The BBC and Master Computer Public Domain Library

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• 13/12/2005 Thanks again to Dave Edwards for sending more screenshot maps. This time of Jet Set Willy. Placed in the 'Game Solutions' section
• 11/12/2005 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending some screenshot maps of Jet Set Willy II. Placed in the 'Game Solutions' section
• 02/12/2005 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending 5 new discs of software for the pool. A new section added. APD, Acorn Programs Discs. These are listings from the magazine Acorn Programs. Still looking for issues 2, 3, 6, 9, 10 and 11 if anyone can help please
• 25/11/2005 Dave Edwards is releasing a new game next year called 'You're Alan Partridge'. There is some info about it and some screenshots as a taster that I have placed in the 'On Line Magazine'
• 11/10/2005 I have implemented a new menu system on the 8BS website. Comments on it would be appreciated, especially if you find any problems. I did it after someone reminded me that the old one failed in some browsers
• 07/10/2005 8BS has taken a long rest. Thanks to Joel for replacing the server motherboard and getting it up and running again
• 21/08/2005 Thanks to Michael Foot for photos of his Acorn Fileserver, placed on the pictures page
• 20/08/2005 Thanks to Eelco Huininga for 38 scans of various manuals. See the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Joel for loading owl with the CD of scans
• 19/08/2005 Thanks to John Simpson for submitting a RISC OS game disassembler with example disassembly of Chuckie Egg. Placed in the 'On Line Magazine'
• 02/08/2005 Joel has fixed the problem of bandwidth on Owl by placing a throttle on it. The 8BS website will now be quite slow I am afraid. As I have said before, this is only a temporary thing, I hope to have things back to normal before too long
• 01/08/2005 It's no good! Folks are still nicking too much of Joel's bandwidth by downloading huge chunks of stuff from the 8BS website. Please respect my request to take it easy or I will have to remove the large files from the website. Remember, this is only a temporary thing. Hopefully all will be well shortly
• 31/07/2005 Anonymous FTP access temporarily disabled on the 8BS server as people are still downloading large chunks of the website. At the moment I ask that you don't do this for reasons previously mentioned 12/05/2005 and 17/06/2005
• 17/07/2005 Thanks to Robert Sprowson for a scan of a BBC advertising leflet and Master function key strips. Placed in the 'scans' area of the 8BS website. The 8BS website server owl is still playing up a bit. It needs a nudge now and again to get it going. Please bear with us while we (Joel) gets it sorted out
• 12/07/2005 Still loads of problems keeping the 8BS website going. The server keeps having a rest now and again. I have removed all email addresses from the guestbook and removed the facility to add them as I have now had a few people mentioning that they are being spammed thanks to the guestbook. Tell me about it. Well over 4000 emails a day (at the last count but it is probably substantially more than that now) into the 8BS email box is ridiculous. Fortunately Joel and Karoo have a set of configurable email filters that reduce that down to a manageable amount.
• 30/06/2005 The server (owl) did not like the heat at Joel's place at all recently and gave up the ghost on numerous occasions. the 8BS website reliabilty has been a bit patchy recently. I am working on getting the server based here at my home address to enable me to permanently keep an eye on owl. Watch this space, no promises as yet. I have been unlucky this year in attending BBC gatherings. If anyone is interested in a Northern (Sheffield sort of area) meet, please contact me
• 17/06/2005 Now what did I say on 12/05/2005? Joel messaged me to say people have been downloading the whole blooming website. Causing him bother on his home network. This is not good and not what we need. Joel provides the hardware and support for 8BS on the back of his own home network. It only takes a couple of fools to ruin it for everyone else. Joel has had to take steps to ensure this does not happen again. I am disappointed really but not surprised I suppose
• 12/05/2005 Great re-start. I have just received an email from someone asking me to remove an image from the pictures pages as it was being used without his permission. Makes it all worth while eh? I do try to ask and then give credit every time, but this one slipped by somehow
• 12/05/2005 8BS came back on line last night after a long rest. Thanks to Joel for plugging the rescued owl back in on his landing. It is running off the back of his home network at the moment so we need to be careful about bandwidth please folks! Please don't try to download loads of things. Please hold off with your submissons to me until the message about the cyclist pedalling hard to keep the server going on the main page disappears
• 08/03/2005 Thanks to John Kortink for a huge scan of the New Advanced User Guide. Too big for the internet, I have placed it on a CD and called it MAN-02, see the catalogue for availability. I have greatly reduced the filesize and placed it on the 'Manuals' page for download
• 10/02/2005 I have placed all the 8BS magazine articles on line, viewable from the 'Magazine' page. To do this, I simply removed all of the disc based magazine files from their respective disc images and placed them on the website. A script converts them to readable format so that they are formatted more or less the same as on the BBC (40 or 80 column). The script adds colour and a sort of graphics conversion to the 40 column teletext files
• 10/02/2005 The 8BS website is going to move servers sometime in the next couple of weeks. This may or may not involve some down time. So if 8BS disappears, don't worry, keep checking, it will be back. Thanks to Ian Wolstenholme for sending a PDF version of the MDFS manual. Available for download frm the 'Manuals' page
• 08/01/2005 Thanks to Jason Watton for an update to OmniFlop the Windows XP utility to read/write BBC floppies. Also thanks to Jason for a whole new page to describe it plus another for the manual. All available for viewing on the 'File Transfer' page. Jason has done a fantastic job with programming both the utility and the pages. Thanks to Dave Edwards for 6 new additions to the software pool, Electron User Group discs 63 to 65 in both ADFS and DFS format
• 07/02/2005 Thanks to Dave Edwards. 13 New disc images added to the ELK section of the pool. The Electron section. ELK-05 to ELK-11 added. See the catalogue for details
• 05/02/2005 Thanks to Raf Giaccio for another set of utilities. This time they are for the GoMMC. I have added his page of things to the main menus on the front of the 8BS website now
• 01/02/2005 Thanks to Paul Collins for sending a couple of A&B Magazine cover scans, two supplementals that I did not have, now available on the 'A&B' section of the 'Magazine' page
• 22/01/2005 Thanks once more to Jon Welch for sending a further update for Xfer the serial link transfer program. It will now transfer single files and disc images of most types both to and from the PC. Excellent!
• 16/01/2005 Thanks to Jon Welch for a very useful update and fix to Xfer the serial transfer program. He has fixed the non-working DFS disc image transfer option and added an ADFS disc image transfer option. He has added and fixed a couple of other things too. See the 'File Transfer' page for the download which contains full instructions and info. Thanks to Jon Welch for sending a program to transfer BBC tapes to disc images using the sound card. Info and download on the 'File Transfer' page
• 13/01/2005 Thanks to Paul Collins (eBay MarillionUK) for sending a load of Acorn User Magazine cover scans. Adding to the few that were already there, he promises to fill most of the gaps over the next month or so. Available from the 'Publications' menu
• 31/12/2004 Thanks to Jason Watton for providing a new piece of software. It updates the Windows XP floppy driver to be able to read BBC floppies using a piece of software called OmniFlop. Details on the 'File Transfer' page
• 01/12/2004 Thanks to Jason Watton for an update for Omnidisk. Available for download from the 'File Conversion' page and the 'On Line Magazine'
• 26/11/2004 Many things added since the last update of this page. My apologies for not entering them here. Please check the 'Latest' utilities for pages and pictures to see the more recent changed or new things on the website. Thanks to Chris Whytehead for some photos added to the 'See Computers' pages
• 28/09/2004 I have redone the PD download catalogue. It is now a database that is presented by a script. Have a look at it and please let me know what you think
• 15/09/2004 Thanks to Thomas Heck for sending pdf versions of the New Advanced User Guide and some intersheet manuals. All available from the 'manuals' page
• 06/09/2004 Prior to my big push to load the whole pool on to a GoMMC card, I have renamed a small number of disc images within their zip files (this therefore does not affect download filenames from the website). There are now only four file extensions for disc images in the 8BS pool (not counting the 512 section). These are:
  Double sided DFS disc (400k) = .dsd
  Single sided DFS disc (200k) = .ssd
  ADFS Large (640k) = .adl
  ADFS Medium (320k) = .adm
• 28/08/2004 I have compacted all of the DFS discs in the pool. This has the effect of substantially decreasing the length of time it takes to write the disc image to a real BBC disc. If you find any problems with any of the discs, please let me know
• 15/08/2004 Thanks to Richard Head for updating his Repton screens. They are now all full sets of screens. Excellent puzzles, they are well worth a look. See TBI-45 in the downloads section
• 04/08/2004 Thanks to Richard Head for a new addition to the Repton screens. He has submitted 2 sets (one finished and one partially finished). See TBI-45. I have turned this catalogue entry into two single sided discs, both in the same zipped download. I have added the maps and passwords to the relevant pages on the website too
• 26/07/2004 Back from the Classic Gaming Expo UK 2004 show. I have rearranged a couple of pages on the site. An account of the show will be found on the 'Shows' page
• 07/07/2004 Preparations for the Classic Gaming Expo UK are going well. Steve Hanson of Superior Software has given me some goodies to take down to Croydon with me. Some neat Repton stuff! He has lent me some maps and solutions. I have photographed them as best I can and placed them on the website in the game solutions section. The Spellbinder and Elixir maps are especially worth a look at. Make an effort to get yourself down there on 24th and 25th of this month :-)
• 17/06/2004 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the Slogger Rombox Manual. Placed on the 'Manuals' page, thanks also to Dave for the photos of the Rombox, placed on the photos page
• 11/06/2004 Thanks to Keith Howell for sending some Z80 info. Available from the 'On Line Magazine' and manuals page. Thanks also to Keith for sending a Master 128 review, available in the 'On Line Magazine'. Thanks to Raf Giaccio for sending his Y2K Fix ROM listing. Available form the Y2K fixes page (follow the link to Raf's separate fix page)
• 05/06/2004 Thanks to Dave Edwards for converting a huge terrible scan of the VoxBox manual into a tiny RTF file. Available for download on the 'Manuals' page. DAVE I STILL CAN'T REPLY TO YOUR MAILS BY DOING 'REPLY'. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending seven new discs added tothe TBI section of the 8BS catalogue. Electron Computing. See the TBI catalogue
• 28/05/2004 Thanks to Savvidis Ioannis for scanning the System 5 Manual. Placed on the 'Manuals' page ready for OCRing if there are any volunteers please?
• 26/05/2004 New additions to the TBI section of the 8BS pool thanks to Dan Beardsmore for TBI-177 Hangman and TBI-178 Evil Invaders
• 12/04/2004 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending a typed in version in Word format of the Cumana DFS manual for the Electron. Also thanks to Dave for a work in progress typed in version of the Electron User Guide in Word format. Available for download from the 'manuals' page. Dave, I am replying to your emails, but they are being bounced back smtpin.ntlworld.com 550 Invalid recipient. Have you changed your email?
