Trixter
@oldskool.org
I'm an oldskool gamer, coder, and demoscener. Co-created mobygames. I make videos about vintage computing at http://youtube.com/TheOldskoolPC . Existential nihilist.
1991. Presented without context 😄
January 8, 2026 at 12:34 AM
1991. Presented without context 😄
You could say I'm a fan of Quarterdeck.
January 5, 2026 at 10:06 PM
You could say I'm a fan of Quarterdeck.
Found DOS in Outer Worlds 2! Well, a mish-mosh of DOS, dosbox, mis-typing an SBLASTER variable, ping, CHKDSK, and other stuff. But very cute to see on the display.
January 1, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Found DOS in Outer Worlds 2! Well, a mish-mosh of DOS, dosbox, mis-typing an SBLASTER variable, ping, CHKDSK, and other stuff. But very cute to see on the display.
This took me all weekend. I'm extremely happy with the result, but I'm likely never doing this again.
December 8, 2025 at 3:05 AM
This took me all weekend. I'm extremely happy with the result, but I'm likely never doing this again.
Putting together a short dos trivia quiz video for a holiday event with friends. 10 questions from easy to tough. Assuming it goes well, I'll post it to my YouTube channel afterwards.
As usual, I'm over-engineering the thing. 😕 Have spent 10+ hours in production thus far.
As usual, I'm over-engineering the thing. 😕 Have spent 10+ hours in production thus far.
December 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Putting together a short dos trivia quiz video for a holiday event with friends. 10 questions from easy to tough. Assuming it goes well, I'll post it to my YouTube channel afterwards.
As usual, I'm over-engineering the thing. 😕 Have spent 10+ hours in production thus far.
As usual, I'm over-engineering the thing. 😕 Have spent 10+ hours in production thus far.
The google doodle today for Thanksgiving doesn't lead to a history article, a historical figure, food recipes, or anything heartwarming: It leads directly to AI-generated thanksgiving "suggestions".
Google doing this for a holiday meant to celebrate human connections is outrageously tone-deaf.
Google doing this for a holiday meant to celebrate human connections is outrageously tone-deaf.
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The google doodle today for Thanksgiving doesn't lead to a history article, a historical figure, food recipes, or anything heartwarming: It leads directly to AI-generated thanksgiving "suggestions".
Google doing this for a holiday meant to celebrate human connections is outrageously tone-deaf.
Google doing this for a holiday meant to celebrate human connections is outrageously tone-deaf.
Choosing to spend my evening disassembling a rare PCjr cartridge ROM (JrVideo, supposedly speeds up PCjr video routines) while consuming pizza and caffeine.
Reliving my youth, or retrocomputing like a boss? I choose to view it as the latter.
Reliving my youth, or retrocomputing like a boss? I choose to view it as the latter.
November 23, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Choosing to spend my evening disassembling a rare PCjr cartridge ROM (JrVideo, supposedly speeds up PCjr video routines) while consuming pizza and caffeine.
Reliving my youth, or retrocomputing like a boss? I choose to view it as the latter.
Reliving my youth, or retrocomputing like a boss? I choose to view it as the latter.
Writing my own disk drive cleaning program today because I don't like how other programs do it. (Mine uses a butterfly pattern, and only runs for 20 seconds, because that should be long enough to unjam any gunk from the heads.)
November 22, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Writing my own disk drive cleaning program today because I don't like how other programs do it. (Mine uses a butterfly pattern, and only runs for 20 seconds, because that should be long enough to unjam any gunk from the heads.)
I honestly can't tell if people are too unobservant/ignorant/stupid to notice things are wrong, or if they just don't care. Coca-Cola produced an AI-generated ad where the trucks aren't real in any universe. And there's this bit of irony from archive.org where the iPad is held screen outward.
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I honestly can't tell if people are too unobservant/ignorant/stupid to notice things are wrong, or if they just don't care. Coca-Cola produced an AI-generated ad where the trucks aren't real in any universe. And there's this bit of irony from archive.org where the iPad is held screen outward.
One of the advantages of cataloging your software collection is that you can plot distributions like this.
Many people are surprised when they see how early my collection skews. Well, I started collecting early, and find+archive stuff that hasn't been archived yet. And that's mostly early titles.
Many people are surprised when they see how early my collection skews. Well, I started collecting early, and find+archive stuff that hasn't been archived yet. And that's mostly early titles.
November 4, 2025 at 5:46 AM
One of the advantages of cataloging your software collection is that you can plot distributions like this.
Many people are surprised when they see how early my collection skews. Well, I started collecting early, and find+archive stuff that hasn't been archived yet. And that's mostly early titles.
Many people are surprised when they see how early my collection skews. Well, I started collecting early, and find+archive stuff that hasn't been archived yet. And that's mostly early titles.
I'm not seeing what you're seeing. Are you at the right URL?
October 31, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I'm not seeing what you're seeing. Are you at the right URL?
New video in the works. 8 hours of editing (and counting) for a subject I've been wanting to make a video on for a few years now.
Protip: Learn Premiere shortcuts. It is much faster to cut/insert/overwrite/ripple/etc with the keyboard. You can go minutes at a time without having to touch the mouse.
Protip: Learn Premiere shortcuts. It is much faster to cut/insert/overwrite/ripple/etc with the keyboard. You can go minutes at a time without having to touch the mouse.
