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Our news archive search is now powered by Google. You can search the main site or the guest-viewable forums. To search the entire forums, log in and use the forum search engine. Search the main OCAU site with Google: Search OCAU Forums with Google: View News : Last 7 Days, Last 14 Days, Last 30 Days. View Monthly Archives. Retro Misc Pics (6 Comments) (link)  Friday, 3-October-2025  10:45:38 (GMT +10) - by Agg Currently in Tasmania playing hockey, so here's Retro Misc Pics from February 2013 - back to normal next week. Enjoy the long weekend if you're having one! 1st Feb 2013: 8th Feb 2013: 15th Feb 2013: 22nd Feb 2013: Thursday Night News and Ramblings (3 Comments) (link)  Thursday, 2-October-2025  23:23:36 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN Raspberry Pi Foundation have released a new SKU, The Pi 500+ It’s a complete desktop computer, a love letter to the machines of our childhoods, and our most polished product yet. Raspberry Pi 500+ boasts a high-quality mechanical keyboard with removable keycaps and individually addressable RGB LEDs, an internal M.2 socket pre-fitted with a 256GB Raspberry Pi SSD, and 16GB of RAM. And, if a Pi 500+ isnt enough power under the hood then maybe the LattePanda IOOTA is for you. Anker gets to recall half a million power banks. Anker is issuing another recall over potentially defective power banks following dozens of reports of incidents involving fires and explosions. Unlike the last recall, which affected around 1.1 million Anker PowerCore 1000 power banks, this new one includes multiple different models. The PC Gaming Hardware Market Is Exploding ! Again ! Are they using those Anker Power Banks or what ? Valve want you too buy a LCD model Steam Deck. But all the cool kids say the OLED is the one too get. But if you are starting to run out of storage on your Steam Deck, this might be the answer too your problem. I'd rather be able to afford this Apple I There were a number of factors in this sample’s favour that allowed it to significantly leapfrog the estimate. Beyond the vintage physical computer equipment, this machine also had some extra provenance. It is known as the ‘Moore Apple-1’, which is “a complete and working setup owned by the first female graduate of Stanford Law School, June Blodgett Moore." I'm not sure I can even afford a New V4 Apollo A6000 The Apollo Team behind the Vampire V4 just launched pre-orders for a new, all-in-one modern Amiga, dubbed the Apollo V4 A6000, which is built atop the Apollo V4 platform. The V4 platform, like other standalone boards and Apollo accelerators, offers what the team calls a 68080 processor with AMMX support, which is a 100% code compatible evolution of the latest 68000 series processors, that corrects many of the bugs of the original 680x0 designs, while also adding additional features to increase performance. Although it was just announced last night, the initial batch of Apollo V4 A6000s has already sold out. Back with newer tech, Apple are making chips. Apple has locked up fully half (and potentially more) of TSMC's 2nm production capacity. I am going to go out on a limb here and will assume its the new M5 chip they'll be making. Current-generation processors are largely built on 4nm-class and 3nm-class technology, and the next jump is going to come from 2nm-class processes, of which there are four on the way: TSMC's N2, Intel's 18A, Samsung's SF2, and newcomer Rapidus' 2HP. Of those, Intel isn't taking external orders, Samsung isn't quite ready yet, and Rapidus isn't even planning to be be ready until 2027. That leaves TSMC's N2 as the only 2nm-class fab available to fabless customers, yet one customer in particular is getting priority treatment. Brave Browser hits 100 million monthly users. The privacy-focused browser surpassed the milestone on September 30th, and says it’s attracted an average of 2.5 million new users each month over the last two years. “Across the globe, users are choosing privacy and control over their online experience, instead of Big Tech’s tracking and abuse,” said Brave CEO Brendan Eich. With just days remaining until Microsoft discontinues free support, Windows 10 still accounts for 40.5 percent of the Windows desktop market. Despite Microsoft's relentless push to migrate users, Windows 10 remains remarkably resilient, however, the trend line does show movement. A year ago, Windows 10 held 62.75 percent market share while Windows 11 languished at 33.42 percent. This shift hasn't been nearly steep enough. After October 14, a number of users will no longer receive free security updates. For those who remain on Windows 10, the end of support brings a bitter trade-off: no more monthly anxiety about what Microsoft might break — but also no assurance that vulnerabilities will be patched. And if you are a Windows 11 OS user, here's 11 useful registry hacks to help ease the pain. Thursday Evening Reviews (0 Comments) (link)  Thursday, 2-October-2025  22:04:26 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN Audio Visual: Edifier MR5 Studio Monitor Speakers @ NikKTech AVerMedia CamStream 4K BU113G2 External Capture Card @ APHnetworks Corsair VOID WIRELESS V2 Gaming Headset @ FunkyKit Dangbei DBOX02 4K Projector @ Neoseeker Keyboard, Mouse: be quiet! Dark Mount Keyboard @ HardwareAsylum NuPhy Air75 V3 Low-Profile Wireless Keyboard @ Vortez Epomaker Cypher 81 Mechanical Wireless Keyboard @ Madshrimps be quiet! Dark Mount Gaming Keyboard @ ThinkComputers CHERRY XTRFY K5V2 + GP6 NORTHERN LIGHT BUNDLE @ Madshrimps VAXEE Zygen NP-01S Ergo Wireless @ TechPowerUp Case, Cooler: NZXT Kraken Plus 360 RGB @ OCinside Einarex Prisma S800 @ TechPowerUp be quiet! Pure Rock Pro 3 @ TechPowerUp Scythe Mugen 6 Black Edition CPU Cooler @ TweakTown Storage: SK hynix Platinum P51 Gen5 Solid State Drive @ ThinkComputers Sandisk WD_BLACK SN8100 2TB Solid State Drive @ APHnetworks Motherboard, Memory: ASRock Phantom Gaming X870 Nova Wi-Fi @ TechPowerUp ASrock X870 Roundup (for thoose that need to kill X3D chips faster) @ Vortez Adata XPG Lancer Blade RGB 64GB DDR5-6000 @ FunkyKit Adata XPG Lancer Blade RGB 48GB DDR5-6400 @ FunkyKit ASUS ROG Strix B850-E Gaming Wi-Fi @ TechPowerUp Sim Racing: Asetek Racing Initium Bundle 1 @ TweakTown Trak Racer TR120S V2 Sim Racing Chassis @ TweakTown MOZA Racing R5 Direct Drive Base & Pedal Bundle @ TweakTown Misc: be quiet! Pure Power 13 M 1000W ATX 3.1 Power Supply Unit @ NikKTech Snapdragon X2 Elite Extreme Benchmarks @ HotHardware MSI Titan 18 HX AI @ HotHardware Blacklyte Atlas Lite Standing Desk @ TechPowerUp Retro Gaming October 2025 (0 Comments) (link)  Wednesday, 1-October-2025  10:09:34 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN This month's "Retro Let's Play" for October is Fallout Tactics from 2001 Most players never really gave Tactics a chance due to the terrible reviews, but if you stick with it, there’s a really nice game underneath it’s sometimes clunky, canon and buggy reputation. It is different, and sometimes difficult, but also very very rewarding. The story revolves around a group known as the Brotherhood of Steel, established in the post-War United States, spreading from the former state of California eastward. The isolationist, technology-focused group found itself at odds with its ideals once the need to recruit outsiders became a reality. The players character is a recruit to the Brotherhood called the Warrior, tasked to lead a squad of soldiers made up of their peers against several threats in the surrounding Chicago area starting in the year 2197. click for the thread!

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