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| | BBC Micro and Electron Games - The Stairway To Hell - History |
 | | BBC and Electron games software was never as plentiful as on other formats and most of the major players in the software industry (e.g. | | | British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) stepped up their involvement in the Computer Literacy Project - a campaign seeking to increase public awareness of computers - it soon became known that they were looking to form a partnership with a British computing manufacturer. | | | BBC Micro and Electron Games - The Stairway To Hell - History |
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http://www.stairwaytohell.com/history.html
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| | OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum |
| | The BBC considered the NewBrain computer and rejected it. | | | BBC Model A / B / B+ Acorn Computer | | | One of its most popular peripherals was the "Torch" floppy disk unit, a 5.25" floppy disk drive with a Z80 which allowed the BBC to use CP/M software. |
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http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=29
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| | BBC Micro info |
| | For many years, the BBC Micro computer, as produced by (the now defunct) Acorn Computers Limited (formerly of Cambridge, U.K.), gave a great deal of pleasure to many people. | | | BBC Micro users will have a large number of DFS and ADFS floppy disks, which may contain useful data. | | | The BBC Master 128 computer has a few Y2000 problems. |
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http://www.adsb.co.uk/bbc
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| | The BBC lives! -- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) |
| | BBC Explorer is a drag-and-drop Windows program that can create a new disk image from dragged BBC files or their *.inf files, or extract such files from an exisiting image. | | | Your best bet is to join the BBC micro mailing list, and post your query there. | | | The "Catweasel Advanced Floppy Controller" is available for PCs and Amigas, and is rumored to be able to read BBC-formatted disks using standard PC floppy drives. |
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http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc/faq.php3
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| | BBC Micro Disk Controllers |
| | When the BBC Micro models A and B were first released, it was possible to add a disk upgrade to the machine, Mind you, the upgrade cost about £120, so it wasn't a popular upgrade initially - until people got hacked off with a large program taking 20 minutes to load from cassette tape. | | | In Acorn's design of the BBC Micro, the floppy disk controller appears in the memory map from andFE80 - andFE9F - however only 3 address lines are made available to the floppy disk controller, and so only 8 locations are uniquely addressable (e.g. | | | There was a toggle switch so that you could switch between the two disk controllers - although not whilst the machine was running, you had to press BREAK or power cycle the computer. |
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http://www.adsb.co.uk/bbc/disk_controllers
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| | BBC B Micro review. Electronics & Computing Monthly December 1982 |
| | When comtemplating buying a micro, for whatever purpose, it is always important to consider what software is available for it. | | | This enables a number of micros to communicate with each other and to share important and expensive peripherals - such as disc drives or printers. | | | Many independent software publishers quickly got to work and programs of all varieties, from games to word processors, started to appear within weeks of the first machines being delivered. |
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http://www.sli-institute.ac.uk/~bob/bbc_b_review.htm
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| | Help and Information : BBC Micro Mailing List Archive |
| | Questions and discussions relating to emulation and emulators of Acorn 8-bit machines are welcome on the BBC Micro mailing list. | | | In both cases, if any software on your machine or your email provider adds a signiture to the end of your post you should also add the word endafter your unsubsciption request. | | | BBC Micro Mailing List Archive - Help and Information |
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http://www.mdfsnet.f9.co.uk/Archive/BBCMicro/help
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| | BBC Micro User Guide: Introduction |
| | Other more specialist books will appear describing the use of its more sophisticated features and how the machine can be expanded in various ways to make it increasingly useful. | | | For details of courses in programming, books on the BBC system, software programs in the BBC Software List, including Telesoftware, write to: | | | If you are an absolute beginner then much of this will not be very easy to understand. |
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http://kasoft.freeyellow.com/Central/Kasoft/Typeset/BBC/Intro.html
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| | Acorn BBC Micro - Catharton Electronica |
