Date   : Wed, 13 Sep 2006 17:23:33 +0100
From   : Littlefield Aaron <CALITTLEFIEL@...>
Subject: UC: Car boot finds!

Some schools must have items left, but many sold them off when the
Archimedes range came in or when they ultimately got replaced by PC clones.
I tried recently to get my hands on any remaining BBC items when my old
school was closing. I made a point of asking if there was *anything* left at
all, only to be told that it literally got thrown out en-masse when the
school network was upgraded some years ago.

To be fair, even before I went to university most of the 8-bit items had
been switched to Archimedes, those that remained were in a poor state of
preservation after kids had ultimately punched the ash-tray out and
man-handled them for years. Shame really as I would have loved one as a
souvenir. If anybody ever sees a BBC B with 'TGS' or 'Thorne Grammar' on it
call me immediately!

Aaron


-----Original Message-----
From: Majordomo List Manager [mailto:majordomo@...] On Behalf Of
Jules Richardson
Sent: 13 September 2006 17:56
To: bbc-micro@...
Subject: Re: UC: [BBC-Micro] Car boot finds!

Steve O'Leary wrote:
> ** Top posting because that's how this threads going **

eek :-(

> 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.

I think there's probably still some stuff about. Cambridge uni have only 
really pushed to get rid of all their Acorn 8-bit 'junk' in the last couple
of 
years, and it was only a couple of years ago too that I went to a school 
clearance  where they had maybe 70-80 model Bs / Masters and related items.
(I 
came away with a car boot full; some other chap showed up with a van and 
hauled the bulk of stuff away - his intention was to sell it but last I'd 
heard nobody was buying so he'd sent most of it to the crusher)

There's a school I know of in Luton that still has a lot of beeb kit stored 
away; we've got our eye on some of the Cub screens there + beebs for the 
museum, but I'll let people know when they're ready to get rid of the whole
lot.

Most of the schools will have dumped their stuff by now, but I'm betting 
there's a handful where it's all still there stored away, and many more
where 
they still have a few machines lurking.


cheers

Jules

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