rans6andrew
17th Nov 2018, 21:07
I was looking for something up in our loft earlier when I came across my first computer or rather two of them. The good old BBC Micro Model B which I blew most of my student grant (remember when you got them?) on when they were first launched. At the time it saved files to a tape cassette and displayed in colour via a standard TV. It ran rings around the computers we got to use at the University at the time, monochrome display Commodore Pet machines. Before long it was upgraded to have a hard drive and a proper colour monitor, a step which made the text easier to read on the highest resolution. Loved it at the time and learned a lot playing with it. Had some cracking video games as well.
Oh, and it was a doddle to programme.
Anyway, times moved on, the Model B was superceded by another Acorn machine, an Archimedes RISC which really flew. The Model B went into storage.
Now, many generations of computing have been and gone and standards have changed I was just wondering if the good old model B would still work. I have the disc drives last used with it but not the colour monitor. TVs are no longer compatible since terrestrial broadcasting ended.
Does anyone know if any of the current computer monitors can manage the voltage, frame and scan rates of the Model B?
Ta,
Rans6.....
Oh, and it was a doddle to programme.
Anyway, times moved on, the Model B was superceded by another Acorn machine, an Archimedes RISC which really flew. The Model B went into storage.
Now, many generations of computing have been and gone and standards have changed I was just wondering if the good old model B would still work. I have the disc drives last used with it but not the colour monitor. TVs are no longer compatible since terrestrial broadcasting ended.
Does anyone know if any of the current computer monitors can manage the voltage, frame and scan rates of the Model B?
Ta,
Rans6.....