| | This was popular with Acorn enthusiasts but it never achieved the success of the PC or Macintosh and by the end of the 90s Acorn had ceased to be as a computer manufacturer. | | | The actual company that designed and manufactured the computers was Acorn, who also (later) made the Electron and the Archimedes. | | | Some of the activities you could do on a school BBC included learning the BASIC and LOGO programming languages. |
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http://www.catharton.com/electronica/viewpage.php?page_id=2
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| | John Allen's Z88 Link for BBC Micro |
| | The problem is that bytes in the range &10-&1F on the Z88 were transferred to the BBC micro as bytes in the range &20-&2F so if you sent the file back to the Z88 it's not the same as when it went. | | | After the rom has been inserted into the Z88, it is activated by pressing 'square' L. It works by getting it's instructions from a remote computer at the end of a serial link. | | | Since then we've had utilities to transfer the whole contents of the memory (March), transfer and convert to Wordwise and Mini Office II files (June) and to transfer Basic programs (July). |
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http://www.johnallen.com/z88/zlink.html
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| | 4D : Product info for S/H The BBC Micro Revealed |
| | If you've mastered the contents of the manual which came with your BBC Microcomputer, and now want to continue your exploration of the computer's functions and capabilities, this book is for you. | | | Jeremy Ruston, who has spent months delving into the computer's internal operations, reveals a large number of sophisticated techniques to help you improve and develop your programming skills. | | | Instructions on how to pass arrays and matrices to user-defined functions and procedures |
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http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/micros/individual/prodpages/INT-TBMRSH.shtml
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| | The BBC lives! -- Emulators |
| | According to Tom Seddon, this emulator is rather useless due to a number of bugs, and overall slowness (pure C implementation). | | | BBC BASIC, graphics (x86: CGA and EGA modes), sound (x86: internal speaker only), file system access, Intel assembly. | | | There are also versions for Victor Sirius and Research Machines Nimbus, but these are obsolete. |
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http://bbc.nvg.org/emulators.php3
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| | BBC in MESS page |
| | Hi, if you are interested the idea of open source BBC Emulator Development, then you just found the right place to be. | | | It still has the old video emulation in it, so look out for 0.37Beta4 which should have all the new stuff working. | | | So I now have a really good understanding of the 6845 CRTC and the video ULA, so then I start thinking about how to emulate everything. |
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http://mamerominfo.retrogames.com/messbbc
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| | BBC Micro Enhancements |
| | If the latter, any composite picture information is ignored because the TV will be using the RGB inputs. | | | Method (2) looks a bit dodgy to me, since the sync pulse is nominally only 1V, but maybe TVs generally consider anything above the "select composite input" level (i.e. | | | I found that on my machine the display shows slight but noticeable colour-crawl. |
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http://www.howell1964.freeserve.co.uk/Acorn/BBCmicro/BBC_Enhancements.htm
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| | The BBC lives! |
| | You'll find the main focus to be on BBC B emulation, evident in the huge archives of games and other software (both file and ROM based), as well as in the plethora of technical documentation and emulators available. | | | Acorn hardware questions should preferably go to the mailing list, as I will probably not be able to help. | | | You'll find links to most like-minded and related sites present on the net. |
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http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc
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| | mb21 - ether.net - Teletext Then and Now - Timeline |
| | The BBC newsroom that prepares existing Ceefax pages currently uses Aston intelligent ter- minals linked to a PDP11 mini computer. | | | With it our staff could also work from home if necessary and either send the completed pages by telephone to the Ceefax computer or bring them in to Television Centre on a floppy disc. | | | BBC Micro User magazine, Volume 1, Number 3, May 1983 |
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http://teletext.mb21.co.uk/timeline/bbcmu0583.shtml
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| | Open Directory - Computers: Systems: Acorn: BBC |
