nebapneb Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7303288.stm ah them were the days degauss for timetravel effect 10 print neb is fab 20 goto 10 run feeling all warm & melty now but that could be the buns the kids gave me to go with my coffee must dash theres an elephant called arthur having password problems neb
ICT_GUY Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 (edited) http://modelb.bbcmicro.com/ bbc b emulator FTW! http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/8871/elitesj4.th.gif it works well too. Edited March 20, 2008 by ICT_GUY 1
Sirbendy Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 6502 madness.. Chip change for a slightly quicker model on a Vic 20 - first overclock EVER.. Almost as nostalgic as the 8080, the 8088 and the 8086..heh.
tmcd35 Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 I'm willing to bet that a lot of us here cut our teeth on these machine's. I remember using these in primary school and learning (off my own back) to program in BASIC. Of course it was the ZX Spectrum that was the real revolution machine. £99 for a home computer! I think one of the problems with computers today is the lack of any real introduction to coding or scripting on modern computers. Learning to make Excel spreadsheets or Access databases is a poor substitute. Even HTML is taught in front page as a drag and drop publisher like design program, few students would even look at the code. I've heard of a few ex-students dropping out of Uni computer science courses because the Java/C++ is 'too hard'. I've installed 'Scratch' here, which some IT Teachers are encouraging, to try and do my bit against this sad downward trend in programming skills. But I think most students just use it as a way to play games in lessons rather than experiment with the flow control, etc. Rant over, sorry. I loved the Beeb - but Locomotive BASIC better. fond memories... 1
TechMonkey Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 Best bit of the article though, the throwaway line at the end "The Science Museum plans an exhibition about the BBC Micro and its legacy in 2009." I know so many people who will be there for that!
StewartKnight Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 I still have loads of BBC 'B''s here, with the floppy drives @ neb, it should read 10 print "neb is fab" 20 goto 10 run you'd have confused it by not declaring neb as a variable in yours!
Gatt Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 I remember my school (Lochaber High) having a suite of BBC Micro's and we used to "view" the workstation next to it - did this on about 30 PC's - Fun
maniac Posted March 20, 2008 Posted March 20, 2008 I filled up a skip with BBC micros, plus monitors and other associated hardware at my last job. They were taking up the room the school decided to give me as an office! That was only 4 years ago as well!! Couldn't resist powering one or two of them up, and they all worked. It was a shame to have to skip them really, but I wanted an office! Mike.
nebapneb Posted March 26, 2008 Author Posted March 26, 2008 I still have loads of BBC 'B''s here, with the floppy drives @ neb, it should read 10 print "neb is fab" 20 goto 10 run you'd have confused it by not declaring neb as a variable in yours! and thats why i'm not a programmer doh! neb
gwendes Posted March 26, 2008 Posted March 26, 2008 My personal favourite : 10 SOUND 1,-15,RND(100),RND(100) 20 PRINT "I AM SO COOL!" 30 GOTO 10 RUN YAY!!! Loved my beeb, thanks so much for that emu - must do some work!
teknoteacher Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 Did you know BBC are considering launching a *new* nation wide initiative to teach computational skills? I've blogged about it at teachcomputing.wordpress.com
beeswax Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 I intended to post this link, but holidays intervened - Kids today need a licence to tinker | Technology | The Observer I feel it's pertinent to this discussion.
mattx Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 Oh yes, proper ICT skills taught then. Instead what we have today is the biggest load of tosh ever. Teach kids how to use Word, Powerpoint and Excel which is the biggest waste of time ever. We have so called ICT teachers who know NOTHING about what they are teaching, or we have ones who think they are clever when frankly I would not trust them with a VCR. Thank god I'm out of education - how I wish I could have those 7 years of my life back.
beeswax Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 Oh yes, proper ICT skills taught then. Instead what we have today is the biggest load of tosh ever. Teach kids how to use Word, Powerpoint and Excel which is the biggest waste of time ever. We have so called ICT teachers who know NOTHING about what they are teaching, or we have ones who think they are clever when frankly I would not trust them with a VCR. Thank god I'm out of education - how I wish I could have those 7 years of my life back. The teachers are teaching the curriculum; change the curriculum and you'll change what teachers deliver. It's not their fault. I work with a bunch of great ICT teachers, one of whom helped set up the first network in this school, and they understand, for the most part, that the curriculum as it stands doesn't stretch those pupils who wish to stray beyond the Office suite of products. Perhaps it would help if we had an IT curriculum subject?
mattx Posted October 9, 2011 Posted October 9, 2011 The teachers are teaching the curriculum; change the curriculum and you'll change what teachers deliver. It's not their fault. I work with a bunch of great ICT teachers, one of whom helped set up the first network in this school, and they understand, for the most part, that the curriculum as it stands doesn't stretch those pupils who wish to stray beyond the Office suite of products. Perhaps it would help if we had an IT curriculum subject? Schools certainly need something - but not so much money pi55ed up the wall on ICT. I've never met an ICT teacher who actually understands what they are teaching so what you have is something quite rare. My oldest has just started secondary school and when he told me what they were doing in ICT I just raised my eyes to heaven.
Oaktech Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 BBC Micros taught me SQL, as a language, rather than a mystical back end to a web app. The knowledge of which has saved the arse of more than one mission critical database!
jinnantonnixx Posted October 10, 2011 Posted October 10, 2011 (edited) Ah, nostalgia - not what is was, you know. I remember "The Computer Programme", "Making the most of the micro" & "Mirco Live" as if it were decades ago. Check out Youtube, look for user BigAnts - s/he's put quite a few episodes of the early '80s The Computer Programme on Youtube. Of course, it was the Spectrum for me, we weren't made of money you know. Edited October 10, 2011 by jinnantonnixx
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