Stormkeeper at Geeked Up & Played Up

So, this is the first time in a while I’ve written in this blog, and I think that I need to get into a routine where I update more frequently, especially via other means if I can’t sit at my desk for some reason, due to a flare-up of some sort! Over the last few years, I’ve started to realise that I’ve got some symptoms/traits I only somewhat recently discovered I have as part of an underlying…

The more I think about it, the more I think that I probably should “borrow” my 8TB external HDD and get everything off Zeus’ SSD and SSHD so I can wipe them and finally fix it; upgrading the CPU and graphics card (with one of the auction cards – 2x RX580s and a cut down version effectively an RX570) would be a good idea too, as it’d mean I can have a working desktop again, & free up desk space!…

I guess it might be! Anyway, the past few days I’ve been looking at stuff for the Pocket 8086 again, mainly stuff that’ll run on it, although I did put all the associated bits for it in a bigger bag, so I’ve got plenty of space now for 2 PicoMEMs, 2 Super I/O cards, 2 external serial modems and documents, a null modem cable that has 9 and 25 pin connectors at both ends, 2 micro USB cables (to…

My second sealed Cybiko Xtreme that I just received in the post earlier today! The second I saw it on eBay, I knew I needed to get it there and then, as an opportunity like that – and especially at that price – doesn’t come round that often! I’m going to leave it sealed for now, because I think that if it doesn’t touch any air outside of the seal, the batteries will have a better chance of not…

So my activity might be limited till this all passes. I’m still in the process of getting away from Twitter, but it’s a slow process because currently I haven’t been able to find everyone on Bluesky or Mastodon I’ll probably also try to deprecate Threads as well to an extent, but that’ll have to come after Twitter! I’ll probably have it so anyone who wants to follow me via threads follows my…

So, as I don’t always know when I can advance my projects, I technically have multiple ones sort of on the go, in the sense that they all das run concurrently in an overarching way, but occasionally some or all of them have to be paused until I can progress them further, with the main title features being no exception. Whilst I’ve talked about my B8088/P8086 project fairly extensively, I also…

First of all, I still have plans for the video I want to do with regards to my NAS. I’m probably going to need to keep it at 2x 1TB SSDs for the time being, till I’m able to afford the upgrade to 2TB SSDs, but at the same time, 2x 2TB SSDs currently cost a little under the price of a 16TB HDD, so I probably should just focus on those exclusively for now! I also need to work out how to reach the…

So, the first of my 16TB hard drives have arrived to be used in my new NAS, so I still need to get 3-5 more, depending on how I want to handle things; if I want to do g for RAID5, I’ll probably go with a total of 4 drives minimum to replicate my old (4 bay) NAS setup. If I want to do RAID6, I’d need a minimum of 4 drives, but would want to have 5, with both setups leaving me with 48TB of storage,…

Man, one frustrating thing about retro computing and gaming is that a lot of stuff can get pretty expensive, namely the more interesting things, but even useful things are starting to get more expensive too now! I’m in the process of dealing with multiple projects that I balance in my head, but what that basically comes down to right now is making a note of individual items I really want. I have…

So, earlier today, I received the 7 CF cards (4x 8GB, 3x 4GB) I ordered much sooner than expected (first the 8th of Jan, then the 2nd), and they all have now been labelled so I know where they’re going to be used, and did some reorganisation as well between bags. Additionally, I’m after ordering 3 CF card cases with capacity for 6 CF cards, so I can keep the default card plus the other 2 cards…

I managed to successfully test a null modem connection between my 2 Pocket 8086 laptops, which was cool, but have no idea how to fully use it between them, beyond a couple of multiplayer games, seeing as the spec is still pretty low! The Pocket 386s would open up being able to run more games and software for that sort of thing, but I do need to get a second Pocket 386 first. This is one thing…

So, this is the first time I’ve cross-posted from WordPress to Bluesky, Mastodon, and Threads, although Twitter is no longer part of that equation because you can’t cross-post to Twitter any more due to the changes made! This post also serves as a test to see if my connections all work properly; I eventually want to self-host WordPress, but that’ll be a bit later on! I was initially going to post…

New video published: "IsaacStorm: Repentance RB / Episode #08":

New video published: “IsaacStorm: Repentance RB / Episode #08” Notes: This video was originally scheduled for Sat 30/07/22. Additionally, effective immediately, all videos now have a target publish time of “25:00 hours” (01:00 of the following day, or 2 hours past 23:00). Full Geeked Up Network Schedule gaming #letsplay #thebindingofisaac #thebindingofisaacrepentance #isaacstorm…

New video published: "IsaacStorm: Repentance RB / Episode #07":

New video published: “IsaacStorm: Repentance RB / Episode #07” Notes: This video was originally scheduled for Thur 28/07/22. Additionally, effective immediately, all videos now have a target publish time of “25:00 hours” (01:00 of the following day, or 2 hours past 23:00). Full Geeked Up Network Schedule gaming #letsplay #thebindingofisaac #thebindingofisaacrepentance #isaacstorm…

New video published: "IsaacStorm: Repentance RB / Episode #06":

New video published: “IsaacStorm: Repentance RB / Episode #06” Notes: This video was originally scheduled for Tues 26/07/22. Additionally, effective immediately, all videos now have a target publish time of “25:00 hours” (01:00 of the following day, or 2 hours past 23:00). Full Geeked Up Network Schedule gaming #letsplay #thebindingofisaac #thebindingofisaacrepentance #isaacstorm…

New Blog Post "Scheduling change":

Effective immediately, all videos now have a target publish time of “25:00 hours” (think Japanese time notation) (01:00 of the following day, or 2 hours past 23:00). This announcement will be repeated on all future announcement posts for a minimum of 2 weeks. Additionally, I now provide a link to the GUN events calendar, so people are able to keep an eye on updates, in case they miss any…

New video published: “IsaacStorm: Repentance – Rebound / Episode #05”

New video published: “IsaacStorm: Repentance – Rebound / Episode #05” gaming #letsplay #thebindingofisaac #thebindingofisaacrepentance #isaacstorm #isaacstormrepentancerebound #stormkeeperpu