The Beeb blowing their own trumpet

[Platypus]

DFS - Shirley?

Oooh you're right! Darn this Alzheimer's

[Churchill]

Oooh you're right! Darn this Alzheimer's

Churchill - In "DOSGBPB" mode!

[TheFaQQer]

Rubbish there were loads of games for BBC B

I liked Repton.

And I have a Chuckie Egg version for Windows now

Snapper II was a fave, too.

[ratewhore]

Didn't have one. I was out with my mates - like any other normal person...

[crack_ho]

I only got to deadly after abandoning my joystick, and relearning how to play using the keyboard. Never did make it to Elite

The ability to get to Elite depended on which platform you were playing on. Some of the versions had a lower kills to upgrade to each level.
Also the missions were different or absent from some versions too.

Geek Info here...

[Platypus]

like any other normal person...

So when did it all go wrong?

[milanbenes]

had one

donkey kong

arcadians

etc

Dim,

'I got paid work programming the BBC Micro back in the 80's',

exactly how old are you ?

Milan.

[milanbenes]

I have to say though, it never occured to me that there was a concerted effort to get the population to be computer literate and how the bbc micro helped that along with tv programs etc

but thinking about it, that's how it was

amazing really and fair play to them it worked



what is the modern day equivalent of such an exercise and has there been one in recent years ?

Milan.

[sasguru]

I have to say though, it never occured to me that there was a concerted effort to get the population to be computer literate and how the bbc micro helped that along with tv programs etc

but thinking about it, that's how it was

amazing really and fair play to them it worked



what is the modern day equivalent of such an exercise and has there been one in recent years ?

Milan.

In your case when the tape drive was introduced.

[Churchill]

what is the modern day equivalent of such an exercise and has there been one in recent years ?

Milan.

Expect a big push towards the EEEPC...