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Hello and welcome to the Retro Hour podcast, episode number 373, your weekly dose of retro gaming and technology news with me, Dan Wood. Me Ravi Abbott and me Joe Fox. And very nice to be joining us for another weekly look back at what's been happening in the world of retro gaming and technology from over the last seven days. Of course, we bring it up to speed on everything that's been going on. You don't have to Google around and check all the news websites. But you feel it to leave it to us. We do it for you every week. And of course, we bring you a very special guest in the second half of the show as well. And I've got to say, the interview that I did this week, because I sat down last week with our special guest this week, and that chatted for about 45 minutes with him, it was one of the most interesting interviews I think I've ever done on this show.

Now, no, you guys weren't involved, but I know you are very familiar with our guess this week, particularly you're heavy.

Oh, yes, for sure.

Am I right in saying he created task manager?

Well, I guess this week is Dave Plummer.

Now, he's a retired Microsoft Software Engineer. Today, he runs a really interesting YouTube channel called Dave's Garage, or Dave's Garage, if you're from that side of the pond. But, yeah, I mean, really, we kind of go through all of his background, you know, when he originally got into computers when he was a kid and kind of his journey into Microsoft. I mean, he started like programming games and stuff at home for fun.

And then by the time he went to Microsoft, I mean, he'd released some stuff on the Commodore 64

and the Amiga before that.

I mean, he's a massive Amiga nut.

So you'll find this one interesting, Ravi.

But then, yeah, he worked at Microsoft for several years and worked on some technologies that really have become such a big part of every Windows user's lives in the modern day.

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