• 30/03/2004 Thanks to Jules Richardson for photos of the Acorn System 5, placed on the 'See>Computers' page. Thanks also to John Kortink for photos of various boards placed on the 'See>Boards' page
• 25/03/2004 A new page (totally unrelated to Acorn 8 bit stuff) added after I scanned in two Rover logs from 1929 - 1942
• 24/03/2004 Owl died again last night until late today due to a power failure
• 16/03/2004 The 8BS website was down for short while today due to a power cut. Apologies for that
• 15/03/2004 Repton Infinity maps and hints added to the 'Repton' pages
• 13/03/2004 Thanks to Dave Edwards for a solution and map to Star Drifter. Placed on the Game Solutions' page
• 12/03/2004 Thanks to David Hawkins for an rtf version of the ATPL Sidewise board manual. Placed on the 'manuals' page
• 11/03/2004 Thanks to Geoff Stevens for the ATPL Sidewise Plus manual, scan and PDF placed on the 'Manuals' page
• 09/03/2004 BBC B and B+ motherboards photographed and placed in the 'insides' section replacing smaller similar images. Speech Synthesizer plans placed in the 'on line magazine'
• 07/03/2004 Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update to the Basic Disassembly pages. Steve says the job is nearly finishd now, a bit of tidying up and then a check for anything he may have missed
• 05/03/2004 Cumana QFS manual scanned and placed as a scan and PDF file on the manuals page
• 02/03/2004 Various scrips that do little jobs around the website totally rewitten, if you have noticed odd things happening on the website over the last coule of days, this is the reason. I have rewritten the counter as the one I was using was an awful spaghetti mess. Another one keeps a tally of how many folks are looking at the 8BS website at this moment, see the main page
• 27/02/2004 Thanks to eBay sellers for pictures of BBC related items now placed on the 'pictures' pages. Thanks to Richard Hall for pointing them out for me. A new article attempting to list all Acorn 8 bit machines placed in the 'on line magazine'
• 25/02/2004 Thanks to Dave Edwards for 6 new discs for the pool. The Electron Music 5000 discs and 4 discs with Music 5000 files. All available for download from the MUS section of the download section. New Repton 2 Map placed onto the 'Repton' pages with a link to the original website which is well worth checking out. Thanks to Stewart Goldwater for pointing it out to me and Darren Salt for the pictures and map
• 16/02/2004 New search engine installed on the 8BS website. If you have any problems with it, please let me know. I have put a lot of work into getting it up and running. The engine can be tailored to a certain extent, so constructive comments would be very much appreciated and welcome
• 15/02/2004 Thanks again to John Kortink for sending a very large scan of the Master Reference Manual Part 2. I have reduced it in filesize considerably and placed it on the 'manuals' page. The original scans have been placed on the CD 'MAN-01' (see the CDR section of the catalogue). I am waiting now for a promised large scan of the Advanced Reference Manual for the Master which will then complete the CD MAN-01
• 13/02/2004 John Kortink has sent a huge scan of the Master Reference Manual Part 1. I have placed a greatly reduced in filesize version on the 'manuals' page and have placed the original scans on the CD 'MAN-01' (see the CDR section of the catalogue)
• 12/02/2004 A load of lovely Repton things fell through my letterbox this morning thanks to Steve Hanson. I have scanned them and placed them on the Repton page for your perusal
• 11/02/2004 Already the 8BS upload facility has been used to great effect. Thanks to John Kortink for sending a very high quality scan of the Master Welcome Guide. I have created a new CD in the CDR section, if you want the unaltered scan and a PDF version of it, see the catalogue CDR section for more details. I have reduced the filesize considerably and placed the scans onto the manual pages here with a similarly reduced filesize PDF version of it. John promises further excellent quality scans soon. Watch this space
• 10/02/2004 At last I have managed to get around to sorting out ftp upload access to owl. You can now upload things to the 8BS ftp upload directory using your normal web browser (ftp://owl.8bs.com/incoming) or ftp anonymously to owl.8bs.com with your FTP program
• 08/02/2004 Concept keyboard manual scans and Computer Concepts Speech manual sorted out (images rotated) and uploaded. PDF versions of the following manuals created and uploaded: 6502 Co Processor. Acorn Speech. ATS (Acorn and Morley). Computer Concepts Speech. Master Compact Service Manual. Concept Keyboard User Guides. Electron User Guide. Manuals page reorganised so it is hopefully less confusing
• 07/02/2004 Interface Magazine. 512 User Guides, Acorn and Dabs Press. Atomic Theory. All these turned into Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Placed in the relevant places on the 'Manuals' and 'Magazines' pages. The Master 512 Technical Guide converted from the HTML web page to Adobe PDF format. Master Compact Welcome Guide converted from HTML to PDF. Finally, the Basic ROM disassembly section converted to pdf format. Remember that the Basic Rom Disassembly pages are not quite finished, so the pdf conversion is not the final version either
• 06/02/2004 I have made a lot of changes to the 8BS website today. I have deleted a lot of things and am uploading replacements. Please bear with me while I get everything uploaded. Byteback magazines: Individual scans removed from byteback magazine page, cut into single pages and zipped as scans then another zip of the magazine as PDF. Software bargains catalogue, Impact Games Catalogue, and Beebon magazines all given similar treatments. See the relevant sections in the 'Magazine' page
• 05/04/2004 The IP address of the 8BS website changed today, as a result the website was not reachable until the new address worked its way into the internet. Re-scanned The Disc User Magazines 1 to 5 and turned 1 to 14 into PDF files. Placed with the scans in the catalogue and on the magazine page. These will take me a day or so to upload so please be patient if you get a 'file not found' error
• 04/02/2004 Fast Access cards re-scanned and turned into PDF. Placed with the original scans in the catalogue and manuals pages. Thanks to Joel for adding a larger hard disc to owl. My old PC drive is going to good use. The 8BS website can now hold another 10 gigabytes of stuff. Acorn User October 84 in PDF available from the magazines page
• 02/02/2004 Master Reference Manual Part 2 re-scanned and turned into PDF available for download from the manuals page. Master Operating System, turned into PDF format
• 01/02/2004 Well, I tried various ways of getting around the problem of selling things from the 8BS website to support 8BS and failed miserably. The Inland Revenue wins, I admit defeat. Everything in the 8BS advert is now free. Once things I have to pay for are gone, that is it, I will not be stocking up on any of the items that run out. I will still accept donations of equipment for re-distribution. I would sooner fund 8BS out of my own pocket than have 8BS as a business and be regarded as self employed and dealing with all the crap that goes with it. Master Reference Manual Part 1 re-scanned, turned into PDF format and placed on the manuals page. I am pleased with the way this went, reducing the filesize from about 12 meg to about 2.5 meg. I shall be working on a few more manuals like this shortly
• 31/01/2004 A lot of emails to and from me have gone missing over the last couple of days, server problems I think. If you don't receive a reply from me, please keep trying until you do
• 26/1/2004 The Repton Section is just about finished now. Major additions in the last 2 or 3 days
• 23/01/2004 I have had a fairly major revamp of the Repton page. Maps and passwords. I have a few plans for these pages. Keep an eye on them
• 19/01/2004 Star Wars demo from GLM-05 added to the AVI collection. Available from the 'On Line Magazine'. FDC use demo as an AVI placed onto the 'File Transfer' page
• 18/01/2004 I have converted the Bones 1 and Bones 2 demos to AVI movies. Available from the 'On Line Magazine' page. Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update to the Basic Disassembly pages
• 13/01/2004 CDR-02 now available. See the Catalogue CDR section. This is a CD of all the photos I have taken of BBC related things, about 430 megabytes in 2000 files at present. A browser page is included on the CD. I have also placed all the images from the 'see' directory of the 8BS website on the CD with the html pages to browse them
• 10/01/2004 Large (all in one) software download catalogue improved so that the links in the table at the top of the page to the rest of the page now work
• 09/01/2004 Improved some of the photos. The STL 32k board plus 128k upgrade and BBC sprite board
• 07/01/2004 Thanks to Nick B for sending Adobe Acrobat versions of some Acorn Application Notes. Available from the 'On Line Magazine'. Thanks to Wouter Scholten for a load of photos of an Acorn Atom and software working. Thanks to Rich Hall for pointing the page out to me. See it on the 'Photos' page
• 06/01/2004 Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update to the 'Basic Disassembly' page
• 05/01/2004 The Disc User Magazine scans are now fully uploaded and working. Apologies, I had to delete them all and upload at 28k, it took a day or two. I have turned the Disc User animations into AVI files. See the TDU section of the catalogue and the 'On Line Magazine' for downloads. Thanks to Dan (Telcontar) for pointing out errors with the Galaforce MP3. I have uploaded the file he pointed me to that is a much better and fuller version of the tune. Thanks to The Stairway To Hell website for the file. Downaloadable from the 'Music' page
• 04/01/2004 The Disc User Magazine scans updated. I have re-scanned 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 and 14. I have resized the black and white scans in 1 2 3 4 and 5 making the filesize smaller. Thanks to Mick Needham for donating the Disc User Magazines enabling me to scan colour originals replacing the black and white photocopy scans that were here before
• 31/12/2003 As promised (see the entry here for 20/12/2003), the 8BS advert has returned. Take a look!
• 29/12/2003 Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update to the Basic Disassembly pages
• 21/12/2003 You can now obtain discs from the 8BS pool on real BBC floppy or as disc images on CD for free! Simply send me the appropriate formatted media and return postage. See the catalogue for details
• 20/12/2003 I have taken the decision today to no longer sell anything; parts, software, services and so on. The tax man has decided my 8BS activities have to be accounted for. Fair enough I suppose except that it is not worth the grief and effort involved in the nightmare of paperwork as essentially I do this on a non profit making basis. Don't panic though. The emphasis there was on 'sell'. I am hoping there is a way I can continue with the service I have been providing without gaining the interest of the tax man. Watch this space
• 19/12/2003 Thanks to Ken Hewson for sending scans of the Acorn and Morley ATS manuals. Now available for download from the 'Manuals' page
• 14/12/2003 Thanks to Richard Hall for a scan of the Morley Master AA board manual. Placed on the 'Manuals' page
• 09/12/2003 Owl died for a couple of hours today (1146 - 1401). Apologies. A terrible unplugging accident. It's life was saved only by the swift action of a technician plugging it back in again after Joel asked. Thanks Joel
• 07/12/2003 Thanks to Gorgon Dyer for OCRing the Snap Camera Manual. Now available from the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending an OCR of the Electron Database User Guide, available from the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Richard Hall for photos of Logo Control Gear added to the photos pages. Thanks to Ken Hewson for lots of photographs of various odds and ends placed on the 'Pictures' pages
• 29/12/2003 Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update to the Basic Disassembly pages
• 21/12/2003 You can now obtain discs from the 8BS pool on real BBC floppy or as disc images on CD for free! Simply send me the appropriate formatted media and return postage. See the catalogue for details
• 20/12/2003 I have taken the decision today to no longer sell anything; parts, software, services and so on. The tax man has decided my 8BS activities have to be accounted for. Fair enough I suppose except that it is not worth the grief and effort involved in the nightmare of paperwork as essentially I do this on a non profit making basis. Don't panic though. The emphasis there was on 'sell'. I am hoping there is a way I can continue with the service I have been providing without gaining the interest of the tax man. Watch this space
• 19/12/2003 Thanks to Ken Hewson for sending scans of the Acorn and Morley ATS manuals. Now available for download from the 'Manuals' page
• 14/12/2003 Thanks to Richard Hall for a scan of the Morley Master AA board manual. Placed on the 'Manuals' page
• 09/12/2003 Owl died for a couple of hours today (1146 - 1401). Apologies. A terrible unplugging accident. It's life was saved only by the swift action of a technician plugging it back in again after Joel asked. Thanks Joel
• 07/12/2003 Thanks to Gorgon Dyer for OCRing the Snap Camera Manual. Now available from the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending an OCR of the Electron Database User Guide, available from the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Richard Hall for photos of Logo Control Gear added to the photos pages. Thanks to Ken Hewson for lots of photographs of various odds and ends placed on the 'Pictures' pages
• 24/11/2003 I have now temporarily re-routed my emails through another server. If you have sent me an email recently and not received a reply, please try again
• 23/11/2003 Apologies for slow or no replies to emails. My ISP is becoming more and more useless with various mail server failures.