| | Retro Computing - BBC Emulation and File Transfer - Details of, and programs for, transferring files between a PC and a BBC. | | | The BBC Computer - Includes game disk images, scanned manuals, links to emulators, a chat room, and game cover scans. | | | The BBC Microcomputer System Games Archive - Includes a history of the BBC, advice on how to obtain a BBC, emulator information, interviews with influential people in the Beeb scene, details of unreleased games, a high score table, and a large list of companies, with descriptions of the games each produced. |
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http://dmoz.org/Computers/Systems/Acorn/BBC
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| | Swattons BBC Micro Links |
| | Sprow's BBC Mecca New hardware and software projects are still being developed for the Beeb here. | | | The Acorn Computer Users WWW Server The place to start for general Acorn information | | | Robert's comprehensive and very well maintained site should be your starting point for anything Beeb related. |
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http://www.swattons.freeserve.co.uk/brian/bbc/links.htm
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| | PC BBC |
| | You can even configure the emulator with a 6502 Second Processor, or with Shadow RAM and the more advanced 65C02 processor like on the Master Series computer. | | | I am pleased to answer you questions and queries about the current version, but asking about release dates and the next version only occupies a lot of time I could better sepnd coding! | | | You can run pcBBC under DOS, Windows 3.x, Windows 95 or Windows NT. |
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http://www.pcbbc.demon.co.uk
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| | BBC Connect information page |
| | BBC Connect provides a graphical interface to a user managed software database, enabling: | | | For the latest developments see the work in progress page. | | | BBC Connect is a freeware BBC Micro and Electron emulator front-end for Windows. |
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http://ninsei.emuunlim.com/bbc_connect_info.html
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| | BBC micro computer instruction manual |
| | This instruction manual is for the BBC Micro computer | | | Details - original manual as packaged with the computer. | | | Various BBC manuals available, to enquire about them please use this feedback form |
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http://www.instruction-manuals.co.uk/category/computer/Zbbc.htm
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| | BBC Micro Emulators |
| | Also available is a proposed format for a snapshot of the emulator state originally developed for Xbeeb. | | | Send an e-mail containing the word help for more information. | | | Technical documents about the BBC series of machines are available here. |
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http://www.cloud9.co.uk/james/BBCMicro
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| | BBC - Micro |
| | Canadian Content > Computers: Systems: Acorn: BBC: Micro: | | | Additional Information: Canadian Content has no additional information. | | | Details how to connect a BBC to a display via composite video output, RGB monitor output, and SCART output. |
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http://www.canadiancontent.net/dir/Top/Computers/Systems/Acorn/BBC/Micro
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| | The Micro User Magazine |
| | Welcome to the unofficial archive of The Micro User magazine for the BBC Micro and Acorn Computers. | | | History of The Micro User magazine (To Do) | | | Come back and visit again to see what is New. |
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http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/themicrouser
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| | BeebEm - BBC Micro and Master 128 Emulator |
| | The software page has links to sites where you can download software. | | | This is a self-extracting InstallShield version that contains everything you need to run BeebEm. | | | BeebEm is a BBC Micro and Master 128 emulator. |
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http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/prod/dialspace/town/pipexdsl/q/aqqk73/beebem
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| | Psion BBC Micro programs |
| | More Programs will be added when they become available | | | If you would like to try out any of the programs in this section using windows 95/98/Me | | | For other BBC Micro Games please search through these sites |
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http://www.bioeddie.co.uk/Spectrum/BBC_Micro.html
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| | New BBC Micro Adventure Games - About |
| | Most of my friends had either Commodore 64s or Spectrums, but while the Commodore 64 had better graphics and sound, it was really just a games machine (the Spectrum was also just a games machine - a very popular one at that, which was strange as it was a steaming-turd of a computer). | | | The BBC was capable of so much more, and a lot of the games had something appealing about them; the programmers seemed more willing to try something new rather than just copy the latest arcade games. | | | Commissioned by the BBC and built by Acorn Computers, the humble BBC Micro came out in 1981 and, thanks to government funding, soon ended up in virtually every school in the UK during the first half of the 80's. |
