I inherited some BBC Micro “swag” over the weekend and found some real gems including a complete boxed Elite. The most amazing thing was the hand drawn maps. Obviously a text adventure fan! They look like the maps I used to draw – except mine were in boxes and numbered :D

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A recent discovery. A big boxed Machine Code programming development package for the Amstrad CPC 464/664/6128 on tape. 1985 Discovery Software via Gremlin Graphics release with a substantial manual. Researching. There isn’t any information on line that I can find.

*Edit*

http://www.cpc-power.com/index.php?page=detail&num=4356
http://cpcrulez.free.fr/applications_coding.htm
http://cpcrulez.fr/applications_coding-the_code_machine__CC.htm

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http://www.annablack.com/a-computer-for-your-church A rather interesting and quaint piece of  religious micro technology history from 1986 which I spotted on one of my charity shop sojourns. It describes all that the local vicar needed to buy and use a micro computer in 1986. I particularly like the floaty, WaroftheWorlds-esque church spire on the cover.

“The Church has unparalleled experience in information technology. Often it has pioneered and perfected it. Sometimes it has resisted it. Almost always it has taken it to heart in the end…”

“Does your church need a computer?”

“More than 2000 churches in Britain now have one, and wouldn’t do without it”

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“Commercial Breaks” – documentary about Ocean Software + Imagine + infamous Bandersnatch http://bit.ly/96lALV #fb

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Retro Computer Museum http://www.retrocomputermuseum.co.uk #micro #retro #fb

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