• 09/11/2003 Thanks to Raf Giaccio for submitting a ROM version of the Master 128 Panel. See his page for more info. Apologies for a problem with the Electron Games Reviews pages over the last few days. I uploaded them all after correcting a problem and then left them, not realising I had not set the read permissions correctly on all 800 or so pages. Fixed now
• 04/11/2003 Thanks to Jason Watton for submitting an article about his disc imaging program called Omnidisk. Available from the 'file conversion' page and the 'on line magazine'
• 22/10/2003 Alive again! The owl power supply blew up in a nasty way on 18/10/2003 leaving the 8BS website dead. Joel has made a temporary repair. Thanks Joel. I think at some stage owl will go down again, hopefully for only a short time while the repair is made more permanent
• 06/10/2003 Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update to the 'Basic Disassembly' page
• 01/10/2003 Scan of HCR Micron Plus manual placed on the 'Manuals' page
• 12/09/2003 Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update to the Basic disassembly page
• 09/09/2003 Thanks to Raf Giaccio, an update to hs Y2K bug fix ROM for the Master 128. An ADFS *WIPE instruction added. Also a new ADFS Utilities ROM. Place on his page available from the 'Y2K' page. I have also added a new page that lists most things available on the 8BS website. I hope that this proves to be useful
• 22/08/2003 Thanks to Philip Greenland for sending a Windows GUI BBC character code generator. Available for download from the 'On Line Magazine' page. The software includes an uninstaller
• 21/08/2003 Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update to the BASIC disassembly pages
• 05/08/2003 Redo of all the download statistics on the 'Website Stats' page after doing something about a niggle I have had for some time to do with what constitutes a genuine download. I have added in to the totals some other statistics for real disc sales from the past. If you have submitted stuff to 8BS, you can now see an accurate figure for how many copies of your disc or article have been dispatched from 8BS
• 02/08/2003 Thanks to Sebastian Mennicke for sending a development version of his BBC Basic emulator. Available on the 'On Line Magazine' page
• 01/08/2003 Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update to the Basic ROM Disassembly pages. Scans of Let's Compute! covers placed on the 'Magazines' page
• 26/07/2003 ROM fix for the year 2000 bug in the Master 128
• 26/06/2003 Thanks to Stephan Richardson for a couple of CDs of magazine cover scans. I have reduced the filesizes and uploaded them to the 8BS website. Stephan has sent a couple of Acorn User cover scans and Acorn Computing cover scans from volume 10 issue 8 to volume 13 issue 1. All available on the 'Magazines' page
• 10/06/2003 Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update to the Basic Disassembly pages
• 17/05/2003 Thanks to Dave Moore for sending some fixed TMU discs now available or download from the catalogue section of the website. TMU-84-3 to TMU-85-3, thirteen discs
• 02/05/2003 Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update to the Basic Disassembly page. Thanks to C.C.Lomas for scans of Beebon issues 1 and 3 now available for download from the 'Magazines' page
• 19/04/2003 Thanks to Dave Moore for sending an update to the 'Programme From The Micro User/Electron User Show' download available on the 'Magazines' page. Thanks to Dave Moore (scanning and CD) and Jeremy Grayson (loan of magazines) for sending some scans of Impact Games Magazines, now available for download from the 'Magazines' page. Thanks to Dave for a scan of a Software Bargains and Mercury Games Catalogue, available for download from the 'Magazines' page
• 10/04/2003 Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update to the Basic Disassembly pages
• 28/03/2003 Thanks to Ben Ryves for sending a gif of Repton. He is writing the game in Zilog Z80 assembler. Info on the 'On Line Magazine' page
• 24/03/2003 Thanks to Steve Fewell for updates to the Basic Disassembly page. Thanks also to Steve for two new discs for the pool. TBI-176-1 and TBI-176-2. Maths functions and analysis programs. See the TBI section of the catalogue for download and full descriptions
• 20/03/2003 Thanks to Steve Fewell for sending scans of two Dabs Press manuals, Conversion Kit and Fingerprint. Available for download from the 'Manuals' section. The associated discs can be downloaded from 'The BBC Lives' website
• 19/03/2003 The 8BS website was down from 14/03/2003 until just now. Someone unplugged owl while Joel was away! Anyhow, it's all better now. Apologies to those of you that missed your regular fix of 8BS
• 16/03/2003 Thanks to Dave Edwards for the German version of the Electron Plus 1 User Guide. Available for download from the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Dave Edwards for an improved version of the Electron Plus 1 User Guide now available for download from the 'Manuals' page
• 11/03/2003 New menu added. If you have problems with this, please let me know. I have thought about this for years before finally going for it
• 22/02/2003 The Acorn Electron Haven now opened. Maintained by Dave Edwards. See the 'Links' page. If you want to advertise a Dell computer on the 8BS message board, that's fine by me, as long as you are prepared for me to remove your text from the advert and add my own, inviting others to do likewise
• 21/02/2003 Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update to the Basic Disassembly page
• 3/2/3 Thanks to J.Tribbeck for sending a redrawn BBC B circuit diagram. A great improvement on the scan I have done. He says that there may be errors in it though so if you spot any, please point them out to us. Available from the 'insides/technical' page
• 1/2/3 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the DFS version of EUD-03 and the ADFS version of ELK-01. Now available for download from the relevant sections of the 8BS catalogue
• 26/01/2003 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the 'EUG Find it Fast' Catalogue. Available from the EUG section of the downloads page. Thanks also to Dave for an update to ELK-01, the Kansas collection
• 03/01/2003 A lot of new additions over the last few weeks, but I was too busy to document it here. Examine the 'latest file changes' links for new stuff. Thanks to Rik Steenwinkel for updates to the technical pages for the BBC, BBC + and the Master 128
• 12/12/2002 Thanks to Jonathan Harston for pointing out a problem with a couple of discs in the 512 section. I have redone them 512-17 and 512-61
• 05/12/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending a manual he has written himself for BBC Explorer 2. It is in Word format, downloadable from the 'Manuals' page of the website
• 23/11/2002 Thanks to Alastair Seggie for a diagram of the ROM Box Lead. Placed on the 'On Line Magazine' page
• 19/11/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for the S-Pascal manual now available for download from the 'Manuals' page
• 13/11/2002 Thanks to David Hawkins for the Micron Plus Eprom Programmer manual and ATPL battery backup instructions, placed on the 'Manuals' page
• 11/11/2002 The marathon of entering all of the Electron Games reviews/info pages into the index is now finished. 889 files! Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending me all of the files. Now viewable from the 'Electron Games' link
• 09/11/2002 Thanks to Lee at Vintage Computer for the Ebay advert. Thanks to Keith Nolde for pointing it out to me. Placed in the 'On Line Magazine'. Thanks to Lee for a picture of a 16k RAM chip now placed on the 'Pictures>other' page. Thanks also to Lee for the improved photo of the M128 6502 co-processor, replacing the existing one on the 'Pictures>boards' page
• 07/11/2002 Thanks to Matt Cocker for an HTML version of the RomIt manual now viewable and downloadable on the 'manuals' page
• 03/11/2002 Thanks to Matt Cocker for a substantial number (57) of scans of A&B Magazine covers now placed in a page of their own available off the 'Magazines' page. Thanks to Dave Edwards for the 'Sprite Utilities' manual, now placed on the 'Manuals' page for download. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the Paintbox manual. Placed ready for download on the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Janny Looyenga for slight updates to 512-19 and 512-52, info added to the zips. Thanks to Janny Looyenga for a new disc in the 512 section. 512-85, Time Traker a time and billing system now available for download from the 512 section of the catalogue. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the Slogger Elkman User Guide, placed on the 'Manuals' page for download. Thanks to Dave Edwards for the PRES Advanced File Manager manual. Now available for download from the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending his completed 'Electron Complete Games Guide', now in a page of its own available from the main menu
• 25/10/2002 Thanks to Janny Looyenga. 512-74-3 a manual for Flodraw added. Thanks also to Janny for 512-84 a new disc in the pool. A cooking program. Thanks to Ronald Barr for a disc containing graph plotters, now available for download as TBI-175
• 22/10/2002 Thanks to David Hawkins for photos of his setup and an LTM Portable, placed on the 'pictures>Computers' page
• 19/10/2002 Thanks to Richard Hall for photos of a Watford hand scanner, 80186 co-processor, and an unusual board placed on the 'Pictures' page. Thanks also to Richard for an article placed in the 'On Line Magazine'. He made a repair to the legs of a faulty board that I sent him. I offered to take it back off him, but he was determined to repair it and managed. This is the story, with photos, of how he did it
• 18/10/2002 I have added the rest of the John Ilsley electronics articles to the 'On Line Magazine'
• 15/10/2002 Thanks to Dave Moore and Jeremy Grayson for a scan of the Bugbyte Magazine 'Beebon' placed on the 'Magazines' page
• 13/10/2002 Alastair Seggie's Starturn Lathe Nighmare put into the 'On Line Magazine'
• 12/10/2002 Thanks to Jon Irvine for a load of scans of A&B Magazine Covers. Placed on the 'Magazine Scan' cover page. Thanks also to Jon for a load of pictures for the 'Pictures' pages
• 10/10/2002 Thanks to Mark Bush for sending a new fix for the Master Y2K problem. Placed in the 'On Line Magazine'
• 09/10/2002 I had to do it. I put the Repton tune into my Motorola. Codes on the 'On Line Magazine' page. MP3 version of it too, recorded off my phone. Thanks to Richard Hall for sending scans of info about the 6809 Co-Processor. Placed on the 'Scans>Leaflets' page
• 08/10/2002 A Large number of Tape Game cover scans placed on the 'Scans' page. MP3 version of the Nokia Repton ringtone placed with the entry in the 'On Line Magazine' from yesterday for those of you without a Nokia
• 07/10/2002 Repton 3 Ringtone for Nokia phones placed on the 'On Line Magazine' Thanks to Gary McCallum for sending it. Loads of photos added to the 'Pictures' pages over the last few days. Thanks to everyone for these. Article by John Ilsley on how to construct a light pen added to the 'on line magazine'
• 03/10/2002 A new disc added to the TBI section. Thanks to Jon Hogeslag. TBI-174 a DFS disc catalogue extender allowing file descriptions to be added. Now available for download from the TBI section of the catalogue
• 02/10/2002 A fourth type of BBC keyboard discovered in my loft after Wouter Scholten pointed out differences to me. Photos added to the 'Insides/technical' page
• 29/09/2002 Thanks to Michael Foot for sending photos of an Electron (see them on the 'Pictures>Computers' page) and a BBC car shade (see it on the 'Pictures>Other' page)
• 28/09/2002 Fixed 'Recent Pool' and 'Recent Pictures' utilities. Since moving to the new owl server they had not been working correctly. I had not realised this until today
• 18/09/2002 WHS section removed from the website at the request of Wouter. He is maintaining these things himself. Link to be placed on the 'Links' page shortly
• 17/09/2002 Thanks to Jason Watton for prompting me. I finally sussed copying BBC discs using my machine with Windows XP. How I did it on the 'PC><BBC' page
• 15/09/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending a new disc for the Beebug section of the pool BUG-28 Murom. Now available for download from the catalogue. Thanks to Philip Mulrane for sending the final version of the Ample ROM patch with article about it. Available from the 'On Line Magazine' and the 'MUS' section of the catalogue
• 14/09/2002 A further update to BBC-57 from Dave Edwards, including a new ADFS version. This disc is now full and a further disc is promised shortly. Thanks Dave
• 13/09/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending an update for BBC-57. The following text by Dave: Wowza! Amazing new BBC music demo of Eminem's STAN added to BBC_57. We're still looking for any music demos that are missing from the archives as well. If you have any to contribute please get in touch!"
• 12/09/2002 Thanks to Philip Mulrane for sending an Ample ROM patch. This enables you to use any of the Ample Software with your Ample ROM. Available from the MUS section and the 'On Line Magazine'. Stop press! I have temporarily disabled the links at the request of Philip while he finishes the testing. Watch this space...
• 10/09/2002 MUS-21 22 and 23 added to the music section. Music 5000 tunes sent to me by Gareth Babb. Some are duplicates of what is already in the pool.
• 09/09/2002 The last 5 discs added for the ARC section. Thanks to Philip Mulrane for scanning the Computer Concepts Speech Manual. Now available for download from the 'Manuals' page. A Domesday system went up for sale on Ebay. The full collection of photos are placed on a separate page available from the 'Pictures' > 'Computers' page
• 04/09/2002 Five discs added to the download section. I have imaged some of the Archimedes Discs I have. Please see the ARC section of the catalogue
• 01/09/2002 Thanks to Richard Hall for sending some photos of a Master ET. Thanks to Dave Edwards for an update to ELK-01, available for download now
• 12/08/2002 The website was broken for a while. I also accidentally deleted a purchase enquiry e-mail. So if you did not get a reply from me, please try again
• 31/07/2002 Thanks to Janny Looyenga for submitting another disc for the Master 512 section. 512-83 Flexical a calendar/appointment program. Now available for download from the 512 section of the catalogue
• 30/07/2002 Econet page added. I would appreciate help from anyone who would like to add things to this page. Thanks to Alan Hulley for sending me a cover scan of Beebug 5-5. Thanks to all who have recently sent me photos. I have not included thanks on this 'What's New' page but have mentioned who sent what with the actual items. I seem to have had very little spare time this last month and have not updated this 'New' page at all, as you can see :-(
• 28/07/2002 Thanks to Stweart Goldwater for an update to the Cub Service Manual
• 17/06/2002 Thanks to Gordon Dyer for an OCR of the Electron User Guide Errata sheet. Placed for download on the manuals page and also within the scan of the Electron User Guide
• 16/06/2002 Only 3 short now! Thanks to Dave Moore for sending TMU-83-4, now available for download
• 15/06/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for 4 new discs in the pool at the start of the EUD section 83-10 11 12 and 84-1
• 01/06/2002 Thanks to Richard Hall for some more scans of game and utility covers. Placed on the 'Scans' page
• 31/05/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for an update to EUD-07, now available for download from the EUD section of the pool. Thanks to Richard Hall for sending scans of a Master 512 advert and Mini Office II box and several games. Placed on the scans page
• 30/05/2005 Thanks to Richard Hall for another 16 Acorn User cover scans. Placed on the 'Magazines' page
• 29/05/2002 Thanks to Stewart Goldwater for an HTML version of the Microvitec CUB Monitor Service Manual. Now available from the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Gordon Dyer for a cover scan of a Micro User Education Special. Now available on 'The Micro User' cover scans page
• 28/05/2002 With the recent addition and promise of further magazine cover scans, I have separated the magazine scans from the Manual scans page. Creating a new entry in the main menus 'Magazines'. Beebug Magazine cover scans placed on the 'Magazine' page. Thanks to Richard Hall for scans of A&B Magazine covers. Placed on the 'Magazines' page. Thanks to Martin Hodgson for sending his HTML OCRing of the Master Compact Welcome Guide. Now available on the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Richard Hall for some Acorn User cover scans. Placed on the 'Magazines' page, more to come.
