Aunty was erasing tapes as recently as the mid-'90s? That's a worry. I'm glad I have my ratty old off-air VHS recordings of TLS stashed somewhere safe.

I'm still in awe of Molly Meldrum's foresight in hiding the Countdown master tapes when the ABC's bulk eraser came knocking

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

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...

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/gru...

This is a preview of what's to come soon on this channel. An in-depth look at the history of computers in Australia from 1949 to 2024. The series of episodes... The Computer History of Australia - Trailer

There's no release date yet, but I'm really looking forward to watching this www.youtube.com/watch?v=OA4v...

Today's reminder that the "cloud" is just someone's else computer.

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.

Amstrad PPC 640 portable computer with Gotek USB floppy emulator fitted

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...

It's only about 2 months overdue, but here's the latest episode of the GrumpyOZRetro podcast, featuring Johann from TheBasementChannel on YouTube podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gru...

It's all reality show rejects and washed-up footballers down here on Australian radio. Though "football" means at least two codes down here, neither of which being soccer.

Celebrating million subscribers with a desk and studio tour! Many thanks to everybody who has subscribed to become a member of the ExplainingComputers commun... 1M Subscribers Desk Tour

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...

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...

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...

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...

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?

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.

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...