By Ian Jones, Joey Gardiner
Published: Thursday 20 January 2005
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Name
Ian Crockford
Location
Worthing, Sussex
Occupation
Technical Author
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Ok ok. So who, having read this advert, has got their beeb down from the loft and switched it on. Not that the "ber..beep" went smoothly; it was more like a "ber.........", but a hefty tap on the case over the power supply pushed the beeb into the 21st century.
Ahh... and all my games still work.
Can't stop, gotta beat my Mr EE highscore.
Ah - that takes me back. Still got it today (in lo...
Brian Winn
BBC Micro? A third-rate copy of the Apple II
Graham Dresch
it may have been an end to the company, but not th...
jess hampshire
I can't believe your article didn't mention "Elite...
Anonymous
Ok ok. So who, having read this advert, has got t...
Ian Crockford
A "nippy 2Mhz chip"?? Wow. I think you mean nippy ...
Iain Hunneybell
What a superb machine... yes, why didn't you menti...
Adam
Yes, fabulous machine, brings back many happy memo...
James
Iain Hunneybell you are wrong, the article is corr...
matt
No, really, 2MHz. Don't forget the IBM PC in 1981...
Julian Nicholls
It was good; I remember my wife told me to order i...
Tim Davies
First time I ever saw a network running was with t...
Adrian Carter
"Elite" on the BBC. No game before or since has be...
Timothy Barnes
silicon gold. It's lovely to see.
Joey
BBC B plus Elite (on 5 1/4 inch floppy) - a dream ...
Lee Mayhew
Hi
As one of the team put together by the BBC t...
Robin Bradbeer
All very true and I still have mine although it ha...
Bob Hambleton
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