Worth Taking a Look At

[z0m8ied0g]

Export Beeb UNB09 Unmade kit

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VERY-RARE-MO ... 2367217557

Bit rich for me, but interesting and just superb condition.

Edit, just looked it up on CCH

In late 1984 Acorn moved into the US computer market releasing a fully-upgraded BBC Micro with the model number UNB09. It came with disc, Econet, and speech upgrades as standard and a version of BBC BASIC modified to use American spelling conventions (e.g. COLOR instead of COLOUR).

I missed these at auction, there were 3 in a box brand new.
I bed on them in the main auction and was the highest bidder at 130 quid, the reserve was 150 so it didn't sell.
It then went into the timed auction and sold for 380 quid (which seeing they are selling for 550 is a nice bit of profit)

[matt_nottm]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acorn-Archim ... 2360094696

I don't need another A310 but I'd consider bidding quite a bit on this one to have a closer look at that Welcome Disc at the bottom of the last photo. I have a hunch it could be the Arthur 0.30 Welcome Disc (with the Podule Manager module and PodZap utility missing from the Arthur 1.20 Welcome Disc) I've been looking for for years. But I don't fancy my odds of convincing the seller to ship it all to me on the west coast of the USA, or to split that disc out specifically.

I wonder if somebody here is interested enough to win this, and if so, would you drop me a PM about that Welcome Disc when you receive it? I'd even consider paying a small bounty for the part number off it (and potentially a larger one for a copy if it's the one I'm looking for).

Thanks!

Does this ZIP file help with the Podule Manager module? I cannot find a PodZap in the archives I have.

[bear]

Does this ZIP file help with the Podule Manager module? I cannot find a PodZap in the archives I have.

Thanks for the thought, but... not for my purposes. I had done some experimentation extracting the Podule Manager module from Arthur 1.20 and loading it on Arthur 0.30, but though it appeared to work, it wasn't sufficient to allow ADFS access to the Winchester podule in my A310. I imagined that PodZap was possibly required to reinit some important stuff deep in the OS, and I set the experiment aside.

[sbadger]

Couple of 4mation titles i'd not heard of, Dinosaur Discovery and Worlds without Words



https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ACORN-BBC-DI ... 3043535922
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ACORN-BBC-WO ... 3043552196

[flaxcottage]

They are both in my archive but due to 4Mation still enforcing their copyright they cannot be distributed.

They arrived from New Zealand in the huge package of educational software that Richard Toohey and I obtained a while back.

Dinosaur Discovery is a neat strategy-type game. Worlds without Worlds I found very strange.

[Elminster]

Only 35 years or so left to wait.

[billcarr2005]

Only 35 years or so left to wait.

Isn't it 70 years after the death of the author? (as per "Written, dramatic, musical and artistic work")

https://www.gov.uk/copyright/how-long-copyright-lasts

[sweh]

Spotted via twitter - not sure if someone else has already linked to it.

Tonne of stuff in Reading, including a Beeb - https://www.facebook.com/34115125608949 ... 359253709/

[VectorEyes]

Looks like a good-condition Master with fully kitted-out DataCentre, Raspberry Pi, MultiOS, etc... If I didn't already have too many machines I'd be very tempted to bid!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Acorn-BBC-Ma ... 3407743381

[Kazzie]

One for Acorn System enthusiasts: a large quantity of Vero Eurocard racking, collection only from Devon:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vero-Eurocar ... 3103738578

I'd be bidding if it weren't so far away...

[ctr]

Only 35 years or so left to wait.

Isn't it 70 years after the death of the author? (as per "Written, dramatic, musical and artistic work")

https://www.gov.uk/copyright/how-long-copyright-lasts

You're right. I always thought there was a separate rule for works-for-hire, but I just checked and that's an American thing.

According to the government:

An employer should keep careful records of which person(s) created the work for them and any contractual agreements which were in force. The period of copyright protection will usually still be linked to the date of the death of the creator(s) - that is the employee(s).

Is this why software companies prefer young employees?!

There is an exception if the authors are unknown but an end-user has no way of knowing that.

[Elminster]

Only 35 years or so left to wait.

Isn't it 70 years after the death of the author? (as per "Written, dramatic, musical and artistic work")

https://www.gov.uk/copyright/how-long-copyright-lasts

I would argue it comes under

Sound and music recording 70 years from when it’s first published

As usually published by a company and the author could be many people. Or maybe it depends if independant or by a company. Or maybe both. Or maybe none. But I haven’t really check.

Edit: let’s hope no one goes on a Retro author killing spree

[Elminster]

Only 35 years or so left to wait.

Isn't it 70 years after the death of the author? (as per "Written, dramatic, musical and artistic work")

https://www.gov.uk/copyright/how-long-copyright-lasts

You're right. I always thought there was a separate rule for works-for-hire, but I just checked and that's an American thing.

