GrumpyOZRetro - Australian vintage computing and retrogaming podcast

Recorded at the 2024 Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition, Saturday 22 June 2024. Pat Breen talks about the *other* class of '77, the Japanese trinity of Sord, Hitachi and Sharp. This is the first of a number of talks from CVCE '24, which will be uploaded to the GrumpyOzRetro podcast feed over the coming weeks. Video of this talk is available at the K-man YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Kman_aus Check out the Canberra Vintage Computer Enthusiasts website for future event info: https://cbrvce.org/

A bit of a different format this time around. Craig is flying solo for the first half, and the rest of our chat with Ian Mavric (teased in the 2024 Canberra Vintage Computer Exhbition special) fills the second half. If you're a Tandy aficionado, chances are you already know Ian quite well. If you've ever bought vintage stuff on eBay, you may have dealt with Ian without even realising it. Ian has been at this for many years, and is a trusted figure in the Australian retro scene, built up over many years of providing quality items and service to vintage computer collectors across the country, and Tandy collectors worldwide. Ian’s Ebay Store - TRS80 Universe https://www.ebay.com.au/str/trs80universe Craig’s Pickups Data General One https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_General/One LNW80 Clone https://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=741 News Items What Happens if you stick an XP machine on the internet.. https://youtu.be/6uSVVCmOH5w?si=R6IfqzA7UpiXifMc PicoMem https://github.com/FreddyVRetro/ISA-PicoMEM Perth Amiga User Group Cutting back to maybe one or two shows a year YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PerthAmigaUserGroupFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/616480162050289 Amiga Retro Brisbane Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/374406126639853 Website: https://www.amigaretro.com/ https://forums.overclockers.com.au/threads/canberra-vintage-computer-exhibition-29-june-2024.1342566/ Need to be a member: Facebook Main Page: https://www.facebook.com/adelaideretrocomputing Chat/Buy/Swap/etc: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2772719296287908 Happy Little Diodes https://www.youtube.com/@HappyLittleDiodes Thanks to all for listening. Btw apologies for the delay. Tony's been preoccupied with extracurricular activities. Cheers Tony & Craig Canberra Vintage Computer Festival 2024Adelaide Retro Computing GroupYouTube Underdogs/Cream

The 2024 Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition (a.k.a. VCF Down Under) is on Saturday 29 June 2024 at the Morrison Centre, Radford College, Bruce. Tony from the GrumpyOzRetro podcast will be there, along with Australia's leading TRS-80 expert, Ian Mavric. This is an extract from a longer conversation we had with Ian a few weeks back. The full chat will be in episode 8, which will be released when it's ready. More info: https://cbrvce.org/ Stay retro.

We catch up with Johann from TheBasement, an emerging YouTuber from Tasmania who does vintage... audio, as well as computers. He's rescued and restored many items from e-waste and thrift stores over the years, and he shares some of the secrets to his success. As it’s been while since the previous episode, there’s a bumper ARC event report. Just ignore the fact it’s about 2 months late. Don't forget you can hit us up at grumpyozretro.com if you've got something to say, as well as the comments feed on this episode over on the⁠⁠ OzRetrocomp⁠⁠ YouTube channel. Thanks for listening and stay retro. Craig & Tony -- Johann’s pluggables TheBasement YouTube channel  / @thebasementchannel   Instagram   / its_the_basement   Twitter   / thebasement___   Facebook  / itsthebasement  News Items ARC Swap Meet - 29th June 2024   / 739032355069402   2024 Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition: VCF Down Under - 29th June 2024  / 693500242752070  https://vcfed.org/vcf-down-under/ Adelaide Retro Computing Group Need to be a member: Facebook Main Page:   / adelaideretrocomputing   Chat/Buy/Swap/etc:   / 2772719296287908  eBay GI Joe for the C64 (archived link)https://archive.is/fwrSMYouTube Underdogs/Cream OSG - Old Style Gamer   / @oldstylegaming   8 Retro Refix   / @8bitretrorefix   Ron's Computer Videos   / @ronscompvids   Dave's Vintage Apple Tech   / @davidstahloldhappymacs  The Grump Tony's grump is about scammers in the retro community. This grump came as the result of allegations levelled against a colourful character in the US retro scene earlier this year. Slightly old news, but these videos are still worth watching due to grifters being an ongoing problem in hobbyist communities worldwide. Ron's Computer Videos and Dave's Vintage Apple Tech explain more:  • Olde World Tech Fridays - Episode 36 ...      • Don't take my word for it about SeanR...    • I too was taken advantage of by an in...      • I too was taken advantage of by an in...  

