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/@...

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. I...

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 wh...

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&#39...

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 d...

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...

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. D...

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 Cra...

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 w...

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 grumpy...

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://twi...