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Here's something I've known about for a while but I've just never gotten round to mention! On some of the raspberry pis (though not the new PI 4) you can now have a bbc basic interpreter just as on the old original BBC Micro - except it is running at the full speed of the pi and with a *lot* more than 32K of ram! You just need the pi and bits 'n' pieces (any adaptors, keyboard, screen, etc) a micro sd card (dosen't need to be a new one ) and a copy of this!
Note that however 6502 code will not run since this is an OS/basic interpreter running on a modern day ARM chip, not an old 6502!
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Note that however 6502 code will not run since this is an OS/basic interpreter running on a modern day ARM chip, not an old 6502!
Direct link to file here
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They were indeed! A few years back now there was a drama called 'Micro Men' (aka Syntax Era) which depicts what happened between Acorn (makers of the BBC micro) and Sinclair (who made the ZX Spectrum). If you watch that video watch out for the bit where (the actor playing) clive sinclair wings a phone through a window in a fit of rage!
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Being American the only 80s computers we dealt with were the Apple, IBM and Aquarius II, before the C64. BUT....being a decades long reader of Retro-gamer (UK Publication) I've caught up on all the influence and importance of the 8 Bit Home Micros. So lets see if I got em all..... Spectrum, Amastrad, Oric, Dragon, MSX, BBC Micro, Acorn Electron and........VIC-20. Am I missing one?
Got most of the major ones there but I found a pdf listing several old computers from way back in 1984; Note the prices of these machines as well(!) let alone converting into 2019 $/£ !
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