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The BBC Microcomputer User Guide

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Re: The BBC Microcomputer User Guide

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That's amazing. Even forces me to use the proper UK keymap on my US keyboard!

Trying to remember where * lived!

If you fancy a modern take on this environment, RISC OS Pico is the 32-bit ARM version of BBC BASIC on top of the 32-bit ARM version of Acorn MOS:

https://www.riscosopen.org/wiki/documentation/show/Software%...

Same language, editor, commands, etc. but about 2000x faster.

Runs great on a Raspberry Pi Zero, which is $5 and accepts USB peripherals & an HDMI screen.

https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-zero/

The same code will work but without fighting the weird restrictions of early-1980s hardware. (Even when emulated.)

Re: The BBC Microcomputer User Guide

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And then there's the guy who communicated with an individual from the 16th century through his BBC Micro: https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=15271 Lamentably, I don't see anything in the user guide about that feature ;-)

That's amazing.

> "At the time, Webster was living with his girlfriend."

Might shed some light on where his messages came from. She was probably a real joker, haha!

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