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Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition 2025

November 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Day one of PAX Aus 2025 was a week ago, missing it already. Such good times. #paxaus

Day 1 Highlights - youtube.com/shorts/_rxzx...

Queue hall full of people buzzing to go in

Expo hall full of people and game exhibits

Content creators on stage dressed as characters from Shrek for the charity trivia contest

October 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

PAX Aus 2025 is only days away! Time flies, fast... #paxaus

Sonic the Hedgehog in the PAX Aus 2024 expo hall

October 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

I may not have been able to get to a VCF event overseas yet, but here in Australia we had VCF Down Under. This was the fourth Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition. A two day event with hands on exhibits, talks, and round-tables.

Watch - youtu.be/_oV7j4zQzHw

Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition is this weekend

September 5, 2025 at 6:22 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

I'll be at PAX Aus 2025, returning as a Content Creator, badge and all. 😎

Looking forward to being there in October, seeing the expo floor, panels, retro gaming and it all again... See you there! #paxaus

It's a photo of me, in a frame that says "I'll see you at PAX" and has details that PAX Aus is on the 10-12th of October 2025 at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre.

August 24, 2025 at 4:28 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Setting up the Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition (VCF Down Under) is done for tonight.

Saturday is the public day from 10am to 3pm. See you at Daramalan College!

For those who can't make it, I'll be live streaming some of Saturday and Sunday's talks on my YouTube.

G, Keith, and Mr Lurch setting up a retro computer in the Daramalan College school hall. Other people setting up in the background.

Set-up is done for the night. More to do in the morning. A school hall full of tables. Some with vintage computers on them, some not.

July 18, 2025 at 1:09 PM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition (VCF Down Under) is on this weekend! We've prepared our exhibit, which we've previewed in this short. Looking forward to the talks, and playing with all the other retro computers & consoles.

youtube.com/shorts/npijG...

Making one good X68000 Expert out of two

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July 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition / VCF Down Under is happening in about a month's time here in Australia. Public day with hands on retro computer/consoles exhibits. Presentations. Followed by an enthusiasts' day with all that and more. Free entry.

More details on the flyer and cbrvce.org

June 18, 2025 at 2:53 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Making one nice looking and working Sharp X68000 Expert out of two. Setting up the SxSI boot loader and memory configs. Using a Centronics external BlueSCSI. All in a bit of a scuffed/trash to treasure for this Japanese computer.

Watch - youtu.be/MXkSjoZP_bA

June 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Pondering going to PAX Aus 2025? Or maybe just missing PAX and wanting a video to watch. Here's my experience of last year's #paxaus

New and classic gaming, exhibits, panels, meetups...

Watch - youtu.be/O9lCH8gCjiY

PAX Aus 2024 Experience

XDrive on an Apple IIe and IIgs (and firmware upgrade)

May 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Trying out a new SD card & USB storage device on my Apple IIe and IIgs. XDrive, designed by JD Micro, which I bought from MacEffects. Loading software, upgrading the firmware, and fixing a problem which prevented me from using one of my SD cards.

Watch - youtu.be/oPfhO4VEr7U

Killer robots & death rays / using old tech to inspire kids to build a brighter future

May 18, 2025 at 3:32 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

A talk by Lauren Glina at last year's VCF Down Under / Canberra Vintage Computer Exhibition. Killer robots and death rays: Why I built them and how you can too. Or, Using old tech to inspire our kids to build a brighter future.

Watch - youtu.be/jqIucYaOxTU

Star Wars Dark Forces is 30 years old!

May 11, 2025 at 4:01 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

While in Melbourne, we visited the National Communications Museum in Hawthorne. Interactive displays, set up in an old (retired) working exchange building. Our communications history from an Australian perspective. Good fun, with a few surprises here and there.

Watch - youtu.be/w1LdIt3_myU

Telephone exchange and the main museum room

Cyber cafe with an old internet computer and an Amiga 500 browsing a BBS

The machine that was the Speaking Telephone you once phoned up to hear the time.

Vintage communication technology, including phones and a CRT television displaying static.

April 19, 2025 at 2:43 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

After last night’s video upload, my main YouTube channel now has 100 videos 🥳

April 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Star Wars Dark Forces is 30 years old! I look back at the original game on PC and Macintosh, which contains elements uncommon then in FPS games. Then check out two recent remasters.

Watch - youtu.be/uX91Lvj764c

Apple IIc memory checks and repair, Floppy Emu and Total Replay

March 23, 2025 at 5:18 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Happy Mar10 day 🍄🐢🌻🌟🪠

March 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Took a while to get replacement parts and eventually get around to doing this... Fixing the memory fault on my Apple IIc that first appeared on the channel nearly 5 years ago. Tried a few different methods to make sure I fix the correct part, and can play some games.

Watch - youtu.be/j9X-bXcKNPs

MSX 2 gaming | !yt !discord

February 7, 2025 at 3:04 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Playing games (including viewer requests) on the MSX 2 with Marc! www.twitch.tv/kman_aus

kman_aus - Twitch

www.twitch.tv

February 1, 2025 at 9:40 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

A discussion on the explosion in popularity of retro computing, what got us into the hobby, how you can today and where it’s headed. Hosted by @mrlurch.com with panelists Adrian ACMS / @juicy-crumb.bsky.social, Jeremy, Ian Mavric, myself, Pat and Tony @ozretrocomp.bsky.social

youtu.be/axN5A6SgV08

Fortnite Chapter 1 OG on a 1980s green screen monitor

January 22, 2025 at 11:26 PM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Nothing like a Saturday night hanging out with a mate, having a beer and installing drivers for a non-PnP sound card in Windows 98. Wish us luck 🤞 #retrocomputing

January 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Having fun doing some modern gaming on this Apple CRT from the 1980s for the lols. It doesn’t help my Fortnite OG gameplay but doesn’t hurt it as much as you’d expect either.

Watch - youtu.be/CiIYHYWPWbY

Thrifting at the Green Shed, Goodies Junction and Geek Markets

January 17, 2025 at 2:02 AM

K-man

@kman-aus.bsky.social

Checking out some second hand stores and the Canberra Geek Markets in this thrifting video. Our last visits to The Green Shed. Plenty of Wii Fit boards, retro computers, old video games, consoles, musical instruments, random stuff... and our pick-ups.

youtu.be/9EWxDHnQPRA