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Computer museum seeks BBC Micro fixers

34 pointsby benjamtaalmost 10 years ago

4 comments

batoualmost 10 years ago
I used to fix these all the time. UK schools were kicking them out by the skip load in the mid 1990s. I was there snagging them before they were collected. I had 30 BBC Bs and 12 Master machines at one point and a 1.5m tall pile of cumana disk drives.<p>Managed to shift them all on yahoo auctions and ebay between 1998-2001 making a small fortune.<p>However I really couldn&#x27;t be bothered with it all today. Found something much smaller and easier to fix and post!
mpclarkalmost 10 years ago
&quot;Has about 80 BBC Micro computers... the majority form part of an interactive exhibit that recreates a 1980s classroom&quot;<p>IME you only need one BBC Micro to recreate an 80s classroom.<p>At my school circa &#x27;82-&#x27;85 we had a beeb, a PET and two (different) Research Machines boxes that ran CP&#x2F;M. That was all for the whole school, and with it we somehow managed to produce a remarkable portion of the UK&#x27;s games programming talent.<p>I think I&#x27;d better tie an onion to my belt now...
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jdubalmost 10 years ago
<p><pre><code> *SPEECH *SAY I WISH I STILL HAD A BBC MICRO</code></pre>
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forintialmost 10 years ago
Where&#x27;s that bloke from those Acorn User &quot;You break &#x27;em, we mend them&quot; ads?