Date   : Mon, 03 Apr 2006 22:12:48 +0100
From   : Andy Armstrong <andy@...>
Subject: Re: Basic & BBC Basic

On 3 Apr 2006, at 21:48, Jules Richardson wrote:
> Presumably there are DOS-based BBC emulators around - a DOS-based  
> emulator that talked to the video and audio hardware direct (and  
> used DOS for access to the hard disk) would presumably be a lot  
> leaner an approach.

Yeah - I considered FreeDOS plus an open source emulator of some kind  
for full GPL loveliness. I still think it's a fun idea but I don't  
really have time just now to do anything about it.

>>> Oh yes, the teachers need changing too! the ones at my childrens  
>>> schools
>>> insist that the PC case is a "CPU" or "Processor" <sigh>
>> Yeah. People call them disk drives too.
>
> But then at least in the UK, 99% of the curriculum is dictated by  
> central Government. I doubt any IT teacher's *allowed* to teach  
> real computing without getting fired.

The NC just mandates things that have to be taught - it doesn't stop  
you teaching anything else in addition.

>> Turns out I was wrong about that - OO does indeed now have a  
>> database thingy.
>
> Wonder if you can choose not to install it if needed? That's a lot  
> of what's wrong with software these days - bundled features that  
> half the users never need but that are hard to get rid of :-(

Well, Windows software certainly :)

-- 
Andy Armstrong, hexten.net