Chris Arneil is an archivist with the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra, specialising in Australian computer software. Craig recently caught up him to discuss his work, along with his own experiences with gaming. This episode features our very first interstate field report, courtesy of Marc Falconer from Brisbane Amiga Retro (thanks Marc!), along with a belated update from ARC. BTW the delay with this episode is all Tony's fault. He just bought a house that needs recapping and retrobriting. This will affect the release schedule of future episodes, so the next episode will be here when it's ready. Don't forget you can hit us up at grumpyozretro.com if you've got something to say, as well as the comments feed on this episode over on the⁠⁠⁠ OzRetrocomp⁠⁠⁠ YouTube channel. Thanks for listening and stay retro. Craig & Tony -- News Items Perth Amiga User Group Cutting back to maybe one or two shows a year YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PerthAmigaUserGroupFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/616480162050289 Amiga Retro Brisbane Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/374406126639853 Website: https://www.amigaretro.com/ Tec1-G launch at the Australian Computer Museum Society  in Sydney.  It was live streamed and the video is available on the Australian Computer MuseumYT page https://www.youtube.com/@australiancomputermuseum … only 280 odd subs, so it’s an underdog. Well worth checking out. Adelaide Retro Computing Group Need to be a member: Facebook Main Page: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/adelaideretrocomputing⁠ Chat/Buy/Swap/etc: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/2772719296287908⁠ 486 Lineup - Aust Vintage FB Group - ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/625813064749410/?multi_permalinks=1317081965622513⁠ YouTube Underdogs Least Significant Byte https://youtube.com/@lsbyte?si=z2diFQpeikV_GMhx BBC Dude. Seems like he likes the master.  Alexander the OK https://www.youtube.com/@Alexander-the-ok Big Red Arrow Club https://www.youtube.com/@BigRedArrowClub/videos

Local Adelaide(ish) BBS legend Martin Crockett stops by for a chat. We discuss everything from the old days of SA Country Club BBS, along with other projects both past and present... including his Apple I clone built almost entirely from period-correct parts. We bring retro user groups from Brisbane and Perth into the fold with details of their upcoming events, along with RoseTintedSpectrum's very special charity stream coming up on 11-12 November. If you've been waiting for a proper grump, you won't be disappointed with this episode. Pro tip: don't listen to this ep when the kids are within earshot. Don't forget you can hit us up at grumpyozretro.com if you've got something to say, as well as the comments feed on this episode over on the⁠⁠ OzRetrocomp⁠⁠ YouTube channel. Thanks for listening and stay retro. Craig & Tony -- News Items RoseTintedSpectrum's 24 Hours of Dizzy https://twitter.com/jbrcmdr/status/1718177406299542007 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkruC36S9aE https://tiltify.com/@rosetintedspectrum/24-hours-of-dizzy Perth Amiga User Group YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PerthAmigaUserGroupFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/616480162050289 Amiga Retro Brisbane Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/374406126639853 Website: https://www.amigaretro.com/ Adelaide Retro Computing Group Need to be a member: Facebook Main Page: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/adelaideretrocomputing⁠⁠ Chat/Buy/Swap/etc: ⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/2772719296287908⁠⁠ Behringer Gray Meanie: https://www.behringer.com/product.html?modelCode=P0EL8 November theme - Console night YouTube Underdogs Refer to RoseTintedSpectrum's guest list on the Dizzy stream YouTube Cream https://www.youtube.com/@powerofvintage9442 Power of Vintage - Atari Dude..Falcons, TT’s, Megas.. :) ⁠ Other stuff This Week in Retro YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro Reddit: ⁠https://reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro⁠ Or wherever you get your podcasts

