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Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
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Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
Yup - the BBC Micro is 30 years old today.

http://www.reghardware.com/2011/11/30/b ... niversary/

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Author:  james016 [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
I remember mine fondly from when it had a tape deck, a 5.25in FDD and finally a word processor and paint package on ROMS that someone installed for us. I used a mouse for the paint package.

Oh and original Elite FTMFW! :mrgreen:
Author:  JJW009 [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
I still have it. Annoyingly I have the tape version of Elite, which means I have to disconnect the floppy drives and reboot to release the disk buffer memory to load the tape.

Still boots faster than anything else I have. I think it's about 0.1 seconds from power on to prompt.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 1:58 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
My first task as a techie.. oooh... years ago now, was to shut down and dismantle a network of BBC micros that were being replaced by PCs. Really wish I'd kept one of them TBH...
Author:  PaulKey [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 2:06 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
I still have mine in a box in the loft. I'm not sure I still have the tape player though.

Are they worth anything these days ?
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:32 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
PaulKey wrote:
I still have mine in a box in the loft. I'm not sure I still have the tape player though.

Are they worth anything these days ?


Depends. If you get it down from the loft and want to power it up, I’d suggest doing some where the smell of burning components won’t matter too much. There is a capacitor in the PSU which, if left idle for a few years, can pop around 15 minutes after the machine is switched on. This is repairable, but worth knowing about in advance. This is why I boot my A305 every so often - just in case.

Mine is at my parent’s house - along with floppies, Music 500 and an AMX mouse - which is what sounds like James016 has.
Author:  james016 [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
Sadly I don't have it any more, it died a long time ago and I upgraded to an A5000.

They really were no nonsense stuff.

This site is worth a visit or 10. http://www.beebgames.com/welcome.php

I did have the emulator working at one point. To play SpyCat
Author:  adidan [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:41 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
james016 wrote:
Oh and original Elite FTMFW! :mrgreen:

QFMFT!

At some point in the future when I have a large enough house I want a library with one section dedicated to all the computers/consoles I've owned and I shall trawl the interweb looking for a BBC Model B....

Until then that shall remain a sado idea.
Author:  james016 [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:49 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
I had a Repton cuddly toy when I was a child. 8-)
Author:  JJW009 [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:09 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
adidan wrote:
At some point in the future when I have a large enough house I want a library with one section dedicated to all the computers/consoles I've owned and I shall trawl the interweb looking for a BBC Model B....

When the day comes, you can have mine - complete with original 14" CUB colour monitor. I've been trying to find it a loving home for years. Just can't bring myself to "recycle" it :cry:
Author:  adidan [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:24 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
JJW009 wrote:
adidan wrote:
At some point in the future when I have a large enough house I want a library with one section dedicated to all the computers/consoles I've owned and I shall trawl the interweb looking for a BBC Model B....

When the day comes, you can have mine - complete with original 14" CUB colour monitor. I've been trying to find it a loving home for years. Just can't bring myself to "recycle" it :cry:

OMG I would frickin love that, if only I had somewhere to put it.

Never recycle it JJ, never! :D
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:39 pm ]
Post subject:  Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
JJW009 wrote:
adidan wrote:
At some point in the future when I have a large enough house I want a library with one section dedicated to all the computers/consoles I've owned and I shall trawl the interweb looking for a BBC Model B....

When the day comes, you can have mine - complete with original 14" CUB colour monitor. I've been trying to find it a loving home for years. Just can't bring myself to "recycle" it :cry:

I really wish you hadn't said that. I know my other half will really regret me reading that too. :-)
Author:  james016 [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
adidan wrote:
james016 wrote:
Oh and original Elite FTMFW! :mrgreen:

QFMFT!

At some point in the future when I have a large enough house I want a library with one section dedicated to all the computers/consoles I've owned and I shall trawl the interweb looking for a BBC Model B....

Until then that shall remain a sado idea.


If I did that, I'll need to find a Dragon32, an Intellevison console....
Author:  paulzolo [ Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
Really must put the finishing touches to my computer museum web site. By "museum" I mean "cupboard stuffed with old computers".
Author:  paulzolo [ Thu Dec 01, 2011 8:54 am ]
Post subject:  Happy 30th Birthday, BBC Micro!
The BBC marks the occasion.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15969065

They'd never have got away with this kind of thing today.
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