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M4 Mac mini unboxing, benchmarking and will it DOOM?
A massive thanks to PCBway for sponsoring this video. PCBway do PCB prototyping and fabrication as well as offering a wealth of other services. Check them out at www.pcbway.com
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I received a new base level M4 Mac mini from Apple so I thought I'd do a quick unboxing, a couple of benchmarks with Geekbench, Black Magic Designs disk speed test and Cinebench. Once all the boring stuff was over and done with, I answered the age old question: Will it DOOM?
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I badly attempt to fix a broken 15" Apple Studio Display power adapter
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A massive thanks to PCBway for sponsoring this video. PCBway do PCB prototyping and fabrication as well as offering a wealth of other services. Check them out at www.pcbway.com My 15" Apple Studio Display power adapter died, so I bought a third party one, but I'm an idiot and didn't realise it had barrel connector on it, so I figured I'd attempt to put a new one on. This went badly as you'll se...
Exploring the Ancient World of CD-ROM Encyclopedias (Nostalgia Dive!)
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A massive thanks to PCBway for sponsoring this video. PCBway do PCB prototyping and fabrication as well as offering a wealth of other services. Check them out at www.pcbway.com In this video, we’re diving into a forgotten era of digital knowledge: CD-ROM encyclopedias! Join me as I explore some of the most iconic encyclopedia programs that ruled the 90s and early 2000s, long before Wikipedia wa...
I demo a demo! The Microsoft Home CD Sampler from 1994.
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A massive thanks to PCBway for sponsoring this video. PCBway do PCB prototyping and fabrication as well as offering a wealth of other services. Check them out at www.pcbway.com In this video, I demo the Microsoft Home demo CD that was included with my Digital Starion 917 PC back from 1995. It's a great CD with some cool free games on it. It brought back some nice memories playing with it,.
I spent an hour and a half reinstalling Windows from an OEM CD
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A big shout out to PCBway for sponsoring this video. PCBway do PCB prototyping and fabrication as well as offering a wealth of other services. Check them out at www.pcbway.com Restoring my PC using the original system restore media and taking a look at the software.
Studio Tour / Sort of channel update
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A big shout out to PCBway for sponsoring this video. PCBway do PCB prototyping and fabrication as well as offering a wealth of other services. Check them out at www.pcbway.com. Well it's been a while since I uploaded a video. In this one we talk about my new studio and I give a quick tour of where I'll be making my future videos from. Hope you enjoy it!
Super Mini Mac (Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W)
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A big shout out to PCBway for sponsoring this video. PCBway do PCB prototyping and fabrication as well as offering a wealth of other services. Check them out at www.pcbway.com. In this video I build a TINY little Mac using a 3D printed case a friend gave me out of a 2.8" display from WaveShare and a Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W. Here's a link to the project: www.instructables.com/Making-a-Tiny-Mac-Fro...
Setting up BasiliskII to emulate an old Mac: Windows Edition #marchintosh
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Thanks to PCBWay.com for sponsoring this video. I haven't done a Windows edition guide on how to install and configure BasiliskII so I thought I'd give it ago for #marchintosh. Links: BasliskII - www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5282 Redundant Robot Sheepshaver - www.redundantrobot.com/sheepshaver Mac OS 8.1 installer CD image - winworldpc.com/product/mac-os-8/81 Disk Jockey - diskjock...
Setting up BasiliskII to emulate an old Mac: Mac Edition #marchintosh
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Thanks to PCBWay.com for sponsoring this video. I thought I'd do an update to my BasiliskII guide with a bit better explanation of what I'm doing as some people found my previous one a little too complex. Links: BasliskII - www.emaculation.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7361 Redundant Robot Sheepshaver - www.redundantrobot.com/sheepshaver Mac OS 8.1 installer CD image - winworldpc.com/product/ma...
I found someone with the same unicorn PC as me! (kinda....)
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For all your PCB needs please consider PCBWay who have kindly sponsored this video: www.pcbway.com I accidentally found someone on Instagram who had also spent a while looking for a Digital Equipment Corporation Starion PC from the mid 90s. When I saw his picture I frantically DM'd him and we agreed to have a quick chat about the machines. That chat ended up being over an hour and a half long s...
#DOScember Special - My Favourite and Least Favourite DOS Games
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For all your PCB needs please consider PCBWay who have kindly sponsored this video: www.pcbway.com We didn't have much money when I was a kid but that didn't stop me buying video games with my pocket money. Here's a list of my top 10 split into least favourite followed by my favourite. #DOScember
£475 Childhood PC Update - Upgrades? Cleaning? FAILURE?
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For all your PCB needs please consider PCBWay who have kindly sponsored this video: www.pcbway.com Hi there people in UA-camland. I thought I'd do a quick video to update you on the Digital Equipment Corporation Starion 917 I imported to the UK all the way from California via Virginia in the USA. What have I done with it so far? How is it behaving and does it work?!
I bought a mid 2000's PC and monitor for £50. Lets unbox it!
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I bought a mid 2000's PC and monitor for £50. Lets unbox it!
Unboxing my childhood PC and it only cost me £475!
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Unboxing my childhood PC and it only cost me £475!
I bought a Microsoft tablet that's useless in 2023
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I bought a Microsoft tablet that's useless in 2023
£15 eBay thin client - playing games! - Part 3
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£15 eBay thin client - playing games! - Part 3
£15 eBay thin client - upgrade and full Windows install - Part 2
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£15 eBay thin client - upgrade and full Windows install - Part 2
£15 eBay thin client - upgrade and full Windows install - Part 1
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£15 eBay thin client - upgrade and full Windows install - Part 1
August 2023 Channel Update
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August 2023 Channel Update
I bought some more unpowered speakers
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I bought some more unpowered speakers
I bought a pair of unpowered speakers from eBay for £7
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I bought a pair of unpowered speakers from eBay for £7
Cleaning some translucent blue speakers and testing
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Cleaning some translucent blue speakers and testing
I made my own test bench out of MDF - Part 2
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I made my own test bench out of MDF - Part 2
I made my own test bench out of MDF - Part 1
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I made my own test bench out of MDF - Part 1
Random chat about the Packard Bell 9005D
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Random chat about the Packard Bell 9005D
A trip to the RMC Retro Cave
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A trip to the RMC Retro Cave
New BlueSCSI Features
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New BlueSCSI Features
Attempting to diagnose and repair an e-bike battery - Part 4
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Attempting to diagnose and repair an e-bike battery - Part 4
Attempting to diagnose and repair an e-bike battery - Part 3
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Attempting to diagnose and repair an e-bike battery - Part 3
Attempting to diagnose and repair an e-bike battery - Part 2
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Attempting to diagnose and repair an e-bike battery - Part 2

