https://beta.ncot.uk/tags/pc-hardware/ Recent content in PC Hardware on [BETA] NCoT Tech Hugo en-gb Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:56:58 +0100 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/retro-ms-dos-coding---recreating-the-iconic-award-bios-screen/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 13:13:13 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/retro-ms-dos-coding---recreating-the-iconic-award-bios-screen/ Because why not, it looks simpler than it really is and we’ll get to fall down a rabbit hole trying to draw the Energy Star logo. #MSDOS #RetroComputing #PCHardware #Programming https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/lets-recreate-a-90s-pc-bios-boot-screen-part2/ Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:48:31 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/lets-recreate-a-90s-pc-bios-boot-screen-part2/ Thanks to @hobbified on YouTube, making the EPA logo look correct was quite straight forward… #MSDOS #VGA #RetroComputing #Graphics https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/lets-recreate-a-90s-pc-bios-boot-screen/ Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:48:31 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/lets-recreate-a-90s-pc-bios-boot-screen/ Because why not, it looks simpler than it really is and we’ll get to fall down a rabbit hole trying to draw the Energy Star logo. #MSDOS #DJGPP #VGA #Interrupts https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/nostalgic-dos-development-part-2-writing-our-first-programs/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 21:00:34 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/projects/dosdev/nostalgic-dos-development-part-2-writing-our-first-programs/ This is part two, go read part 1 first. #MSDOS #DJGPP #Keyboards #RetroComputing https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/so-i-broke-my-pc-and-its-replacement-part-1/ Sun, 04 Aug 2024 21:39:35 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/so-i-broke-my-pc-and-its-replacement-part-1/ So my main PC that I do all my video editing, programming and anything more complex than talking rubbish on Discord died. Totally dead. How it died is a story for this video and involved me, a new NVMe SSD and a screwdriver. It wasn’t too bad because I’d been looking for an excuse to buy a new machine anyway. My PC was originally created in 2017 to play VR games with a Rift CV1 headset, and over the… #PCHardware https://beta.ncot.uk/blog-posts/well-crap-my-pc-died/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 22:03:03 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/blog-posts/well-crap-my-pc-died/ Due to the untimely demise of my main PC, and it being the time of year where I have to get my car serviced, there will be a short break before my next video comes out. #PCHardware https://beta.ncot.uk/blog-posts/ms-powertoys-remap-keyboard/ Sat, 15 Oct 2022 14:06:51 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/blog-posts/ms-powertoys-remap-keyboard/ I’ve got an IBM Model M keyboard and like using it on my PC, but one of its problems is the lack of Windows keys. There’s a bunch of keyboard shortcuts I use almost daily and not having a Windows key makes it annoying. Here’s how I fixed it… #Keyboards #Windows #PCHardware #OperatingSystems https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/devlog-04-keyboard-and-joystick-inputs/ Sun, 28 Nov 2021 19:37:23 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/devlog-04-keyboard-and-joystick-inputs/ How to program keyboards and joysticks on the Spectrum Next #SpectrumNext #z88dk #CProgramming #Keyboards https://beta.ncot.uk/blog-posts/tecknet-mechanical-keyboard-repair/ Sun, 30 May 2021 21:12:25 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/blog-posts/tecknet-mechanical-keyboard-repair/ I wanted a mechanical keyboard with Windows keys. I have an IBM Model M keyboard, but its lack of Windows keys makes using Windows 10 more annoying than it should be. I don’t hunt and peck around the start menu, I’ve learnt to press the Windows key and just start typing the program I want to open. #Soldering #Keyboards #Windows #Repair https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/unopened-decade-my-atari-520stfm/ Fri, 02 Apr 2021 21:32:37 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/unopened-decade-my-atari-520stfm/ Come with me for a nostalgic trip around my Atari ST that I had has a child that has been sat unopened for the past 10 years. In this video I go through the hardware, what I used to do with the Atari ST and make a list of future improvements and fixes to make. #AtariST #Keyboards #RetroComputing #PCHardware