Al's Geek Lab Substack
Als Geek LabHi, I’m Al, and I run a YouTube channel called Al’s Geek Lab. I pop out videos of unique content including retro goodness – stuff like putting ancient computers on the Internet and playing classic games. Also, there’s some great documentaries & more!
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 38 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 3 months ago |
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What if Woz made all the Apple computers?
Full length video & script!
I was recently reading an article by Computer Ads from the Past, which included a 1985 interview with Steve Wozniak which was made just after Steve Jobs’ infamous departure from Apple. It got me to wondering ‘wh...
A programmable oscillator that makes going slower... faster
Recent viewers of my videos have no doubt seen that I've brought a poor old IBM XT 5160 up to the crazy heights of 96MHz via the use of an Intel Inboard 386/PC and an IBM Blue Lightning BL3.
However, I always had a sneaking suspicion that...
Microsoft’s 6502 BASIC Goes Open Source
In this article & video, I’m going to wander through its origin story, what makes the code special, and even have a hands-on peek at the source code on GitHub.
What is Microsoft 6502 BASIC v1.1?
BASIC is a high level computer language...
Full Fat DooM, on a real IBM XT?!
I promised you all a video about how I was going to stick the IBM Blue Lightning 3 chip into my XT, via the Intel Inboard. Well, due to a shortage of EPROM chips and the lack of an EPROM eraser, that hasn't happened quite yet. AliExpress to...
The XT to 386 to 486 Challenge! (Part 1)
That 4.77 MHz XT doesn't get a rest! First it became a 386-16 and now the challenge is to turn it into a 486. Can it be done?!
00:00 - Introduction
03:14 - Cyrix 486DLC
06:40 - Replacing the chip
09:26 - enabling l1 cache
12:59 -...
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Al fixes up retro hardware, makes them to crazy things they were never supposed to do, plays retro computer games and does other occasional geeky things.
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