OzRetrocomp

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Vintage computing with an Australian accent.

Co-conspirator on the GrumpyOZRetro vintage computing and retrogaming podcast.

Tech, mainly retro / vintage stuff (but modern stuff may creep in from time to time). I also don't mind a bit of retrogaming.

On the rare occasions I stray off-topic, said posts will be marked with a "Not tech" CW. I encourage you to ignore those posts.

Makes the odd YouTube video now and then. Some more odd than others.

OzRetrocompJul 1, 2024
Please tell me that Canberra's bus stops are heritage listed
OzRetrocompJun 30, 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
OzRetrocompJun 4, 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. https://vcfed.org/vcf-down-under/
VCF Down Under – Vintage Computer Federation

OzRetrocompSep 10, 2023
Fork me dead. (stolen from FB)
OzRetrocompSep 2, 2023
Stolen from FB
OzRetrocompJul 12, 2023
yoinked from FB
OzRetrocompJul 10, 2023

If you wanted to buy a NABU, you may be too late.

According to some guy on the NABU Personal Computer FB group, there will be no more NABUs listed on eBay. Well, at least not in the quantities they have been.

The "official" price had already begun to creep up as stocks got lower, with the final units being sold for just shy of $200 a piece.

I suspect there will be a few NABUs turning up on eBay in the near future. I have no doubt that there are were a few people buying more than one NABU when they were cheap... but I make no judgment or assumptions.

But yeah... it's the end of an interesting chapter in the NABU story (but by no means the end of the NABU story itself).

OzRetrocompJun 6, 2023
Thanks to the largesse of @MrLurch, I just lost my shit. If anyone finds it, please DM me. In the meantime, here's why I lost it. Thanks for helping me harpoon this particular white whale, Jase.
OzRetrocompMay 3, 2023
If I fits, I sits (stolen from r/justrolledintotheshop)
OzRetrocompMar 26, 2023
I know the Apple Lisa is sought after, but $21k dollarydoos (roughly $15k Freedom Bux) for one that's borked? https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/204281799755
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