GrumpyOZRetro - Australian vintage computing and retrogaming podcast Craig & Tony

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/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