GrumpyOzRetro Tony

Limited to reading 600 tweets a day, am I? I guess I'll have to start unfollowing people. Feel free to unfollow me if the shitposting is too much, and/or go follow me on the Elephant Site if you want pure tech (and me taking the socials more seriously). @OzRetrocomp" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">oldbytes.space/@OzRetrocomp

Adelaide Retro Computer Swap Meet coming up. 30 November 2024 10:00-14:00 @ Unley Community Centre

Not long to go now until the 2024 @morefunmakingit Charity Live Stream! In this video, Lee explains it way more thoroughly than I ever could. Looking forward to it! youtube.com/watch?v=nQ4Q1_…

Yes, more photos from Canberra. A most excellent photo dump via the OCAU forums forums.overclockers.com.au/posts/19529938/

Please tell me that Canberra's bus stops are heritage listed

Back home after an outstanding weekend of vintage computer and console goodness in Canberra. VCF Down Under '25 next year? Yes, this is from last night; I just couldn't be arsed posting until this morning

@normal_andy Yeah, it's info overload. I know the organisers got onto a couple of radio stations to promote the event (ABC Canberra and 1WAY), but if you're not a radio listener then it would have been easy enough to miss

I was going to share some photos from the Canberra Vintage Computer Expo, but Jeremy Barr-Hyde (not sure if he's on here) did a much better job. You can view his excellent photo album even if you don't do Crackbook facebook.com/media/set/?set…

@anon_opin well, yes and no... Australia has compulsory voting, yet the rage baiting still goes on

Voting should be compulsory. To those who cry "but what about our freedom", it's not a greater imposition than taxes. With the outcome of elections determined by voter turnout, politicians are encouraged to engage in rage baiting instead of rational debate.

Just a quickie in lieu of a full episode, on account of VCF Down Under / 2024 Canberra Vintage Computer Expo being only a couple of days away podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grump…

There's no release date yet, but I'm really looking forward to watching this youtube.com/watch?v=OA4vp1…

@TheBasement___ Here you go winworldpc.com/download/8df4f…

Just preparing my Amstrad PPC640 for the 2024 Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition / VCF Down Under, and it turned out that both floppy drives are cactus. Thankfully old mate Gotek saved the day. Crisis averted. vcfed.org/vcf-down-under/

@ChrisShadowens Yep, PPC = Portable PC. Released by Amstrad in 1987. Sold reasonably well in the UK, Europe and Australia on account of it being the cheapest portable IBM-compatible on the market at the time

@OzRetrocomp I've never seen this rig before. I assume the "P" in PPC is for "portable"?

It's only about 2 months out of date, but here's the latest podcast ep, featuring @TheBasement___ podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/grump…

It's unfortunate that the retro community even *needs* a website like this, but if this site stops even just one person getting scammed, then it's worth it. dontmesswithretro.com

Computer games sort of peaked with the 360 and PS3. Since then the development time and costs have gotten out of hand to the point of only having 2/3 games from xbox or Sony per console. It's pointless.

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