• 27/05/2002 Thanks to Richard Hall for scanning parts of an 'Interface' magazine from Janualy 1982 containing some BBC info and also for a scan of the front cover of 'Acorn Programs' magazine issue 1. Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending it on to 8BS. Now available for viewing from the 'Manuals/Scans' page
• 26/05/2002 Thanks to both Gordon Dyer and Richard Hall for sending scans of covers now placed on the 'Cover Scans' page. Thanks to Richard for sending the Watford Hand Scanner manual. Placed on the 'Manuals' page
• 28/05/2002 With the recent addition and promise of further magazine cover scans, I have separated the magazine scans from the Manual scans page. Creating a new entry in the main menus 'Magazines'. Beebug Magazine cover scans placed on the 'Magazine' page. Thanks to Richard Hall for scans of A&B Magazine covers. Placed on the 'Magazines' page. Thanks to Martin Hodgson for sending his HTML OCRing of the Master Compact Welcome Guide. Now available on the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Richard Hall for some Acorn User cover scans. Placed on the 'Magazines' page, more to come.
• 27/05/2002 Thanks to Richard Hall for scanning parts of an 'Interface' magazine from Janualy 1982 containing some BBC info and also for a scan of the front cover of 'Acorn Programs' magazine issue 1. Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending it on to 8BS. Now available for viewing from the 'Manuals/Scans' page
• 26/05/2002 Thanks to both Gordon Dyer and Richard Hall for sending scans of covers now placed on the 'Cover Scans' page. Thanks to Richard for sending the Watford Hand Scanner manual. Placed on the 'Manuals' page
• 25/05/2002 Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending the PMS Multi-Font NTQ manuals, font library and scans. Now available for download from the 'Manuals' page. Thanks also to Gordon for starting the process of OCRing the 'Snap Camera' manual. Any volunteers for finishing the job? Available for download from the 'Manuals' page
• 24/05/2002 Thanks to Richard Hall for scans of the Electron Data Recorder and Plus 3 leaflets. Placed on the 'Cover Scans' page. Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending them to 8BS. Thanks also to Richard Hall for several new scans of books now placed on the 'Scans' pages.
• 23/05/2002 Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending the manual for the Arraymate package along with scans of the box and advert etc. Available for download from the 'Manuals' page
• 22/05/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending a new disc for the pool. The last A&B disc, now available for download A&B 1-6
• 21/05/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending an update for ELK-01, now available for download
• 18/05/2002 Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending a Word Document describing his modification to the Electron to increase tape load reliability. I have added it as a download to the existing page in the 'On Line Magazine' and also as an update to the 'On Line Magazine' page. Thanks to Dave Edwards for an update to A&B1-4 and a new disc to the A&B section 1-5, now available for download
• 14/05/2002 In a moment of boredom I wrote a random page script. Click on the link from the menu and view one of the 200 or so pages of the 8BS website at random
• 13/05/2002 Thanks to Gordon Dyer for a collection of photographs placed throughout the website mainly in the 'pictures' section
• 12/05/2002 Scan of the 'Snap Camera' manual placed on the 'Manuals' page. Volunteers for OCRing please?
• 10/05/2002 Diagram now placed with the Plus 6 Fitting Instructions
• 08/05/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the Advanced Plus 6 Fitting Instructions. Now available for download from the 'Manuals' page, not quite complete, there is a scan to be placed with it as soon as it is available. Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending photos of an Acorn Data Recorder, now placed on the 'photos-other' page. Article about joining 2 BBCs placed in the 'On Line Magazine'. Thanks to Steven Flintham for originally submitting this to 8BS
• 06/05/2002 Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending a scan of the Electon Database User Guide. Now placed on the 'Manuals' page. Any volunteers for OCRing please? Thanks to The Admiral for an update of 'PC Arcadians, now available for download from the 'On Line Magazine'
• 05/05/2002 Thanks for Dave Edwards for sending the Electron Plus 3 User Guide. Now available for download from the 'Manuals' page
• 04/05/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards, the diagram for the Advanced Plus 7 Guide is now scanned and placed with the relevant zip on the 'Manuals' page
• 30/04/2002 Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending a large number of cover scans. Now placed on the 'Scans-Manuals' page. He has sent scans of the ISO Pascal package, Pascal From Basic, Electron View Package, Electron Viewsheet Package, Electron Lisp Package, Electron Assembly Language Programming, Electron Graphic Art and Electron Database
• 29/04/2002 Thanks to Gordon Dyer for The Electron Plus 1 User Guide. Now available for download from the 'Manuals' page
• 27/04/2002 Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending a photo of a Master RAM Board. Placed on the pictures page. Thanks to Gordon for sending the User Guide for the Slogger Master RAM Board. Thanks also to Gordon for sending an update for the MRB fitting guide. Placed on the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending updates for all the EUG zips. There is a text file accompanying each EUG disc image containing info. Dave has updated these text files with the date of issue of the EUG magazine. Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending the Advanced Plus 2 ROM Guide, now available on the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the ACP Advanced Disc Toolkit ROM, placed on the 'Manuals' page for download
• 19/04/2002 Right! You lot win. There were far more votes for the return of the 'all in one' 8BS catalogue than I expected. So, rather than make myself a load of work (which is why I got rid of it in the first place), I have written a script that cobbles together all the separate parts 'on the fly'. Click on the link in the main catalogue page. Let me know your appreciation please!
• 18/04/2002 Prices in the 8BS advert reduced for computers (some substantially), disc drives and a lot of other odds and ends. I have added a little to the bottom of the left hand pane of the 8BS website telling you which noise it is you hear welcoming you
• 15/04/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending me a collection of discs from MOSS PD. The demo disc and some clip art and pictures. 9 new discs in the TBI section, TBI-173 now available for download. I have acquired some Music 5000, 4000 etc related manuals and am busy scanning them. Have a look at the ones I have done so far on the 'Manuals' page. A few more to go. Hopefully finished in the next day or so
• 14/04/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending updates to EUG-46, now availlable for download
• 13/04/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sening an update for EUG-29. Now available for download. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending EUG-10. 8BS now has the full collection of EUG discs. Thanks to Ian Wolstenholme for an article on making the BBCs LED's flash. Placed in the 'On Line Magazine'
• 09/04/2002 Thanks to Chris Johns for sending a new disc for the Educational section of the pool. EDU-08 now available for download
• 08/04/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending a new disc for the pool. A&B 1-4 now available for download. Thanks to 'The Admiral' for sending a PC version of Arcadians. Now available for download from the 'On Line Magazine' section. This is an ongoing project, so keep an eye open for updates
• 07/04/2002 Thanks to Janny Looyenga for sending two new discs for the pool. TMU-85-8 and TMU-86-2. Now avalable for download
• 06/04/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending A&B1-3 now available for download from the A&B section of the catalogue
• 01/04/2002 Thanks to Matt Cocker for sending a scan of the book cover Assembly Programming Made Easy now available for viewing on the 'Book Scans' page. Thanks to Matt for a couple of photos added to the 'Other' section of the 'pictures' page. Thanks to Stewart Goldwater for an HTML version of the Dumpmaster ROM placed on the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Matt Cocker for sending it. Thanks to Paras Sidapara for sending a photo of a B+128 now placed on the 'Pictures' page. Thanks to Gordon Dyer for sending an OCRed version of the Slogger Master RAM Board manual. Now available for download from the 'Manulas' page. Thanks to Gordon Dyer for an article about Electron tape loading, placed in the 'On Line Magazine'. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending A&B 1-2, now available for download from the A&B section of the catalogue
• 30/03/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending a new disc for the pool A&B 1-1. Now available for download
• 27/03/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for a new entry t othe BBC section. BBC-58 a collection of demos. Thanks to Dave also for another new entry, TBI-172, pictures
• 25/03/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for an update of BBC 56
• 24/03/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for pointing out that BBC-56 and 57 were in the library the wrong way around. (BBC 56 was BBC 57 and so on) Sorted. Thanks to Dave Edwards for an update to BBC 57
• 23/03/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for an update to the Epic Adventure help file. Ready for download from the game help page
• 18/03/2002 Many thanks to James Watson for sending a disc of his own work. Now placed in the pool ready for download on TBI-171. This disc is well worth a look at, the software does appear on other discs in the library, but this is a disc compiled by James himself with an introduction from him
• 17/03/2002 TBI-10 and 114 removed from the library due to duplication. Thanks to Matt Cocker for sending an OCR of the Dumpmaster manual. Now available for download from the 'manuals' page. Photos of an Atom places on the 'pictures' page. Thanks to Dave Edwards, an update for EUG-41. TBI-90 removed from the pool as it was a duplicate. Two new discs in the BBC section thanks to Dave Edwards. BBC-56 and 57
• 16/03/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for an update to BBC 40. Now available for download. Thanks also to Dave for a new entry BBC-46. TBI-06 deleted as it was duplicated elsewhere. GLM-01 and GLM-06 updated. TBI-87 and 158 updated
• 15/03/2002 Fitting info for Watford Solderless ROM Board Addendum scanned and placed on the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending updates for the folloing discs: EUD 87-7 10 11 88-3 4 5. Now available for download. Due to the awful weather, I am not out on my new toy and have updated the survey instead. I am quite pleased with the new survey (click survey :-)). I have transferred the data from the old into the new one. All the questions are on one page and all the results are displayed on one page too. Right! I know the chat room has been there for a long time. I think it needs co-ordinating. SO, I will try to be there at 8pm for the next few evenings, if anyone else wants to be there too.... well, let's see
• 14/03/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for updates for the following discs in the library: EUD-86-04, 87-1 5 6 and a new disc 87-04. Now available for download. Thanks also to Dave for a new disc BBC-40. Thanks to Pete Turnbull for the loan of 3 manuals which I have scanned and placed on the 'Manuals' page for downloading. Any volunteers for OCRing please? 6502 Co-Pro Service manual. Z80 Service Manual. Prestel Adaptor Service Manual. These include the circuit diagrams
• 12/03/2002 Thanks to Dave Moore for sending TMU 83-03, the first Micro User disc. Now available for download from the TMU section of the catalogue.
• 11/03/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for spotting that GLM-10 was the same disc as BBC-13, so I have removed GLM-10 from the catalogue. Thanks again to Dave Edwards for sorting out BBC 39 now available for download for the first time
• 10/03/2002 Thanks to Matt Cocker for sending the Toolkit Plus Manual OCR. Now available for download from the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sorting out BBC-05, now updated and available for download. Thanks to Janny looyenga for sending the Beebug Members pack. Now in the library as BUG-27 . Thanks also to Janny for sending A&B Music Disc, now in the catalogue as AAB-05. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sussing the disc out for me
• 09/03/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending an ADFS version of BBC-13. Now available for download. Thanks to Matt Cocker for sending an OCR of the Disc Doctor manual. Now available to download from the 'Manuals' page
• 06/03/2002 Thanks to Kryten for starting the job of scanning and OCRing 'The BBC Micro an Expert Guide' work in progress available from the 'Manuals' page
• 04/03/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending updates of the 9 following discs: EUD-01, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
• 03/03/2002 Having nothing better to do, I have added a little bit of jiggery pokery to the menu page. The sound on opening the 8BS website is now chosen at random from the full range of 8 bit Acorn machine power up sounds. For the pedants amongst us, the Atom will sound when the website is down. If you always get the same sound, try right clicking and selecting 'refresh' when the pointer is over the menu. You can now view the daily 8BS visits stats from day one, have a look at the 'stats' page. Thanks to Dave Edwards for updates for EUD 88-2 9 and 11. EUG-34. Now available for download. Also a new disc for the ELK section, ELK-04
• 02/03/2002 Grabby popped his clogs today in the early hours (01/03/2002) after a road accident. Graham was a good friend and he will be missed by many. Photo put back on the 'I know you' page
• 01/03/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending updates for the following EUD discs: 85-10 11 12, 86-2 8 11, 87-3, 89-10 11 12, 90-1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Now all available for download
• 27/02/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for updates of the following EUD discs: 84-3 5 7 9 11 12 and 85-2 3 4 6 9
• 26/02/2002 Thanks again to Kryten for another installment of the Master 512 Technical Guide, placed on the 'Manuals' page. Removed the new counter from the site as it was not working very well occasionally. Reverted back to one I have used before
• 25/02/2002 Thanks to Kryten for sending his work so far on the Master 512 Technical Guide. He has OCR'ed the scan and turned it into HTML. The work so far is available on the 'Manuals' page. He is slowly finishing the job of checking and formatting. We are done up to and including chapter 3, chapters after this are linked to from the index page but are garbled. Available from the 'Manuals' page
• 24/02/2002 A big change in the EUD section. I have separated out all the bundled zips of discs. They were zipped into bundles by year. Dave Edwards has promised a further sort out of these as many are typed in which he wants to replace with the original disc. I have done the same to the 8BS, BBC, EDU, FAC, TBI, BUG, ELB, TAU and TMU sections, the bundled images are now all separate zipped downloads.
