Date   : Wed, 28 Jul 2010 05:04:08 +0100
From   : darren.storer@... (Storer, Darren)
Subject: OT- Any ex-BBC Engineering folk here? (BBC Computer

Hi Phil,

you could do worse than to drop R.T.Russell (the man behind BBC Basic for
Windows) a line. Richard definitely used to work along side the engineers
that developed such custom projects and there's a strong possibility that he
was directly involved in this one. If Richard doesn't know the answers to
your questions, he probably knows a man that does:

http://www.bbceng.info/Designs/designs_reminiscences/Richard_Russell/rtrdd.html

HTH

Darren

On 28 July 2010 03:07, Philip Pemberton <philpem@...> wrote:

> Hi guys,
>
> I'm probably well over the "off topic" line with this one (not to
> mention that it's a massive long shot) but... are there any ex-BBC
> Engineering folk on-list?
>
> I came across this a couple of hours ago:
>   http://625.uk.com/tv_logos/bbc1_85.htm
>   http://www.bbceng.info/Designs/designs_technology/new_world.htm
>
> Basically, a description of the old (~1985) BBC Computer Originated
> World logo/ident generator box. Does anyone have any other info kicking
> around about this beastie? The article on BBCEng mentions a 'custom
> compression format' which I'd rather like to find more info on, and
> maybe some info on the antialiasing engine and the hardware itself...
>
> I'd like to have a crack at doing an FPGA reimplementation, just for
> grins. That "copious spare time" argument again ;)
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Phil.
> philpem@...
> http://www.philpem.me.uk/
>
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