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From: cccph@jessica.cs.ucla.edu (Charles Hobbs)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: BBC Microcomputer
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Date: 17 May 91 03:12:28 GMT
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Reply-To: cccph@jessica.cs.ucla.edu (Charles Hobbs)
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I apprieciate all of the information that the net has given be
about this computer....

I picked this machine up for about US $15 at a local flea market, with
no other documentation. (I've since been able to locate a few BBC
BASIC books in some libraries....) The machine has been modified
for 120 VAC, but not for NTSC (some screen lines go off the top of
the screen, and I can't get any color, just shades of gray).

I've looked at a few BBC basic textbooks, and the BASIC language
seems to be rich and powerful, somewhat more so than most of the
BASICs available on American machines.

Currently, the BBC operates alongside of an Atari 800, a TRS-80
color computer and a TI 99/4A. (I also have a Spectravideo and an
Aquarius, but haven't figured out what to do with those yet!)

I use these simpler 8-bit machines mostly for game playing and
some recreational programming, and I am interested in trading
public domain or user-written programs for all of these machines. 

More on the BBC micro:
1. How does one connect a cassette drive to it?
2. Is there a disk drive capability?
3. How about a modem port?

Thanks for your help.
P.S. I know there has been some trouble with bouncing mail from
some areas. Although my .sig says "send me e-mail", posting to this
newsgroup will be alright.

____________________________________________________________________
|Charles P. Hobbs           | BBC micro, Aquarius and Spectravideo
|cccph@jessica.cad.ucla.edu | users! Please email me! Thanks!
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