• 23/02/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending EUD-16 and the DFS versions of EUD-01, 02, 04 and 12, now available for download
• 22/02/2002 Thanks to Joel, the 8BS website is now running on some replacement kit. Not as much space as before, but enough and a lot faster. Everything is up there and working now (I think). Just error trapping to be sorted out. The WHS section is back and the zipped ByteBack scans are there. If you find any problems, I would be very greatful if you would let me know. FTP Access is enabled on this server now.
• 21/02/2002 WANTED! Educational software for the EDU section. Any donations gratefully accepted. I have decided it is time to expand this section further. Great news, Joel has donated a new server and rescued the old hard disc. This has saved me a lot of upload time. I have sorted the wheat from the chaff and all that is missing for the moment is the ByteBack stuff. That will be up there in a few hours. The changeover to the new server seems to have gone very smoothly with (I think) most people not noticing
• 20/02/2002 Thanks to Matt Cocker for sending 5 manuals, all available for download: Acorn ROM installation instructions. Zif Socket instructions.Slomo Info. Watford Disc Drive info and Watford Solderless ROM Board info.
• 18/02/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending EUD-14 and 15, now available for download. Thanks to Kryten for OCRing the Master 512 Technical and Monitor Guide now available for viewing as an HTML page in the 'Manuals' section
• 17/02/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for supplying the Exile Solution. Now available for download from the Games Solutions page. Brain Jones says he would be happy to hear of any views from users on the functionality of BBC Connect (after release 2.0) and the 8BS disk images e-mail me please.
• 15/02/2002 Joel tells me that owl2 is ready to go, he just needs to get down to the server to install it. Hopefully next week and then I will be able to upload the rest of the things (mainly the WHS section). Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending 3 DFS conversions for the EUD section of the library. EUD-08, 09 and 10
• 13/02/2002 Thanks to Peter Turnbull for the loan of the Master Compact Service Manual. Now scanned and available for download from the 'Manuals' page. The Circuit Diagram is also ready for download on the 'insides/technical' page
• 12/02/2002 Upload Status: Still to go, WHS and Byteback Zipped version of scans. Unfortunately, I am out of server space until Joel sorts it out for me, so those things will not be uploading for a while
• 11/02/2002 Upload Status, still to go: WHS scans (about 333 meg) and presently uploading The Disc User scans (about 197 meg). Photos taken from Peter Clements website placed on the pictures page. A Model of a BBC B and a Sentinel Chess set. A link to his website also placed on the links page
• 10/02/2002 Thanks to Pete Turnbull for letting me use a reply he sent to someone about disc drive power supply plugs. I have used his text as an article in the 'On Line Magazine'. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending EUD-7 , 8, 10 and 13, now available for download. Dave Edwards has now started to send me DFS versions of the EUD discs. Please keep an eye on the EUD catalogue for additions. Updates for the non-working images of TBI-16 and TBI-18 sent by Dave Edwards. Thanks to Janny Looyenga for sending EUD-09. Upload status, still to go: Acorn User, WHS scans, The Disc Users, Fast Access Card, The Micro Users scans. This adds up to 615 meg still to go.
• 09/02/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending an update for TBI-165, new discs EUD-06 and 11. Now available for download. Thanks to Dave Edwards again, for an update to ELK-02. Thanks to Janny Looyenga for sending EUD-05. Website upload still ongoing. I have all of the scripts and things working now (I think). Just error trapping to be enabled. Everything other than some items in the 'othrdnld' directory is uploaded. Still to go are: Scans of Byteback, Acorn User, WHS scans, The Disc Users, Fast Access Card, MDW cheat discs, The Micro Users scans. This adds up to 961meg still to go. I am using a new visit counter, click on the count to see lots of interesting info
• 08/02/2002 Thanks to Dave Moore for sending TMU-83-7 8 and 9. Now available for download from the pool. Thanks again to Dave Moore for sending an update for TAU-7, a bug fixed in one of the games. Thanks to Dave Edwards for 4 new discs in the EUD section with the promise of a further 8 for there. EUD-01, 02, 03 and 12, now available for download. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the rest of the EUG discs. The full complement is now available for download. This time he has sent EUG-52, 54, 55, 56, 58, 59 and 60
• 07/02/2002 Hooray! Website fixed. I am having to upload everything, so lots will not work for quite some time, but at least 8BS is alive again
• 03/02/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the Repton Infinity Manual. Now available for download from the 'Manuals' page
• 02/02/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending EUG-47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 53, 61 and 62 for the pool. Now available for download from the Electron User Group section of the library. Remember ByteBack magazine anyone? Paul Harvey has given me permission to place the scans of the 11 issues of ByteBack on the website, available for download from the 'Scans' page
• 31/01/2002 Thanks to Dave Moore for pointing out I was missing some Alligata Games from the catalogue. 5 New entries: TBI-166 Ebony Tower, TBI-167 Neanderthal Man, TBI-168 Q-Bix, TBI-169 Spitfire, TBI-170 Xanadu Cottage. All available for download now. Thanks to Dave Edwards for an update to EUG33, now available for download. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending EUG57, now available for download
• 28/01/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for submitting The Larsoft Collection, now placed in the pool ready for download as TBI-165
• 25/01/2002 Website went down today. Broken completely. Not up and running until stated
• 23/01/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for an update to EUG-41, now available for download. Thanks to Dave for EUG-45 and EUG-46 now available for download. Thanks to Dave Edwars for sending me his 40% completed guide to Professional Electron Games. Available for download from the 'Manuals' page
• 21/01/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for 3 new discs. I have started a new section in the library, entitled ELK. This section is for Electron Discs. The 3 new discs start this section off. Thanks to Dave for the intro and text for the descriptions. An update of the data for BBC Connect sent to Brian Jones. Thanks to Steve Fewell for an update of the Basic Disassembly pages
• 20/01/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending another 8 discs for the pool. EUG discs of games reviews. Available for download as TBI-150-11 to TBI-150-18 although there is at present a problem with two of the discs, I hope to have these replaced shortly. Thanks to Matt Cocker for sending the Stack Lightpen+ manual. Now available for download from the 'Manuals' page
• 17/01/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending two discs for the pool TAU 12 and TAU 13. Two tape conversions of Acorn User Compilations. Finest Favourites and Games Compendium. Now available for download from the TAU section of the catalogue
• 13/01/2002 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending The Adventure Creator Manual. Now placed on the 'Manuals' page. Dave promises a lot more like this
• 08/01/2002 Thanks to Steve Fewell for sending me scans of The Acorn User Magazine October 1984. I have placed a link to this new set of pages on the 'Manuals and Scans' page. Any more from volunteers will be gratefully accepted for the website
• 01/01/2002 Thanks to Matt Cocker for sending Watford Electronics 32K Ram Board Manual. Now available to download from the 'Manuals' page
• 30/12/2001 Thanks to all of those that tested my new voting script out for me and at the same time let me know how you wanted the 'Pictures' page to go. As I suspected, the vote was clearly for a break up of the page and so I have now split up the huge page into smaller lumps
• 26/12/2001 Thanks to Mark Usher for forwarding the following to me, a revision of the Creative Assembler manual from the Manuals page, done by John Simpson. Available for download now
• 19/12/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the 'Sound Expansion Cartridge Manual' for the Electron.Placed on the 'Manuals' page. Thanks to Dave Edwards for a reshuffle and sort out of two discs in the pool. A&B-02 and A&B-03. Have a look at the catalogue to see the changes. Thanks to Rik Steenwinkel for an update to the Electron technical page. Thanks also to Rik for two photos of Electron with Plus 3 now placed on the 'Pictures' page
• 12/12/2001 Thanks to Daniel Kendall for sending a photo of a Watford 32K RAM board, placed on the 'Pictures' page
• 09/12/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the Slogger Printer Driver Generator Manual. Now available for download from the 'Manuals' page
• 08/12/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the Jafa Systems Shadow RAM board manual. Now available for download from the 'Manuals' page. The moment you have all been waiting for (well about one or two hits a month). The 8BS Christmas page returns with a vengeance. Wrap up well, you may well need ear muffs. Thanks to P.Jagger for sending a photo placed on the 'pictures' page. A Real Time Clock Module
• 07/12/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the manual for the ACP DFS. Now available for donload from the 'Manuals' page
• 01/12/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for a manual, placed on the 'Game Help' page. CASTLE FRANKENSTEIN, QUEST FOR THE HOLY GRAIL, THE KINGDOM OF KLEIN and WHEEL OF FORTUNE. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this
• 30/11/2001 Thanks to Steve Fewell for submitting some more parts of the BASIC ROM Disassembly
• 27/11/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for submitting TBI-164, crosswords. Now available for download. Thanks to Dave Edwards again for sending a Word format manual. This time, the Slogger Tape to Disc ROM User Guide. Thanks to Paul Richmond for scanning his hand drawn map of Sphinx Adventure, now available to download from the 'Solutions' page
• 25/11/2001 My last day as a Paramedic. Tomorrow I will be retired on ill health. Thanks to Matt Cocker for scans of The Micro User cassette inlays. Available from the 'manuals/scans' page
• 24/11/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the Slogger Click Manual, available for download from the 'manuals' page. Dave says that if you want any manual in Word format, to e-mail him and he will do it. m.edwards26@ntlworld.com
• 20/11/2001 Photos of a BBC B in a Viglen case, a Grafpad and a Ram Disc added to the 'Pictures' page
• 17/11/2001 Thanks to Dave Moore for lending me The Disc User Magazines that I needed to complete the set of scans on the 'manuals' page. Uploading. I have had problems with my connection, so the process will be a bit slow
• 16/11/2001 Master Compact and packing placed on the 'Pictures' page
• 15/11/2001 Thanks to Matt Cocker for 11 new entries into the TMU section. 85-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 10 11 12 and 86-1. Now available for download
• 11/11/2001 Changed the format of the 'On Line Magazine' main page and a couple of the articles by myself. See for yourself. Please let me know what you think of it. I have also done something really pointless too. I shall be experimenting with it. I have made a full set of alphanumeric mode 7 characters in all the colours each in small gifs. My intention is to drag them into webpages. Next, I will think about the block graphics. To see the latest experiment, look at http://8bs.com/bfont.htm
• 08/11/2001 Added yet more statistics to the stats page. This time, the totals of real discs I sent out from when I started doing this until I stopped keeping records. Adapted the stats script (that manipulates all the csv stats files) slightly so it would not turn the headings into links if the field heading does not contain the text 'URL'
• 07/11/2001 Spent most of the day struggling around with the message board, fiddled with it, mended it, broke it and mended it again. All sorted now ... I hope.... Tidied it up a bit and added a bit of text to the front page pointing out that I don't automatically delete messages. I removed a bug from the script that caused it to place &iamaquotationmark& there instead of a ". If you encounter any problems, please let me know.
• 06/11/2001 A month in the life of 8BS from 8BS-37 placed in the 'on line mag' section. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the solution to Moonbase Beta. Placed on the 'Game Help' page
• 05/11/2001 Statistics page updated with the monthly summary of downloads for 2000 and 1999. Thanks to Atze Dijkstra for AMX Art Manual placed on the 'manuals' page.
• 04/11/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for the Exile manual, placed on the 'manuals' page. Thanks to Keith Howell. Atom manual and books link placed on the 'links' and 'manuals' page. Thanks to Keith also for an OCR of the Hardware Guide to The BBC. Placed on the 'manuals' page
• 02/11/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for the SEDFS manual, placed on the 'manuals' page
• 01/11/2001 Monthly statistics updated on the 'Statistics' page
• 29/10/2001 Thanks to Atze Dijkstra for two OCRed books, AMX Mouse And ROM Manual and Creative Assembler, How to Write Arcade Games. Placed on the 'Manuals' page
• 27/10/2001 Scan of Master Compact Leaflet placed on the 'Scans' page. Scans of Master Compact Application Notes and Connecting a 5.25" Drive to a Master Compact placed on the 'Manuals' page for OCRing. Thanks to Matt Cocker for OCRing the BBC B and B+ Replay manual. Scan removed from 'Manuals' page and replaced with finished manual. Thanks to Matt Cocker for an OCR of the Master Smart Cartridge Manual. Placed on the 'Manuals' page
• 25/10/2001 Thanks to Steve Fewell a few more routines added to the 'Basic Disassembly' page
• 24/10/2001 Sort out of the 'Horrors' page with a new addition, someone sent me the ideal query today. I thought I would immortalise it.
