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# robocop
(I helped save b3ta! monkeon schmonkeon, Mon 19 May 2003, 10:54, archived)
# Hahahaha
you are a genious
(I helped save b3ta! Milkman Dan, Mon 19 May 2003, 10:55, archived)
# Yay, BASIC lives!
The only programming language I ever got the hang of
(I helped save b3ta! Finite "Aardvark sorted out my shit!" on, Mon 19 May 2003, 10:56, archived)
# excellent stuff
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Mon 19 May 2003, 10:57, archived)
# WOO
is all I have to say about that.

*furtively resists soppy nostalgia*
(I helped save b3ta! Sardini, Mon 19 May 2003, 10:57, archived)
# that's super!
and so are Acorn Electrons. That's what we had in school, those were the days.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 19 May 2003, 10:58, archived)
# that looks like a BBC B rather
than an electron, if my memory serves, weren't electrons white, not tawny.
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:00, archived)
# they were more
of a slighly off white, but yes. certainly lighter than a Beeb

Edit: Ahh yes. And they had white keys
www.xs4all.nl/~rimmer/acorn/electron.jpg
those were the days :-)
(I helped save b3ta! LP, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:01, archived)
# I stand
corrected
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:04, archived)
# Said the man
with the orthopaedic shoe.
(I helped save b3ta! charliedontsurf, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:06, archived)
# .
Hee hee!
(the_invisible_dog, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:52, archived)
# good
my memory served me well, for once.
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:05, archived)
# looks more like
a BBC to me, although it's hard to tell from that angle.
I had an electron at home, I really regret sending it to a jumble sale :-(

Edit: middle pic is very definately a BBC B
(I helped save b3ta! LP, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:00, archived)
# I don't think the model B
was that long in the back was it? You're right though, the differance in casing is slight. Both great machines anyhow.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:02, archived)
# the difference in the casing
is *huge!* Besides, top one looks to me like it's got a monitor stand (not uncommon) ... tis deffo not an electron though.
(I helped save b3ta! LP, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:03, archived)
# As above I stand corrected
Am I thinking of an Archimedes? Or something else entirely?

*edit* no, I'm just plain WRONG */edit*

:)
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:06, archived)
# all the acorns were massive,
you're thinking of a spectrum. or maybe a calculator ;)
(I helped save b3ta! rogan, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:10, archived)
# I used the same Texas Instruments calculator
from my first GCSE exam until my second year of university. I still have it, but all the markings have worn off the buttons.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:14, archived)
# the buttons
8, 0, 1, 3 and 5? ;)
(I helped save b3ta! rogan, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:19, archived)
# yes, all the important ones ;)
flash gits these days drawing cocks on their graphic calculators.

/goes off to work out the equation for a cock

(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:22, archived)
# well
I had a BBC B+ with a whole 32k of memory! how cool was that!
(I helped save b3ta! icezebra *insert large monkey*, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:09, archived)
# I've got one under my stairs
but it's missing it's BASIC rom :-( Anyone know where I can get a spare?
(I helped save b3ta! LP, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:32, archived)
# Ahh BBC Bs
I was computer monitor at my primary school and we had two of them. Lovely.
(yorkpete, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:06, archived)
# did people
smack you on the side of the head to fix the vertical hold?
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:10, archived)
# Arf!
Like it
(I helped save b3ta! sick_boy, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:00, archived)
# .
10 print "woo!"
20 print "yay!"
30 goto 10
(yorkpete, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:04, archived)
# .
5 *FX 229,1
6 KEY10 OLD|M RUN|M
(I helped save b3ta! Baz Fuck off, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:13, archived)
# wait 6502
(I helped save b3ta! MartinH, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:15, archived)
# superb
liking that muchly
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Mon 19 May 2003, 11:20, archived)
# Syntax error.
BBC BASIC didn't bracket its 'IF' expressions. ;)

</geek>
(LionsPhil, Mon 19 May 2003, 12:27, archived)
# It doesn't matter...
Because the bracketted expression will return a boolean value. But it's still one of the nastiest pieces of coding I've ever seen ;-)
(I helped save b3ta! F5 F5 F5 Can't be arsed., Mon 19 May 2003, 14:29, archived)
# What,
everyone should use GOTOs as much as possible. >:)
(LionsPhil, Mon 19 May 2003, 15:23, archived)