.03.2026 20:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Where they put there by a man, in a factory down town ?

03.03.2026 19:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The A3000 was an incredible machine at the time.

02.03.2026 14:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I did enjoy small prophets, wonderman I've struggled to get into a bit. I've just started watching Paradise, I'm 2 episodes in, so far so good.

01.03.2026 20:56 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Sometimes the loudest voices are wrong.
Sometimes the loudest voices are wrong. YouTube video by Yesterzine - The Literal Magazine Show

People will tell you now the Amiga won the 16-bit generation. But the Amiga launch was a disaster and the one you were supposed to buy didn't arrive for 2 years.

Here's what really happened.

youtu.be/Nv-T7wBHzc0

27.02.2026 17:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 38 ๐Ÿ” 21 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11

The RM nimbus was the first PC I ever got to use at school too. Thanks to @petescircuit.bsky.social I have one the new case 186 machines that I'm going todo a video on at some point.

01.03.2026 10:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They created the prefect trophy for that, a hand clawed around the world dragging it down into the bowls of hell. As metaphors go is very on the nose. Its was just missing some screaming souls.

28.02.2026 13:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The history of the PC: From 8bit to 64bit and everything in-between.
The history of the PC: From 8bit to 64bit and everything in-between. YouTube video by RetroBytes

I've been making videos once again, as I have a habit of doing. This one is a bit of an epic, in that it's the longest video I've ever made. However, there is an awful lot to cover when doing the full history of the PC.
youtu.be/ZOJ73rjNYbc

28.02.2026 09:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 49 ๐Ÿ” 7 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Last I heard, he was touring with a live rock show. So I think that might well count as living his best life.

28.02.2026 01:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Nice to see some channels I watch in there, and some I need to add to my to watch list.

27.02.2026 23:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Even for amazon, the fine would be scary. The maximum amount is 4% of global turnover. Not profit but turnover, it's a system designed to scare even big global enterprises into behaving.

26.02.2026 20:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I try to avoid it whenever possible.

26.02.2026 08:26 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I assume this is only something they are doing in the US, as that would be a significant breach of GDPR here in the UK and the EU. The potential fines for that could be eye watering even for Amazon.

26.02.2026 00:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think I might have accidentally made some vitamin D this morning.

25.02.2026 11:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think it's a much that you keep calling it histories worse console however.

23.02.2026 11:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sorry Jonny but you now must stay there, it's the law.

22.02.2026 16:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Longhorn: The storage system for my Retro Kubernetes cluster
Longhorn: The storage system for my Retro Kubernetes cluster YouTube video by Retro Bits & Bobs

New 2nd channel video. It's a follow-up to a main channel video, about using kubernetes to host a number of retro services. At the end of the original video, I added 2 extra nodes but did not have a solution to share storage across the cluster. Well, I now have a solution youtu.be/xTN7-rzgBks?...

20.02.2026 15:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I encounted one in Liverpool museum running an interactive display in the early 2000s which was pleasant to see in the wilde. Different design than I had seen before, it was off white (although it might have started life a just white), and had a floppy drive in addition to the cd-drive.

20.02.2026 00:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The only PM we have ever had that ran away from the circus to become an accountant.

17.02.2026 23:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I knew that somehow involved hell demons.

17.02.2026 21:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Preview
Eurovision 2026: Electronic artist and YouTuber Look Mum No Computer to represent UK in Vienna The synth artist and Eurovision fan says he finds it

Well, I did not have this down on my 2026 bingo card. Well done Sam.

Is anyone else looking forward to seeing what kit he is going to build for this song?

BBC News - Electronic artist and YouTuber Look Mum No Computer to represent UK at Eurovision
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

17.02.2026 13:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Ah, yes, the clout a gil can famously acquire as long as they are into doom.

16.02.2026 23:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think you might have used all the CPUs on that one.

15.02.2026 22:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0