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http://www.timsellers.net/bbcadventures/about.html
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| | This was based on a Microvitec Cub monitor from the eighties always it seems, connected up to BBC B Computers in schools and homes. | | | Geoff Crammond wrote this motor racing simulation for the BBC Computer and has now gone on to write Grand Prix 1 and 2 for the PC. | | | His follow up game to Revs however was a very strange 3D strategy game called The Sentinel. |
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http://www.btinternet.com/~peter.clements/bbcb/bbcb.htm
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| | Exile tribute |
| | The computer game Exile was released for the 8-bit BBC Micro in 1988. | | | I hope to provide an interesting, enjoyable and fitting tribute to the game. | | | That's where Mike Finn is now, circling through the caverns of Pheobos, thrown around by the particle winds, spinning around in the sparkling black. |
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http://exile.acornarcade.com
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| | The Machine Room :: Acorn :: BBC Model B :: Technical |
| | The use of banked ROMs allowed the machine to have a lot of system software built-in. | | | This is really a picture of the BBC model B, but the machines look almost exactly the same. | | | The Machine Room :: Acorn :: BBC Model B :: Technical |
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http://www.machine-room.org/computers/18/technical.html
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| | BBC Micro Links |
| | Probably the largest collection of software, ROM images and file conversion utilities in one place. | | | The BBC Micro and Acorn Electron games archive at | | | The BBC Documentation Project A work in progress with many BBC manuals available for download in electronic format. |
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http://homepage.ntlworld.com/nickbeee/BBC_Micro_Links.html
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| | AI2 : Games |
| | Unusual shoot-em-up from Computer Concepts released in 1983. | | | All files are in a single sided disc format that is compatible with most BBC emulators. | | | Great BBC Emulator That Supports DirectX on Win32 |
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http://www.geocities.com/barta_uk/ai2_8bit.html
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| | The BBC Micro quiz -- free game |
| | The BBC was the product of which computer company? | | | There was a BBC capable of running PC software, what was it called? | | | Which of the following structures was not found in BBC BASIC? |
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http://www.funtrivia.com/playquiz.cfm?qid=39927&origin=
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| | Zophar's Domain: BBC Micro Emulators |
| | Emulates the BBC Model A, Model B and B+, all video modes, all 6502 instructions, the 8271 floppy disk controller, 5 storage formats (ssd, dsd, unf, ued and __catalog__), sound, snapshots and 6502 debugging. | | | The only other addition to the Master 128 model is the use of 50 bytes of CMOS RAM and the Realtime Clock. | | | BeebEm emulates two Acorn BBC Micro models: The Model B, and the Master 128. |
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http://www.zophar.net/bbcmicro.html
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| | Only the Best BBC Micro Games / BBC Games from the past |
| | Welcome to "Only the Best BBC Micro Games". | | | Only the Best BBC Micro Games / BBC Games from the past | | | Rather than list every game released for the BBC, which has already been done by a couple of other sites, this website exists to fondly remember the very best of the best. |
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http://www.bbcmicrogames.com
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| | model-b, a BBC Micro Emulator for Windows |
| | model-b is a BBC Micro emulator, designed for playing BBC B and BBC B+ games on your Windows PC. | | | model-b faithfully reproduces the BBC's sound and graphics, is very easy to use, and runs just about every BBC game out there. |
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http://www.modelb.bbcmicro.com
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| | BBC - Schools Science Clips - Micro-organisms |
| | Flash Player is needed to play any of the BBC Schools Games. | | | More information and help with installing the Flash Player can be found on the BBC's Webwise pages. | | | If you cannot see the Flash Movie playing then you may not have the Flash Player installed. |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/10_11/micro_organisms.shtml
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| | BBC Micro |
| | After the VIC20 I had a BBC model B micro computer and then a BBC Master. | | | It is written in C# so you need the MS.NET framework installed (see link on main downloads page). | | | Recently I bought a used Master on eBay and it’s a testament to its quality that the 20 year old model runs as well as the original. |
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http://www.jgaines.me.uk/html/bbc_micro.html
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