Rich's Random Retro Reviews
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I attempt to make YouTube videos on random retro tech that I lusted after or had chance to use when I was younger. Still learning so be gentle ;)
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Oh my! Take care of yourself bud!!
November 28, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Oh my! Take care of yourself bud!!
I love the way they have the acronym but then have to explain what it means...
November 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I love the way they have the acronym but then have to explain what it means...
Oh man - you got one!! SWEET! Gonna enjoy this!
November 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Oh man - you got one!! SWEET! Gonna enjoy this!
This is genius
November 26, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This is genius
If she was my aunt I'd be 'Please don't touch my screen'
November 26, 2025 at 3:32 PM
If she was my aunt I'd be 'Please don't touch my screen'
Ours is Droid 6 - that's my partners nickname from work.
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Ours is Droid 6 - that's my partners nickname from work.
Same - when I lived with my sister, our SSID was PIE!!! Lol. Don't ask me why.
November 25, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Same - when I lived with my sister, our SSID was PIE!!! Lol. Don't ask me why.
I realised that the colour of the menu bar on my PowerBook G4 had a little red in it and that's OK!! It's _supposed_ to be like that! I've been trying to track down a none existent issue, or an issue of my own making!! I'm still not happy with the amount of green but it's way better than it was!
November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I realised that the colour of the menu bar on my PowerBook G4 had a little red in it and that's OK!! It's _supposed_ to be like that! I've been trying to track down a none existent issue, or an issue of my own making!! I'm still not happy with the amount of green but it's way better than it was!
So I started messing with the RGB values. It hadn't occurred to me before to open up a screenshot from another Mac to compare the colour of say the menu bar, no I was eye balling it. I got something that looked grey that I was pleased with, but white was a bit green. After opening up a screenshot...
November 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
So I started messing with the RGB values. It hadn't occurred to me before to open up a screenshot from another Mac to compare the colour of say the menu bar, no I was eye balling it. I got something that looked grey that I was pleased with, but white was a bit green. After opening up a screenshot...
A really helpful chap on Discord was helping me try to dial in the settings on the OSSC and I learned a lot, including what the clock and phase was - something I didn't understand on my original scaler. So once I got that dialled in, I started working on the colour. The image was always too pink.
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A really helpful chap on Discord was helping me try to dial in the settings on the OSSC and I learned a lot, including what the clock and phase was - something I didn't understand on my original scaler. So once I got that dialled in, I started working on the colour. The image was always too pink.
So I can't use it at boot. It is fantastically posh and can do things like capture over HTTP, but it doesn't do what I want it to do. So back to the drawing board. I bought an OSSC which has amazing image quality, but requires far too much hand holding. So today I've gone back to my old VGA scaler
November 25, 2025 at 5:17 PM
So I can't use it at boot. It is fantastically posh and can do things like capture over HTTP, but it doesn't do what I want it to do. So back to the drawing board. I bought an OSSC which has amazing image quality, but requires far too much hand holding. So today I've gone back to my old VGA scaler
Aw! Poor little monster. Give her a squeeze from me.
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Aw! Poor little monster. Give her a squeeze from me.
Did you leave your old router with your providers name/SSID? That's always the first thing I used to change. That way you don't need to go round changing stuff. Also I hate the way they're listed like 'PLUSNET-2GW8' or whatever. No my SSID is what *I* want it to be!
November 25, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Did you leave your old router with your providers name/SSID? That's always the first thing I used to change. That way you don't need to go round changing stuff. Also I hate the way they're listed like 'PLUSNET-2GW8' or whatever. No my SSID is what *I* want it to be!
So far this laptop has cost me £18 😆
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
So far this laptop has cost me £18 😆
I was watching this docking station for a while and got an offer for £10 so naturally I had to buy it. But it didn’t appear to work - it didn’t push the pin down to allow me to slide the dock slider over. Turns out I’m stupid and I was doing it wrong.
November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I was watching this docking station for a while and got an offer for £10 so naturally I had to buy it. But it didn’t appear to work - it didn’t push the pin down to allow me to slide the dock slider over. Turns out I’m stupid and I was doing it wrong.
I knew holding onto my 2x512MB DDR2 sticks of RAM from my old MacBook would pay one day!!
November 24, 2025 at 8:40 AM
I knew holding onto my 2x512MB DDR2 sticks of RAM from my old MacBook would pay one day!!
Calculator in 9.2.2
November 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Calculator in 9.2.2
Wonder how long it will be before Apple gets them to pull the plug.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Wonder how long it will be before Apple gets them to pull the plug.
It boots! BeOS sees it too! Rhapsody is testing my patience.
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
It boots! BeOS sees it too! Rhapsody is testing my patience.
I forgot to mention this: it's a Twin Turbo 128+ PCI graphics card for a Power Macintosh 8600/9600. I removed the VRAM on the motherboard and installed this and....
November 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
I forgot to mention this: it's a Twin Turbo 128+ PCI graphics card for a Power Macintosh 8600/9600. I removed the VRAM on the motherboard and installed this and....
BlueSCSI FTW!
November 21, 2025 at 9:29 PM
BlueSCSI FTW!
I am doing a thing!!
November 21, 2025 at 4:42 PM
I am doing a thing!!