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# wooo
BBC Micro. :)

ZX Spectrum was miles better though.
(not trying to start an 8 bit puter war or anything...)
(I helped save b3ta! itwontbeeasy, Tue 1 Oct 2002, 10:02, archived)
# pah
bbc was bigger. And beige.
(I helped save b3ta! limpfish, Tue 1 Oct 2002, 10:04, archived)
# and
it had a mysterious space on the left side of the keyboard that you could plug mystic eproms into
(I helped save b3ta! munkt0n, Tue 1 Oct 2002, 10:05, archived)
# the mystic eproms
is the best unused band name ever.

if only i could play/sing/do-a-bez-style-dance
(longboy_mcgoo, Tue 1 Oct 2002, 10:35, archived)
# and it had
Bigger clickier keys in all the colours of the rainbow..... Assuming that rainbow is black and red.....
(I helped save b3ta! Mrfishfinger .com, Tue 1 Oct 2002, 10:09, archived)
# boasted 16 colours!
thats 8 actual colours and er 8 'flashing colours'
(I helped save b3ta! limpfish, Tue 1 Oct 2002, 10:10, archived)
# black/white
blue/yellow
cyan/magenta
red/green

funky combinations
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Tue 1 Oct 2002, 10:16, archived)
# and you could make Teletext pages with it
why you'd want to is an entirely another question
(I helped save b3ta! Pootle, Tue 1 Oct 2002, 11:07, archived)
# used to have a model B
BBC Basic was good, but the only decent game was Elite.
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Tue 1 Oct 2002, 10:13, archived)
# what about Revs?
Geoff Crammond's first 'f1' game
(I helped save b3ta! limpfish, Tue 1 Oct 2002, 10:15, archived)
# that was alright
Elite was the only one you could really brag about to speccy owning mates though
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Tue 1 Oct 2002, 10:17, archived)
# Aqua attack
and the adventure game, now they were class
(I helped save b3ta! Lethe is carrying a spade. SPANG., Tue 1 Oct 2002, 10:54, archived)
# I cry
Because I only had an Electron.

Modded the bastard though. Disk Drive, Printer, various Roms and crap, joysticks, etc. Could still take on any of those fancy new "custom" PC cases any day of the week.

Um....
(Glis, Tue 1 Oct 2002, 10:36, archived)