BBC Micro - was Re: Altair 8800 name Was: Re: Altair 680 Expansion Boards?

Guy Dawson guy at cuillin.org.uk
Fri Dec 23 18:15:07 CST 2016


and Snapper *IS* Pac Man

On 23 December 2016 at 21:10, Adrian Graham <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk>
wrote:

> On 23/12/2016 17:00, "Liam Proven" <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> The Acornsoft games were very high quality (hard to distinguish from
> their
> >> arcade inspirations).
> >>
> >> But I was mostly interested in programming, so I loved our BBC Micro
> Model B
> >> to bits. A far superior machine to the Apple and Commodores.
> >
> > I agree that it was a far superior machine. It had its limitations --
> > shortage of RAM, notably -- but it was a great design.
> >
> > I'll have to take your word for it on the arcade games. TBH I was just
> > repeating what I've heard -- which was wrong of me. :-( Sorry...
>
> Acornsoft Planetoid *IS* Defender, looks and plays the same as the Williams
> original.
>
> --
> Adrian/Witchy
> Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
> Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
> collection?
>
>
>


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4.4 > 5.4


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