According to the government:

An employer should keep careful records of which person(s) created the work for them and any contractual agreements which were in force. The period of copyright protection will usually still be linked to the date of the death of the creator(s) - that is the employee(s).

Is this why software companies prefer young employees?!

There is an exception if the authors are unknown but an end-user has no way of knowing that.

Get confusing because it is in contract of most companies that software created while you work for them is owned by the company, not you. Therefore you cannot own the copyright.

[1024MAK]

If you want to discuss copyright, please find a more suitable thread, or start a new one.

Mark

[Lardo Boffin]

Beeb with extra stuff. Currently on buy it now for £60.

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/BBC-Microcompu ... %7Ciid%3A1

[1024MAK]

One for Acorn System enthusiasts: a large quantity of Vero Eurocard racking, collection only from Devon:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vero-Eurocar ... 3103738578

I'd be bidding if it weren't so far away...

Well, being a bit nearer, I'm taking a punt

Thanks for posting this up

Mark

[Kazzie]

One for Acorn System enthusiasts: a large quantity of Vero Eurocard racking, collection only from Devon:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vero-Eurocar ... 3103738578

I'd be bidding if it weren't so far away...

Well, being a bit nearer, I'm taking a punt

Thanks for posting this up

Mark

I'm glad you've put in a bid for it: for fear of it going unsold and thrown out, I was contemplating pressing my family in Cornwall to drive up and collect it (and then thinking how to get it from Cornwall)!

[danielj]

Not Acorn, I know - but it does have a version of BBC BASIC for it!

If someone potentially wants to snag a bargain in the Bristol area, I'd punt in a low-ball offer on this little rarity over the next 10 minutes! It's local pick up only! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183340215487

[1024MAK]

Not Acorn, I know - but it does have a version of BBC BASIC for it!

If someone potentially wants to snag a bargain in the Bristol area, I'd punt in a low-ball offer on this little rarity over the next 10 minutes! It's local pick up only! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183340215487

Gahhh! Don't that to me! I have only just seen this (due to working late turns this week)

Have now added the relisted item to my watch list...

Mark

[1024MAK]

One for Acorn System enthusiasts: a large quantity of Vero Eurocard racking, collection only from Devon:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vero-Eurocar ... 3103738578

I'd be bidding if it weren't so far away...

Well, being a bit nearer, I'm taking a punt

Thanks for posting this up

Mark

I'm glad you've put in a bid for it: for fear of it going unsold and thrown out, I was contemplating pressing my family in Cornwall to drive up and collect it (and then thinking how to get it from Cornwall)!

I won the auction for this

Still in the boot of my car, as I only collected it on Sunday...

Mark

[marcusjambler]

RISC PC prototype

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PROTOTYPE-Ac ... 0005.m1851

[steve3000]

RISC PC prototype

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PROTOTYPE-Ac ... 0005.m1851

Interesting, but the only thing that looks prototype there is the sticker. Without some accurate pictures of the PCB, that could easily be a later model PCB in the prototype box.

But even the box doesn't look like the earliest RiscPCs I've seen, which had no brown EMF-shielding paint inside the box.

[VectorEyes]

Kicking myself this morning.

There was a BBC Master on Ebay, seller was willing to post it. Looked in very good condition. Raspberry Pi CoPro, DataCentre with CF hard drive, MultiOS, ULA had been socketed, recapped (obviously) … Buy It Now for £180 or auction started at £100. I 'watched' it and I thought I might be able to put in a bid a little under the asking price near the end and maybe nab a total bargain, but of course this morning somebody's already bought it outright. Which, thinking about the cost of everything inside it, I probably should have done myself!

Oh well, live and learn!

[Lardo Boffin]

Interesting pile of stuff:-

https://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/Rare-Vintage-D ... %7Ciid%3A1

[marcusjambler]

Old school HD

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Amstore-20MB ... SwxK9bZEcK

[jonb]

Anyone who wants to join me, Mark and I think ChrisCwmbran in the "Philips P2000C Computer Club" might want to take a peek at this little beauty:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/223092400659

Probably not working but we all know it can be fixed.. with a little help from the forum (OK, a lot of help in my case: Special shout outs to Mark and Dave)!

[1024MAK]

You took your time spotting that one
I been watching it for days...

Mark

[jonb]

What, you want another one? You haven't started playing with the one you already have.. AFAIK..

Some things are missing, though: keyboard cable, carrying strap, rear cover. The last 2 are irreplaceable. And of course, we do not know if it is working.

[1024MAK]

Spares... (mine has a damaged case )...

[jonb]

That's a real pity.. is it not repairable?

I might need a cheap mainboard. My floppy disks have failed again, though it still boots from the SASI drive. It's kind of on hold right now as I stole the RAM out of the terminal board to fix a Superbrain.