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  • @ChaosStep
    @ChaosStep 2 дні тому

    Did you manage to get it to boot directly into emulator and if so, how?

    • @RichsRandomRetroReviews
      @RichsRandomRetroReviews День тому

      I’m afraid not. I just haven’t got round to it yet. Too many projects on.

  • @DanielaPC_SFM
    @DanielaPC_SFM 5 днів тому

    I runned doom on there

  • @AP-ek2mt
    @AP-ek2mt 7 днів тому

    Basilisk GUI not working :(

    • @RichsRandomRetroReviews
      @RichsRandomRetroReviews День тому

      You might want to check out the emaculation’s website. They might be able to help.

    • @AP-ek2mt
      @AP-ek2mt 21 годину тому

      @@RichsRandomRetroReviews The GUI on my macbook 2010 running Hight Sierra doesn't work for some reason, even though it says it comes with this version of macOS. GUI finally worked on my Air m1 with sequoia

  • @taoahler
    @taoahler 25 днів тому

    Great ❤

  • @fmlazar
    @fmlazar 26 днів тому

    Sometimes you may have issues trying to use an ISO file to boot from in emulators. The way to fix it is to make sure that your iso or dmg file is locked.

  • @エミリアン
    @エミリアン 26 днів тому

    Im A Windows User Can I Get A Link To The Disk Image?

    • @RichsRandomRetroReviews
      @RichsRandomRetroReviews 26 днів тому

      @@エミリアン I’m afraid the disk image is no longer available on redundant robots site. You’ll have to look elsewhere such as macintoshgarden.org

  • @AnonYmous-yu6hv
    @AnonYmous-yu6hv Місяць тому

    Also is it the pro or regular one?

  • @AnonYmous-yu6hv
    @AnonYmous-yu6hv Місяць тому

    Is it noisy? Does it turn on the fans only on very heavy load or even on normal stuff?

    • @RichsRandomRetroReviews
      @RichsRandomRetroReviews Місяць тому

      The fans are on all the time but you can't hear them. When I let it do a 30 minute run in Cinebench, it was audible but only if you put your ear next to it. It wasn't screaming like a PC would be.

