Ethernet may now rule the roost, but at one time Ethernet had competition, and some of that competition was view my many as superior, and yet Token Ring never became the predominate wired technology.

This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com)

Kim's video about Retrofest at CFCH https://youtu.be/T0sHJ7tj_OA

0:00 - Introduction

Ever wonder how we ended up with the Internet we have now ? What string of events got us to where we are now. I'm guessing there is a version of the history of the Internet you've been told, but was it true, or just a small part of the what happened.

This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com)

My thanks also got to :-

Nostalgia Nerd

0:00 - Introduction

In the 90's the Alpha processor was one of the most powerful CPUs you could lay your hands on. With a number of operating systems available for it, from both DEC (VMS, Tru64) and 3rd parties. It even have the most successful none x86 port of Windows NT. For many the Alpha was then next machine up if their x86 PC just did not have the CPU power they needed.

BN: In the intro I say the PDP-11 is 8bit, its not its 16bit. That was a slip of the tongue, I even wrote 16bit in my script, is that what I said no, did I spot it after watching through the video many many times, no.

Information about Sixel https://github.com/saitoha/libsixel

This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com).

0:00 - Introduction

Didn't we have a lovey day, the day we went to Blackpool.

This year I finally went to PlayExpo in Blackpool, what's it like, well watch the video.

Sponsored by

Up until home broad band came into existence the only way to access the internet at home was to get your modem to call the ISP's phone number and listen to the unpleasant sound that would happen.

This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com).

Johnny Blanchard re-enthused https://www.youtube.com/c/ReEnthused

0:00 - Introduction

The browser that opened a door to the huge explosion in popularity for the Web, it dominated the early web scene, but after only a few years Microsoft's browser IE had a larger market share. How did this happen, and what did Netscape do in response, and what was the effects of those actions on us today.

This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com).

0:00 - Introduction

Its not often beaches, telecoms, and flame throwers mix, but at the birth of global telecommunication, when telegraphy services where king they did.

This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com)

0:00 - Introduction

Intel seems to like trying to kill off it's most successful line of x86 CPUs. Itanium might be the last time we all remember, but the first time was with iAPX.

Lets look at the architecture that was once Intel's future, until it crashed and burnt.

This video is sponsored by PCBWay (https://www.pcbway.com).

0:00 - Introduction

Buy/download

When Steve Jobs left Apple he setup a company that would create one of the most interesting Unix workstations. The NeXT computer would have an out sized effect on our society and the future of Apple.