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Date   : Thu, 14 Sep 2006 09:03:25 +0100
From   : Rob <robert@...>
Subject: Re: UC: Car boot finds!

At 16:28 13/09/2006, Steve O'Leary wrote:

>** Top posting because that's how this threads going **

indeed. sigh.

I enquired at the local primary school a few 
years ago, when I first moved here, and it seemed 
that while they used to have a stockroom full of 
stuff, when they got their nice new multimedia 
room (smartboard and a pile of PCs) they cleared it all out to make room...
 :-(

Since most primary schools seem to run on a 
budget shoestring, I suspect that this is 
typical, and stockrooms full of disused equipment 
don't last long before they get cleared out, 
especially when they are looking for space to set up replacements..

I really wish now I'd kept in touch with 
daughters' primary school to whom I actually 
donated a Beeb+disc drive about 15 years ago, as they were still
using them at the time.

The best time for collecting was probably not 
long after that, when PCs started becoming 
mainstream, and cheap enough to buy one per kid ..


Now I did get a huge pile of stuff of a bloke who 
had rescued it from a local authority Speech and 
Language unit when they cleared out their 
stockroom.. Pretty standard unexpanded Beebs, 
floppy drives and Cubs, apart from a touch 
keyboard, cub touch screen and a nifty box for 
connecting microphones up to the 
beeb.  Unfortunately there was no software 
whatsoever, which is annoying as it could actually of been useful!

Rob



>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=A8R8x=A2  [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-----<=A8R8x=A2 BR>> 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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