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13/04/1999 A few more odds and ends added to the 8BS 'For Sale' list, including a buggy chassis. I have photographed this and put it on the 'See 8BS' page
06/04/1999 TBI-143 Added to the pool. Sunday. Graphic Adventure from C.R.Dewhurst
02/04/1999 Thanks to Martin Hodgson for an article about using Internet Resources of BBC stuff on an Acorn. Stairway to Hell added to the Links page. I have also added an article about using a CD player on the BBC. Articles to be found on the 'On Line Magazine' page
25/03/1999 Photo of a Master 128 in a Viglen case added to the 'See 8BS' page
16/03/1999 Albert Schofield has submitted more tape to disc information. Added to the Tape to disc article.
15/03/1999 Links checked and updated
10/03/1999 TBI-142 added to the pool. C.R.Dewhurst 3. Games and utilities.
03/03/1999 28 scans added to the tape games page
02/03/1999 Article about transfer of files between PC and BBC added to the Online Magazine page
28/02/1999 Overboard and OPSM 43 Cheats added to PSX cheat page. Photos of my pet spiders updated on the 'me' page
27/02/1999 Lots of new stuff (especially Tape Games) added to the 8BS advert. I have got an Acorn Atom! Working on cleaning it up and animating it ASAP. Atom Animation added to the animations page
23/02/1999 Albert Schofield has submitted another message regarding tape to disc. I have added this to TBI-70 and the relevant article on this website.
22/02/1999 Music 5000 link added to links page and music page. More stuff promised. Watch this space! Scan of the Master Replay put on the 'See 8BS' page
21/02/1999 MUS-01 added to the website and catalogue. Music 500/5000 software. Find it on the 'Music' page. Many megabytes of sound samples added to the music page
20/02/99 Software catalogue tidied up and put into tables. One large page containing the whole catalogue is available, but for those that prefer smaller chunks, the catalogue is split into sections now. I have made a request for Music 500/5000/Ample software as I wish to start a section on the 8BS website for this, so if you have any, please email me!
19/02/99 I want to fit a DFS to my tape only BBC article added to the on line magazine
16/02/99 Many changes to the website, too many to list. New 'On Line Magazine' created to take submissions received at 8BS. A new article put on here regarding IDE conversion.
14/02/99 Thanks to Leigh Preece for the extra web space, a whole ton of extras added to the 8BS website (28 Megabytes today!). Music and Scans
13/02/99 Link added BBC ROM image website. Thanks deary
03/02/99 PlayStation cheats added to a new page
02/02/99 Example articles re-arranged. Tape to disc articles from Albert Schofield added
18/01/99 Guest Book added
13/01/99 TBI-141 added to the pool. Thanks once more to C.R.Dewhurst. Several excellent games and utilities. See the catalogue
09/01/99 The last game review is now in. You can now suss out all of the currently available games from Superior Software. TBI-111 updated accordingly (Games Reviews)
06/01/99 It has finally happened! As I promised, I kept the club going while the support was there. I spent several months trying to get submissions from people. It became hard and unpleasurable work. There was therefore no incentive on my part to continue. After closing the magazine, several people offered support, but it was too late.

I offered a newsletter on TBI-00. However, I have only had a couple of requests for this in the last two months. I offered a 'for sale' section on TBI-00, there have been no submissions for it. This speaks for itself. There is no incentive for me to carry on with this. I am therefore now further winding 8BS down. I have altered all the text on the website, TBI-00 and the CDs to reflect the current state of 8BS. I have now reduced the work I have to do to a minimal amount. This is how 8BS will be for the foreseeable future:

I will not be enrolling any new members, existing members will retain their ID's and can still use them. I will still be maintaining the 8BS database containing all their details, and more importantly their credit.
8BS will remain a Public Domain Library for the BBC and Master. I do not see me ever closing the PD library. It requires no effort on my part to maintain it.
I will still stock loads of odds and ends.
The website requires hardly any work to maintain. Presently there are around 21 visitors a day. This makes it well worth my while to maintain it. It would seem that the majority of interest now comes through the website.

14/12/98 Thanks again to Steve Allsopp for sending more descriptive info for the catalogue. This time TAU 91 and TAU 92 have been given his treatment. Steve has also submitted two new discs for the library, best of compilations for the Beebug section. BUG-24 Utilities and BUG-25 Games. See the catalogue for details.
02/12/98 Elite, Question of Sport and Revs reviews added to the 'Reviews' page. Thanks again to Crispin Boylan
30/11/98 Christmas decorations added
24/11/98 TBI-140 added. TBI-00 updated accordingly
21/11/98 Sim City Review added to the 'Reviews' page. Thanks to Crispin Boylan
19/11/98 After a couple of problems have been reported to me, I have reverted back to the old FDC program and text in the 'Downloads' page of this website, keeping the newly adapted FDC (see 14/11/98) for my own use as it works fine for me
18/11/98 Lots of new bits added to the advert. 8BS 61 to 66 now available on the downloads page or from the catalogue. Thanks to Robert Schmidt for hosting them.