  • @shipface4714
    @shipface4714 Місяць тому

    use female to female adapter don't need soldering

  • @stevesretroloft
    @stevesretroloft Місяць тому

    I assume it’s as quiet as all the others?

    • @pacmania1982
      @pacmania1982 Місяць тому

      Whisper quiet

    • @RichsRandomRetroReviews
      @RichsRandomRetroReviews Місяць тому

      What he said lol.

    • @NirHason
      @NirHason Місяць тому

      Only the m4 is really quiet unlike the m4 pro that can create some really fan noise when being pushed.

  • @feeandjohsrenovationshow
    @feeandjohsrenovationshow Місяць тому

    Nice machine! Hope I can get one soon too!

  • @unnamedchannel1237
    @unnamedchannel1237 Місяць тому

    What did you do before the internet and information at your fingertips? Went to the library

  • @presumingsean
    @presumingsean Місяць тому

    For me it was those DK kids Encyclopedia CDs that came out a bit later, had them at school and I think we got a demo CD with a packet of cereal

  • @petergplus6667
    @petergplus6667 Місяць тому

    I uses Wago clamps for temporary testing.

  • @horace650
    @horace650 Місяць тому

    Because they ran off the CD and not installed on the HD, these discs weren't updatable. Given the small HD capacities and the slow internet speeds of the day, it would have been impossible to update. You were stuck with the supplied disc.

  • @NoobixCube
    @NoobixCube Місяць тому

    I've long held the opinion that the multimedia encyclopaedia on CD-ROM is the "killer app" that got Windows PCs into EVERY home. Sure, people already had IBM compatibles working their way into homes because people were getting the same stuff for home as they had at work, for compatibility reasons, and some of the justification for that was the whole "the kids can use it for school" argument. Neither Atari nor Commodore made a strong push for CD-ROM on their most common machines. Sure you could go a super high end Amiga 4000 with a CD drive, but I genuinely think it should have been a pack-in standard accessory on the A1200. Lots of kids already had an Amiga on their desk for games, and occasionally typing things up, but they all got swept off the desks and replaced with Windows 95 PCs with a copy of Encarta. If the A1200 had a CD-ROM in-box, and if there were a multimedia encyclopaedia on it, Microsoft would have ad a hard uphill fight for that desk space, I think. Commodore and Atari seemed determined to make the worst decisions at every turn, though, and I don't think CD encyclopaedias would have saved them from all the rest of their foolish decisions (like Atari betting the farm on the Jaguar when they had the Falcon 030 ready to smash the competition in the computer space), but I think the transition from a diverse computer market to basically just one option, the Windows PC, would have been a lot less abrupt. It's like in 1994, every friend had a fundamentally different computer, I blinked, and in 1995 we all had basically the same Windows 95 PC.

  • @airfixer9461
    @airfixer9461 Місяць тому

    Great review...I had the same experiences as you

  • @superviewer
    @superviewer Місяць тому

    I have played around with preconfigured Basilisk II and Sheepshaver in the distant past. Seeing and doing it from scratch, I finally understand the setup. Just awesome to be able to run Mac OS 8.1 on Apple Silicon. My Powerbook Titanium fan was making so much noise I needed headphones to hear the sound of the game I was trying to play 😅 Only thing I couldn't get to work right away was internet access. Anyway, thanks for the video.

  • @lukedrillbrain9850
    @lukedrillbrain9850 Місяць тому

    That's exactly the video I've been needing. Thank you.

  • @JulioBomfim
    @JulioBomfim Місяць тому

    The only complete review of this digicam from the past. Thanks!

  • @610annasinclair
    @610annasinclair Місяць тому

    bluetack on the back of the pins

  • @airfixer9461
    @airfixer9461 2 місяці тому

    I like what you have collected so far...but I looks like their all OEM versions....what about the boxed retail versions of the titles ?

    • @RichsRandomRetroReviews
      @RichsRandomRetroReviews 2 місяці тому

      @@airfixer9461 Hi. Thanks for your comment. Yes most of these are OEM but a few are retail. The issue with retail CDs is two fold: their price and their availability. Most titles I’ve managed to pick up for less than £10 where as someone is listing the Microsoft Wine Guide for £29.99 and I can’t justify spending that. Then you look at Flight Simulator and someone is selling that £70. As much as I’d like a big shelf of boxed software, I neither have the funds of the space.

