Date : Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:13:04 +0100
From : "Wright, Chris" <Chris.Wright@...>
Subject: Re: UC: Car boot finds!
As I was told not long ago...
Are there not issues with schools giving you stuff ? I mean, if they
gave you an old master and you were burnt by an erupting battery pack,
could they not be held responsible ?, and so are more inclined to just
bin everything as its not worth the risk.
Of course if you can convince them to 'carefully' place all those old
beebs and cub monitors into the skip, they can't be held responsible for
a ford transit pulling up in the dead of night and emptying it!
I guess a begging letter round all the local schools is the only way you
would find out. Btw I will take an MDFS off your hands if you find one
;-)
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Of Steve O'Leary
Sent: 13 September 2006 16:29
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Subject: RE: UC: [BBC-Micro] Car boot finds!
** Top posting because that's how this threads going **
There must still be schools surely with dusty stockrooms where at the
back you might find some beeb kit. Although after use in a school they
can be a bit battered. Or do people think most schools have shifted all
this kit now ?(probably to a skip). Was there perhaps a peak 10 - 15
years ago when it all went perhaps ? Still there must be some somewhere
in schools.
Steve
________________________________
> From: CALITTLEFIEL@...
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:38:22 +0100
> Subject: UC: [BBC-Micro] Car boot finds!
>
> I have to admit I managed to dig out one or two copies of Acorn User
(or
> some such) a while ago and it was really interesting to read
especially the
> Watford Electronics advertisements. I always wanted their fancy speech
> synthesiser unit but could never afford it at the time (being a
schoolboy!).
> If I ever see one again I'll be tempted...
>
> Of course I can always make the computer speak profanities by using
the
> software 'Speech', always a laugh!
>
> Back to BBC finds, I've yet to find anything at a car boot sale that
is BBC
> related (other than the odd Electron game), plenty of Sinclair kit
around
> but never a stashed away Model B :(
>
> I'm obviously going to the wrong auctions. I keep peering into the
skips at
> work to see if there are any BBC items thrown out, most of the time
its
> knackered PC parts but you never know...
>
> Has anybody ever rescued any from skips?
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Majordomo List Manager [mailto:majordomo@...] On Behalf
Of
> Ian Wolstenholme
> Sent: 13 September 2006 13:35
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: UC: [BBC-Micro] Car boot finds!
>
> I can't honestly remember how I found out about it. He was local
> and he may have contacted me through the website but it had only
> just started at the time. The whole lot filled up the back seat and
> the boot of the car and my popularity at home has never recovered!
>
> I think the best thing of all is the full set of Beebugs, these are
> really fascinating for an insight into the early history of the Beeb
> and all the distribution problems there were. You had to wait about
> 9 months to get a Beeb back in 1981-82!
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Ian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Littlefield Aaron
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Sent: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:23:21 +0100
> Subject: UC: [BBC-Micro] Car boot finds!
>
> Ian,
>
> How on earth did you manage to get hold of all that? Was the guy going
to
> throw it all away?!
>
> Aaron
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Majordomo List Manager [mailto:majordomo@...] On Behalf
Of
> Ian Wolstenholme
> Sent: 13 September 2006 13:14
> To: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Car boot finds!
>
> This little lot wasn't bad....
>
> http://www.beebmaster.co.uk/GreatestFind/Greatest.html
>
> ...especially since it was all free!!!!!!
>
> Best wishes,
>
>
>
> Ian
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Littlefield Aaron
> To: BBC-Micro Mailing List <bbc-micro@...>
> Sent: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:18:55 +0100
> Subject: [BBC-Micro] Car boot finds!
>
> Purely out of interest, what's the best Acorn item you've ever bought
from a
> car boot or private sale?
>
>
>
> Mine is probably a 128k B+ with all the receipts and the stickers
still on
> the case, which was from a guy at work.