14/11/98 Thanks to WHS for his adaptation of FDC now making read/write of BBC discs on the PC very simple indeed. The info on the 8BS download page adapted accordingly. The new FDC is available here.
06/11/98 Thanks again to Steve Allsopp for adding text to the catalogue. This time, better info for some of the TAU section. Catalogue and TBI-00 updated
04/11/98 Newsletter updated. FREE GAMES. In exchange for your review of the game.
28/10/98 Newsletter updated. TBI-00 updated. Thanks to Steve Allsopp for volunteering to maintain a wants and for sale list on TBI-00
27/10/98 TBI-00 has run out of space and therefore I have converted the 40 column text of the catalogue to 80 column thus saving/reclaiming huge amounts of disc space. The catalogue is not as pretty, but more practical now.
23/10/98 8BS Advert added to TBI-00. Catalogue text updated thanks again to Steve Allsopp. TAU-88 text is now far more descriptive of the disc contents. Steve is working his way through the whole 8BS catalogue improving the descriptions. TBI-00 updated accordingly and available now.
22/10/98 Newsletter added to website and TBI-00
17/10/98 Reviews added to the 'Reviews' page. This makes a full collection of the PAS discs plus a few others now reviewed. TBI-111, the reviews collection disc updated. NEW ENTRY in the TBI pool. TBI-139 Starquake. 8BS 66 completed and ready for issue. I shall be copying the discs and emailing images tomorrow. Starquake. See the catalogue for details. TBI-00 updated accordingly.
14/10/98 More text added to the TAU section of the catalogue thanks to Steve Allsopp. More new stuff in the 8BS advert
13/10/98 Today I finalised my decision to stop producing a regular disc based magazine as there have been only 4 submissions of small amounts of text for issue 66 (the deadline is on the 15th of this month). I have altered the text on TBI-00 (the catalogue/info disc) accordingly and turned it into a DFS only double sided disc. I have altered the text on the website to reflect the fact that the 8BS magazines stop at number 66. 8BS 66 will be full of stuff, so it is worth getting (I have used up a load of reserved stuff I had). Members in credit will be given the refund options available in 8BS 66.
01/10/98 Advert updated. 'History' article updated. FDC download updated (instructions now included). Catalogue updated with better descriptions of some BUG and TAU entries thanks to Steve Allsopp. Minor alterations made to several other pages.
26/09/98 Link to Ian Reid's BBC page added from the 'links' page
22/09/98 History of 8BS page added. Still being written (95 to now update)
21/09/98 TBI-45 Repton 3 Screens updated with a new set submitted by Jack Foster
17/09/98 I have sorted the 'stock' page a bit. Stuff is now listed alphabetically instead of randomly. I have reduced the prices of a couple of things as I am in a generous mood.
16/09/98 8BS 65 now available. Demo disc removed from website.
15/09/98 Minor alteration to advert. Hello Faraz
13/09/98 Tune added to the 'Sounds' page. New related link added to the links page (non-BBC but neato)
10/09/98 Picture of a new Ambulance added to the 'Me' page
08/09/98 Link to Derek Walker's BBC page added
22/08/98 'Me' page updated with photos of my spiders taken today. 'Links' page updated after checking all the links
21/08/98 A bit of amusing text submitted to 8BS added to the 'Members' page
17/08/98 Thanks to Steve Allsopp for the info for a lot of the BUG discs, now added to the catalogue text. All s removed from the 8BS advert
07/08/98 Advert updated. Just a couple of new bits. New page added for my oldest son John. I have no idea what he has planned for it
17/07/98 Advert Updated
14/07/98 TBI-00 catalogue disc updated
12/07/98 Advert Updated
09/07/98 For a while, I have uploaded a largish zipped file to the website. It is a demo of PCBBC, transfer of software info and utilities. It also contains a few disc images from the 8BS catalogue. This is also available from me on floppy disc FREE as long as you send an SAE, while my stocks of throw-away floppy discs last.
07/07/98 Advert Updated
04/07/98 TBI-138 Elite A added to the pool. 8BS 64 now available.
07/06/98 A large amount of stuff added to the 8BS advert.
03/06/98 CD Roms now available containing images of large sections of the PD library. See the catalogue for details.
