Date   : Sat, 08 Oct 2005 11:37:21 +0100
From   : "David Hunt" <dm.hunt@...>
Subject: Re: To sell or not to sell ?

Sorry, I gave away the two 380Zs one had a 4Mb external hard drive, both had
56K and the colour graphics boards. I recently sold a keyboard I found
under-the-stairs on eBay my friend already had three spares.

Wow, I just remember the size of the box with the indestructible PSUs, the
glowing reset button (darn I wish PCs had that!) and the ubiquitous J>103
after you, or the computer lost the plot and the reset needed a poke.

The keylock was fun to stop my friends from interrupting my programs, but it
wasn't anywhere near as good as a Beeb. My father had an Apple II around
that time as well, the 380Z was better.

If you want a laugh, the current US showing of the TV series Lost (series 2)
has an Apple II controlling a mini-computer. Needless to say, this retro
piece of US computing history is given pride of place on a US show. God I
wish the BBC Micro had done better in the US market. 

I was punching the air with satisfaction when it got shot with a shotgun -
something I would have dearly liked to have done 26 years ago!

Dave ;)

-----Original Message-----
From: Majordomo List Manager [mailto:majordomo@...] On Behalf Of
Jules Richardson
Sent: 07 October 2005 15:17
To: bbc-micro@...
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] To sell or not to sell ?

David Hunt wrote:
> Hehehehehe, I've been there!
> 
> Got rid of everything, including my 380Z's, Nimbus's, Electron, Atom,
Speccy
> etc. but kept the Beeb stuff. 

Don't suppose you kept any RML disks did you? 380Z / 480Z software is 
*really* hard to find these days (so are the machines, to a lesser degree)

Been there too incidentally - got rid of all my Sinclair stuff and most 
of the CBM (kept an Amiga and the Plus/4) a year or so ago to make more 
room for the Acorn, Torch and RML stuff!

cheers

Jules