Channel Title: The Serial Port Channel Description: The Serial Port is a virtual museum that highlights technology and people we find interesting from years gone by. We strive to preserve history of all types, both physical and digital as well as through the innumerable stories of the people that lived it. Got some retro gear to donate? Get in touch with us over email (see below "For business inquiries") or https://www.serialport.org <video> Broken to BBS: A Dell 286 Restoration Description: We restore Dell's second-ever PC model: the PC's Limited 286. There are some... sparks along the way, but we cap it off with a call into an important BBS that has been in operation since 1994. Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. 00:00 — Intro 02:08 — Cleanup and first power-on 03:27 — Disassembly 07:15 — Power supply 13:12 — Motherboard 14:32 — Reassembly 17:25 — Repairing the damage 18:48 — Reassembly continued 20:29 — First boot 21:11 — Terminate: The Final Terminal 22:00 — Darkrealms BBS 23:10 — Outro Huge thanks to: slowburn for the excellent "Poles Apart" Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fI6afjoevIE Listen: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/3MhRaELvKeLG2zx1Bdh4R7 seeyouthere & dontcry's relaxing "Palette" Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxekTWP632M Listen: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/6pz8MeRPTxKAfTCDOoeMWZ ...and Kinissue for the incredible "The Realization" Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7BW1SMt-D0 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/14ornWEXyfUL3S7JbRg8bX Above music provided by Lofi Girl. As well as Mars Wind for their album "She Is My Subwoofer" https://www.illformed.org </video> <video> Discovering retro tech heaven at VCFMW 2024 Description: Mark met up with @clabretro to attend and explore the incredible VCFMW 19 festival in Schaumburg, IL. Featuring dozens of exhibits and sellers, this was retro tech paradise! Be sure to check out https://protoweb.org. And hello to: Ron from @RonsCompVids Kevin from @yyzkevin416 and Jim from @TheOldskoolPC #retrotech #festival Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. Our second channel:@TheParallelPort </video> <video> We brought back the internet's first search engine Description: We continue our quest to find and bring back Archie, the internet's first search engine. PART 1: https://youtu.be/d149l7SLLXA Visit and search our Archie server: https://archie.serialport.org The original Archie documentation: https://files.serialport.org/archie/archie-3.5-docs/ Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. Our second channel: @TheParallelPort #internet #90s #search Huge thanks to: Kinissue for the incredible "The Realization" Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7BW1SMt-D0 Listen: https://open.spotify.com/intl-fr/album/14ornWEXyfUL3S7JbRg8bX Above music provided by Lofi Girl. References: Emtage, Alan. (2024). Interview conducted by Serial Port. Landweber, L. H. & ISOC. Archie Servers Map. https://web.archive.org/web/19990427063637/http://www.bunyip.com/products/archie/world/servers.html Friedlander, David & NASA/GSFC. (1996). Photo of Sun tape. Smith, R. J. & Gibbs, M. (1993). Navigating the Internet. Sams. NapoliRoma (2011). Sun SPARCstation 20 workstation, with plenty of stickers. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sun_SPARCstation_20.JPG </video> <video> How a shell script became the world's first search engine Description: The curious story of how a college student wrote a shell script and ended up changing the Internet. We take a look at the anonymous FTP search engine called Archie, and find out how it disappeared just as quickly as it arrived. Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. Our second channel: @TheParallelPort 00:00 — Intro 00:45 — Resource Discovery Problem 02:27 — Mike Schwartz 05:57 — The first search engine 06:28 — Alan Emtage 15:46 — The web emerges 17:57 — Mission impossible 18:37 — Outro #internet #technology #90s References and sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTbjt6j2acrFtWZJmHqsujI2WLguOjW2rNh_mK6Rj2MEoNo_cjaY5_O5ReeqTYz-tWW9mqVzX6uCqvq/pub </video> <video> NO WIRES: How the Apple Airport Changed Everything Description: "No wires." This simple phrase from Steve Jobs during Apple Airport's debut in 1999 contained more than a decade of history behind it. Follow along as we chart the perilous and unbelievable journey of wireless networking, and hear from the people that were there during it all. Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. #apple #networking #technology 00:00 — Leap of faith 00:47 — Beginnings 02:29 — NCR 07:03 — The next decade 08:52 — 802.11b 11:28 — Apple 26:22 — Recreating the past 29:08 — Credits Huge thanks to: Bruce, Les, and Doug for their time and candidness! Computer History Museum for letting us use a portion of their Art Astrin interview conducted back in 2015. Check it out at https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102737980 References: Tuch, Bruce. (2023). Interview conducted by Serial Port. Vogel, Les. (2023). Interview conducted by Serial Port. Karl, Doug. (2024). Interview conducted by Serial Port. Lemstra, H., Hayes, V., Groenewegen, J. (2011). The innovation journey of Wi-Fi : the road to global success. Cambridge University Press. Links, C. (2003). The Spirit of Wi-Fi. Marconi video. https://www.britannica.com/video/22594/Film-footage-Italian-physicist-inventor-Guglielmo-Marconi-wireless-radio-Morse-code-1901 IEEE 802.11 Photographs. https://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Photographs/photographs.htm IEEE 802.11 Archives Documentation. https://grouper.ieee.org/groups/802/11/Documents/DocumentArchives/ The Homebrew Computer Club. Acquired by Arkive (2022). https://arkive.net/gallery/homebrew-computer-club Scholtz, R. A. (1982). The Origin of Spread-Spectrum Communications. IEEE VOCAL Technologies. 802.11b White Paper. </video> <video> TWISTED: The dramatic history of twisted-pair Ethernet Description: The simple and ubiquitous RJ-45. Unshielded twisted-pair wire. How did we end up using these for Ethernet? We wanted to find out, and it took us on a decade-long journey. Also check out our previous video on early Ethernet: https://youtu.be/Hvqv9QcTcfA Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. Our second channel: @TheParallelPort 00:00 — Intro 00:53 — Coax 02:29 — 1983 10:37 — StarLAN 13:24 — Harder, better, faster, stronger 16:47 — The problem with UTP 26:32 — Predecessors 27:22 — Outro #networking #ethernet #netro References: Bennett, Richard. (2024). Interview conducted by Serial Port. Thaler, Patricia. (2024). Interview conducted by Serial Port. Schmidt, R. V. (1988). Developing Ethernet Capability on Unshielded Twisted Pair. Telecommunications. Brandt, R. B. (1988). STARLAN: Local-area networking on Twisted-Pair Wiring. AT&T Technology. Stix, G. (1988). Telephone wiring: a conduit for networking standards. IEEE Spectrum. Historical AT&T footage from https://www.youtube.com/@ATTTechChannel Barney, C. (1984). AT&T Bares Bargain Net for Offices. ElectronicsWeek. Vol 57. Computer Networks. (1985). Stewart Cheifet Productions. IEEE standards for local area networks. (1988). IEEE. IEEE standards for local area networks. (1990). IEEE. Motorola Dynatrac 8000X commercial from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HiOvOqkKVkE </video> <video> DIAL-UP goes DIGITAL: Setting up PRI for the TOTAL CONTROL - ISP Ep 7 Description: The Serial Port dial-up ISP breaches the digital frontier as we setup and configure PRI for the Total Control. The Total Control origin story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioA_7kocXTI Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. Our second channel: @TheParallelPort #internet #retrotech #90s #isp 00:00 — Intro 01:23 — Talking with Krish 05:15 — Bryan's homegrown ISP 09:57 — PRI 15:12 — Configuring