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Freecycle Comes Good
OK so it's not exactly a Mac (well it's in no way a Mac in any sense and has no connection with Macs, Apples, Cupertino or Lord Jobs) but picked up a cardboard box last night through Freecycle. So, for zero cash, I scored...
BBC Micro Model B
Manuals
5.25" disk drive (with all cables to hook it up)
A box of used 5.25" disks (sadly all dull database and office type stuff - no games
)
A box of shrink-wrapped 5.25" floppy disks
As if that wasn't enough, the little chap double-beeped straight into life. It was like being seven years old all over again
BBC Micro Model B
Manuals
5.25" disk drive (with all cables to hook it up)
A box of used 5.25" disks (sadly all dull database and office type stuff - no games
)A box of shrink-wrapped 5.25" floppy disks
As if that wasn't enough, the little chap double-beeped straight into life. It was like being seven years old all over again
Waaaaaahhhhh :'(
Nice one! A good place to look for tape games is charity shops, I've scored dozens of them over the last few years for very little money. I always think of the BBC having a connection with Macs because when I was at school there was generally one BBC and one Mac (LC, Classic or similar) in each classroom. I'm pretty certain that the first computer I ever used was a BBC Model B.
The price was right so I couldn't resist
I also like the Mac connection (although the first, and only, computer at my school was a Beeb - No Macs in sight :'( )(then again, this before the Mac was released so maybe that would explain why...) so I'll say that that justifies me posting about it
Don't they use the same CPU as the //s?
Yep, they're 6502 based.
It's also used in various Commodores and Ataris. The Nintendo has one too although its packaged differently.