BBC Master 512: It's a PC, no really it is!
#BBCmaster
BBC Master 512: It's a PC, no really it is!
BBC Master 512: It's a PC, no really it is!
Such a great machine for interactive fiction. Also, Level 9 - I never got to play these at the time.
I'm pretty happy with how this cleaned up. Could do with a final going over (especially the keys when my key puller turns up with my other stuff) but a big improvement on how it arrived 😍
For those who haven't guessed what it is, here is the exterior (and filthy) case 😎👍
Of course after finding that #BBCMaster video again, YouTube thinks that I should see someone who was not even yet born in the 20th century going on about the woes of typing in PETSCII copied from computer magazine listings. (-:
It's not in fact an experience that I can relate to. I loaded/saved PET programs from/to tape, and never had a C64.
Come to think of it; you don't see many of the #retrocomputing crowd using #cassettes, do you?
Retrocomputers! You haven't had the complete experience until you've accidentally unplugged the headphone jack and listened to the code. No, it doesn't sound like modem handshaking.
MOTOR ON
Although Jonathan Graham Harston has BBC BASIC for the PDP-11.
https://mdfs.net/Software/Tube/PDP11/
( Local councillor, retrocomputer, and hill walker. How many FediVerse user profiles match that? (-: )
#BBCMaster #PiCoPro #PiTube #SecondProcessor #AcornTube #BBCBASIC #PDP11
Aha! Found it! I'd been looking for this. Recommended once by YouTube, and then lost.
Paint.App
… on GEM
… on DR-DOS
… on an 8086 PC emulator
… on a Raspberry Pi
… running as a second processor using a BBC Master 128 for I/O.
There's a follow-up re-hash video by @WiFiSheep that explains the tokenization problem with the CIRCLE statement.
Of the many people who have run #Elite on a Pi second processor, none seem to have thought about switching to the PDP-11 emulation and trying to run some early Unix. But seeing DR-DOS on a BBC Master is pretty wild.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mP7fiaync5E
#BBCMaster #PiCoPro #PiTube #SecondProcessor #DRDOS #AcornTube
Pretty amazing that the #NES, #AppleII, #BBCMaster, and #BBCMasterCompact versions of the seminal 3-D space trading and combat video game #Elite all fundamentally base their source code from the #Commodore64 port. (All pre-dated by the #BBCMicro and #AcornElectron versions, of course.)
Seb’s Place does Tech Addicts
Gareth and Ted are joined by Seb from Seb's Place, a British YouTube channel covering 8-bit and 16-bit computers. Seb discusses his channel, his loves and hates in the retro tech, his collection and gaming in the modern world.
https://garethmyles.com/sebs-place-does-tech-addicts/
#Podcast #TechAddicts #Amstrad #BBCMaster #Commodore #emulation #homebrew #Nintendo #Ocean #RaspberryPi #retro #Seb #Sinclair #Spectrum
A BBC Master video from me, telling the story of how I got a 6502 second processor working, all for one particular reason.
You’ll need to watch the video to find out what that reason was. 😎 🚀
It seems I made it onto Hackaday yesterday with one of my old blog articles from 2020.
The one in question was where I used a Raspberry PI 0W as a WiFi enabled USB drive connected to a GoTek to provide disk images to a BBC Master 128.
NB: this technique works for anything a GoTek can connect to - so I've used it on a BBC Micro, Amiga A1200 and Spectrum +3
https://hackaday.com/2024/12/19/old-bbc-micro-gets-some-disk-help-from-a-raspberry-pi/
#bbcMicro #bbcMaster #amiga #amiga1200 #commodore #sinclair #sinclair3 #retroComputing #raspberryPi
@NanoRaptor
I wonder whether someone will be inspired by the #Marchintosh #GlobalTalk stuff to make a worldwide #Econet network for the #BBCMaster and #Archimedes computers? Perhaps there should be such a thing as "Apriscos"?
Elite for the BBC master, enhanced version with all the extras, including music, by @markmoxon .
This is a great version of the game. 😎
Quick video here of the intro screen.
Name an 8-bit game that triggers instant nostalgia. I'll start... 😁
A recent photo of my collection. 😎
Which one are you choosing? 🤔 (Click to expand)
#retrocomputing #amiga #zxspectrum #bbcmaster #acornelectron
Pick one. 😎
(Hasty desk shot taken while sorting stuff…)
@GB followers: Someone interested to exchange my 'Made in GB' #Commodore #C64 breadbin, tested and fully working, against a working #Acorn #BBCmaster in good condition? I'm looking for it for a long time, but nearly impossible in Germany. And this wide used school model lasts in our exhibition.
Please spread the word, thx!
#RetroComputing #ComputerMuseum #LookingFor
Time to play with this. 😎
I’m planning some stuff for a future video.
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