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Cisco 1941W and AP801 Basics (Part 1)

I recently saved a Cisco 1941W Integrated Services Router from a recycling pile for the purpose of adding another IOS 15.x capable device to my home lab stack, but as this device also has...

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Installing Windows NT 4.0 On A PowerPC

The 1990s were truly an interesting time for computing. If you were a fan of Microsoft Windows NT, you didn’t even need an Intel x86 based computer to run it. The widely popular Windows...

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Retro Computing Fun – Paul’s Old Crap

If you’re looking for videos on retro computing hardware and software from the 80s and 90s, check out the Paul’s Old Crap YouTube video series covering various neat computers and programs.  

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Building A Vintage Windows 95 Pentium PC

Earlier this summer I wrote my Building A Vintage 486 PC guide which documented my hunt for 486 parts and getting MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.11 installed. For general usability, I found myself running into...

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Oxidized Tips & Tricks – Config Management

What is Oxidized? Per the project author, Oxidized is a network device configuration backup tool. The Oxidized service connects to your devices via SSH or telnet and queries the running configuration for changes against...

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Building A Vintage 486 PC

The 486 PC has a special place in my heart as it was the first real computer my family owned, and the time I spent using it likely fueled my desire to maintain computers...

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Basic F5 Big-IP LTM Setup With SSL

In this article I’ll demonstrate a basic load balancing configuration using HTTP and HTTPS on the F5 Big-IP LTM platform. As I don’t personally own a license for this product, I’ll be using the...

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Looking Back At 90s Internet

Before we get to the actual point of this article, I’ll go ahead and tell my life story. I was born in the early 80s so my first introduction to the Internet came during...