Date   : Sun, 08 Jan 2006 23:43:01 +0000
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: Happy New Year for 2006

Pete Turnbull <pete@...> wrote:
> The one the school got certainly needed a few modifications early in
> its life.  All the early ones I saw, including my own 672 (? I think
> that was the number) had wire-wrap wire on the underside when
> delivered.  As far as I know, only a few hundred Issue 1 machines were
> made.
 
I remember being in a Physics lesson in Science Room 7 when
somebody brought a BBC computer into the room. We clustered around
excitedly to see what this new toy was. Prior to this the maths
department had a large stock-room known as Division Room 1
furnished with two Apple IIs and a Sharp and the Physics
department had a ZX81 that I borrowed overnight several times a
month.
 
Within a year the school outfitted a whole classroom as the
computer room with 15 BBCs all networked together, with the
network extending across the whole school. The school network is
mapped at http://mdfs.net/User/JGH/Docs/MyersGrove/SCH-MAP.gif
 
Ah... The lunchtimes, pre-9ams and post3:30pms spent in Room 201.
 
I have fond memories of borrowing the Beeb-On-A-Trolley and taking
it to the Physics Prep Room and plugging into the network from
there.
 
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