|
|
Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 7, 2009 9:46:11 GMT
Just a heads up on something coming soon from BBC Four that might be of interest to those of us with interest in 80's computing. www.bbc.co.uk/tv/comingup/syntaxera/It's a comedy/drama about the race to market of the BBC Micro and the ZX Spectrum. Andy |
|
Nigel
Thunderjet
Posts: 4,968
|
Post by Nigel on Jul 7, 2009 10:15:45 GMT
Sounds interesting.
|
|
Hero
Fusilateral Quintro Combiner
King of RULES!
Everything Rules
Posts: 7,476
|
Post by Hero on Jul 8, 2009 8:41:03 GMT
That's going to be awesome!
|
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Jul 8, 2009 17:29:45 GMT
I look forward to it.
SPECTRUM FOREVERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!
-Ralph
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2009 17:51:38 GMT
Sounds fascinating. When I was a kid I had to be prised away from various BBC Micro computers at school. Excellent pieces of machinery they were.
|
|
|
|
Post by The Doctor on Jul 8, 2009 17:54:28 GMT
I loved playing Asteroids on the school BBC Micros.
Kids, today, eh? They don't know what real computers are! Back in my day we loaded data on to them with floppy discs! And magnetic tapes!
Tapes!
None of these new-fangled digital cloud bollocks!
TAPES!
Tapes you could hold in your hand! Tapes that were solid and comforting!
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! CRUNCH!
That was the sound of tapes!
Fuck off new-generation computers!
Bring back tapes!
-Ralph
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2009 17:59:33 GMT
My favourite BBC Micro game was this one called Granny's Garden. It was an educational text-based game but one that I always enjoyed playing. Sadly, because of copyright issues it is impossible to find an emulated version of the game on the net so if I wanted to play it again I would have to buy a BBC Micro!
|
|
|
|
Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 8, 2009 19:45:04 GMT
So buy one!!!!
Andy
|
|
|
|
Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Jul 8, 2009 19:49:42 GMT
Martin
|
|
kayevcee
Fusilateral Quintro Combiner
The Weather Wizard
Posts: 5,527
|
Post by kayevcee on Jul 8, 2009 21:34:14 GMT
My emulator-fu is almost as strong as my toy-fu. Check your private messages, Zudobug.
-Nick
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2009 23:02:31 GMT
Cheers Martin for the clips on the game. I haven't played that game since I was at Junior School but watching those clips made me remember what the game was like. It looks quite short and primitive but when you are about seven years old its one of the most addictive games to play.
Thanks also Nick for the PM's. I will certainly check out the links tomorrow.
|
|
