Subj : Re: age required for classic
To   : Sean Dennis
From : Bob Worm
Date : Wed Apr 09 2025 09:09:56

  Re: Re: age required for classic
  By: Sean Dennis to Bob Worm on Tue Apr 08 2025 19:02:45

Hi, Sean.

 > Thanks for sharing your love of Acorns.  I do know that the British pop
 > group  Erasure still use a BBC computer
 > in their recording studio.

That's interesting, I didn't know that (about the computer or that Erasure were still recording!). I wonder if they have one of the early editions? At first the BBC insisted on linear power supplies to keep interference down in the studios, however as you can imagine they got quite hot and were soon replaced by switched mode. I gather the emissions from the Beebs, particularly with switched mode supplies, are pretty spicy. They looked at what would be required to get it through FCC so it could be sold in the US and apparently gave up at that point :)

BobW
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