Did you ever use a school computer? 🏫💻
BBC Micro, RM Nimbus, Acorn Archimedes, Amstrad PC1640 or something else?
What was the best (or worst) thing about using these machines in class?
#retrocomputing #uk #nostalgia #education
Image: Marcin Wichary
BBC Micro, RM Nimbus, Acorn Archimedes, Amstrad PC1640 or something else?
What was the best (or worst) thing about using these machines in class?
#retrocomputing #uk #nostalgia #education
Image: Marcin Wichary
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Some IBM clone things for the word-processing class, Acorn A310's, A3000's, A3020's, A4000 and BBC Model B and Masters.
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BBC Masters and Archimedes on Econet.
Primary school was a lot of disk swapping on a couple of model B’s
College
Prime Unix Terminals 😩 - Pascal programming,
and Win 3.11 generic PCs with the occasional IBM PS2 thrown in for a bit of BASIC
Got to Secondary School and was given access to the suite of Archimedes machines. Wasted most of my IT classes playing Lemmings. The IT work was too easy and got finished in 20 minor so most weeks.
But I then spent two years working at a college and wrote educational software for BBC, 380/480Z and Nimbus among others.
Too early for Archie's and Spamstrads (Viglen, the dirty secret).
Happy to discuss if you have a reason to.