GrumpyOZRetro Ep#003 25 August 2023 - Randall Crook

GrumpyOZRetro - Australian vintage computing and retrogaming podcast

Aug 25, 2023•1 hr 9 min

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Episode description

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

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