    • @airfixer9461
      @airfixer9461 2 місяці тому

      @@RichsRandomRetroReviews Indeed, understandable...much of the old stuff is going for ridiculous prices these days. And of course you'll need some space to stock it all...I know...I have the same problem ;-)

  • @retr0wolf498
    @retr0wolf498 3 місяці тому

    Nothing EVER goes smoothly with retro! I always find myself wondering why on earth I keep at it

  • @TheBasementChannel
    @TheBasementChannel 3 місяці тому

    Love the house with chimney mouse! 😂

  • @stevesretroloft
    @stevesretroloft 3 місяці тому

    I did have a wireless version of the natural keyboard from the early 2000's Nice thing along with the mouse. For some reason it broke when I was on holiday :( Great video btw, it's nice to revisit some of these old freebie CD's.

    • @RichsRandomRetroReviews
      @RichsRandomRetroReviews 3 місяці тому

      I had the wireless one with a wireless mouse too but I don't know what happened to that. I thought I'd do a really quick video on the Home CD sampler as I didn't want to bore people for too long. What I love about it is it's a proper little time capsule and it's brought back so many memories!

  • @matcarfer
    @matcarfer 3 місяці тому

    you forgot via 4 in 1 v 4.35. it enables AGP 8X on VGA. Took me years to realize it and I made it work yesterday with same Thin Client

  • @trevorpsy
    @trevorpsy 3 місяці тому

    Will Basiliski II run on an intel mac with the Ventura OS? Sheepshaver crashes on launch, although it runs fine on the previous OS: Monterey. Thanks.

    • @RichsRandomRetroReviews
      @RichsRandomRetroReviews 3 місяці тому

      I'm afraid I don't know. None of my Macs are Intel. Does SheepShaver crash or does it just launch and then close? If that's the case, it can't find the ROM file.

    • @trevorpsy
      @trevorpsy 3 місяці тому

      @@RichsRandomRetroReviews I gave you the Reader's Digest version. I have had several email conversations with the Sheepshaver developers who claim that there's a bug in the Ventura OS, which is the cause of the problem, albeit only on Intel Macs running OpenCore with Ventura. (Monterey runs perfectly.) This makes no sense, because every other program works with no issues -- from the most insignificant to Photoshop, Firefox, and MS Office. To answer your question: SheepShaver launches then quits, as if it can't find the ROM file, even though the identical package works in Monterey. As a workaround, I'm running Sheepshaver in an emulated Mountain Lion environment, i.e., an emulation running inside another emulation. I was hoping that could launch Basilisk II within the Ventura environment, thus eliminating 2-stage emulation. I'm sure that this problem could be solved, but appears there's not enough developer interest. Take care and thanks again.

    • @cosmosinity
      @cosmosinity Місяць тому

      if you need i can test mine, i have mbpro 2018 intel i5-8th gen...

    • @trevorpsy
      @trevorpsy Місяць тому

      @@cosmosinity If your mbpro 2018 is running Ventura, that would be wonderful. Thanks.

    • @cosmosinity
      @cosmosinity Місяць тому

      @@trevorpsy upgraded to sequoia some days ago, but I'll let you know on the weekend when I'm free. Will test and dowgrade to ventura if possible

  • @TheBasementChannel
    @TheBasementChannel 3 місяці тому

    Wow, look how nice the studio is. And the quality of the footage is 🤌, makes me want to bust out my Digital laptop.

  • @imam.pramono
    @imam.pramono 3 місяці тому

    Can i use this to emulate macos 9?

    • @RichsRandomRetroReviews
      @RichsRandomRetroReviews 3 місяці тому

      @@imam.pramono no you need SheepShaver for that. The setup is very similar.

    • @imam.pramono
      @imam.pramono 3 місяці тому

      @@RichsRandomRetroReviews okay...thanks...

  • @polymatt
    @polymatt 3 місяці тому

    Thanks so much for doing this! Man this brings back some memories. I remember doing this SO many times 😂.

  • @stevesretroloft
    @stevesretroloft 3 місяці тому

    I forgot how terrible that Digital wallpaper was! I think it was a similar restore process with some of the Digital PC's I used to work on. Fortunately NT4.0 workstation wasn't too far away and most customers ended up with that instead.

  • @Lolaraptus
    @Lolaraptus 3 місяці тому

    Ne vous excusez pas ! Merci pour cette vidéo qui va m'aider.