One of our favourite British-Australian YouTubers, Chris from 005 AGIMA and This Week in Retro, drops in for a chinwag. We had a lot of fun, and Chris has plenty to talk about. Craig's Man Pad Saga continues, we weigh in on the big news surrounding Atari's latest acquisition, and thanks to a keen listener we spend some time contemplating one of the most contentious issues in retro today. Don't forget you can hit us up at grumpyozretro.com if you've got something to say, as well as the comments feed on this episode over on the⁠ OzRetrocomp⁠ YouTube channel. Thanks for listening and stay retro. Craig & Tony -- Chris's Pluggables 005 AGIMA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA This Week in Retro YouTube: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@ThisWeekinRetro⁠ Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/thisweekinretro Or wherever you get your podcasts Perth Amiga User Group YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PerthAmigaUserGroup Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/616480162050289 News Items Amiga Game Selector Amiga Game Selector | Facebook ISA with HDMI - Toms Hardware https://www.tomshardware.com/news/enthusiast-grafts-hdmi-port-onto-isa-graphics-card More Fun Making It fundraiser for The Befriending Scheme 12 hour marathon stream (16 September 2023) Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfF5H2jWBfQ Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr8qxaAqtzs JustGiving page: https://www.justgiving.com/page/morefunmakingit Lee Smith's Workshop - ZX Mechtrum https://leesmithsworkshop.co.uk/collections/3d-printed-retro-computer-cases Adelaide Retro Computing Group Need to be a member: Facebook Main Page: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/adelaideretrocomputing⁠ Chat/Buy/Swap/etc: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/groups/2772719296287908⁠ October theme - First computer or console YouTube Underdogs Josip Retro Bits ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@JosipRetroBits koz_tech ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@koztech YouTube Cream TheHobbyLounge - The Retro Gamer Quiz - August 20th 2023 @ 8PM GMT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OVfz5LCTVI Tech Time Traveller - Mindset II https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBuM4z-k9g0

In this episode, we catch up with Randall Crook, a vintage computing enthusiast whose interest in the hobby was born from his love of electronics. He has one of the more interesting collections we’ve heard about, and he’s a brilliant storyteller. Check out his website. There's the usual guff and grump, including Tony’s near-theft experience involving an abandoned computer in a garage, and Craig scoring the vintage computer bargain of 2023 (so far). Don't forget you can hit us up at grumpyozretro.com if you've got something to say, as well as the comments feed on this episode over on the OzRetrocomp YouTube channel. Thanks for listening and stay retro. Craig & Tony -- News Items Jan Beta Review - Foenix FNX1591 floppy drive https://youtu.be/e3ReLIuXocw Official Foenix FNX1591 website https://c256foenix.com Agon Console 8 https://heber.co.uk/agon-console8/ https://www.thebyteattic.com/p/agon.html Chaos Engine - Atari 800 - Indie Retro News - https://www.indieretronews.com/2023/08/trax-chaos-engine-inspiration-for-atari.html More Fun Making It charity live stream https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL33HEweNUk Saturday 16 September 2023 11:00 British Summer Time 18:00 Australian Western Standard Time 19:30 Australian Central Standard Time 20:00 Australian Eastern Standard Time eBay Items AD&D Heroes Of The Lance 3.5” Amiga Clamshell Game (SSI/ECP, 1988) [pot plants not included] https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/314730818208 Decibells India Sinclair ZX Spectrum+ https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/266367804713 Adelaide Retro Computing Group Need to be a member: Facebook Main Page: https://www.facebook.com/adelaideretrocomputing Chat/Buy/Swap/etc: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2772719296287908 September Theme - #SepTandy and #ShitTember YouTube Underdogs Lee Smith’s Workshop https://www.youtube.com/@leesmithsworkshop GouldFish on Games https://www.youtube.com/@GouldFishOnGames YouTube Cream Tony359 - Archimedes Restoration - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1qhe-5bf-U Random Links Mentioned Mr Lurch’s Things - Aussie Oddity: Micro Byte HC120 Part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRPRCdpxCf4 Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVL8YrbW_U8 VICE article about the NABU PC https://www.vice.com/en/article/ak3k34/2200-forgotten-vintage-computers-are-being-liberated-from-a-barn-in-massachusetts

