GrumpyOZRetro Ep#003 25 August 2023 - Randall Crook

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