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Adelaide Retro Computing Group

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Address: 181 Unley Road 5061 Adelaide, SA, Australia

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25.01.2022 Don't forget our February event is this Friday! Doors @ 7PM Members with machines, please arrive at 6:30PM

24.01.2022 Hi everyone, a lot of regular members have mentioned they will be giving away or selling items at the next event on Friday. Looks like there will be plenty of vintage gear up for grabs.

24.01.2022 Dont forget our February event is this Friday! Doors @ 7PM Members with machines, please arrive at 6:30PM

23.01.2022 Hi All The next arc meet should be happening on Friday, 14th of August. This will be a 486 meet, but other systems are welcome. Doom & Quake will be played over network. Regards... ARC Team See more

19.01.2022 Hi Guys The upcoming 14th of June event Main Theme Battlefield 1942 LAN Party... BYO Pentium 3/4 or AMD Athlon Era Machines from 2004 or older! You will need (Tower, Monitor, Keyboard/Mouse, Speakers, Power Cables, Extension Cables, Ethernet Cord (2-5M) and Power Board) Game and Expansions Required Battlefield 1942 Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII Please provide your own license key for the game. We can provide installation media on the night if required. We will also have a server online connected to the network switch with patches/game files *** All other machines are welcome on the night if you are not participating in the LAN **

17.01.2022 We are planning a large counter strike lan party for this end of year December meet. We recommend Pentium 2 / AMD K6 class systems or better with an network card installed. Installation media can be provided on the night. Network hubs will be setup. We hope to see many retro machines there!... Photo by Dan

17.01.2022 Hi All Our meet is on tonight! Please ensure to follow social distancing rules. Hope to see you all there!

15.01.2022 Hi All Letting you know this months meet (11th of September) has the green light to go ahead. There is no theme, so bring anything 2002 & older. Everyone will need to maintain 1.5meters social distancing! Doors at 6:30pm! ... People with systems please arrive at 6 Entry via the hall back door (11 Oxford Terrace, Unley) Hope to see everyone there! Regards ARC Admins

15.01.2022 Hi All If you are donating to the group at this event please only donate retro computer related gear, last event we were overloaded with junk which included such things as light bulbs & draws. If this happens again, any future group donations will be turned away. Thankyou ... ARC Team See more

14.01.2022 Hi all Don’t forget our meet is on tonight! Doors at 7pm, people who need to setup please come at 6:30.... Everyone attending will need to fill out our COVID Safe form before entering the venue thanks. 1.5m social distancing must be followed at all times. Address is 181 Unley Road, Unley Entry via back door & parking available on Oxford Terrace. Regards ARC Team

13.01.2022 Hi All We have just made a new group for members / followers to join. Please share your retro computer builds and questions in here! https://www.facebook.com/groups/2772719296287908/

13.01.2022 Dont forget our meet is on this Friday night!

13.01.2022 The Voodoo5-6000 Rev3700A. Yes this was the first Quad SLI graphics card produced, it sadly never made it to the consumer market due to the collapse of 3DFX in 2001/2002.

12.01.2022 Who remembers the Creative Live Drive?

11.01.2022 We hope to see a big turnout tonight! Doors at 7PM, Setup at 6:30PM Parking/Entry on Oxford Terrace, Unley SA 5061

10.01.2022 Hello everyone, we have some exciting news, the next event will be on Friday the 14th this week after all! Sorry for the last minute decision but we believe with good practices that our event can be safe to attend, here are some details about the upcoming event: -Venue capacity is limited to 120 people according to covid-19 directions, although the limit will be set to 42 for our event. -An attendance record will be kept, it must be filled out(name, phone number or email addr...ess, and date and time). 1.5m distancing will apply, tables and chairs must be set up to follow this rule. -Hand sanitiser will be available and tables must be cleaned after use. -No shared food platters or beverages are permitted including shared coffee/tea and water facilities. BYO individual drinks are permitted. Do not attend the venue if: -You're experiencing cold and flu like symptoms including fever, cough, sore throat, and/or shortness of breath. -Have a chronic medical condition and/or weakened immune system and has not sought advice from a health care professional prior to attending. More information will be provided on the night.

09.01.2022 Dont forget the next meet is on the 13th of December! There will be a small lan gaming going on, all other machines are welcome!

08.01.2022 Dont forget our meet is on Friday! What is everyone bringing!?

07.01.2022 Hi All Dont forget we have a meet this friday starting at 7PM

07.01.2022 We would like to inform you the upcoming april event will be canceled due to growing coronavirus concerns, our march meet was considerably down on numbers. The upcoming event in may will hopefully be on, so this gives you time to prepare a system. Thanks... ARC Team See more

04.01.2022 This upcoming event in march will be focused on dual processor computing. Machines from 1994-2005 are welcome. Games being played on the night will be Call of Duty 1, Unreal, and Quake 3 Arena. Other retro machines are also welcome

04.01.2022 Hi All Don’t forget this fridays meet! Please be advised food is banned at the venu, only bottled drinks permitted due to COVID restrictions.

03.01.2022 Not even 24 hours left until the event, what is everyone bringing along?

02.01.2022 Just over a week and a half away!

01.01.2022 Hi all Dont forget our meet is on tonight! Doors at 7pm, people who need to setup please come at 6:30.... Everyone attending will need to fill out our COVID Safe form before entering the venue thanks. 1.5m social distancing must be followed at all times. Address is 181 Unley Road, Unley Entry via back door & parking available on Oxford Terrace. Regards ARC Team

01.01.2022 Hi everyone, the last event for the year is next week on Friday the 13th of December at 7-11pm in Unley library.