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ozretrocomp.bsky.social @ozretrocomp.bsky.social · 30/06/2024

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

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ozretrocomp.bsky.social @ozretrocomp.bsky.social · 29/06/2024

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 www.facebook.com/media/set/?s...

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Anon Opin @anonopin.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

The proliferation of adverts and paid subscriptions on streaming sites are making it unusable. Might as well go back to burning CDs onto your laptop.

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ozretrocomp.bsky.social @ozretrocomp.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

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-und...

Amstrad PPC 640 portable computer with Gotek USB floppy emulator fitted

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ozretrocomp.bsky.social @ozretrocomp.bsky.social · 10/03/2024

No horrendous thumbnails, no clickbait titles... just consistently high quality videos packed with useful info. Great to see a YT channel of ExplaningComputers' calibre hit the 1M sub mark. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOK1...

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1M Subscribers Desk Tour

Celebrating million subscribers with a desk and studio tour! Many thanks to everybody who has subscribed to become a member of the ExplainingComputers commun...

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ChinnyVision @chinnyvision.bsky.social · 02/03/2024

Have you listened to the latest ChinnyVision podcast yet? No co presenters laughing like hyaenas, no craft beer plugs, no adverts. Sadly however I have let myself down this time with the delay before the guest speaks. 16 seconds. Sorry about that, must do better. www.podbean.com/eas/pb-mjw43...

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Ep 11 - Richard Shaw-Wright

Richard Shaw-Wright is a sports journalist and old computer fan. His journey started with a CPC 464 and has led, via holiday visits to the top floor of The Friary Shopping Centre, to a career covering...

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ozretrocomp.bsky.social @ozretrocomp.bsky.social · 08/02/2024

Here's the latest episode of the GrumpyOzRetro pod. Not sure when the next one will drop, but hopefully the delay won't be quite as lengthy as that between episodes 5 and 6. Available here, or wherever you get your pods. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufjO...

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ozretrocomp.bsky.social @ozretrocomp.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

I'm sure a few refugees from Retro Twitter recall chatter a little while back about a rare Indian BBC Micro clone called the Hope Dolphin a little while back. Looks like the dude who tweeted about it has made good on his promise to get it into a museum. www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/69901/Ho...

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ozretrocomp.bsky.social @ozretrocomp.bsky.social · 11/12/2023

Gotta love my fellow ZX Spectrum Next KS2 backers. So many are losing their minds because they have to wait a week or two longer than backers in mainland Europe. After waiting for over 3 years, what's another couple of weeks?

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ozretrocomp.bsky.social @ozretrocomp.bsky.social · 01/12/2023

What better way to celebrate the BBC Micro's 42nd birthday than to write some BBC BASIC that will run on an Android or iOS device? arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023...

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BBC BASIC remains a remarkable learning tool, and now it’s available everywhere

42 years later, there's still work to be done in spreading the BBC Micro gospel.

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