Computer museum seeks BBC Micro fixers(bbc.co.uk) |
Computer museum seeks BBC Micro fixers(bbc.co.uk) |
Managed to shift them all on yahoo auctions and ebay between 1998-2001 making a small fortune.
However I really couldn't be bothered with it all today. Found something much smaller and easier to fix and post!
IME you only need one BBC Micro to recreate an 80s classroom.
At my school circa '82-'85 we had a beeb, a PET and two (different) Research Machines boxes that ran CP/M. That was all for the whole school, and with it we somehow managed to produce a remarkable portion of the UK's games programming talent.
I think I'd better tie an onion to my belt now...
They also had another Acorn machine, not sure which one though. And a machine with Windows 3.11 on it which appeared to be FROM THE FUTURE.
When my secondary school chucked all their Beebs out, we took them (with permission!) so my dad has a loft FULL of As, Bs, B+ and a couple of Masters. He has a second processor too.
I remember those CP/M machines: RM 380Z. Took a non-functional one of them home from my school (weighed about 25kg and I walked home carrying it, well dragging it on a Head bag - took forever and ruined the bag) and sifted it for 74xx parts and static RAM. Built my first computer from scratch from the remains.
My school had all the kit: BBC econet network, an early archimedes deployment, CNC mills and lathes, properly kitted out electronics and science labs, the lot. Unfortunately no teachers that knew what to do with it all. I was privileged to have it all as my own personal playground that no one else touched or had any interest in, the only payment being to make them look good on parents evening.
I genuinely would't have been the person I am without all this. Thanks UK government!
Joining the onion on the belt club as well now.
*SPEECH
*SAY I WISH I STILL HAD A BBC MICRO 10PRINT"BBC Computer 32K"
20PRINT
30PRINT"BASIC"
40PRINT
50PRINT">";
60INPUTA$
70PRINT"You are a dick"
80GOTO40
*KEY0 RUN
<<break>>
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