RetroBytes(John)
@retrobytes.bsky.social
The person from that youtube channel a few people watch.
I got to take part in the big red arrow club's christmas quiz this year. It was a lot of fun, Andy (HBR) did a cracking job organising things, with Dave from This Week in Retro as the host giving us all a good laugh.
youtu.be/g2nbLUPW_4U?...
youtu.be/g2nbLUPW_4U?...
Big Red Arrow Club Gets Festive: Holiday Quiz Challenge
YouTube video by Big Red Arrow Club
youtu.be
December 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
I got to take part in the big red arrow club's christmas quiz this year. It was a lot of fun, Andy (HBR) did a cracking job organising things, with Dave from This Week in Retro as the host giving us all a good laugh.
youtu.be/g2nbLUPW_4U?...
youtu.be/g2nbLUPW_4U?...
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Available Now, do you need some lovely non-holiday retro YouTube to hide and/or recover from the world with? Would you like it to feel like a real TV channel? With the co-operation of 30+ of the loveliest channels, this is Sub5000 TV.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Sub5000TV 2025 - YouTube
A Virtual TV channel of lovely retro gaming and hardware videos, if disappearing into lovely people being lovely for several hours is something that would be...
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Available Now, do you need some lovely non-holiday retro YouTube to hide and/or recover from the world with? Would you like it to feel like a real TV channel? With the co-operation of 30+ of the loveliest channels, this is Sub5000 TV.
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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A huge thank you to everyone who has chosen to subscribe to my Acorn nonsense on YouTube, there are 2,250 of you now, for which I feel immensely honoured. Thanks for all the likes, comments and goodwill, all of which keeps me wanting to make more videos. Have a lovely Christmas!
December 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
A huge thank you to everyone who has chosen to subscribe to my Acorn nonsense on YouTube, there are 2,250 of you now, for which I feel immensely honoured. Thanks for all the likes, comments and goodwill, all of which keeps me wanting to make more videos. Have a lovely Christmas!
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RE:Enthused has been running for 10 years, in that time i've made the first videos on several machines, cleared up bad information, helped improve emulation, made open-source parts and quit once
I came back because of the people who watch my videos, thanks to all of you.
www.youtube.com/@reenthused
I came back because of the people who watch my videos, thanks to all of you.
www.youtube.com/@reenthused
December 20, 2025 at 10:07 AM
RE:Enthused has been running for 10 years, in that time i've made the first videos on several machines, cleared up bad information, helped improve emulation, made open-source parts and quit once
I came back because of the people who watch my videos, thanks to all of you.
www.youtube.com/@reenthused
I came back because of the people who watch my videos, thanks to all of you.
www.youtube.com/@reenthused
I made a video, as I occasionally do. This one is about the world of email before we all started using Internet email, in particular company group mail.
youtu.be/czpiHZPyxLU
youtu.be/czpiHZPyxLU
E-Mail before the Internet
YouTube video by RetroBytes
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 9:45 AM
I made a video, as I occasionally do. This one is about the world of email before we all started using Internet email, in particular company group mail.
youtu.be/czpiHZPyxLU
youtu.be/czpiHZPyxLU
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We're going to do it all over again! Very excited to announce RetroFest 2026 to be held at Swindon's STEAM museum on the 30th/31st May. If you'd like to exhibit, just full in the form - and if you'd like to come, why not buy a ticket! They also make wonderful Christmas presents :) - retrofest.uk
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 PM
We're going to do it all over again! Very excited to announce RetroFest 2026 to be held at Swindon's STEAM museum on the 30th/31st May. If you'd like to exhibit, just full in the form - and if you'd like to come, why not buy a ticket! They also make wonderful Christmas presents :) - retrofest.uk
Next week many of us will all be at CFCH in Cambridge, looking forwards to seeing lots of you there. Apparently however they are almost out of tickets, so if you don't have one yet and you fancy going it might be a good to buy one.
Oh wow, this time next we'll be in full swing! Tickets for the Saturday are close to selling out - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/Re... - alternatively, Sunday will be quieter, but still the same wonderful exhibitors - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74909/re... - see you all next weekend!
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Next week many of us will all be at CFCH in Cambridge, looking forwards to seeing lots of you there. Apparently however they are almost out of tickets, so if you don't have one yet and you fancy going it might be a good to buy one.
Only 2 weeks to go until many of us will be in Cambridge talking about old games and the machines that ran them. For me I'll be spending most the weekend talking about one of the earliest beginnings of computer games, and you thought mainframes where all about business.
November 2, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Only 2 weeks to go until many of us will be in Cambridge talking about old games and the machines that ran them. For me I'll be spending most the weekend talking about one of the earliest beginnings of computer games, and you thought mainframes where all about business.
This video has taken a long time for me to put together. However I think it might be the first time a Kubernetes cluster has been used to provide file/print services to a BBC micro using Econet. youtu.be/-Hs55amrFW0?...
