Subj : Re: BBC Micro B
To   : Avon
From : hyjinx
Date : Sat Jun 12 2021 15:55:29

Hey!

 Av> On 29 May 2021 at 09:06a, 8-Bit pondered and said...
 Av>  
 Av>  8-> Nice, I would love to get my hands on some computers only available
 Av>  8-> outside of the US sometime. While we had some great computers, it see
 Av>  8-> there are so many great alternatives.
 Av> 
 Av> I guess others outside of the USA feel the same way too :)
 Av> 
 Av> I did get to play with TRS-80 at high school and the Apple IIe back in
 Av> the day... they were cool too.

I grew up in the UK, and whilst I had a ZX spectrum at home, really the BBC
ran rings around the Speccy. The model B specifically was a triumph. Retro
Man cave has a great video where he deep dives into the beeb. I like to think
of the BBC as all of the best bits of most of the contemporary 8-bits at the
time all in one machine. I love the Apple ][, but the beeb was superior in
all ways, specifically graphics and sound though were the most important.
It's a shame it didn't have much more of an international market, because if
it did, it would have likely given the C64 a run for its money. I could
envisage a Model C which has 64k RAM as standard. BBC Basic was a triumph,
besting Microsoft BASIC (which is a huge call!).

I would dearly love to have a BBC back in my collection. Getting them out
here in NZ is pretty tricky though these days unfortunately.

Cheers,
Al


hyjinx // Alistair Ross
Author of 'Back to the BBS' Documentary: https://bit.ly/3tRINeL (YouTube)
alsgeeklab.com

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