the Cisco IAD 17:07 — Configuring the Total Control 20:19 — Testing 23:19 — The digital frontier 24:03 — Outro References: Krishnan, Tatai. (2024). Interview conducted by Serial Port. Wann, Bryan. (2024). Interview conducted by Serial Port. Gast, M. (2001). T1: A Survival Guide. O'Reilly. Understanding How Digital T1 CAS (Robbed Bit Signaling) Works in IOS Gateways. (2007). Cisco. https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/support/docs/voice/digital-cas/22444-t1-cas-ios.html </video> <video> We found an ABANDONED Dial-up ISP! #shorts Description: Full video on our second channel: @TheParallelPort #retro #modem #90s </video> <video> EXPANDING THE ETHER: The invention of the network bridge Description: We discover where all of our Ethernet switches came from: the groundbreaking DEC LAN Bridge 100. Big thanks to Mitch over at http://www.keyways.com for lending us a working LAN Bridge! Check out their website to see their inventory of over **70,000** devices from DEC and beyond. Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. Our second channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheParallelPort #retrotech #networking #80s 00:00 — Intro 00:42 — Beginnings 01:33 — Thicknet 04:48 — Tapping into 10BASE5 07:13 — The limitations 09:24 — The Broadband Project 12:52 — Spanning Tree Protocol 15:22 — Trying out the LAN Bridge 100 18:34 — Looking inside 20:02 — The legacy References: Reed, John. (2024). Interview conducted by Serial Port. Kirby, A. (2024). Email correspondence. Kempf, M. (2024). Email correspondence. Burg, U. V. (2001). The Triumph of Ethernet. Stanford University Press. Perlman, R. (2000). Interconnections, Second Edition.on Wesley Longman, Inc. Perlman, R. (1985). An Algorithm for Distributed Computation of a Spanning Tree in an Extended LAN. SIGCOMM '85: Proceedings of the ninth symposium on Data communications. Perlman, R. (2022). Reddit IAmA. https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/xl6cc4/comment/ipiehr2/ Varghese, G. The Story of Bridging. UC San Diego. https://cseweb.ucsd.edu/~varghese/TEACH/cs123/bridging.pdf Digital Technical Journal, Number 3. (1986). Digital Equipment Corporation. Kirby, A. (2024). How Engineers at Digital Equipment Corp. Saved Ethernet. https://spectrum.ieee.org/how-dec-engineers-saved-ethernet Ethernet Design Rules. Boston Technology. http://jkob.fizyka.umk.pl/_downloads/TechBrief1_P1.pdf History of Networking: How Bridging Saved Ethernet. Packet Pushers. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6xbEv9AJ0E Interview with Radia Perlman by Steven Johnson | Hidden Heroes. Netguru. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dn2HRz_rtZI Resources: Dicklyon (1977). CC-BY-SA 4.0. Xerox PARC in 1977.jpg. Xerox PARC Archives. Photo of Xerox Alto computers. Joe Mabel (2014). CC-BY-SA 3.0. DEC VAX 11-780-5 - 01.jpg. Telegram & Gazette (1985). A picture of Digital headquarters in Maynard from 1985. Loz Pycock (2009). CC-BY-SA 3.0. DEC PDP-11 Minicomputer in extended variant (edited).jpg Microsoft Research. Photo of C. Gordon Bell. Internet Hall of Fame 2014: Radia Perlman (2014). CC-BY. Imagining the Digital Future Center. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3zJuMht5Kk Kempf, M. (1986). US Patent 4,597,078. https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/f0/2d/88/3f0b8258701fb2/US4597078.pdf </video> <video> How to tap a 10BASE5 coax cable #shorts Description: A 40-year DEC veteran shows us how to tap a 10BASE5 ethernet coax cable #networking #80s #retrotech </video> <video> Rescuing the TOTAL CONTROL from an abandoned dialup ISP Description: We rescue a 3Com (US Robotics) Total Control terminal server from an abandoned ISP and dive deep into its history. PART 2: https://youtu.be/GQ0KTtMQ_8s The story of how we found the Total Control: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_mzSlql2l8 #internet #retrotech #90s #isp Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. Our second channel: @TheParallelPort </video> <video> Publishing web pages at VCF East 2024 Description: We headed up to Wall, NJ for VCF East 2024! This was our first year exhibiting and we brought along a complete web page pipeline from Microsoft FrontPage 98 to the Cobalt RaQ server appliance. Check out the Unofficial Guide we made for VCF East 2024... 