What good is having a menagerie of classic and historically relevant computers(plus some really kick-$#% modern hardware) if you can't brag about it? Solet's brag about it. Some of these machines are very special to me, so I'vetried to talk a little about why I have them in my house and where I got them.(What was herein 2016?2015?2014?2012?)
beethoven: Yamaha CX5M with SFG-05 interface(in the guest/music room)
MetaTrader 4 for MacOS gives Mac owners an opportunity to run Forex activity without being concerned that something can go wrong at crucial moment of a transaction. When you are in your favorite operating system from Apple, you no longer need to spend hours setting utility programs to run MT4. It seems North Korea doesn’t like the traditional Windows-look anymore. The latest version of the country’s home-grown operating system, Red Star Linux, has been restyled and ships with a desktop that closely resembles Apple's Mac OSX.
Note to creeps, burglars and freaks: this house is protected by an alarmsystem, hidden webcams recording off-site and my laser-sight.40 Glock pistol (loaded withhollow point). This is not a joke. I've chosen to show a couple of thecameras here to let you know I'm not kidding.
If you're more curious about a particular item, feel free to drop me an E-mail.
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In The Back Closet
Original OLPC XO-1 (x2; bought new from Give One Get One)akane: Macintosh Portable (needs a recap)
barkley: Blueberry iBook G3 (WaMCom regression tester)
benji: Macintosh PowerBook 1400 with G3/466 (Classilla tester)
(my first laptop, repaired hand-me-down from bro-in-law)
bigbunny: General Magic DataRover 840 (Magic Cap)
gordon: Toshiba Satellite 486 Laptop (disk image workstation)
nathan: AT&T Globalist 620 P75 (Windows 95)
peanut: IBM PCjr, in case (plays King's Quest)
rintintin: Macintosh PowerBook 540 (68LC040)
spot: Newton eMate 300 (x2)
wally: PowerBook WallStreet G3 (PDQ), 292MHz G3(Rhapsody test machine)
fiduo:PowerBook Duo 2300c/100 (PowerPC 603e)with mini-dock and working battery
Various portables: Atari Lynx (full kit), Atari Portfolio, Nintendo GameBoy,NEC TurboExpress, Treamcast (portable Sega Dreamcast with LCD display),three Commodore SX-64s
On The Corner
- woz
Apple IIgs ROM 03 in Woz Limited Edition case, Transwarp GS 7MHz 65816, 2MB RAM
GS/OS 6.0.1
Apple II games machine
School surplus - jef
Canon Cat, 5MHz Motorola 68000, 256K RAM
Forth
Gorgeous museum piece and homage to Jef Raskin
Private purchase - mystic
Macintosh Colour Classic, LC575 Mystic board, Motorola68LC040 @ 33MHz, 8MB RAM,Apple II card
System 7.1
Apple II card testing
Private purchase - sculley
Newton MessagePad 2100, 162MHz StrongARM SA-110, 4MB RAM
NewtonOS 2.1
Newton experimentation
Private purchase
The Consoles
- stella
Atari 2600 VCS (Darth Vader), 1.19MHz 6507, 128 bytes RAM
Are you kidding?
Way too much Kaboom!
Private purchase - sadie
Sega Dreamcast, 200MHz Hitachi SH4, 16MB RAM, Broadband Adaptor
Dreamcast OS, Windows CE, Linux, NetBSD
Way too much Crazy Taxi
Bought new - sylvia
Sylvania GTE Intellivision Master Component, 0.895MHz GI CP1610, 1.4K RAM
Cuttlecart installed
EXEC
Way too much Shark! Shark!