In this episode, we catch up with Daniel. He's one of the resident fix-it guys at Adelaide Retro Computing group. Daniel stopped by to share some war stories about his more memorable repairs, as well as what drives him as an active participant in the local vintage computing community. There's the usual guff and grump, along with some constructive feedback from a future guest. Speaking of which, don't forget you can hit us up at grumpyozretro.com if you've got something to say, as well as the comments feed on this episode over on the OzRetrocomp YouTube channel. Thanks for listening and stay retro. Craig & Tony -- News IBM 4131 (4341) https://www.alamy.com/terrassa-spain-march-19-2019-monitor-and-keyboard-of-1979-ibm-4341-system-in-the-national-museum-of-science-and-technology-of-catalonia-image243440867.html Australian Computing Museum Society https://acms.org.au Adrian's BBC Master 128 series https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS_KFcSZaLs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSvSkaxkZDQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Sgleturods Opening 8 Months of Vintage Tech Oddities & LGR Mail! https://youtu.be/-zezLB3sVW0?t=851 eBay Stupidly Priced Aussie Sh!t Amiga 1000 (Phoenix)  https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/266109352476 DEC AlphaStation 255 300MHz… $29,995!!!  https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/374688137823 PDP-11 https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/256155056483 Adelaide Retro Computing Group (ARC) Need to be a member: Facebook Main Page: https://www.facebook.com/adelaideretrocomputing Chat/Buy/Swap/etc: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2772719296287908Red Star OS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Star_OS YT Underdogs & Cream The Clueless Engineer https://www.youtube.com/@Brfff/ The Basement https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBasementChannel ctrl-alt-rees Atari Museum Revival Website https://youtu.be/3AuWbeHfVQY 1UP ARCADE Brisbane | Still Standing BONUS #1 https://youtu.be/s-LWAVSXjeA Still Standing - Adelaide Based Arcade & Pinball Doco https://tubitv.com/movies/712180