• 23/10/2001 Scan of Electron User Guide placed on the 'Manuals' page. Volunteers for OCRing please!
• 22/10/2001 A third version of the Master Compact Welcome disc added to TBI103-2. New additions to the TBI section. These are discs that I have finally got around to filing properly (it's taken about 5 years to get around to it), they have been on the 'More Downloads' page. TBI-159 to TBI-161, video grabs. TBI-162 Photos from a 'Not The Acorn User Show'. TBI-163 The BBC Project by Peter Shaw (Windows program). I have separated all of the MDW cheat discs from the one big zip and made them available from the 'Solutions' page. Having taken everything off the 'More Downloads' page apart from stuff to do with manuals, I have remamed this section to 'Manuals', I have renamed the page that used to be called 'Manuals' to 'My Manuals'
• 21/10/2001 Thanks to Janny Looyenga for sending two disc images for the A&B section. A&B-03 Adventure Generator and A&B-04 Xanadu and Amnesia text adventures. The 8BS website hit 1027 megabytes today. More than a gigabyte of BBC stuff available here now! Thanks to everyone who has sent stuff to me. Keep it coming folks! Photo of Master Compact and cover placed on 'pictures' page
• 20/10/2001 Thanks to Matt Cocker for making a start on the Microvitec Cub Monitor Service Manual. Placed on the manuals section of the 'More Downloads' page. Volunteers to finish it off please? Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the manual for
  The Quill, adventure writing system. Available for download from the manual section of the 'More Downloads' page. Thanks to Matt Cocker for sending The Micro User Magazine cover scans for storage on the 8BS website. His website will remain the same but the images will be loaded from the 8BS server. I have placed a page available from the 'More Downloads' page from where you can view just the images, however, I suggest you visit the site if you want more info about the magazines themselves. Thanks to Matt Cocker for sending some Micro User tape conversions, swelling the 8BS library by another 12 discs. TMU83-12 TMU84-1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 and 11. Now available for download from the TMU section of the catalogue
• 19/10/2001 Hobbit hints sheet added to the 'game help' page
• 17/10/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the Slogger Switched Joystick interface manual, now on the 'more downloads' page. I have re-organised the 'more downloads' page as it was getting out of hand. All the various things were in the same directory. I have placed them into separate directories and adjusted the web page accordingly, most folks will not notice the change but I thought I would mention it just in case you have direct links to the files
• 15/10/2001 Thanks to Janny Looyenga for submitting two new discs for the 512 section. 512-81, 3D World Map and World Database. 512-82 World Time. Now available for download. Thanks to Glyn for his perspective on FDC, placed in the 'On Line Magazine'. Photo of a satellite receiver lead placed on 'pictures' page. Thanks to Jeremy Grayson for the bits
• 14/10/2001 Thanks to Matt Cocker for an update of TMU-86-9, he has sent a version that is menu driven. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the Slogger Catalogue. Now on the 'More Downloads' page. Thanks to James for the scan of 'The BBC Micro, an Expet Guide' now placed on the 'More Downloads' page.
• 13/10/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards. Another manual placed on the 'More Downloads' page. Mode 7 Adaptor. Thanks to Christopher Dewhurst for his disassembly of Swoop. Placed on a new page created especially for game disassemblies
• 12/10/2001 Thanks to Steve Fewell for more additions to the Basic Disassembly pages
• 10/10/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for two additions to the 'other downloads' page. Two manuals. Electron Rombox Plus and Electron Expansion 2.0
• 08/10/2001 I have reduced the charge for CD's from the CDR section of the pool to £5 each
• 07/10/2001 Major sort out today at 8BS. I have had a careful sort through my drawers of discs. As a result there are a few changes to the catalogue: A few discs returned to the catalogue that I had removed for one reason or another: TBI-6. TBI-10. TBI-42. TBI-46-40 (40 track versions of TBI 46). BBC-5. BBC-80. BBC-81. CJR-3 (old STD). GLM-1. GLM-3. GLM-10. FAC-1. FAC-3. Have fun seeing what they are! New additions to the catalogue. TBI-37-1 2 and 3. TBI-57-7. TBI-158. BBC-0. BUG-26. The 8BS website now is 1000 megabytes. HTML index for the WHS section added. This is mainly to tidy up all the loose ends in my site check, probably of no use to most people. After a whole day of sorting out. I am hopeful that there are no broken links or messed up downloads on the 8BS website despite its size. I would really appreciate it if you could let me know if you find a problem.
• 06/10/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards. Three games solutions added to the 'Game Help' page. Elixir. Uggie's Garden and Woodbury end
• 05/10/2001 I have come across another version of the Compact Welcome disc and added it to TBI-103-2 available from the TBI section of the catalogue. Scans of some Morley advertising sheets added to the 'more downloads page'
• 04/10/2001 I have not updated this page for a couple of days because I have been busy. However, there are a lot of changes to the 8BS website. Please examine the 'Recently Changed Pages' utility (top of this page) for all the details. However, special thanks go to Steve Fewell for his great work on the new BASIC IV ROM section of the website. Loads of new additions to this ongoing project. Steve is maintaining this section of the website himself, doing a grand job of it too. Thanks also to Christopher Dewhurst for his input to the project, an article from him there also. If anyone else wants to help out, please contact myself or Steve. Modification to the 'recently changed pages' script. Now it lists the contents of the message board and BASIC Disassembly project separately on the same page
• 26/09/2001 Thanks to Steve Fewell for submitting his first part of his disassembly of the BASIC IV ROM. If anyone wants to help out, please contact Steve or myself. See the article in the 'On Line Magazine'
• 24/09/2001 Thanks to Marc Bramham for a scan, placed on the 'Pictures' page
• 23/09/2001 Thanks to Paul Jagger for a couple of photos of an Acorn 32016 co-pro with 1 meg upgrade. Added to the 'Pictures' page
• 21/09/2001 Thanks to Matt Cocker for sending the TMU discs 88-2, 88-3 and 88-4. Now available for download from the TMU section of the catalogue. I have improved the descriptions of the first few entries in the section
• 19/09/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending the A&B disc 1-9, now available for download. Dave has now typed in all of the listings from the A&B magazines that he has. He still does not have the first six. We would appreciate it if anyone is prepared to donate or lend the magazines or simply copy the listings for Dave. If you have any of the first 6 A&B magazines please contact me
• 16/09/2001 Thanks to Matt Cocker for supplying two disc images for the pool TMU-87-2 and TMU-87-6. Now available for download
• 13/09/2001 Dave Edwards has sent A&B-02 and 1-8. Now available for download. Thanks again Dave. Updates for A&B 2-7, 2-11, 3-3, 3-4, 3-5
• 11/09/2001 Download statistics database updated with figires from June, July and August. See the 'Statistics' page. Thanks to Dave Edwards for typing in the listings from A&B discs 1-14 and 2-9, available for download from the A&B section of the catalogue now
• 10/09/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for A&B disc 1-15. Now available for download
• 09/09/2001 Thanks to P.Hardwick for some photographs placed on the 'pictures' page
• 07/09/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for supplying an update to TBI-143-1 Sunday disc 1. Adaptations to ensure that it works with ElectrEm
• 06/09/2001Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending A&B disc 2-8
• 04/09/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending A&B disc 2-7
• 03/09/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for more A&B discs. First of all, corrections to A&B 3-1 and 3-2 and an update for 3-4. Also for the new disc - A&B 3-3 now all available for download from the website
• 02/09/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for typing in yet another A&B disc. This time 3-2. Available for download from the A&B catalogue
• 06/09/2001Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending A&B disc 2-8
• 04/09/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending A&B disc 2-7
• 03/09/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for more A&B discs. First of all, corrections to A&B 3-1 and 3-2 and an update for 3-4. Also for the new disc - A&B 3-3 now all available for download from the website
• 02/09/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for typing in yet another A&B disc. This time 3-2. Available for download from the A&B catalogue
• 31/08/2001 I have received an update of TBI143-1 from Dave Edwards. A minor alteration to the disc now available for download. Thanks to Dave for the following A&B discs too: A&B 3-1, 4-6 and 4-8. Dave has also sent an updated 4-7
• 29/08/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for a further A&B disc (1-13), now available for download from the catalogue.
• 28/08/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for a further three A&B discs (1-11, 1-12 and 1-7), now available for download from the catalogue. He tells me he has now picked up all of the A&B magazines apart from the first 6, so we can expect a lot more additions soon. If anyone wants to supply Dave with these first 6, please let me know
• 25/08/2001 Thanks to Wouter Scholten for submitting 650 megabytes of scans. He kindly supplied smaller images for use on the website, these I am presently uploading (about 200 meg). Have a look at the WHS directory from the 'Other Downloads' page. There is a text file containing info in the WHS directory, a file new250801.txt lists those sent by Wouter today. I can supply the scans on CD at their original size if required. The file !readme.txt lists everything sent by Wouter so far. Thanks to Lee for the pictures, placed on the 'Pictures' page. Thanks to Philip Mulrane for pictures of an Atom Econet, placed on the 'Pictures' page
• 22/08/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for submitting EUG21 to the pool. Now available for download from the catalogue
• 20/08/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for three new additions to the A&B section of the pool. June 1986 and April, July 1987
• 06/08/2001 Thanks to Matthew Cocker for a lot of scans of book covers, added to the 'Scans' page. Thanks to Ken Scott for a photo of an external 6502 co-processor, placed on the 'Pictures' page. Thanks to Dave Edwards for submitting two further A&B discs. A&B 3-7 (Jul 86) and A&B 3-10 (Oct 86), available for download from the A&B section of the catalogue
• 04/08/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for submitting A&B disc 3-5, May 1986. Available for download now from the A&B section of the catalogue
• 24/07/2001 Thanks to Albert Schofield for his latest submission, tape to disc transfer. Added to TBI-70 and his page on tape to disc on this website
• 19/07/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for submitting the A&B art package. Now placed in the library as A&B-01. Well worth a look at
• 17/07/2001 I have split up the recently added music 500/5000 zip and sorted the files. Creating 18 new single sided discs for the pool (MUS-02 to MUS-20). Now ready for download. The catalogue presently just lists the filenames from disc. I am hoping to get better descriptions in there soon. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending another A&B disc. A&B4-1
• 16/07/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for a further 12 EUG discs. EUG-33 to EUG-44, now available for download.
• 14/07/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for a further 5 EUG discs. EUG-24, 29, 30, 31 and 32 now available for download.
• 13/07/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for a further 7 EUG discs. EUG-20, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27 and 28 now available for download. Thanks to Graham Bisset for a new addition to the pool MUS-02, a 1.7 meg zip of 46 disc images of Music 4000/500/5000 software. If anyone could catalogue this lot properly for the list, I would really appreciate it. MUS-02 is available for download from the 'Music' page
• 12/07/2001 Thanks to Jonathan Harston for some nice graphics. Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending EUG-11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 and 19. Available for download now
• 11/07/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending EUG-06 available for download now. Also and update/correction to EUG-03
  07/07/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for sending EUG-05, available for download now
• 06/07/2001 Thanks to Wouter Scholten for sending me a CD full of scans and things. I am presently uploading them to the 8BS website. They can be accessed via the 'More Downloads' page
• 02/07/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for submitting another A&B disc to the pool, 4-3.
• 30/06/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for submitting another A&B disc to the pool, November 84. Thanks to Dave also for submitting lists of contents for the EUG discs, now in the catalogue
• 29/06/2001 Search through logs for individual items placed on 'Statistics' page. If you have submittted a disc to 8BS and it is on the website, you can search to see how many times it has been downloaded.
• 27/06/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for a further 15 discs added to the pool. They are: Electron User Group magazines 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9 in DFS and ADFS format. The Micro User cover discs 86-4, 86-9 and 86-11
• 24/06/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards. Four new additions to the pool. A&B Nov-86, TMU 83-6, tmu 86-10 and tmu 84-12
• 22/06/2001 I have rewritten from scratch the download statistics database as there were problems with the one I had adapted from elsewhere. It should be working OK now. More improvements in the presentation to follow
• 21/06/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards for three further A&B discs, now available for download. A&B September 1986, December 1986, February 1987
• 20/06/2001 I have placed a page in the 'Statistics' section that calculates and displays space used on the 8BS server for various things.