Thrift shop purchase
(The original Tandyvision I had as a kid is around here somewhere too) - bally (aka, foie zgrass, ha ha ha!)
under the TV cart
Bally Astrocade, 1.789MHz Zilog Z80, 4K RAM
Internal OS, BASIC
Way too much Pinball and Gunfight
Don't use it on the rug
Private purchase - iris
Pedigree Burmese 2005 model year, 2-bit CPU, selective memory
Internal OS (usually in nanosleep)
Converts cat food to poop and air to purring sounds
Christmas gift when she was four months old
Worst cat ever
Under The Bench
These systems all share a KVM (except the laptop and KIM-1, of course).- bruce
Power Mac G5 Quad, 2x2.5GHz PowerPC 970MP (dual-core), 16GB RAM,Nvidia Quadro FX4500
Mac OS X 10.4.11
Mostly for Mac apps that don't work well under KVM in Linux
btw, Intel sucks
Bought new - atomicdog
15' Titanium PowerBook G4, 867MHz PowerPC G4/7455, 1GB RAM
Mac OS 9.2.2
Portable Mac OS 9 workstationas seen on the Leo Laporte Show!
Private purchase - neil
Commodore KIM-1 (revision G),1MHz MOS 6502, 1K RAM, RS-232 card
KIM monitoras seen on the Leo Laporte Show!
My Rev A KIM-1 is the oldest item in my collection. This unit wasa weekend project that weforgot to give back to our high school math teacher. We asked someyears later, but he never requested we return it, so it's still here. - tim
Raptor Talos II,8-core SMT-4 (32 threads) 2.1/3.8GHz Sforza POWER9, 32GB RAM, AMD WX7100
Fedora Linux
My daily driver and the machine this was typed on
Bought new (as configured, US$7300) - harlan
DEC AlphaPC 164LX, 600MHz Alpha 21164, 512MB RAM
Tru64 5.1B, NetBSD v.mumble, OpenGenera 2.0/Genera 8.5
General sexiness, occasional Lisp Machine emulation
Dig the sexy case
Close-up of the customcase stickers, which I designed off the Alpha logo
Case bought new; board and CPU were private purchase
Did I mention sex? - bigred
Silicon Graphics Fuel, 900MHz MIPS R16000, 4GB RAM
Irix 6.5.30 with patches
V12 graphics with DCD, M-Audio sound, SCSI, DAT, DVD-ROM
High-end Irix workstation, software development
Private purchase - bryan
Power Mac G4 MDD, 2x1.8GHz PowerPC G4/7447A, 2GB RAM
Mac OS 9.2.2 (sees only 1.5GB)
Classilla development, OS 9 workstation
Bought new
Pong Usa V Dprk Mac Os Download
In The Project Area
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The Servers and The Network
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Waiting In The Server Room
You might be able to see some of these if you look carefully.carl: Power Mac 7100, G3/400, 136MB, AppleShare file serverif thule croaks(might be replaced by the Performa 6115CD I just got)
holmstock: Apple Network Server 700 (hardware double forstockholm)
elroy: Hewlett-Packard C8000 (9000/785), 1.1GHz PA-8900 (dual-core),1GB RAM, HP/UX 11i
brinton:Workgroup Server9150, System 7.6, 80MHz PowerPC 601, 112MB RAM
jay: Amiga 3000, 25MHz 68030, 2MB chip/8MB fast RAM, AmigaOS 2.0 (withA3070 tape drive if I ever get around to messing with Amix again)
godthaab: Macintosh Quadra 605 in LC III case, 25MHz 68040 (full),36MB RAM, NetBSD.mumble (plus an identically configured LC475)
steve: Macintosh SE/30, System 6.0.8, 8MB RAM
andy: Macintosh IIsi, System 7.1, 36MB RAM
Mr. T: Macintosh Plus, System 6.0.8, 4MB RAM
big box o'Tandy Pocket Computers
Elektronica MK-85 (looks like a Soviet Tandy PC-4, programs like a PDP-11)
two Tomy Pyuuta Mk II systemsand a number of Tomy Pyuutas
two Commodore MAX Machines,a VIC-20, B128(CBM 610), PC 10-III, Plus/4 and 16
spare IBM PCjr in box
matching IBM HMC for uppsala
unnamed DEC Professional 380 with Venix/PRO (monitor on homer)
unnamed Solbourne S4100s in various states of disrepair
unnamed Alpha Micro 1000 withsidecar AM-1001 external disk
unnamed Texas Instruments CC-40, with printer, serial andprototype wafertape drive
unnamed Toshiba Libretto 70CT (Pentium MMX 120MHz, Windows 95)
unnamed Apple Performa 6100CD with Sonnet G3 upgrade
unnamed Power Macintosh 9600
unnamed Tandy Color Computer 3, floppy drive, multi-cart expander
unnamed Atari XEGS, 1050 floppy drive, keyboard, light gun, joysticks
Timex Sinclair 1000 and 2068
unnamed Apple III, may or may not work, may or may not have been droppedto find out if it works
various spare workstations and computers
Elsewhere In The House
christopher: strawberry iMac G3 with Sonnet HARMONi 600MHz card,Mac OS 9.2.2 and OS X Jaguar (in the guest/music room)beethoven: Yamaha CX5M with SFG-05 interface(in the guest/music room)
dana: AlphaSmart Dana, PalmOS 4.1; note taking,what else? (in the commons)
