Tasty » Adam Sampson's bbc bookmarks

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

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

Dirty Feed – ‘The Quatermass Experiment’ Experiment edit / delete

Remember the live version of Quatermass? Turns out the BBC edited it quite a bit when they put out the DVD...

to bbc production quatermass sf tv ... on 31 December 2015

BBC Proms edit / delete

The microphone arrangements used for the 2014 Proms, described in some detail. They had several completely independent arrangements for different media.

to bbc microphone proms recordings ... on 13 September 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

Projects: CMCR9 edit / delete

Some people clearly have more storage space than I do! Restoring a 1960s BBC OB truck, which means this is a mixture of the usual dismantling-siezed-wheel-hubs with fixing and recalibrating CCUs...

to bbc broadcast mechanica ob restoration ... on 23 November 2014

Canadian Military Pattern Home Page edit / delete

Restoring a Canadian (Land-Rover-ish) military vehicle used by the BBC at the end of WW2. Then another two of them, presumably because once you've figured out how to take one of them apart...

to bbc car mechanica restoration retrotech vehicle ... on 23 November 2014

Old BBC Radio Broadcasting Equipment and Memories - Home Page edit / delete

Impressively comprehensive site about BBC facilities up to the 1980s -- including a detailed tour of Broadcasting House as originally built.

to audio bbc broadcast electronics london radio recording retrotech studio ... on 23 November 2014