Once again I am flying across the UK in my Retromobile, to visit the SWAG event down in the Cotswold town of Chipping Sodbury. This time I had a table to perch, and the show promised to be bigger than previous events. Watch on to see interviews with Amiga Kit, Addict Magazines and more!
Category: Video
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Kickstart Amiga User Group Event – September 29th 2024
The September 2024 Kickstart event in Ottershaw has swung into view. No BBQ this time, but still the promise of meeting up with fellow minded retronauts to see what Amiga and other retro computers would be on show. I brought two emulated machines to mix things up a little. Watch on to see what this even held in store!
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Retro Magazines Ep:02 – Computer & Video Games – Christmas 1981
It’s December of 1981 and we are closing in on Christmas. What will be the big stocking fillers this year? Will Santa be brining you a ZX81 for you to solder together, or a sparkly new Apple II tower of power? Or maybe its a handheld Puck Man or one of the new fangled Game and Watches from Nintendo.
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Retro Magazines Ep:01 – Computer & Video Games – First Edition, November 1981
It’s November 1981 and a completely NEW type of computing magazine hits the shelves in the UK. Rather than scoffing at video gaming, instead Computer and Video Games would celebrate this new aspect of computing in all its forms.
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Changes to Retronaut, to protect its future
Changes are afoot at Retronaut towers. We are launching channel membership (similar to Patreon) as well as a number of Discord servers, tailored to the retro communities needs. Watch on to learn what we are going to do, to make the channel more viable in the future.
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Zzap Live 2024 Retro Computing & Gaming event at Kenilworth, UK.
On August 17th 2024, I attended the second ZZap Live event, at the Kenilworth, in the UK. The venue would be bedecked with Commodore systems and a number of C64/Amiga industry veterans were promised to attend, including the legendary games developer Jeff Minter (the Yak), Andrew Braybrook, Steve Turner and (Mr 64 music machine) Rob Hubbard. Watch on to see how it unfolded.
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My dream job Interview at the Legendary Bitmap Brothers
In the Summer of 1994 an unbelievable opportunity fell into my lap. I spotted an advert in a games magazine. The Bitmap Brothers, giants of Amiga game development, were looking for a new member of their team. Bizarrely, I had EXACTLY the qualifications they were looking for.
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Atari FujiNet – The 8-Bit Computer wonder device!
The Atari FujiNet is an amazing device for vintage Atari 8-Bit computer series. Do you want a device that combines 8 emulated disk drives? A wifi adapter with local and internet server access? As well as being able to print seamlessly to PDF files? Then you almost certainly need a FujiNet.
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Repair & Refurb Two Broken External Amiga Floppy Drives
I have two broken Amiga external 3.5″ floppy drives and its about time I fixed them. These drives were received as part of my Amiga 4000 bundle, that proved to mainly contain broken retro kit. But that does not need to be a barrier to us, does it!
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Converting PC 3.5″ floppy Drives to work on the Amiga
Do you need a new Amiga floppy disc drive? Well, there are NO new Amiga drives out there, but there are many many PC drives. However, these do not work on the Amiga. In this video I show you how I converted 3 common models of PC drive, a Samsung SFD-231B, an Alps DF354h and a TEAC FD-235, all to work perfectly on an Amiga.