>
>
>
> Aaron
>
>
>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
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ago…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Are there not issues with schools
giving
you stuff ? I mean, if they gave you an old master and you were burnt by
an
erupting battery pack, could they not be held responsible ?, and so are
more
inclined to just bin everything as its not worth the
risk.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Of course if you can convince them
to ‘carefully’
place all those old beebs and cub monitors into the skip, they
can’t be
held responsible for a ford transit pulling up in the dead of night and
emptying it! <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span
style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I guess a begging letter round all
the
local schools is the only way you would find out. Btw I will take an
MDFS off
your hands if you find one ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>** Top posting because
that's how
this threads going **<br>
<br>
There must still be schools surely with dusty stockrooms where at the
back you
might find some beeb kit. Although after use in a school they can be a
bit
battered. Or do people think most schools have shifted all this kit now
?(probably to a skip). Was there perhaps a peak 10 - 15 years ago when
it all
went perhaps ? Still there must be some somewhere in schools. <br>
<br>
Steve<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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> From: CALITTLEFIEL@...<br>
> To: bbc-micro@...<br>
> Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 15:38:22 +0100<br>
> Subject: UC: [BBC-Micro] Car boot finds!<br>
> <br>
>
I have to admit I managed to dig
out one or two copies of Acorn User&nb
sp;(or<br>
>
some such) a while ago and it was 
;really interesting to read especially the<br>
>
Watford Electronics advertisements. I always wan
ted their fancy speech<br>
>
synthesiser unit but could never afford it&
nbsp;at the time (being a schoolboy!).<br>
>
If I ever see one again I'll be t
empted...<br>
> <br>
>
Of course I can always make the comput
er speak profanities by using the<br>
> software 'Speech', always a laugh!<br>
> <br>
>
Back to BBC finds, I've yet to find&nb
sp;anything at a car boot sale that is
BBC<br>
>
related (other than the odd Electron game),
plenty of Sinclair kit around<br>
>
but never a stashed away Model B :(<br
>
> <br>
>
I'm obviously going to the wrong auctions.&
nbsp;I keep peering into the skips at<br>
>
work to see if there are any BBC
items thrown out, most of the time its
<br>
>
knackered PC parts but you never know...<br
>
> <br>
>
Has anybody ever rescued any from skips?<br
>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
>
From: Majordomo List Manager [mailto:majordomo@...
.co.uk] On Behalf Of<br>
> Ian Wolstenholme<br>
> Sent: 13 September 2006 13:35<br>
> To: bbc-micro@...<br>
>
Subject: Re: UC: [BBC-Micro] Car boot finds
!<br>
> <br>
>
I can't honestly remember how I found
out about it. He was local<br>
>
and he may have contacted me through t
he website but it had only<br>
>
just started at the time. The whole&n
bsp;lot filled up the back seat and<br>
>
the boot of the car and my popularity&
nbsp;at home has never recovered!<br>
> <br>
>
I think the best thing of all is
the full set of Beebugs, these are<br>
>
really fascinating for an insight into the&
nbsp;early history of the Beeb<br>
>
and all the distribution problems there wer
e. You had to wait about<br>
>
9 months to get a Beeb back in 19
81-82!<br>
> <br>
> Best wishes,<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Ian<br>
> <br>
> ----- Original Message -----<br>
> From: Littlefield Aaron<br>
> To: bbc-micro@...<br>
>
Sent: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 13:23:21 +0100
<br>
>
Subject: UC: [BBC-Micro] Car boot finds!<br>
> <br>
> Ian,<br>
> <br>
>
How on earth did you manage to get&nbs
p;hold of all that? Was the guy going&
nbsp;to<br>
> throw it all away?!<br>
> <br>
> Aaron<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
>
From: Majordomo List Manager [mailto:majordomo@...
.co.uk] On Behalf Of<br>
> Ian Wolstenholme<br>
> Sent: 13 September 2006 13:14<br>
> To: bbc-micro@...<br>
>
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Car boot finds!<br>
> <br>
> This little lot wasn't bad....<br>
> <br>
> http://www.beebmaster.co.uk/GreatestFind/Greatest.html>
> <br>
>
...especially since it was all free!!!!!!<br>
> <br>
> Best wishes,<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Ian<br>
> <br>
> ----- Original Message -----<br>
> From: Littlefield Aaron<br>
>
To: BBC-Micro Mailing List <bbc-micro@...
.co.uk><br>
>
Sent: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 10:18:55 +0100
<br>
> Subject: [BBC-Micro] Car boot finds!<br>
> <br>
>
Purely out of interest, what's the best&nbs
p;Acorn item you've ever bought from a<br>
> car boot or private sale?<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
>
Mine is probably a 128k B+ with all&nb
sp;the receipts and the stickers still on<b
r>
>
the case, which was from a guy at 
;work.<br>
> <br>
> <br>
> <br>
> Aaron<br>
> <br>
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