"My Spectrum Caught Fire on Boxing Day!" - RetroBytes - The Retro Hour EP488

"My Spectrum Caught Fire on Boxing Day!" - RetroBytes - The Retro Hour EP488

1:29:35 Jul 11, 2025
About this episode
This week, we’re joined by John from the awesome YouTube channel RetroBytes - a creator who dives into the obscure corners of computing history. From his childhood memories of a flaming Spectrum, to restoring Unix workstations, the beauty of operating systems that time forgot, and why Gopher might’ve beaten the web, if not for one fatal mistake. RetroBytes on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@RetroBytesUKContents:00:00 - The Week's Retro News Stories 40:03 - RetroBytes InterviewPlease visit our amazing sponsors and help to support the show:Bitmap Books - https://www.bitmapbooks.comTake your business to the next level today and enjoy 3 months of Shopify for £1/month: https://shopify.co.uk/retrohourWe need your help to ensure the future of the podcast, if you'd like to help us with running costs, equipment and hosting, please consider supporting us on Patreon:https://theretrohour.com/support/https://www.patreon.com/retrohourJoin our Discord channel: https://discord.gg/GQw8qp8Website: http://theretrohour.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/theretrohour/X: https://twitter.com/retrohourukInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/retrohouruk/Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/theretrohour.comTwitch: https://www.twitch.tv/theretrohourEvents:The Amiga at 40: https://tinyurl.com/4wu2866hNottsVGE: https://www.nottsvge.com/RetroMessa: https://www.retromessa.no/Show notesXbox Mass Lay Offs: https://tinyurl.com/47t45sumNew Jazz Mag: https://www.supercellphonegamer.com/GameCube to Switch 2 Dock: https://tinyurl.com/5k32x59tFlipping Good Game: https://tinyurl.com/bddecmvz3D Print with Accuracy: https://tinyurl.com/37t6zwsz
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