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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?



Hi

Do "Fast Forward" have a website? Any details appreciated!

Julian


"Stephen Shaw" <xstephenx@apple2.org.za> wrote in message
news:9kr4n7$1g2$1@venus.itns.co.za...
> Try a British firm called Fast Forward they have a lot of old BBC stuff. I
got
> Hitchhikes Guide to the Galaxy from them.
>
> On Sun, 22 Jul 2001 22:53:36 +0000, spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:
>
> > Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com> did eloquently scribble:
> >> Can you fellows on the east side of the Atlantic help me with an early
80s
> >> question?
> >> When I was in grad school in Mississippi, I saw on the Public TV
channel
> >> (several times) two BBC series on micro computers.
> >
> >> One was called (I think) The Computer Program, and the other was (as I
> recall)
> >
> >> Making the Most of the Micro.
> >
> >> Each was 12-13 episodes long.
> >
> >> I've tried here, through contacts with the Nebraska Public TV to see if
> anyone
> >
> >> has copies, or where I could buy copies. Do any of you know anything
about
> >> getting old BBC programs on tape?
> >
> >> Both series had the same host (a Scottish surname as I recall)
> >
> > Ian McNaught Davies... With Chris Serl as his clueless "what's a
computer"
> > type sidekick on the computer programme...
> >
> > Alas. No. Can't gove you any pointers on getting copies. I don't know if
> > the BBC even still have copies of it.
> >
> > You could always enquire to the BBC itself.
>
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> Microsoft Works ? What are we listing oxymorons?