luxo: iMac G4, 1GHz 7445 CPU, OS X Tiger;backup workstation (in the commons)
underdog: 12' iBook G4/1.33, OS X Tiger; DVD player andpresentations
blackbird:Raptor Blackbird,4-core SMT-4 (16-thread) POWER9, 16GB RAM, Fedora Linux; HTPC (in thehome theatre)
macbook: 11' MacBook Air (2014 i7), 8GB RAM, macOS Mojave; dailylaptop because it's the lightest and longest lasting one I have, notbecause I particularly like it
spartacus: Twentieth Anniversary Macintosh with G3 L2 upgrade(in my bedroom)
(beneath it: Apple Interactive Television Box)
In Storage
tma-01: PDP-11/44, in unknown condition, tape drives, RL02 disk driveDrean Commodore 64 and 64Csystems
prototype Shiner HE (Apple Network Server): in bad shape, but neat looking
several Amiga 500 systems that also multiply furiously
unnamed Atari Mega ST with hard disk
two boxed Tandy Color Computer 2 systems
unnamed DEC DECmate II (PDP-8)
crapload of dummy terminals, mostly Alpha Micro, DEC and Wyse
more spare systems than I can possibly enumerate
The desktop of Red Star OS 3.0, localized with North Korean terminology and spelling | |
| Developer | Korea Computer Center, North Korea |
|---|---|
| OS family | Unix-like (desktop and server), Android (on Woolim, Ariang, Samjiyon, and Manbang) |
| Working state | Current |
| Source model | Closed source with open source components |
| Latest release | 4.0 |
| Marketing target | General Public |
| Available in | Korean (North) |
| Platforms | i386 (x86), ARM |
| Kernel type | Monolithic (Linux) |
| Default user interface | KDE 3[1] |
| License | GPL (Linux kernel and other GNU software only), Proprietary |
| Preceded by | Fedora 11[2] |
Pong Usa V Dprk Mac Os Catalina
Red Star OS (Korean: 붉은별; MR: Pulgŭnbyŏl) is a North KoreanLinux distribution, with development first starting in 1998 at the Korea Computer Center (KCC). Prior to its release, computers in North Korea typically used Red Hat Linux[3] and Windows XP.[4]
Version 3.0 was released in the summer of 2013, but as of 2014, version 1.0 continues to be more widely used. It is offered only in a Korean language edition, localized with North Korean terminology and spelling.[5]
Specifications[edit]
Red Star OS features a modified Mozilla Firefox browser called Naenara ('My country' in Korean), which is used for browsing the Naenara web portal on the North Korean internet network known as Kwangmyong. Naenara comes with two search engines. Other software includes a text editor, an office suite, an e-mail client, audio and video players, and video games.[6] Version 3, like its predecessors, runs Wine, a piece of software that allows Windows programs to be run under Linux.[7]
Red Star OS 3.0, unlike its predecessors, uses a KDE 3 desktop. However, version 3.0 closely resembles Apple's macOS, whereas previous versions more closely resembled Windows XP;[8][9] current North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was seen with an iMac on his desk in a 2013 photo, indicating a possible connection to the redesign.[6][10][11]
Media attention[edit]
Built-in games in Version 2.0 of Red Star OS
The Japan-based North Korea-affiliated newspaper Choson Sinbo interviewed two Red Star OS programmers in June 2006.[3] In February 2010, a Russian international student at the Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang purchased a copy and posted about it on his LiveJournal account; Russian television station RT picked up his LiveJournal post and translated it into English.[6] English-language technology blogs, including Engadget and OSnews, as well as South Korean wire services such as Yonhap, went on to repost the content.[5][12][13] In late 2013, Will Scott, who was visiting the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, purchased a copy of version 3 from a KCC retailer in southern Pyongyang, and uploaded screenshots to the internet.[7]
In 2015, two German researchers speaking at the Chaos Communication Congress[14] described the internal operation of the OS.[15] The North Korean government wants to track the underground market of USB flash drives used to exchange foreign films, music and writing,[16] so the system watermarks all files on portable media attached to computers.[17]
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History[edit]
Version 1.0[edit]
The boot-up splash screen of Red Star 1.0
Desktop of Red Star 1.0 and the default file manager
The first version appeared in 2008. It is very reminiscent of the Windows XP operating system.
