The BBC Micro 30th Anniversary Disk

[PitfallJones]

In celebration of the Beeb's 30th birthday I've put together a disk that full of retro goodness from 1981.

So if you want reminisce about the time of the New Romantics, Thatcher, the Royal Wedding and riots and strikes (hey - sounds like now!) give it a go - all presented in 80's Ceefax magnificence.

- PJ

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[zz9zzzalpha]

Thinking about 1981, whatever happened to nostalgia?! . thanks for the images.

Ian C

[OneSwitch]

Really enjoyed that. Thanks for the nostalgia trip. There's something about the old Ceefax style that's just so easy on the eye. Wish the new Digital teletext worked so well.

[TheCorfiot]

Its really cool.

Cant get it to run on a real Beeb though lol

[martinw]

Runs on mine

[PitfallJones]

Thanks for the feedback.

I totally agree - there's something so 'clean' about the old teletext display that modern replacements seem to miss.

It's a real shame it's going to turned off any day now.

Here's one guy that turned a RSS feed into teletext:
http://pablissimo.com/?p=85

And current pages are available here:
http://www.ceefax.tv/

I found this picture of a Twitter feed (but haven't been able to find the software anywhere..)

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I've run my program on a real Master and it should also run on a BBC. The data is written directly onto the disk sectors so you have to use a sector copier to get it on a real BBC.

Like Jon Welsh's XFER program:
http://www.g7jjf.com/bbc.htm

- PJ

[Dave Footitt]

Great idea!

Sadly I had trouble running it on real hardware too

I'm using a RetroClinic BBC with internal DataCentre - I just tried to load off the USB.

[Lion]

I'm using a RetroClinic BBC with internal DataCentre - I just tried to load off the USB.

Try *DTRAP first.

[martinw]

I copied it to a floppy disk first and it ran fine.

[Dave Footitt]

Try *DTRAP first.

Top tip! Worked a treat after that

[retroclinic]

Horray for tech support!