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paulzolo
What's a life?
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james016
Doesn't have much of a life
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I remember mine fondly from when it had a tape deck, a 5.25in FDD and finally a word processor and paint package on ROMS that someone installed for us. I used a mouse for the paint package. Oh and original Elite FTMFW!  _________________ My Flickr PageNow with added ball and chain.
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| Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:38 pm |
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
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Location: behind the sofa
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I still have it. Annoyingly I have the tape version of Elite, which means I have to disconnect the floppy drives and reboot to release the disk buffer memory to load the tape.
Still boots faster than anything else I have. I think it's about 0.1 seconds from power on to prompt.
_________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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jonbwfc
What's a life?
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My first task as a techie.. oooh... years ago now, was to shut down and dismantle a network of BBC micros that were being replaced by PCs. Really wish I'd kept one of them TBH...
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PaulKey
Occasionally has a life
Joined: Sun Apr 26, 2009 8:18 am
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I still have mine in a box in the loft. I'm not sure I still have the tape player though.
Are they worth anything these days ?
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paulzolo
What's a life?
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Depends. If you get it down from the loft and want to power it up, I’d suggest doing some where the smell of burning components won’t matter too much. There is a capacitor in the PSU which, if left idle for a few years, can pop around 15 minutes after the machine is switched on. This is repairable, but worth knowing about in advance. This is why I boot my A305 every so often - just in case. Mine is at my parent’s house - along with floppies, Music 500 and an AMX mouse - which is what sounds like James016 has.
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| Wed Nov 30, 2011 3:32 pm |
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james016
Doesn't have much of a life
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Sadly I don't have it any more, it died a long time ago and I upgraded to an A5000. They really were no nonsense stuff. This site is worth a visit or 10. http://www.beebgames.com/welcome.php I did have the emulator working at one point. To play SpyCat _________________My Flickr PageNow with added ball and chain.
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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QFMFT! At some point in the future when I have a large enough house I want a library with one section dedicated to all the computers/consoles I've owned and I shall trawl the interweb looking for a BBC Model B.... Until then that shall remain a sado idea.
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Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much.
jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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| Wed Nov 30, 2011 4:41 pm |
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james016
Doesn't have much of a life
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I had a Repton cuddly toy when I was a child.  _________________My Flickr PageNow with added ball and chain.
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JJW009
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:58 pm
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Location: behind the sofa
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When the day comes, you can have mine - complete with original 14" CUB colour monitor. I've been trying to find it a loving home for years. Just can't bring myself to "recycle" it  _________________jonbwfc's law: "In any forum thread someone will, no matter what the subject, mention Firefly." When you're feeling too silly for x404, youRwired.net
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adidan
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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OMG I would frickin love that, if only I had somewhere to put it. Never recycle it JJ, never! 
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Fogmeister I ventured into Solitude but didn't really do much.
jonbwfc I was behind her in a queue today - but I wouldn't describe it as 'bushy'.
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| Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:24 pm |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
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I really wish you hadn't said that. I know my other half will really regret me reading that too. 
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| Wed Nov 30, 2011 6:39 pm |
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james016
Doesn't have much of a life
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If I did that, I'll need to find a Dragon32, an Intellevison console.... _________________My Flickr PageNow with added ball and chain.
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| Wed Nov 30, 2011 10:01 pm |
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paulzolo
What's a life?
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Really must put the finishing touches to my computer museum web site. By "museum" I mean "cupboard stuffed with old computers".
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paulzolo
What's a life?
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The BBC marks the occasion. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15969065They'd never have got away with this kind of thing today.
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