Date   : Wed, 13 Aug 2003 19:53:37 +0100
From   : Jon Ripley <beeb@...>
Subject: Re: 270 BBC books.

In message <20030813185241.K23236@...> you wrote:

> Quoting Jules Richardson (julesrichardsonuk@...):
> 
> > Shame this isn't called the Acorn 8-bit list, as it might attract more
> > people who own some of the rarer equipment!
> 
> This list was pre-dated by a BBC-specific list run at York uni, which
> dates back to the early 90s if not before.  At that time I believe
> there were a fair number of active lists for the different Acorn
> products.  Many of them seem to have fallen by the wayside over the
> years though.
> 
> I'm not averse to people asking about non-BBC machine here, certainly.
> I might have a few Atom questions myself once I can get hold of one.
> I'm not sure I'd want to change the list name though.

Good to hear, I had always maintained personally that this list was the
place for all that was Acorn 8-bit. Looking at the archives there are
a fair amount of messages not relating specifically to the BBC Micro.

>From extensive searches on the web I believe that this is the only
mailing list where Acorn 8-bit machines are actively discussed. There is
another BBC Micro forum/mailing list/community but there are only 2
members and about 3 posts a year.

Checking the info about this list it does say:

>This list is for discussion of all aspects of the BBC Microcomputer
>and related machines such as the Acorn Electron and BBC Master
>Series.
>
>This list has recently been combined with the BBC Micro Emulators
>mailing list.

So I guess we're covered :)

Jon R.
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