23/05/98 A whole new section added to the library. The ELB section, ELBUG discs, aimed at the Electron also worth a look at with a BBC or Master. See the catalogue for Details
15/05/98 CJR 3 STD Code Database updated
13/05/98 8BS 63 Available
10/05/98 Picture of the Roundhouse Living Steam Master 128 added to links and 'See 8BS' page
09/05/98 All s removed from advert
08/05/98 Many thanks to Martin Pickering for releasing several items to the Public Domain. New Entries to the Catalogue: TBI-132 Interbase Programming Manual. TBI-133 Xmenu Rom. TBI-134 Select Rom. TBI-135 INTER-MAIL. TBI-136 WW+ Applications. TBI-137 INTER-BASE examples
07/05/98 Link added to Roger Loxley's Living Steam Website. This is because he makes his model Steam engines using a milling machine controlled by a Master 128. Oh, yes, I like steam engines too.
01/05/98 A lot of new stuff in the 8BS advert. Be quick, it will not be there long! Photo of a 3" disc drive and disc and a home made YES, home made BBC added to the 'See 8BS' page.
29/04/98 BBC B+ Motherboard scan mapped. Electron motherboard mapped but no info yet. Nearly done!
28/04/98 Master Compact mapped. Results t obe seen on the 'Insides' page, click on the Compact. Very little info to go with this. Again, any help with this would be appreciated.
27/04/98 'Horrors' page added. Having received a flat Rom in the post, I thought it might be a good idea to document some of the wilder things that happen at and to 8BS. Repton mug animation added to 'See 8BS' page
26/04/98 Having now spent 2 days fiddling with the motherboard scans I am reasonably happy with them. The Master 128 proved tricky and I went back to it several times. The problem being distortion of the image caused by the board not laying flat on the scanner due to the rear panel not being detachable. I am now ready to start mapping the rest of the motherboards. Master 128 board mapped and information added. Info on the ICs is a little thin on the ground. Help from anyone here would be appreciated.
24/04/98 BBC Motherboard documentation finished. It could do with a few more bits of info in it, I shall pop them in as I find out. Help here would be appreciated!
23/04/98 I have started the job of scanning, mapping and documenting technical details of the BBC, BBC B+, Electron, Master 128 and Master Compact mother boards. The framework is laid out on this website now, accessible from the 'Insides' page. I will update it as I proceed. Starting with scans of the BBC B (two, one with Econet and no disc interface, one without Econet and sporting a disc interface). An Electron, BBC B+, Master 128 and a Master Compact. Master Mos upgrade article added to the 'Example Articles' page.
22/04/98 New page added, 'Sounds' power up sounds. Thanks are due to David Moore for today's additions to the Alligata Software collection. Space Rescue added to TBI-121. Fruit Machine added to TBI-120. Contract Bridge added to TBI-123. Tons of new stuff added to the 8BS advert. A few pictures of my older son John's model rockets and his latest project added to the 'Me' page
20/04/98 Cosmic Asteroids added to TBI-120
19/04/98 New page added. 'Insides'. Pictures of 8 Bit Acorns with their clothes off.
15/04/98 Sound added to 'See 8BS' page
13/04/98 Many small changes made throughout the website. Switch on sound re-sampled. Sounds like the real thing now, in fact so good I have put it as my own windows startup sound.
10/04/98 TBI-130 added to the pool. Two text adventures from Jack Foster. TBI-131 Added. Alligata Games Who Dares Wins 2. Also Ultron and Chichenitza added to TBI-120
09/04/98 New page added with pictures of a dismantled BBC. Accessible from the 'See 8BS' page. Another animation added, an Econet Bridge. More pictures added to the 'See 8BS page'
08/04/98 Games Reviews added. Accessible from the main website page. More links added to Atom Pages
07/04/98 Link added to Mark Usher's BBC Documentation Project
06/04/98 Yet more pictures and animations added to 'See 8BS' and 'Animations' pages. A photo of George added to the 'Me' page.
05/04/98 Pictures added to See 8BS. Animations added to animations page. Link added to Crispin Boylan's BBC Games website.
04/04/98 Beebem 1.00 added to the downloads page.
03/04/98 TBI-129 System Wadgebury added to the pool. Also a picture of the Fast Response vehicle that I am trying out added to the Me page
29/03/98 8BS-53 to 60 are now available on the internet. Links on this site. Thanks to Robert Schmidt on The BBC Lives for hosting the files.
26/03/98 8BS-62 Available
21/03/98 Well, we are here for another year at least, just subscribed to Karoo again.
14/03/98 New 'Machines' page added, intended to host a collection of animations
04/03/98 Some new bits added to the 'See 8BS' page
28/02/98 Another month gone. Wow! Link added to PCBBC emulator. Help with file conversion offered on the 'Downloads' page.
26/02/98 What's This? Page added. Pictures of odds and ends that I would like to find out more about.