It featured the 'Naenara' web browser, based on Mozilla Firefox, and an Office suite based on Open Office, called 'Uri 2.0'. Wine is also included.
So far, no copies have been leaked online. The screenshots of the operating system were officially published by KCNA and discovered by South Korean news sites.[20]
Version 2.0[edit]
The development of version 2.0 began in March 2008, and was completed on 3 June 2009. Like its predecessor, it is based on the appearance of Windows XP, and was priced at 2000 North Korean won (approx. US$15).
The 'Naenara' internet browser is also included in this version. The browser was released on 6 August 2009, as part of the operating system, and was priced at 4000 North Korean won (approx. US$28).
The operating system uses a special keyboard layout that differs greatly from the South Korean standard layout.[citation needed]
Version 3.0[edit]
Utility to obtain root privileges in Red Star OS 3
Sogwang office (customized OpenOffice) in Red Star OS 3
Version 3.0 was introduced on 15 April 2012, and appears heavily based on macOS operating systems of various versions.[21] The new version supports both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses.
The operating system comes pre-installed with a number of applications that monitor its users - if a user tries to disable security functions, the operating system often restarts in continuous loops or destroys itself. In addition, a watermarking tool integrated into the system marks all media content with the hard drive's serial number, allowing the North Korean authorities to trace the spread of files. The system also has hidden 'anti-virus' software that is capable of removing censored files that are remotely stored by the North Korean secret service. There is a user group called 'administrator' in the operating system. Users do not have root access by default, but are able to elevate their privileges to root by running a built-in utility called 'rootsetting'. However, provisions are made in kernel modules to deny even root users access to certain files, and extensive system integrity checks are done at boot time to ensure these files have not been modified.[14]
Red Star OS 3 comes with a customized version of OpenOffice called Sogwang Office.[14]
Version 4.0[edit]
Very little information is available on version 4.0.
As of late 2017 it is known that a Red Star 4.0 exists and is being field tested.[22]A server variation of version 4.0 appears to be currently used on the website of North Korea's national airline Air Koryo, Voice of Korea, and The Pyongyang Times according to the HTTP server header.[23][24]
According to The Pyongyang Times, an official version of Red Star OS 4.0 has been developed as of January 2019, with full network support as well as system and service management tools.[25]
In June and July 2020, South Korea's NKEconomy (NK경제) obtained Red Star 4.0 and published articles about it.[26][27][28][29]
Vulnerabilities[edit]
In 2016, the security company Hackerhouse found a security vulnerability in the integrated web browser Naenara. This vulnerability makes it possible to execute commands on the computer if the user clicks on a correspondingly crafted link.[30][31]
References[edit]
- ^'Red Star OS'. ArchiveOS. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^'Inside North Korea's Totalitarian Operating System'. Motherboard. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^ abKim, Chi-yong (2006-06-21), '〈민족정보산업의 부흥 -상-〉 《우리식 콤퓨터조작체계(OS) 》의 개발과 도입', Choson Sinbo (in Korean), archived from the original on 2007-12-23
- ^'North Korea's 'paranoid' computer operating system revealed'. The Guardian. 27 December 2015. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
- ^ abNam, Hyeon-ho (2010-03-03), 北, 독자적 컴퓨터 운영체제 '붉은별' 개발, Yonhap News (in Korean), retrieved 2013-01-23
- ^ abc'North Korea's 'secret cyber-weapon': brand new Red Star OS', RT, 2010-03-01, retrieved 2013-01-23
- ^ abWilliams, Martyn (January 31, 2014). 'North Korea's Red Star OS Goes Mac'. North Korea Tech. Martyn Williams. Retrieved July 23, 2014.
