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GM7HUD > IBM 12.04.06 23:52l 33 Lines 1386 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Re: BBC micro
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M1BYT wrote:-
> GM7HUD Opined with considerable skill:-
>> M1BYT wrote:-
>>> I do
>>> regret there is nothing quite similar to it today.
>>
>> Surely you jest Harry ?
>
> No, it was a rather unique machine and very accessible for the user in both
> its harware and software. A PC is just a PC, with little user involvement -
> nostalgia aint what it used be :-)
How can you say that PC's aren't accesible. You've got every language under
the Sun available including BBC Basic. Just about any piece of software you
want is available for free. You have plug in slots with breakout boards,
expansion interfaces etc. Or commercial adpators if you cant roll your own.
There is no way that a PC cannot be considered "very accesible" for the
user as you can do anything with it! And if we are referring to computers
of days gone by, then the Apple II was more expandable and had more
software than the BBC. If had 7 expansion slots, the source to its OS was
printed in the manual. It had more expansion cards, more programmes and
more everything! S100 based systems were more expandable if you wanted the
Z80 route. And finally when the BBC was popular, home built machines like
Tangerines and Nascoms were more accessible for hardware types.
BBC... over hyped dog popular with middle class parents who wanted little
Johnny to grow up knowing about computers. :-)
73 de Andy GM7HUD
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