Date   : Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:05:26 +0100
From   : dm.hunt@... (David Hunt)
Subject: Weird places that BBC micros could be found

> I remember an episode of 2 Point 4 Children from the late 90s, which
> involved something to do with chatting to someone over the internet.
> The computer was an Archimedes A440, with weird full-screen goings off
> including squares zooming in and out, during the "chat". Probably all
> programmed in BASIC.

I recall an Archimedes (can't remember the model) in the 1990s BBC sitcom,
"Health & Efficiency" - I think it was episode 6 - "Doctor Death". They used
a programme on the Arc to decide the outcome of a patient. Invariably, it
would play a bar of Chopin's - Piano Sonata No.2 In B Flat Minor Op.35 -
Funeral March... and show a coffin on the screen. I distinctly remember the
Cumana formatter playing that tune when it decides your disc is dead.

Dave