Because we can: Retro Stuff on Kubernetes
YouTube video by RetroBytes
youtu.be
October 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
This video has taken a long time for me to put together. However I think it might be the first time a Kubernetes cluster has been used to provide file/print services to a BBC micro using Econet. youtu.be/-Hs55amrFW0?...
Creating a new NetwareVM has proved a little bit more tricky than initially I hoped. I wanted todo a fresh install of Netware 6.5 as I wanted to see what the last version of netware was like. However it's an awkward OS driver wise, as it support some more modern hardware, but 3rd party vendors where
September 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Creating a new NetwareVM has proved a little bit more tricky than initially I hoped. I wanted todo a fresh install of Netware 6.5 as I wanted to see what the last version of netware was like. However it's an awkward OS driver wise, as it support some more modern hardware, but 3rd party vendors where
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It's just two months to go to the Retro Computer Computer Festival! Expect to see micros and consoles from the 70s, 80s and 90s running the very best of vintage and modern games. Tickets are selling fast, so grab yours here - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/re...
September 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It's just two months to go to the Retro Computer Computer Festival! Expect to see micros and consoles from the 70s, 80s and 90s running the very best of vintage and modern games. Tickets are selling fast, so grab yours here - www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/74558/re...
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It seems there's a new thing on YouTube where you can hype any video withing 7 days of it's release, so if you wouldn't mind giving it a try on my last video it might help me out and please share, cheers #RetroComputing
youtu.be/T_zFVDuRcIM
youtu.be/T_zFVDuRcIM
J'adore l'ordinateur: The Thomson MO6
YouTube video by Re:Enthused
youtu.be
September 13, 2025 at 9:12 AM
It seems there's a new thing on YouTube where you can hype any video withing 7 days of it's release, so if you wouldn't mind giving it a try on my last video it might help me out and please share, cheers #RetroComputing
youtu.be/T_zFVDuRcIM
youtu.be/T_zFVDuRcIM
Exciting things happening in the world of pdp.
Progress on the new #PiDP-1 (logically, the new PDP-1 replica) is sufficient to open a Hackaday project page for it: hackaday.io/project/2025...
One more month, is the idea, and then it is done! Angelo and I will be doing a two-week sprint that should tie up all the loose ends in April.
One more month, is the idea, and then it is done! Angelo and I will be doing a two-week sprint that should tie up all the loose ends in April.
Replica of the PDP-1: PiDP-1
The DEC PDP-1 was, in many ways, at the root of modern computing: interactive - with keyboard and graphics display. It spawned spacewar, the very first computer video game; teco, the first text editor...
hackaday.io
September 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Exciting things happening in the world of pdp.
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A new book about the PiDP-10, and what you can do with it. www.qsl.net/zl3dw/PiDP-1...
August 24, 2025 at 3:53 AM
A new book about the PiDP-10, and what you can do with it. www.qsl.net/zl3dw/PiDP-1...
Just finished my final calling gig as part of Whitby Folk Week, I am wiped out, but very happy. I've had a great set of bands I got to work with, Out of Hand, Banter, and Tenpenny bit, all putting in great performances. The fact we ended on a 48bar jib version of the NextGen theme made me v happy.
August 23, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Just finished my final calling gig as part of Whitby Folk Week, I am wiped out, but very happy. I've had a great set of bands I got to work with, Out of Hand, Banter, and Tenpenny bit, all putting in great performances. The fact we ended on a 48bar jib version of the NextGen theme made me v happy.
Great first night in whtiby, ready enjoyed tonight ceilidh, really looking forward to tomorrow night's gig.
August 18, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Great first night in whtiby, ready enjoyed tonight ceilidh, really looking forward to tomorrow night's gig.
An incredible video from Matt, it makes you appreciate the effort that went in to making somthing we saw as a relatively cheap commodity item at the time.
So for the last 3 months, I decided to dive head first into the mouth of madness. Enjoy!
I Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch
youtu.be/TBiFGhnXsh8
I Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch
youtu.be/TBiFGhnXsh8
I Made a Floppy Disk from Scratch
YouTube video by polymatt
youtu.be
August 10, 2025 at 10:13 PM
An incredible video from Matt, it makes you appreciate the effort that went in to making somthing we saw as a relatively cheap commodity item at the time.
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We’re almost halfway to our total in our campaign for our short #SciFi #film #InTheAlgorithmWeTrust.
The film is based in a near future dystopian UK where the governments use of AI has gone too far
Back us and/or share the campaign to help get our film made www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
The film is based in a near future dystopian UK where the governments use of AI has gone too far
Back us and/or share the campaign to help get our film made www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
In the algorithm we trust
A short sci-fi dark comedy about a near future dystopian world. | Check out 'In the algorithm we trust' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
July 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
We’re almost halfway to our total in our campaign for our short #SciFi #film #InTheAlgorithmWeTrust.
