BBC Micro Creators Reunite In London 213
mustrum_ridcully writes "This week some of the original creators from Acorn Computers who developed the BBC Micro home computer are coming together again at the Science Museum in London to discuss the legacy of the computer fondly known in the UK as 'the Beeb'. This news is being carried, of course, on the BBC. The BBC Micro sold some 1.5 million units and helped fund Acorn's development work on the Acorn RISC Machine processor — also known as the ARM processor used today in countless mobile and embedded devices."
Re:Ahh, I remember it well... (Score:5, Informative)
For the Record (Score:3, Informative)
And yes, i had one too, bought for me by my father....said it was "chipped", whatever that meant; it was probablly supposed to convince me it had superpowers or something, but anyway, this machine was my foundation of everyone's first program....
10 print "hello world bum bum willy willy weeeeeeeee!"
20 goto 10
Ok ok, so I was 8-9 - give me some credit...
Re:Ahh, I remember it well... (Score:3, Informative)
Re:I loved the BBC Micro (Score:1, Informative)
If you fancy a blast from the past, there's a flash version of Repton here [repton3.co.uk].
Re:Ahh, I remember it well... (Score:3, Informative)
Anyway, a backward GOTO addressed to a destination line which would be visible on the same screen is perfectly acceptable. And deep down inside, every processor architecture supports unconditional jumps.
Re:I loved the BBC Micro (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Good but Dull (Score:2, Informative)
Uh? Don't you remember the CIRCLE, PLOT and DRAW commands? Sure they were slow (I can remember watching as large circles were drawn clockwise to the screen), but they were there.
Examples are here: http://www.1000bit.net/support/manuali/zxspectrum/chapter_17.htm [1000bit.net]