In the first official episode of GrumpyOzRetro we catch up with Aussie retro YouTuber, Jase a.k.a. Mr. Lurch, and talk about everything from YouTube milestones to the 2023 Canberra Vintage Computer Expo. This month's back-and-forth between Craig and Tony includes a post mortem on the ill-fated Amiga Global Alliance Kickstarter, along with a bunch of other stuff. We now have a website at grumpyozretro.com - here you can find links to the show, links to our socials, and a contact form. GrumpyOzRetro should now available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your pods. SHOW NOTES Amiga Global Alliance Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amigaglobalalliance/announcing-a-brand-new-aga-for-2023-amiga-global-alliance Mr Run and Jump - Actually shitty footage of the VCS version https://www.techpowerup.com/310103/atari-releases-a-new-game-for-vcs-after-33-years?amp Update on VCS Game -https://atari.com/products/mr-run-and-jump-2600-limited-edition Penultimate+2 Cartridge from Tynemouth Software and The Future Was 8-Bit http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2023/06/penultimate-plus-2-cartridge.html Budding Authors… https://www.vintageisthenewold.com/announcing-the-2023-writing-contest-vintage-is-the-new-old-the-contest-for-the-rest-of-us The Third Wish by George Broussard: https://www.timeextension.com/news/2023/06/3d-realmsapogee-co-founder-releases-free-adventure-game-the-third-wish Hyundai excels at playing DOOM https://hackaday.com/2023/06/11/hyundai-is-doomed-porting-the-1993-classic-to-a-hyundai-head-unit/ eBay Items Silicon Graphics SGI Tezro - Very Rare Piece of Computing History - No OS $3750 BIN https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/256110460002 Yeno SC3000H - French market Sega SC-3000H. BNIB. $1300. https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/195490514384 Commodore Plus/4 BNIB $800 https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/295759617757 Commodore 116 Boxed starting bid $700 or $1100 BIN https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/295769482722 Sega TeraDrive model 3 - circa 1991 ** SOLD FOR $1,009 ** https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/225613862430 Adelaide Retro Computing Group Need to be a member: Facebook Main Page: https://www.facebook.com/adelaideretrocomputing Chat/Buy/Swap/etc: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2772719296287908 C64 Demo: Next Level by Performers ! 3 June 2023! #1 at X23!: https://youtu.be/CxkTwJoAzBE Retrobattlestations - Subreddit: Retro Battlestations (reddit.com) YouTube Underdogs More Fun Making It: https://www.youtube.com/@MoreFunMakingIt/about 005 AGIMA: https://www.youtube.com/@005AGIMA/about YouTube Cream BastichB 64K - YouTube https://youtu.be/v8rhq5YKJPg - Arcades the Universal Language. Hands on Gaming podcast - Hands On Gaming on Apple Podcasts Extra special thanks to Jase https://youtube.com/mrlurchsthings Thanks for listening. We will get grumpier as the time goes on. Cheers Tony & Craig

Beta testing a new Australian vintage computing and retrogaming podcast hosted by Craig and Tony. If all goes to plan, regular monthly episodes should drop on your favourite podcast service on or around 1 July 2023. Feedback encouraged. We don't have any socials set up for the GrumpyOZRetro pod yet, so either dump it in the comments section or hit Tony up via his socials: Twitter - https://twitter.com/ozretrocomp Mastodon - https://oldbytes.space/@ozretrocomp Craig can be contacted via the Adelaide Retro Computing Group on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/adelaideretr... or via email: supercruiser5000 at gmail dot com Show notes: News Items Hand386 video from Action Retro.    • I Bought Somethin...   Update - Hand386 - Slight Hiccup - https://twitter.com/ActionRetro1/stat... Note: Book8088 and Hand386 showing as no longer available on AliExpress Windows XP activation algorithm cracked - it’s now possible to activate XP offline https://www.theregister.com/2023/05/2... Lego Pac-Man. https://gamingretro.co.uk/new-lego-pa... “I Adore My 64” Kickstarter preview released https://www.iadoremy64film.com/ eBay Items Rare Black Apple Macintosh Performa 5400/180 Directors Edition TV/Video Power PC WANG Professional Computer 8086 HOT PRICE Vintage 1980s - plus CRT! Wang Classic PC / APC 1980s Working With Software Loaded Plus Disks and Manuals Adelaide Retro Computing Group Need to be a member: Facebook Main Page: https://www.facebook.com/adelaideretrocomputing Chat/Buy/Swap/etc: https://www.facebook.com/groups/2772719296287908 Finn McCoolers Epsilon World ACA 500+ and Perth Amiga Users Group: https://www.epsilonsworld.com/ YouTube Underdogs RoseTintedSpectrum    / @rosetintedspectrum   WhatHoSnorkers    / @whathosnorkers   YouTube Cream RIPscript.    • RIPscrip - the on...   Chris Edwards Resto Minimig:    • A new Amiga Devic...   Random Links Mentioned Wang 2226: https://www.cnvintage.org/assets/file... Thanks to all for listening. We will get grumpier as the time goes on. Cheers Tony & Craig