The film is based in a near future dystopian UK where the governments use of AI has gone too far
Back us and/or share the campaign to help get our film made www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
The film is based in a near future dystopian UK where the governments use of AI has gone too far
Back us and/or share the campaign to help get our film made www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
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Just 2 days left in our campaign to raise funds for our short #SciFi #film #InTheAlgorithmWeTrust.
The film is based in a near future dystopian UK where the governments use of AI has gone too far
Back us and/or share the campaign to help get our film made www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
The film is based in a near future dystopian UK where the governments use of AI has gone too far
Back us and/or share the campaign to help get our film made www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
In the algorithm we trust
A short sci-fi dark comedy about a near future dystopian world. | Check out 'In the algorithm we trust' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
July 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Just 2 days left in our campaign to raise funds for our short #SciFi #film #InTheAlgorithmWeTrust.
The film is based in a near future dystopian UK where the governments use of AI has gone too far
Back us and/or share the campaign to help get our film made www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
The film is based in a near future dystopian UK where the governments use of AI has gone too far
Back us and/or share the campaign to help get our film made www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
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After 6 months of updates, the new Retro.Directory 2.0 is now live packed with loads of exciting updates, features and improvements...
youtu.be/85RFeX76Hv8
youtu.be/85RFeX76Hv8
Explore the new features in Retro.Directory V2.0
YouTube video by RobSmithDev
youtu.be
July 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
After 6 months of updates, the new Retro.Directory 2.0 is now live packed with loads of exciting updates, features and improvements...
youtu.be/85RFeX76Hv8
youtu.be/85RFeX76Hv8
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Look, I know. It's a difficult time, finances aren't great, multiple shiny retro products have popped up.
Maybe you're a huge AI fan and don't want to fund a film that takes a bit of a swipe against it?
But hey, help us get #InTheAlgorithmWeTrust made
www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
#Film
Maybe you're a huge AI fan and don't want to fund a film that takes a bit of a swipe against it?
But hey, help us get #InTheAlgorithmWeTrust made
www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
#Film
In the algorithm we trust
A short sci-fi dark comedy about a near future dystopian world. | Check out 'In the algorithm we trust' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
July 19, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Look, I know. It's a difficult time, finances aren't great, multiple shiny retro products have popped up.
Maybe you're a huge AI fan and don't want to fund a film that takes a bit of a swipe against it?
But hey, help us get #InTheAlgorithmWeTrust made
www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
#Film
Maybe you're a huge AI fan and don't want to fund a film that takes a bit of a swipe against it?
But hey, help us get #InTheAlgorithmWeTrust made
www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
#Film
We all know about cisco & many of us have probably been told its origin story. About how a husband & wife team invented the router while at Stanford, then started cisco. The only problem is thats not entirely what happened, it's more a tail of intellectual property theft
youtu.be/NXTdwzjiW7E?...
youtu.be/NXTdwzjiW7E?...
Cisco: The history you didn't hear
YouTube video by RetroBytes
youtu.be
July 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
We all know about cisco & many of us have probably been told its origin story. About how a husband & wife team invented the router while at Stanford, then started cisco. The only problem is thats not entirely what happened, it's more a tail of intellectual property theft
youtu.be/NXTdwzjiW7E?...
youtu.be/NXTdwzjiW7E?...
I can't think of a better team to make this film. If you've not seen their short film, control (m.imdb.com/title/tt1416...), go check it out. Then I suspect you may want to help them make thier new film, I did.
July 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I can't think of a better team to make this film. If you've not seen their short film, control (m.imdb.com/title/tt1416...), go check it out. Then I suspect you may want to help them make thier new film, I did.
This is one to tick off the "Well I never thought that would happen" list.
https://postly.click/rwW/ This week, we’re joined by John from the awesome YouTube channel RetroBytes - a creator who dives into the obscure corners of computing history.
July 13, 2025 at 6:52 PM
This is one to tick off the "Well I never thought that would happen" list.
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I'm currently crowdfunding for our new sci-fi short, In the Algorithm we trust.
We're 18% there with 20 days left and have several early bird perks left.
Indie film needs your help, please share
#InTheAlgorithmWeTrust #Film #Sci-Fi #Crowdfunding #plsShare
www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
We're 18% there with 20 days left and have several early bird perks left.
Indie film needs your help, please share
#InTheAlgorithmWeTrust #Film #Sci-Fi #Crowdfunding #plsShare
www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
In the algorithm we trust
A short sci-fi dark comedy about a near future dystopian United Kingdom. | Check out 'In the algorithm we trust' on Indiegogo.
www.indiegogo.com
July 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
I'm currently crowdfunding for our new sci-fi short, In the Algorithm we trust.
We're 18% there with 20 days left and have several early bird perks left.
Indie film needs your help, please share
#InTheAlgorithmWeTrust #Film #Sci-Fi #Crowdfunding #plsShare
www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...
We're 18% there with 20 days left and have several early bird perks left.
Indie film needs your help, please share
#InTheAlgorithmWeTrust #Film #Sci-Fi #Crowdfunding #plsShare
www.indiegogo.com/projects/in-...