Goodness! 1981/82 weren’t great years for games on the #ibmpc but in 1983, addictive #games were shaping up. Loads of classic conversions were being made from the arcades as well as some PC originals. Here are the top ten games of 1983. I also list off some great runners-up.
Month: April 2020
IBM PC – The first games ’81-’91: Part 2 (1982)
In the last video, 1981 covered mainly basic text games. A little later, IBM came along with the CGA (Color Graphics Adapter) and made it possible to make games with graphics. Here’s the top best games of 1982 in a true countdown style!
IBM PC – The first games ’81-’91: Part 1 (1981)
The IBM PC launched in 1981. Until its release, many people hadn’t programmed for the Intel 8086 architecture, so there weren’t many games to go on day one, for IBM’s ‘business machine’. But that didn’t stop a few fledgling games companies starting up and beginning what became a multi-billion dollar industry in PC games. This is the year where it all began. First in a ten-part series, find out about the beginnings of gaming on the PC.
How to set up a retro DOS PC to use the web, IRC chat, email, twitter, connect to BBS’s and more!
In this video I show you how to set up networking using a packet driver and mTCP. After that it’s over to showcasing some of the ways to get apps such as telnetd on a Linux box to give you email, twitter, reddit, rss, video and more. Then there’s the native mTCP apps such as IRC; an FTP server, an FTP client, a telnet client (for you to connect to your Linux box with) and more. Finally, there’s a harkening back to the days pre-internet with BBS’s. I’ll show you how to connect to BBS’s via telnet.
Zoom Security Update
The popular video conferencing software, Zoom, has been subject to zero-day exploits and has also been leaking personal information. There’s an update out here, however, even after the update, the default settings may still be a little too lax for most users. This video shows you how to perform the update (April 3rd 2020), as well as change your settings to ensure your privacy and security.