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 2024
Adelaide Retro Computing Group
YouTube 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.

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Johann’s pluggables

Adelaide Retro Computing Group

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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

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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

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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.. :)

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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

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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

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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

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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/2772719296287908
Red 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.

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

Penultimate+2 Cartridge from Tynemouth Software and The Future Was 8-Bit

Budding Authors…

The Third Wish by George Broussard:

Hyundai excels at playing DOOM

eBay Items

Yeno SC3000H - French market Sega SC-3000H. BNIB. $1300.

Commodore Plus/4 BNIB $800

Commodore 116 Boxed starting bid $700 or $1100 BIN

Sega TeraDrive model 3 - circa 1991 ** SOLD FOR $1,009 **

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

YouTube Underdogs

More Fun Making It:

005 AGIMA:

YouTube Cream

BastichB 64K - YouTube

Hands on Gaming podcast - Hands On Gaming on Apple Podcasts

Extra special thanks to Jase

Thanks for listening.