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Bitshifters Collective edit / delete

Demoscene group working on the BBC. Includes a port of Prince of Persia.

to acorn bbc demoscene games retrocomputing ... on 05 May 2018

Projects - WFFwiki edit / delete

DIY Econet clock, and various other Acorn-related projects.

to acorn electronics nintendo retrocomputing ... on 06 December 2016

BBC Computer Pages - Home edit / delete

"I am putting on these pages a few miscellaneous items that might interest those people who still like to play with BBC Computers. Most of what is here concerns the BBC Master 512"

to acorn bbc drdos gem master pc retrocomputing ... on 15 September 2016

ADFS::HardDisc4.$.Public.Projects.Repton Levels.Web-page edit / delete

"All the free levels ever created by users for Repton". That's a lot of levels!

to acorn bbc games repton retrocomputing ... on 21 June 2016

The Qube RiscOS Server edit / delete

A large collection of mods for the Archimedes, and a canned classic RiscOS distribution (including !Hamsters). I particularly like the mod that involves installing an Atari ST floppy controller in an A3000 to get HD floppy support!

to acorn archimedes arm bbc electronics floppy retrocomputing riscos ... on 25 March 2016

ARX, Arthur and RISC OS - Paul Fellows edit / delete

Early ARM operating systems. I strongly suspect that the A310 I have was originally an Arthur machine.

to acorn arm arthur retrocomputing riscos ... on 20 November 2015

ChessBase is 25 – everything 25% off in our shop | Chess News edit / delete

A story about Garry Kasparov and the birth of chess databases. If you've ever wanted a picture of Kasparov playing Hopper on a BBC B, this is the place to go.

to acorn atari bbc chess epson retrocomputing ... on 07 June 2015

Ian Bell's BBC Elite Page edit / delete

Source code for the BBC version of Elite.

to acorn bbc elite games source ... on 20 September 2014

Documentation on Acorn Computers edit / delete

Lots of Acorn technical documentation -- I found some useful stuff about ADFS here.

to acorn archimedes arm bbc documentation retrocomputing riscos ... on 05 January 2014

Elite: Claims about numbers sold etc. (very poorly researched Guardian article from very poorly researched material by Francis Spufford) edit / delete

Criticism of the oft-repeated rubbish about Elite selling more copies than there were BBC Micros.

to acorn ag0700 bbc elite games history retrocomputing sales ... on 15 December 2013