• 19/06/2001 Thanks again to Dave Edwards for a further month of typed in listings from the A&B Magazines. August 86, available for download now. See the A&B section of the catalogue
• 17/06/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards of EUG for submitting a further three A&B listings discs. This time October and November 1985, April 86. Added to the A&B section of the pool, now available for download. I have noticed problems with the '&' in the filenames and have changed this character to 'a'
• 16/06/2001 Thanks to Paras Sidapara for the scans of the temporary BBC User Guide placed on the 'Scans' page
• 14/06/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards of EUG. He has typed in 3 months worth of the A&B Computing Magazine listings. See the new section in the 8BS catalogue entitled A&B. 8BS has recently moved to its very own server. There were a couple of teething problems, but I think they are all over now.
• 02/06/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards of EUG. A new entry in the 8BS catalogue, the TBI section. TBI-157. A compilation of Electron programs in DFS and ADFS format
• 20/05/2001 Thanks to Albert Schofield for his submission of tape to disc conversion. Placed on TBI-70 and in the tape to disc article on the website. Thanks to Janny Looyenga for filling in a couple of gaps in the TMU section. Added now are TMU-91-9, TMU-93-11 and TMU-93-12
• 01/05/2001 Thanks to Paul Granjon for the BBC to MAC transfer info. Link to the article on his website placed on the 'Links' page and 'BBC<>PC' page
• 22/04/2001 Scan of the Book 'Master Operating System' placed in the 'More Downloads' section. Volunteers for OCRing please
• 21/04/2001 Scans of Master Reference Manual Part 1 and Part 2 placed in the 'More Downloads' section. Volunteers for OCRing please
• 20/04/2001 Scan of Wordwise Plus Reference Manual placed in the 'More Downloads' section. Volunteers for OCRing please
• 19/04/2001 Scans of Viewsheet User Guide, View Guide and Acorn Speech User Guide placed in the 'More Downloads' page. Volunteers for OCRing please!
• 17/04/2001 Scan of Acorn Speech Upgrade manual and Econet Level 1 Fileserver User Guide placed in the 'More Downloads' sections. Volunteers for OCRing please
• 14/04/2001 Scanned book placed in the 'More Downloads' page. A Hardware Guide For The BBC Microcomputer, well worth a look at. Have a read of the info on the page with the download link. Volunteers for OCR'ing please! Problem with download of Music 5000 version of 'Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head' sorted out. I see a lot of people tried to download this and failed due to a filename problem. PLEASE, if you get a 'Not Found' error on the website, let me know!
• 13/04/2001 Thanks to Rob Iveson for scans of a Solidisc 1770 DFS board. Placed on the 'Pictures' page
• 10/04/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards of the Electron User Group. Update of TBI-143 sunday adventure. Also New addition from the pool thanks to Dave again, EUG-1, the first Electron User Group magazine
• 09/04/2001 I have started up an Acorn 8 Bit Webring for, guess what? If you have a website that is connected in some way with these machines, you are welcome to submit it using the form available on the main page of the 8BS website. Click on 'Join'. I have been careful to ensure that the webring front end is unobtrusive, banner free and very easily configurable to suit any website
• 08/04/2001 Article about Angus Duggan's Home Made Eprom programmer placed in the 'On Line Magazine'
• 07/04/2001 Link to Thomas Hart's Electron Emulation website placed on the 'Links' page
• 06/04/2001 The following Master 512 manual and Master 512 leaflet scans placed on the website. They can be found in the 'More Downloads' page:
  Master 512 Technical Guide Dabs Press 13 meg
  Master 512 User Guide Dabs Press 6 meg
  Master 512 User Guide Acorn 9 meg
  Master 512 Dabs Press User Guide Programs Disc
  Master 512 Technical Information and Monitor Documentation
  Master 512 Circuit Diagram
  Master 512 Shareware Vol 1
  Master 512 Shareware Vol 2
  Master 512 Problem Solver Shibumi
  Master 512 Applications Compatibility and Software List
• 05/04/2001 Thanks to Angus Duggan. Photos of his home made Eprom programmer placed on the 'Pictures' page, link to Angus's web page placed on the 'Links' page. Plans for the programmer placed on the website. Link from the photo. Scan of the Master 512 Technical Guide placed in the 'More Downloads' section. Volunteers for OCR'ing please
• 04/04/2001 Thanks to Dave Edwards of Electron User Group. New addition to the TBI section, Headfirst PD E003, a database for the Electron. TBI-153-3.
  'Wants' and 'Others For Sale' pages removed and wants and for sale sections added to the 8BS message board. If you have something to flog or desparately want something, you are welcome to put your list on the board. The board will accept HTML, so you can add pictures and things if you want. I have mailed all the present wantees and sellees, so if those things are still for sale or wanted, they should appear on the message board shortly
• 27/03/2001 Thanks to Albert Schofield for his regular submission to the Tape to Disc' article placed on TBI-70 an in the tapt to disc article on the website
• 24/03/2001 Message board placed on the website. Any suggestions for new sections welcomed. Make use of it!
• 22/03/2001 Photo of a ROM extraction tool placed on the 'Pictures' page
• 20/03/2001 Photos of Electron with Slogger board fitted placed on the 'Pictures' page. Thanks to Bri Thackeray for the Electron. Thanks to Jeremy for the amusing questionnaire placed in the 'On Line Magazine'
• 16/03/2001 Article about cheating using a BBC emulator added to the 'On Line Magazine'
• 11/03/2001 Pictures of a home made BBC B page added. Accessible from the 'pictures' and 'insides/technical>BBC B' pages. These photos are huge to show the details, but I think the machine is of great enough interest to warrant it.
• 09/03/2001 The final The Disc User magazines scanned and placed in the 'More Downloads' section with links to the downloads from the TDU section of the catalogue. All 14 are now available.
• 08/03/2001 Scans of issue 8, 9 and 10 of The Disc User Magazine placed in the 'More Downloads' section and a link to the download placed with the entry in the TDU section of the catalogue. Four to go. Article from the Guardian about the BBC computer and Acorn placed in the on line magazine (just a link to the official article). Scan of the Valiant Turtle Manual and disc of software placed in the 'More Downloads' section. Volunteers for OCRing please
• 07/03/2001 Scan of issue 6 of The Disc User Magazine placed in the 'More Downloads' section and a link to the download placed with the entry in the TDU section of the catalogue
• 04/03/2001 Scans of issues 2, 3, 4 and 5 of The Disc User magazine placed in the 'More Downloads' section and a link to the download placed with the entry in the TDU section of the catalogue
• 03/03/2001 Thanks to Rik Steenwinkel for improving the text on the BBC B+ insides/technical page
• 01/03/2001 Scans of the Vine Master Overlay board track negative and info placed on the 'On Line Magazine' page. Anyone wishing to build one can use this info to do it. If you do decide to build one, please let me know
• 28/02/2001 Screen grab map of Citadel 2 placed on the 'Game Help' page. This took me 2 days to do! My wife says I am a very sad man. A large numberof disc images containing game cheats placed on the Game Help page. Thanks to Mark de Weger
• 26/02/2001 Cheat for Citadel 2 worked out and placed in the 'On Line Magazine'
• 23/02/2001 EUD typed in listings, filenames added to the catalogue. I think that the 8BS catalogue of entries is now fully up to date for the first time in 10 years.
• 22/02/2001 Thanks to Rik Steenwinkel for making improvements and corrections to the technical info about the BBC on the 'insides' page. The catalogue on TBI-00, the catalogue disc is now a plain text version of the HTML catalogue. Voltmace joystick leaflet scan placed on the 'Scans' page. An interesting read as it describes some interesting bits of gear
• 21/02/2001 Details added to the TAU section of the catalogue. Photos of a roller ball, joystick, User Port Splitter, Stack light pen and a funny little adaptor for a Marconi roller ball put on to the 'Pictures' page
• 20/02/2001 Details added to the JGH section of the catalogue. New search added.
• 19/02/2001 At last! I have entered the missing details into the catalogue for the rest of the BUG section.
• 11/02/2001 Thanks to Albert Schofiled for his submission about tape to disc transfer. Added to TBI-70 and the tape to disc article. Photo of issue 3 BBC B motherboard added to the 'Pictures' page
• 09/02/2001 EUG section added to the pool. Thanks to Dave Edwards of EUG, Dave is going to send the Electron User Group magazine disc on a regular basis. This section will be updated regularly, hopefully. More than 20 games and utilities reviews added to the 'Reviews' page. Thanks again to Dave Edwards
• 07/02/2001 Found a BBC B 'Type 3' (my name for it) keyboard in my loft that was not documented on the 8BS website. Photo's put on 'insides/technical' and in the advert
• 04/02/2001 A couple of pictures here and there updated. Stats page updated. The Disc User Magazine, volume 1 scanned and placed in the 'More Downloads' section, also made available from the TDU catalogue section
• 03/02/2001 I have gathered together all the circuit diagrams of Acorn 8 bit machines I could find and placed them for download on the 'Insides Technical' page. I have changed the layout of this page to hopefully make it more easy to see what is on it. I have scanned and uploaded the Fast Access Volume 1 cards. The Fast Access discs are available for download in the FAC secton of the catalogue. You will find links to the scans from the catalogue and on the 'More Downloads' page
• 02/02/2001 Thanks to Christopher Dewhurst, the vast majority of listings for the Electron User disc are now added to the EUD section of the pool. Just a couple missing: June 84, August 84, October 84 and April 87. Thanks to Nick Payne for an e-mail that I placed in the 'On Line Magazine' about his problems with a parcel service
• 01/02/2001 Scan of The Disc User Issue 7 placed in the 'More Downloads' section. Please have a look at the page if you have any Disc User magazines as I need help!
• 30/01/2001 Yet more photos added to the pictures page. Prolink joystick interface. R.H.Electronics Light pen. Home made lightpens with details of construction
• 29/01/2001 Apologies for all of those that missed the UK 8BS website last night and today. Poor Joel who host 8BS for us had a bad time with the server, it broke and 8BS was off in the UK. Hopefully all is well now. Photo of Chris Frettsome placed on the 'I know you' page. New chat room added. Old one removed
• 28/01/2001 Did a bit of tidying up today. A couple of anomalies with positions of pictures in the website. As a result, some of you will experience problems of 'file not found'. When this happens, just do a 'refresh' and your browser will find the altered stuff (I hope). Photos of a syquest drive with power supply and hard discs added to the 'Pictures page. Also photos of a couple of other odds and ends added
• 25/01/2001 Photos of the following items placed on the 'Pictures' page: Disc Drive Sharer. Dacom Modem. Cumana 3.5" Drive. Various Data Switches. Thanks to Dave Edwards of Electron User Group. TBI-156, in DFS and ADFS format. Best of Personal Computer World. 24 games for the Electron. Photographs of an Atom added to the 'Pictures' page. Thanks to Chris Frettsome
• 24/01/2001 Photo of Care Electronics User Port Switch added to the 'Pictures' page. Scan of the BBC B 8271 Replay Fitting info and manual put in the 'More Downloads' section. Any volunteers for OCR'ing? What a busy month I am having!
• 23/01/2001 High quality photos of the home made BBC added to the 'Pictures' page. Also a BBC B Issue 2, 4 and 7 motherboard. Photos of a Micro Musician System Midi Interface added. Scan of Econet Level 2 Fileserver Manager's Guide added to the more downloads page. Volunteers for OCRing please?
• 22/01/2001 Photos of a BBC issue 1 and BBC with Torch Z80 fitted added to the 'Pictures' page
• 21/01/2001 Scan of Atomic Theory (Atom User Guide) added to the 'More Downloads' page. Any volunteers for OCRing?
• 19/01/2001 Scan of the Econet System User Guide added to the 'More Downloads' page. Any volunteers for OCRing?
• 18/01/2001 Electron User Discs added to a new section in the pool. EUD. There are only a small number of these discs here at the moment. I would appreciate it if anyone has any more if they could let me have copies
• 16/01/2001 3 new additions to the pool. 512-80, the game Zork. TBI-154, two games from Brian, connect 4 and Pontoon. TBI-155 Joseph Lavery pictures submitted by D.Edwards of Electron User Group. Some amusing text added to the 'On Line Magazine'
• 11/01/2001 Scans of Master Compact Welcome guide uploaded to the 'More Downloads' section. A volunteer for OCRing is needed!
• 07/01/2001 Scans of Microvitec Service Manual uploaded to the 'More Downloads' section. A volunteer for OCRing is needed!