October 24, 2025 at 3:29 AM
New video in the works. 8 hours of editing (and counting) for a subject I've been wanting to make a video on for a few years now.
Protip: Learn Premiere shortcuts. It is much faster to cut/insert/overwrite/ripple/etc with the keyboard. You can go minutes at a time without having to touch the mouse.
Protip: Learn Premiere shortcuts. It is much faster to cut/insert/overwrite/ripple/etc with the keyboard. You can go minutes at a time without having to touch the mouse.
While I wait for #VCFMW video proxy generation, thought I would touch actual vintage hardware for a change. With the help of @necroware.bsky.social nwX287 RTC module, one of my Dell 316sx's has functional CMOS again. Found 2 more 1mb simms and an old version of memtest86 to verify the configuration.
September 28, 2025 at 10:17 PM
While I wait for #VCFMW video proxy generation, thought I would touch actual vintage hardware for a change. With the help of @necroware.bsky.social nwX287 RTC module, one of my Dell 316sx's has functional CMOS again. Found 2 more 1mb simms and an old version of memtest86 to verify the configuration.
Here's a quick example: The first image is the full UHD frame, the second is a 1280x720 1:1 pixel crop of the light cycles. Their film stock had more resolution than the source frames; scanned at 4K, you can now finally see the fine detail of individual pixels. Had no idea that detail was there!
September 25, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Here's a quick example: The first image is the full UHD frame, the second is a 1280x720 1:1 pixel crop of the light cycles. Their film stock had more resolution than the source frames; scanned at 4K, you can now finally see the fine detail of individual pixels. Had no idea that detail was there!
Space Racer (1988)! One of many PC titles that inspired my hobby path.
September 16, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Space Racer (1988)! One of many PC titles that inspired my hobby path.
Discord added "server tags", custom 4-character labels + icon, for allowing members of a server to represent that server everywhere on Discord.
Almost everyone I have seen on Discord doing this have tags that redirect to *private* servers. Trying to view them shows nothing.
"YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG"
Almost everyone I have seen on Discord doing this have tags that redirect to *private* servers. Trying to view them shows nothing.
"YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG"
July 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Discord added "server tags", custom 4-character labels + icon, for allowing members of a server to represent that server everywhere on Discord.
Almost everyone I have seen on Discord doing this have tags that redirect to *private* servers. Trying to view them shows nothing.
"YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG"
Almost everyone I have seen on Discord doing this have tags that redirect to *private* servers. Trying to view them shows nothing.
"YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG"
I can't remember the last time I had absolutely nothing scheduled for a day.
Maybe today is the day I finally spend some time working on myself, envisioning how I want the rest of my life to play out.
Maybe today is the day I finally spend some time working on myself, envisioning how I want the rest of my life to play out.
June 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
I can't remember the last time I had absolutely nothing scheduled for a day.
Maybe today is the day I finally spend some time working on myself, envisioning how I want the rest of my life to play out.
Maybe today is the day I finally spend some time working on myself, envisioning how I want the rest of my life to play out.
Did not expect to get nerd-sniped this hard catching a glimpse of this Dua Lipa music video ("Dance the night"). Those aren't just random squares in the background: They're standard calibration color charts -- but Barbie-themed in color and lettering. Kudos to the creative team for this inside joke!
March 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Did not expect to get nerd-sniped this hard catching a glimpse of this Dua Lipa music video ("Dance the night"). Those aren't just random squares in the background: They're standard calibration color charts -- but Barbie-themed in color and lettering. Kudos to the creative team for this inside joke!
Does anyone like my videos, and would like to see more of them after a year-long hiatus?
I hope so, because I'm finishing up a documentary I've been working on for the past 6 months about one of the rarest PC sound cards.
A passion project; I'll be okay if nobody sees it. But I have to finish it.
I hope so, because I'm finishing up a documentary I've been working on for the past 6 months about one of the rarest PC sound cards.
A passion project; I'll be okay if nobody sees it. But I have to finish it.
February 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Does anyone like my videos, and would like to see more of them after a year-long hiatus?
I hope so, because I'm finishing up a documentary I've been working on for the past 6 months about one of the rarest PC sound cards.
A passion project; I'll be okay if nobody sees it. But I have to finish it.
I hope so, because I'm finishing up a documentary I've been working on for the past 6 months about one of the rarest PC sound cards.
A passion project; I'll be okay if nobody sees it. But I have to finish it.
Was finally able to acquire a sealed copy. Start of a long history of desktop video production (and dabbling in writing codecs) for me that continues to this day.
Gratuitous nerd-sniping: MS Video 1, Indeo, Cinepak
If I hadn't been successful in Unix, I would have loved being in video production.
Gratuitous nerd-sniping: MS Video 1, Indeo, Cinepak
If I hadn't been successful in Unix, I would have loved being in video production.
February 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Was finally able to acquire a sealed copy. Start of a long history of desktop video production (and dabbling in writing codecs) for me that continues to this day.
Gratuitous nerd-sniping: MS Video 1, Indeo, Cinepak
If I hadn't been successful in Unix, I would have loved being in video production.
Gratuitous nerd-sniping: MS Video 1, Indeo, Cinepak
If I hadn't been successful in Unix, I would have loved being in video production.
Despite these, I have caught COVID-19 three times.
January 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Despite these, I have caught COVID-19 three times.