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# i've only ever seen them on b3ta photos
as far as i can remember...!
(I helped save b3ta! TopUpTheTea you ain't seen me, right?, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 22:39, archived)
# Thats probably a good thing
They were quite large and clumbersum and favoured by schools, and the graphics were all bitmap if i remember rightly
(The lord Boo., Thu 22 Jun 2006, 22:40, archived)
# oh yes
in the days of fortran and pascal and machine code

/somewhat sad and geeky blog
(I helped save b3ta! crazyjude is very happy with happytoast and his skill, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 22:43, archived)
# well this one aint cumbersomer indeed
mini-itx.com/projects/bbcitxb/
(I helped save b3ta! hooker1uk Filth monger of the lowest degree!, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 22:54, archived)
# we found one at work, and it was in top condition
thing is, i dont know what use an airline ever had for one, and why on earth its still knocking about



\edit, bah, its not a bbc, or is it?
(I helped save b3ta! Johno says the chances of anything coming from mars are a million to one But still they come on, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 22:53, archived)
# It is
It's a BBC Master - the computer that came along a couple of years after the Model B
(I helped save b3ta! le brian, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 22:56, archived)
# ok, close enough
and still an oddish find
(I helped save b3ta! Johno says the chances of anything coming from mars are a million to one But still they come on, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 23:02, archived)
# its not odd at all
they were until VERY recently the major way the times for all uk airports were relayed. Maybe to this day.....

I am not a plane geek - I am a bbc geek.
(I helped save b3ta! gaijintendo Regular Member, Thu 22 Jun 2006, 23:18, archived)