  • @spooforbrains
    @spooforbrains 4 місяці тому

    It looks so good! I'm jealous!

  • @samuelbanya
    @samuelbanya 4 місяці тому

    Can you do this on Windows XP?

    • @RichsRandomRetroReviews
      @RichsRandomRetroReviews 4 місяці тому

      I've just checked the latest release download which unfortunately does not list compatibility - however in the past I ran it successfully on XP. You may need to hunt around for an older version if the latest version doesn't work but the rest of the instructions should be the same.

  • @atari1040
    @atari1040 4 місяці тому

    Crap, I just spent fortune on one of those.... If it doesn't work (sold as "mint / almost new") then... one person less on the planet .... :/

  • @TheBasementChannel
    @TheBasementChannel 4 місяці тому

    Looks so good Rich! I’ve totally got studio envy. Camera giving a great image too.

  • @BitzboxTV
    @BitzboxTV 4 місяці тому

    That's a great little setup. You've done a super job on it

  • @MikeOBrien-ut1vd
    @MikeOBrien-ut1vd 4 місяці тому

    Oh❤❤❤

  • @RetrogradeScene
    @RetrogradeScene 4 місяці тому

    Looks great!! I'm very jealous of the space!! Looking forward to see what you film in there next!

  • @GarthBeagle
    @GarthBeagle 4 місяці тому

    I know it was loads of work, looks like it came out great!

  • @lactobacillusprime
    @lactobacillusprime 5 місяців тому

    I love what you've done with the place. You've created a proper room! Seems to be the right way to turn one of those prefab sheds into a nice isolated room that has no issues with moisture and dampness that would invariably be the case without insulation. Looks very good. You might want to make sure temps don't go below freezing in Winter (not sure if it does in your neck of the woods) as electronics don't always fair well with freezing temps. There's great UV protective foil that you can put on the windows if you're worried about UV / light damage - I've done so on my gameroom windows.

    • @RichsRandomRetroReviews
      @RichsRandomRetroReviews 5 місяців тому

      I have a small oil filled radiator that I plan on using to keep it warm over winter. That and all the hot air I spout will for sure keep it nice and warm haha. I tried some foil for the windows but I couldn't get a finish that I liked, so I think the blinds will work for me regarding UV. Thanks for your kind words and suggestions!

  • @projectfanboy
    @projectfanboy 5 місяців тому

    looks really good bud, glad your finally in.

  • @ctrlaltrees
    @ctrlaltrees 5 місяців тому

    Always good to get that first studio video out of the door, looking good! Agreed that controlling lighting is key, the sun is hardly reliable in this country so best to take it out of the equation 😁

  • @stevesretroloft
    @stevesretroloft 5 місяців тому

    It looks great Rich - nice and clean (reminds me I should repaint my loft at some point!!)

  • @washingtonpaiva6947
    @washingtonpaiva6947 5 місяців тому

    please continue with next versions! good video!

  • @herecomedatboi3976
    @herecomedatboi3976 6 місяців тому

    Super duper helpful, thank you for the video.

  • @MOSMASTERING
    @MOSMASTERING 7 місяців тому

    What a collection you got there!! I had a Cassiopeia.. This video reminded me that I even had one. I can't even remember using it because it was so bad. Battery life seemed awful - there's no way that it was 20 hours. Plus, it took AA's and there didn't seem a good way of recharging it like any rechargeable device - so I never recharged it, I used new batteries every time. It quickly got expensive and boring. At first, seeing windows on a big screen (it was a big screen!) was really mesmerising.. but usability, speed, storage, connectivity and software just made it virtually useless. There were loads of other negatives too.. but you get the idea. Wow, I can't believe I forgot that I actually owned one. I also had an Dell X51, which was slightly better, but PLAGUED with memory issues (if it ran out of power, you lost all your data, so it had to be backed up constantly and kept charged)

  • @shad0wfax
    @shad0wfax 7 місяців тому

    Thank you, this is really useful. A long time ago, when I owned an Amiga computer, I used Shapeshifter for emulating a 68k Macintosh, but now I would be totally lost without your guide when trying to use the Basilisk II emulator in my Apple Sillicon Mac.

    • @RichsRandomRetroReviews
      @RichsRandomRetroReviews 7 місяців тому

      It's great to know that my videos are helpful to some. Thanks for your kind words.