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Patreon Vid: A Very Dirty IBM Server
Taking a look at an IBM System x3650 M2... and it's going to need a lot of help.I'll eventually have a full video where we'll completely strip down every part of this thing to get it cleaned up, then I'll see if I can get it running.
Early Vid: The Linksys WRT54G
Taking a look at some 2000s Linksys networking gear, namely the famous WRT54G. We'll flash the third-party DD-WRT firmware onto it and see what that can do, as well as setup a wireless-b wifi network.Should go live on the channel later this week!
Sun PCi II
Because the Sun PCi III wasn't painful enough... a Sun PCi II! This one was manufactured in February 2002 and shipped to Cerritos Community College in California on May 2002.I'll preemptively pull the CPU for inspection on this one. It's complete in box but was clearly used.But we'll...
Early Vid: Dell PowerEdge KVM
Having a look at (and slightly modding) a Dell PowerEdge 2161 DS-2 KVM from 2007.Video should go live on the channel this weekend.
Patreon Vid: eBay October 2023 Update
Taking a look at a few of the items I've picked up on eBay over the past month.
Early Vid: IBM ThinkCentre Windows XP Build
Cleaning up an IBM ThinkCentre A50 from the mid-2000s and getting Windows XP installed on it. We'll throw in some upgrades too.Video probably going live on the channel this evening!
SunPCi III Pro Troubleshooting
Trying to figure out what's wrong with the SunPCi III Pro. I think I've narrowed it down to hardware issues.
Nothing works!
Spent the afternoon trying to get the IBM p5 booting from iscsi without luck, so switched over to getting Solaris 8 on the v440 to test the SunPCi 3 with something other than Solaris 10 (filmed that along the way, so hopefully a patreon video about that soon). Way more roadblocks than expected, hope...
IBM System p5
Boss says we're an IBM shop now.
Patreon Vid: Sun Ray HDMI Screen Capture
Figuring out how to better capture Sun Ray output for future videos.
Early Vid: Sun Ray Thin Clients Pt.3: Using Windows
Early release of the next Sun Ray installment: using them with Windows.We'll also look at the SunPCi III Pro. I've been dreading that project, and you'll see why.Video should go live tomorrow afternoon.
More Token Ring
Slowly acquiring more token ring stuff. Not entirely sure this one will be useful, but I love how the design ties into the original physical IBM token ring connector.
Patreon Vid: Bench Monitor Improvements
Trying to improve my bench setup this Sunday afternoon.
Early Vid: Sun Fire v440
Early access to the channel's next video, going over a Sun Fire v440. We'll also write an "enterprise app" on J2EE 1.4 (from 2003!) and see how it performs on the v440.
v440 Standing Desk
Just as Sun intended.
Patreon Vid: Sun Ray 170 Unbox Fail
Unboxing a CIB Sun Ray 170 and... it's not doing so hot in there.
Early Access Vid: Unboxing InDesign 1.5 From 2001
Early access for this week's video (will probably go live on YouTube mid-week). Unboxing and installing InDesign 1.5 from 2001, as well as a little bit of discussion about John Warnock, one of Adobe's co-founders.I can't guarantee I'll always be able to show early videos on here, usu...
Token Ring Networks
I've been very slowly acquiring stuff to network some older PCs via Token Ring, a competing standard to ethernet that saw a lot of traction in enterprises in the 1980s and early 90s.Here, we have a complete in-box token ring PCI card from 3Com (a company co-founded by the inventor of ethernet, i...
v240 wowes
Back trying to get the v240 to an ok> prompt with my helper here... still no luck.
Hello!
I'm on a journey to revisit computing before the mid-2000s, usually with an enterprise hardware focus. A lot (most) of us didn't have access to these powerful (at the time) machines, so it's great to have a look at what was running the internet and businesses back then.
