Soldato
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I thought that this would be too old to fit under general hardware (!), so GD it is Are there any other Beeb kids here? I just thought it would be nice for us 30-somethings OcUKers to share our old favourite BBC programs/games. In the day and age of Macs vs PCs, we still hear occasional mentions of the Speccy, Commadore and Amiga computers, but not the Beeb as it was more of an educational computer.
My parents recently had a loft clear-out, found my old Beeb that was a bit worse for wear, with no monitor, and only a bare minimum of disks/manuals. My fault really - I should had told them to keep the stuff until I got my own house. I went to a company who deals with old computers - I won't say who, in case it is seen as advertising. Anyway, they converted a BBC model B for me that has a USB interface. They chucked in a working monitor, 5.25" disk drive, cables, a few starter games, plus disk images that work on the Beeb emulator, but can also copy to the real Beeb via USB stick. The USB interface will also be useful when my 5.25" disks do finally wear out, and I can back them up to PC.
So here goes
▼ I'm setting the equipment up onto a modern workstation. Monitor on top, Beeb and disk drive on the pull-out keyboard tray. Next to it is my HP printer which I use wirelessly with my 2 PCs.
▼ Closer.
▼ Showing the Beeb itself.
▼ Ahh bliss - this is the first time I've booted up a Beeb since the late 90s.
▼ Then a quick look at what parents managed to salvage from their loft: a BBC BASIC manual, a book about computer games, QuickDraw paint program, the Folio wordprocessor and, *gosh*... ELITE! I bought it for myself in June 1995 as a finishing-GCSE-exams present. I know 1995 was late for its time, but I was still in my Beeb prime back then. I didn't realise that my Elite game survived. Also, (not shown), are some other disks that may be blank or have programs. I'll have to check and see if any of my BASIC survived.
My parents recently had a loft clear-out, found my old Beeb that was a bit worse for wear, with no monitor, and only a bare minimum of disks/manuals. My fault really - I should had told them to keep the stuff until I got my own house. I went to a company who deals with old computers - I won't say who, in case it is seen as advertising. Anyway, they converted a BBC model B for me that has a USB interface. They chucked in a working monitor, 5.25" disk drive, cables, a few starter games, plus disk images that work on the Beeb emulator, but can also copy to the real Beeb via USB stick. The USB interface will also be useful when my 5.25" disks do finally wear out, and I can back them up to PC.
So here goes
▼ I'm setting the equipment up onto a modern workstation. Monitor on top, Beeb and disk drive on the pull-out keyboard tray. Next to it is my HP printer which I use wirelessly with my 2 PCs.
▼ Closer.
▼ Showing the Beeb itself.
▼ Ahh bliss - this is the first time I've booted up a Beeb since the late 90s.
▼ Then a quick look at what parents managed to salvage from their loft: a BBC BASIC manual, a book about computer games, QuickDraw paint program, the Folio wordprocessor and, *gosh*... ELITE! I bought it for myself in June 1995 as a finishing-GCSE-exams present. I know 1995 was late for its time, but I was still in my Beeb prime back then. I didn't realise that my Elite game survived. Also, (not shown), are some other disks that may be blank or have programs. I'll have to check and see if any of my BASIC survived.
but I did have it's little brother the Electron (with the +2 ROM expansion unit) which was fun and ran many of the same games.
