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Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- Subject: Re: If you could design a $300 homecomputer today, what would you choose?
- From: Roy Miller <millers@inebraska.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2001 13:53:11 -0500
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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) and covered a
number of different machine, but esp the one I don't have and would really like
to have: the Acorn BBC computer.
Thanks
Roy
spike1@freenet.co.uk wrote:
> supportUSA.com <incoming@supportusa.com> did eloquently scribble:
> > I guess I would suggest you build it based around the Timex Sinclair
> > ZX-80...That's worth $300, and it's really powerful too!
>
> Well it is!
> It could power a nuclear powerstation!
> It must be true. It was in the adverts.
> :)
>
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