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  • #31
    Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

    Originally posted by Arran View Post
    They were uncommon as home computers but 7 and 8 were standard issue in schools, and 1 and 6 were ubiquitous as business computers. The Apple Mac was never as popular in Britain and Europe as it was in the US but it was liked by yuppies and the desk top publishing community.


    They were hardware and software compatible with other MSX computers.
    IIRC the MSX was designed to be an industry standard with Microsoft involved, but they were mostly made by Japanese electronics companies.
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    • #32
      Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

      THESE TWO I HAVE.





      FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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      • #33
        Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

        REMEMBER HAVING THESE AT SCHOOL. BBC Micro. Acorn Technologies

        DONT THINK YOU COULD PLAY GAMES ON THESE OR THEY WERE VERY BASIC GAMES.

        ARE THEY 8 OR 16 BIT.


        FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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        • #34
          Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

          Nice Darren!

          Wish I still had my original C128 and the C64 I bought when i started collecting again!

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          • #35
            Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

            Originally posted by Richard1978 View Post
            IIRC the MSX was designed to be an industry standard with Microsoft involved, but they were mostly made by Japanese electronics companies.
            Microsoft developed the ROM software for the MSX including MSX Basic. Despite the MSX technically being half American they never succeeded in the US, and the only MSX that was officially sold in the US was a Yamaha with a music keyboard that was sold as a musical instrument rather than a computer.

            MSX was the most popular home computer format in Japan during the 1980s and early 1990s. They were also common in parts of Europe and South America which also had MSX2 computers that were not sold in Britain. MSX2 was advanced for an 8 bit.

            There is a theory that the Amstrad CPC 6128 prevented the MSX2 from succeeding in Britain although the Amstrad CPC spec is closer to the MSX than the MSX2.

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            • #36
              Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

              Originally posted by darren View Post
              REMEMBER HAVING THESE AT SCHOOL. BBC Micro. Acorn Technologies

              DONT THINK YOU COULD PLAY GAMES ON THESE OR THEY WERE VERY BASIC GAMES.

              ARE THEY 8 OR 16 BIT.


              There were some quite good games for them, the BBC Master was a bit more able.
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              • #37
                Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

                THNX FOR THE INFO MATE.

                HAD A SLIGHT INKLING IT HAD GAMES.
                THE Acorn BBC Master Series Microcomputer.






                Originally posted by Richard1978 View Post
                There were some quite good games for them, the BBC Master was a bit more able.
                FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                • #38
                  Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

                  AND THIS ONE THE BBC MASTER TURBO.
                  MUST BE MORE POWERFUL THAN THE OTHER 2 BBC COMPUTERS I POSTED.

                  THERE MUST BE LOADS OF BBC COMPUTERS.


                  Last edited by darren; 01-09-2016, 17:02.
                  FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                  • #39
                    Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

                    Originally posted by darren View Post
                    REMEMBER HAVING THESE AT SCHOOL. BBC Micro. Acorn Technologies

                    DONT THINK YOU COULD PLAY GAMES ON THESE OR THEY WERE VERY BASIC GAMES.

                    ARE THEY 8 OR 16 BIT.



                    There were a couple of games discs kicking about the tech department of my high school. Chuckie Egg and Galaxian were both decent on the BBC. In primary school we got to play a text based adventure game on it called The Magic Telephone, that game was a bit boring.

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                    • #40
                      Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

                      Elite and Escape From Moonbase Alpha were my favourite BBC games, some kids in our street had a Model B we used to play on.

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                      • #41
                        Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

                        BBC B and Master were very common computers in Britain. When I say rare I mean something like the British Micro Mimi or the Logica Kennett.

                        Has anybody encountered a Fujitsu FM Towns?

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                        • #42
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                          Oh yes chuckie egg its come back to me now. Thnx.


                          Originally posted by trip2themoon View Post
                          there were a couple of games discs kicking about the tech department of my high school. Chuckie egg and galaxian were both decent on the bbc. In primary school we got to play a text based adventure game on it called the magic telephone, that game was a bit boring.
                          FOR THE HONOUR OF GRAYSKULL

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                          • #43
                            Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

                            Originally posted by Arran View Post
                            BBC B and Master were very common computers in Britain. When I say rare I mean something like the British Micro Mimi or the Logica Kennett.

                            Has anybody encountered a Fujitsu FM Towns?

                            The Sharp X68000 and the FM Towns are both pretty much non existent here. Which is a real shame because they both had a huge amount of arcade conversions on them. The X68000 was powerful enough for Capcom to code all their CPS1 games on it. CPS1 games were ones like Final Fight, Strider, Willow and SF2 The World Warrior.

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                            • #44
                              Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

                              Most 8 and 16 bit computers were 'geographic' with particular models only being popular in a few countries. The Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad CPC, and Acorn BBC and Archimedes were common in Britain but rare in the US and Canada which is why North American computer historians and technology writers only give them a brief passing mention at their best and otherwise ignore them. Likewise, British computer historians and technology writers don't tend to say much about the TRS80, Apple II, or the IBM PC Jr.

                              An MSX owner told me that MSX was the world standard 8 bit computer - except in a small number of countries where 8 bits from other manufacturers had conquered the market.

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                              • #45
                                Re: Less common vintage 8 and 16 bit computers

                                The TRS 80 was sold through Tandy shops, but never in large numbers, the Dragon 32 shared some parts with it IIRC.
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