What to do with BBC Model B Micro Kit??

Mel_P · 27 Oct 2019 at 13:39

Hello, I have a (recently died) BBC Model B micro, with 2 working power supplies and various ancillary kit + 2 years' of "BBC Micro".

Do I just bin it or do people use it for parts / get the micro working again?

Any suggestions please?

RandomMonkeH · 27 Oct 2019 at 14:05

Given the following for these, I'm almost certain you will be able to flog it all on ebay.
I've still got mine, no idea if it still works - but I won't be binning it.

Mel_P · 27 Oct 2019 at 15:54

Non-working, eBay = £30. not worth the hassle! Working = £100+ - would be worth it.
Fills 2 archive boxes - other half wants it shifted!!!!

Rroff · 27 Oct 2019 at 16:03

Unfortunately don't have details to hand but there is a museum type organisation that will often take these for spares.

Mel_P · 27 Oct 2019 at 18:52

Rroff said:
Unfortunately don't have details to hand but there is a museum type organisation that will often take these for spares.

Last time I checked with several - they had loads. No more required!

vanpeebles · 27 Oct 2019 at 20:11

Have you tried stardot forum? Someone there will love it

Don't bin it!!!

paradigm · 27 Oct 2019 at 20:13

I’m sure there are many people out there who could a) fix it and b) would like the challenge of doing so.

LewisRaz · 27 Oct 2019 at 22:12

100% dont bin it!!!

Must be a vintage PC guy in here near to you who would enjoy trying to repair it!?

sideways14a · 27 Oct 2019 at 22:17

Christ dont bin something like that, its a proper bit of the 80s computer market.

Ian_Eb · 27 Oct 2019 at 22:27

Or send it to someone like Tynemouth software for a repair. His blog documents loads of repairs to old retro gear.

Mel_P · 27 Oct 2019 at 23:45

vanpeebles said:
Have you tried stardot forum? Someone there will love it Don't bin it!!!

Thanks. Have tried this website to offload for a charitable donation. Don't really want to spend more time on it!

vanpeebles · 28 Oct 2019 at 07:23

Mel_P said:
Thanks. Have tried this website to offload for a charitable donation. Don't really want to spend more time on it!

Stardot is a BBC forum with an active repair community. You have way more chance of moving it on there, than here

Donnie Fisher · 2 Nov 2019 at 23:30

Duuuuuuhh-BEEP.

First ever computer in our house. Haven't seen one in years. Good luck getting it moved on.

dowie · 3 Nov 2019 at 20:28

I don't really get why you started the thread and then shot down every suggestion tbh... you could easily just flog it on e-bay just for the sake of not binning something that could be useful to someone else and not made anymore. sounds like you'd get £30 + postage for it so whats the drama?

Failing that just take 2 mins to register on the suggested forum, post your rough location and ask if anyone would like to drop by and take it off your hands.

Ravenger · 23 Nov 2019 at 14:52

Ask if any of the retro you tubers that fix up old machines is interested, like Retro Man Cave.

Blackjack Davy · 16 Dec 2019 at 14:16

For gawds sake don't bin it someone will have it even if its only for parts. Wish I still had mine (and it was working, I don't have the knowledge to fix them up).

Rroff · 16 Dec 2019 at 14:26

Not so much the BBC but I really miss RISC OS - one of the few OSes that really recognised what an OS was about - enabling the end user with a comprehensive but (for the time) well designed feature set and an open approach that left the user in control and able to do a lot of stuff themselves if desired.

vanpeebles · 16 Dec 2019 at 14:36

Rroff said:
Not so much the BBC but I really miss RISC OS - one of the few OSes that really recognised what an OS was about - enabling the end user with a comprehensive but (for the time) well designed feature set and an open approach that left the user in control and able to do a lot of stuff themselves if desired.

RO3.1 was my fave

I could make that dance on my A3010 back in the day.

Rroff · 16 Dec 2019 at 14:45

vanpeebles said:
RO3.1 was my fave I could make that dance on my A3010 back in the day.

Same - sadly my old A3010 didn't survive very well being stored in my parent's loft while I was living away. I have 3.11 running under Red Squirrel but sadly don't have a lot of my old files for it.

vanpeebles · 16 Dec 2019 at 14:57

Rroff said:
Same - sadly my old A3010 didn't survive very well being stored in my parent's loft while I was living away. I have 3.11 running under Red Squirrel but sadly don't have a lot of my old files for it.

Thankfully I chopped the battery out of mine. It was upgraded to 4mb and a HCCS hard drive interface too