- ^'Apple's Mac OSX imitated in latest North Korea system'. BBC News. 2014-02-05. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^'North Korean computers get 'Apple' makeover'. Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^'Apple's Mac OS X imitated in latest North Korea system'. BBC News. 2014-02-05.
- ^'North Korean computers get 'Apple' makeover'. The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 6 February 2014.
- ^Holwerda, Thom (2009-03-04), 'North Korea Develops Its Own Linux Distribution', OSNews, retrieved 2013-01-23
- ^Flatley, Joseph L. (2009-03-04), 'North Korea's Red Star OS takes the 'open' out of 'open source'', Engadget, retrieved 2013-01-23
- ^ abcFlorian Grunow; Niklaus Schiess (2015-12-28). Lifting the Fog on Red Star OS - A deep dive into the surveillance features of North Korea's operating system. Chaos Communication Congress 32.
- ^Jeremy Wagstaff and James Pearson (27 December 2015). 'Paranoid: North Korea's computer operating system mirrors its political one'. Reuters.
- ^James Pearson (27 March 2015). 'The $50 device that symbolizes a shift in North Korea'. Reuters.
- ^'RedStar OS Watermarking'. Insinuator.
- ^'A Visual Guide To North Korea's Totalitarian Operating System'. Fast Company. 2014-09-23. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^'North Korea's Red Star OS takes the 'open' out of 'open source''. Engadget. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^Kim Tong-hyung (5 April 2010). 'NK Goes for Linux-Based Operating System'. Korea Times.
- ^Williams, Martyn (2014-12-30). 'Red Star 3.0 Desktop finally becomes public'. North Korea Tech - 노스코리아테크. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
- ^'Electronic Weapons: Two Lines, No Waiting'. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
- ^'Air Koryo'. Retrieved 2018-11-18.
- ^'The Pyongyang Times'. Retrieved 2018-12-27.
- ^'The Pyongyang Times'(PDF).
- ^'북한 붉은별4.0에 오라클 버추얼박스를 탑재하고 있다' [Oracle Virtualbox is installed in DPRK's Red Star 4.0]. NK경제 (NKEconomy). 2020-06-15.
- ^'붉은별4.0 서광 오피스에서 MS워드 파일 편집 가능하다' [Sogwang Office in Red Star 4.0 can edit Microsoft Word files]. NK경제 (NKEconomy). 2020-06-23.
- ^'북한 붉은별 4.0의 기본 브라우저는? 파이어폭스' [The default web browser in Red Star 4.0 is Firefox]. NK경제 (NKEconomy). 2020-07-06.
- ^'붉은별4.0의 비밀번호 관리는 키체인으로?' [Password management in Red Star 4.0 is done by keychain?]. NK경제 (NKEconomy). 2020-07-21.
- ^'RedStar OS 3.0: Remote Arbitrary Command Injection'. Archived from the original on December 5, 2016. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
- ^Wei, Wang. 'North Korea's Linux-based Red Star OS can be Hacked Remotely with just a Link'. The Hacker News. Retrieved 2017-08-31.
External links[edit]
| Wikimedia Commons has media related to Red Star OS. |
- 'OS 'Red Star' - линуксоиды всех стран, соединяйтесь!' (in Russian). 2010-02-27. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26.
- 'North Korean Red Star operating system details emerge'. BBC News. 2010-04-06.
- 北 컴퓨터운영체제 붉은별 첫 분석 (in Korean).
- redstar-tools: A tool used for analyzing the system.
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