1998 style: https://raq.serialport.org/vcfeast2024/ Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. Our second channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheParallelPort Music: I'm So by Andrew Applepie https://soundcloud.com/andrewapplepie/im-so </video> <video> CABLETRON: Early 90s networking hubs Description: We check out the legendary Cabletron MMAC networking hubs, try to get one working, and see if we can monitor it using modern software. Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. Our second channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheParallelPort #networking #retrotech </video> <video> Setting up a retro multi-node BBS on OS/2 Warp Description: Follow along as we revisit our roots and setup a multi-node Renegade BBS on OS/2 Warp 3! Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. Our second channel: https://www.youtube.com/@TheParallelPort #bbs #ibm #retro 00:00 — The BBS Dream 01:02 — The Reality 02:28 — OS/2 05:52 — FOSSIL and SIO 10:22 — Renegade 13:21 — Setting up the nodes 16:24 — Outro Huge thanks to: Sleeps-Darkly (2022) - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DEC_Rainbow_100_at_RE-PC_Recycled_Computers_and_Peripherals,_Seattle,_Washington.png https://defacto2.net for ANSI art S N U G for the luscious "Purple Skies": Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5mJ7o_AQmQ Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/2nivV1pgFdEoGRwQmSjsRj Above music provided by Lofi Girl. </video> <video> Configuring RADIUS for a dial-up ISP - ISP Series Episode 6 Description: We dive into the world of RADIUS and set up user access control for our dial-up ISP. Want more content like this? Support our mission! Send us a Super Thanks and check out our Patreon + Discord community: https://www.patreon.com/serialport Got some retro gear you want to donate? Get in touch with us at serialport.org. Our second channel: @TheParallelPort #internet #isp #90s 00:00 — Intro 00:36 — AAA 02:29 — Brian Lloyd 04:08 — Livingston RADIUS 08:15 — Modern RADIUS applications 08:46 — Trying out early RADIUS 14:47 — FreeRADIUS 16:36 — Patreon Portal Huge thanks to: Downtown Binary for the magical "Astral" Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bC__mwZ6EQ Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/1uGa6ryU3GodJXBlFCAqNj?si=qWn-JoZzRUebT3PBIMA_qw ...and S N U G for the lush "Purple Skies" Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5mJ7o_AQmQ Listen: https://open.spotify.com/album/2nivV1pgFdEoGRwQmSjsRj Above music provided by Lofi Girl. References: Lloyd, Brian. (2023). Interview conducted by Serial Port. Hassell, J. (2003). RADIUS: Securing Public Access to Private Resources. O'Reilly Media. The Internet. (1995). Stewart Cheifet Productions. Gilster, P. (1993). The Internet Navigator. Wiley. Merit Network Inc Press Conference photo. (1987). Bentley Historical Library. Merit Network photos. https://www.merit.edu/about/history/ Vollbrecht, J. (2006). The Beginnings and History of RADIUS. https://www.interlinknetworks.com/app_notes/History%20of%20RADIUS.pdf Aupperle, E. M. (1998). Merit — Who, What, and Why. Library Hi Tech, Vol. 16, No. 1. </video>

Contacts and Links

Description

The Serial Port is a virtual museum that highlights technology and people we find interesting from years gone by. We strive to preserve history of all types, both physical and digital as well as through the innumerable stories of the people that lived it.

Got some retro gear to donate? Get in touch with us over email (see below "For business inquiries") or https://www.serialport.org

Videos from channel