• 06/01/2001 Chat room added and Christmas page taken down
• 05/01/2001 Thanks to Chris Frettsome, Atom photos added to the 'Pictures' page
• 04/01/2001 Thanks to Brain for submitting the game 'Pontoon' now available for download in the 'On Line Magazine' and 'More Downloads' pages. My intention is to place this in the TBI section of the pool eventually
• 02/01/2001 Thanks to Paul Jagger for photos of the Domesday Laserdisc placed on the 'pictures' page
• 14/12/2000 Thanks to Albert Schofield once more for another submission for the tape to disc articles. Now placed on TBI-70 and the tape to disc article
• 12/12/2000 Thanks to Janny Looyenga for submitting a text adventure game for DOS on the Master 512. 'Zork' now available for download in the 'On Line Magazine' and 'More Downloads' pages. My intention is to place this in the 512 section of the pool eventually
• 08/12/2000 Thanks to Brain for submitting the game 'Connect 4' now available for download in the 'On Line Magazine' and 'More Downloads' pages. My intention is to place this in the TBI section of the pool eventually
• 04/12/2000 A bit of a carve up on the 8BS website for the last couple of days. A change of server played havoc with some of the scripts. I am trying to get on top of the job. Please let me know if you have any problems and I will sort them out. The search from the main page was not working for instance.
• 29/11/2000 Christmas page added again. Log file search added too. This is a very powerful cgi script that I wrote today. You can search through the 8BS log files for anything you want. So, if you submitted a disc to 8BS, you can find out how many times it has been downloaded from JML, when and by whom.
• 25/11/2000 Thanks to Dave Edwards of Electron User Group. New disc and updates to the pool. JJF-58 DFS version updated. TBI-143 DFS version updated (all 3 discs). New disc in the pool TBI-153, brainteasers
• 21/11/2000 Repton passwords placed on the online magazine page
• 17/11/2000 Again, I have not updated this page for a time despite having added to the website. Amongst the things added: Pictures on the 'Pictures' page, article added to the tape to disc page, thanks to Albert Schofield once more. Webcam added.
• 23/10/2000 Removed the 8BS website from Karoo
• 20/10/2000 Reduced the filesize of dead.zip from 12 meg to 3 meg. Radio program about the BBC computer
• 14/10/2000 Same admission as the last entry. I had not realised I had not updated this bit for so long. Today I have altered and uploaded the whole of the 8BS section of the pool. A few changes to the discs I have been meaning to make for a while
• 23/08/2000 I have been a bit slack in not updating this what's new page I am afraid for the last month. Best examining the 'Recently Changed Pages' to see what I have done.
• 27/07/2000 View the 'up to the minute' download stats for the JML website by clicking on the 'statistics' link next to 'Website 2' on the main page Takes a few moments while the many megabytes of data is sifted through, so be patient. Three new discs in the library. Headfirst PD discs. Added as TBI-151-01 10 and 11. The odd numbering is due to the fact that there are other discs in the collection that I would like to add, so if anyone has any, I would love to hear from you. Just one point, the info on TBI-151-10 is corrupt.
• 13/07/2000 Thanks to Martin Hodgson for sorting out the Red Moon solution. Now updated to the 'Games Solutions' page
• 13/07/2000 The old guest book seems to have gone off line. Oddly enough, I was just putting up one I have done. No adverts with this one. Please feel free to sign it. I will try to recover the old entries if the old one comes back on line
• 13/07/2000 Pictures of Acorn Atom added to the 'Pictures' page. Random image page added. See random pictures from the 8BS website. Refreshes every 10 seconds
• 09/07/2000 Thanks to Albert Schofield for his latest submission on tape to disc transfer. Added to TBI-70 and the tape to disc article on the website
• 07/07/2000 New search implemented. Try it. Let me know what you think
• 01/07/2000 I have finally got around to updating my manuals list. These are manuals that I have for reference. If there is one there you want to know something from, just ask me. I am hoping that they all end up OCRed too. Any offers?
• 24/06/2000 You can now email me to my mobile. It is sms so keep the messages short. cjr8bs@sms.genie.co.uk I will always have this with me. Remember, keep the message short!
• 15/06/2000 Thanks to Stian Eksund for the Genlock card. Photo on the 'pictures' page
• 10/06/2000 Thanks to Jason Bennison for his amazing dancing Beebs. It will not run in all browsers, needs ActiveX and you will need to download a temporary plugin (supplied on the page)
• 02/06/2000 Thanks again to Dave Edwards of EUG for submitting the game by Dominic Ford. Shipwrecked II Jupiter 3. Put into the pool as TBI-151. I have placed all the reviews from TBI-150 into pages on the website.
• 01/06/2000 Thanks to Dave Edwards of EUG. 10 discs of reviews added to the TBI section TBI-150 260 reviews
• 31/05/2000 Photo of Martin Hodgson (D7X) put on to the 'Credits' page
• 27/05/2000 Martin Hodgson has updated his solution to Lords Of Time submitted last week. There was one last little bit that he could not solve that he has just sussed
• 20/05/2000 Thanks to Martin Hodgson for sorting out (very nicley) the Lords Of Time game solution on the games solutions page.
• 19/05/2000 Thanks to Dave Edwards of EUG. 24 Games reviews added to the games reviews page. A further 4 to be added in a few weeks.
• 15/05/2000 An article from Dave Edwards of EUG added to the 'On Line Magazine' Regarding Proaction
• 13/05/2000 Video of the loft put on a new page accessible from the 'Pictures' page. Thanks to Robbie Harrison for bringing some odds and ends around to photograph. All put on the 'Pictures' page
• 05/05/2000 (14:50) Thanks to Albert Schofield for his regular update of the Tape To Disc articles. Added to TBI-70 and the article on this website. Tape to disc.
• 26/04/2000 (13:04) Thanks to Martin Hodgson for sorting out the Repton 2 solution, now updated on the 'Game Solution' page
• 30/03/2000 (09:20) Link to the 8 bit games solutions page added to the links page. Links checked
• 26/03/2000 (23:30) New forms added to the website on the 'Survey' page and 8BS advert
• 25/03/2000 (14:23) Thanks to Albert Schofield for his latest submission on tape to disc transfer. Added to TBI-70 and the tape to disc article on this website
• 17/03/2000 (21:10) Experiment. A survey page added to the website.
• 13/03/2000 (19:43) Thanks to Martin Hodgson for OCRing the Beebug Magscan manual. Fowarded to Mark Usher for his documentation project
• 12/03/2000 (12:43) Thanks to Martin Hodgson, Citadel solution map improved (13:05) Article about Comal submitted by Alasdair Davis, put in the 'on line magazine'. Thanks Alasdair
• 10/03/2000 (10:47) Photos of Torch Graduate put on the 'Pictures' page
• 09/03/2000 (09:17) Photo of a BBC B with ATPL board fitted put on the 'Pictures' page
• 07/03/2000 (19:49) New page added. 'Shows' consisting of photographs of the 4 8BS 'get togethers'
• 06/03/2000 (19:10) Scan of Beebug Magscan manual put on the 'Other Download' page, ready for OCRing
• 05/03/2000 Scans of advertising leaflets added to the 'Scans' page
• 04/03/2000 (11:15) Thanks to Colin Culpitt-Smith (K2B) for submitting an article and software for a Master 128 Millenium bug fix. See the 'On Line Magazine'
• 03/03/2000 (1635) Photos of Acorn User SWR added to 'Pictures' page (18:13) Parcel Force page attached to the 'On Line Magazine'
• 02/03/2000 (08:40) Photos of Watford 12 ROM board and a BBC SWR added to the 'Pictures' page
• 24/02/2000 (08:05) Photo of Master 6502 internal Co-Processor put on the 'Pictures' page. (12:06) Electron Advanced Referenc Manual scanned for OCR'ing and placed on the 'Other Downloads' page
• 23/02/2000 (10:30) Photos of another two pairs of joysticks added to the 'Pictures' page
• 21/02/2000 (18:25) Thanks to Fred Price for submitting two discs of software for the pool. TBI149. Added to the catalogue. Upladed to the website. Two discs of poems. These are in the form of BASIC programs that when CHAINed are sent directly to the printer. No menu.
• 20/02/2000 (12:20)Thanks again to Martin Hodgson who has submitted another 3 game solutions with maps and info. Find them on the 'Game Help' page. (12:24) Master Compact Keyboard and Keyswitch photos added to my collection of keyboard photos on the 'Insides' page (12:30) Update of picture of my mate Thack and new photo of Robbie Harrison on the 'I know You' page. (16:35) Another 5 pictures put on the 'Pictures' page, several peripherals. (16:49) Picture of two tape games (Snapper) put on the 'Scans' page, Robbie Harrison pointed this out to me, the two games are slightly different but go under the same name from Acornsoft
• 18/02/2000 Photos of BBC in its original box and a Cumana Disc Drive box placed on the 'Pictures' Page. Thanks to Steve Lindsay for submitting the photos. Thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) for OCRing more games solutions. See the 'Game Help' page. Thirteen new solutions to games. I think I shall change your User ID to 0CR Martin!
• 17/02/2000 Photos of Aries B12 board put on the 'Pictures' page
• 14/02/2000 Many thanks to Martin Hodgson (D7X) for OCRing two games solutions from the 'Other Downloads' section, now available as text files from the same link
• 13/02/2000 New Article put into the 'On Line Mag'. RGB to SCART lead wiring
• 12/02/2000 Uploaded 2 more zips of scans of manuals. Two Concept Keyboard manuals. See the 'Other Downloads' page
• 09/02/2000 Thanks to Barrie Ellis for EDU-07 now available for download. Educational software aimed at disabled
• 05/02/2000 Thanks to Albert Schofield for his regular submission regarding tape to disc transfer. Added to TBI-70 (updated to the website) and the tape to disc article in the magazine section
• 26/01/2000 Chatroom set up on the website
• 25/01/2000 Anyone interested in getting hold of a kit or made up copy of the Vine Micros Master OS Overlay board should get in contact with me ASAP as I am considering the pro's and con's of resurrecting a track negative I was given. The board plugs in where the 1 megabit Rom goes in the Master 128. ROMs within that ROM can then be overlaid with whatever you want. Very useful. I need to know numbers of people interested so that I can plan how (and when) to go about it.
• 24/01/2000 Addition to the 'Me' page brought on by David Rose's Panorama program. Changes to the 'Wants' page and additions to the on line magazine. Links checked and one added, linking to Robbie Harrison's Master 128 website
• 20/01/2000 It looks like I have not done much on the 8BS website for the last month, that is because I have to admit to a little lazyness as far as documenting changes goes. There have been a couple of new pages added and I have checked the links page out adding a couple of new links. BBC Central seems to have disappeared as well as one of the games sites. The Elite website re-appeared only briefly. Promise of a couple of other new BBC sites. I discovered with a new version of Netscape Communicator that my animations stopped after the first loop. This was caused by some sort of a bug in the 'Animagic' software I was using. I have fixed this using PSP, so all of you that have used the animations can re-swipe the graphics on the 8BS website to update. Please remember, I don't mind you using the graphics, but please link to the 8BS website from the graphic.
• 28/12/1999 Submission from Edmund Burke placed in the 'On Line Magazine'
• 24/12/1999 Edmund Burke has submitted a Master Y2K bug fix. I have put it on the 'On Line Mag' page. I have added a new cartoon to the Christmas page
• 16/12/1999 Albert Schofield has sent in his tape to disc submission. Added to the 'tape to disc' page, TBI-70 updated
• 12/12/1999 Link to James Watson's new BBC website added to the 'Links' page
• 08/12/1999 Removing a ROM from a BBC article added to the 'On Line Magazine' page
• 04/12/1999 Christmas decorations put up
• 01/12/1999 8BS has now acquired the domain name 8bs.com
• 29/11/1999 New scans on the 'Scans/Games/Disc' page thanks to Rob Kuczynski. Repton Infinity cover. Hey! Guess what! I have set the wheels in motion to buy the domain name 8bs.com
• 25/11/1999 Shortly, the Karoo URL http://www.karoo.net/8bs is going to be discontinued. An update at Kingston Internet. The new 8BS URL is http://www.8bs.karoo.net/   Please update your links accordingly. The new URL is up and running now. I have no idea when the old URL will become defunct but I will keep it updated until then. The old Karoo counter may not work when the old URL is chopped, so I have got a new counter courtesy of TheCounter.com. One new option in the 8BS menus now is to view the visit statistics
• 24/11/1999 Links page updated. Ian Bell's Elite page up and running again!
• 11/11/1999 Updated pictures on 'Insides' and 'Sounds'. Now includ