20/02/98 Links Updated. Ian Bell's Elite Web page link added
17/02/98 Links updated. Paul S Granjon link
13/2/98 Friday the 13th. Unlucky for some but not for 8BS, a load of new stuff in the 8BS advert.
08/02/98 Catalogue updated with 8BS 61. All 's removed and then advert updated, a few new goodies!
05/02/98 8BS 61 available
30/01/98 Text added to Downloads page, help with getting disc images to run in the Beebem emulator
24/01/98 Jack Foster has sent me 3 discs containing educational adventures. Now in the library as TBI-124, TBI-125 and TBI-126
23/01/98 Steve Hanson of Superior Software has given 8BS permission to circulate Alligata software. The first discs of software are in the catalogue as: TBI-120 to TBI-123. See the catalogue for full details
18/01/98 TBI-119 Bubble Bobble Game added to the pool
04/01/98 Pictures added to 'Me' and 'Others' pages
16/12/97 TBI-00 updated. The DFS version now requires two discs. A double sided DFS disc for the catalogue and a single sided DFS disc for the utilities. ADFS users still require only one disc.
15/12/97 8BS-60 Available
04/12/97 TBI-118 added to the pool. Three Men in a Boat.
03/12/97 512-77 Klingon Translator and 512-79 New York Word Processor V2.2 added to the PD library. Master 512 section. DOS+ only.
30/11/97 Animated Master 128 added. Changes made to several pages.
28/11/97 Animated BBC added. Animated 8BS added. Advert Updated. added for recent additions.
27/11/97 TBI-117 Christmas Disc added to the pool. This disc is downloadable free from this website for the duration of Christmas
20/11/97 It is Christmas, so a relevant page is added
05/11/97 Advert Updated with a load of new goodies
27/10/97 8BS 59 Finished and available.
09/10/97 TBI-116 added to the 8BS pool. Pictures from NTAU2, the 8BS meeting 1997.
27/09/97 Advert updated. Links checked and updated
16/09/97 Link to Mike Wyatt's Beebem page added
13/09/97 Catalogue Updated. TBI-114 Music. TBI 115 Text Adventures.
09/09/97 TBI-00 Updated. 8BS Advert Updated. Catalogue Updated. Downloads Updated (Beebem 8 added, DISC IMAGE ACCESS!)
02/08/97 8BS 58 available.
01/09/97 Detailed info about 8BS added to the site as 'About 8BS'
30/08/97 Full stocktake at 8BS HQ. Advert updated accordingly. Many changes.
28/08/97 TBI-00 updated. TBI-113 added, Dictionary disc.
26/07/97 Advert updated.
21/07/97 NTAU2 Message Removed. Photos of the event added to "MEMBERS PAGES". JJF 48 Family History added to the catalogue.
17/07/97 NTAU2 Message changed. SHOW ON! Advert updated.
27/06/97 NTAU2 Message added to the main page. Jonathan Harston's bash in Sheffield. The 8BS annual get together.
25/06/97 Added to the pool. 512-74, Organisation Charts. 512-75 Kids word processor and Star Trek ASCII pictures. 512-76, Screen capture and graphics utilities
21/06/97 8BS Magazine Issue 57 Available
20/06/97 Link added to Sprow's BBC Page
19/06/97 Advert Updated
12/06/97 Advert Updated. APDL link added
30/05/97 I think. My watch battery is flat. The PC tells me what time it is, but not what day unless I ask it and I can't be bothered. Today, I have added a page of pics of various folks I know 'OTHERS'. Also other pics added to 'MEMBERS'
28/05/97 Catalogue updated with 512 72, VCR Databases and 512-73, Learn Basic
20/05/97 Catalogue updated (TBI-00) with TBI-111, Games Reviews and TBI-112 Digitised pictures.
19/05/97 Power up sound of Master switching on added
16/05/97 8BS Advert updated, disc drives, BBC Bs and Masters acquired.
15/05/97 That is it. The whole 8BS pool is now turned into zipped images.
12/05/97 Most of the 8BS pool now turned into images. Only the TAU and BUG sections to go. Catalogue and download info updated accordingly
11/05/97 Advert updated.
10/05/97 8BS-56 is born and is now available to 8BS members. Catalogue Updated
08/05/97 Links on Members Page (D6K) updated. Links on 'Links' page updated
06/05/97 Allowances made for browsers not capable of showing frames; If you have a non-frames browser, I would appreciate your comments, i.e. does it work? Scrolly message removed from border (I found it annoying). 8BS Advert Updated.
05/05/97 Master Battery and CMOS article added to example articles page. Is CJR on line page added. More links added to the menu frame. Scrolly message added to border. Thanks due to Mark Usher. John Cox, wrestler, councillor and Training Manager didn't turn up at Brid Amb for a meeting we arranged 50% failure rate now.
04/05/97 Download page info altered. See 8BS page created. Pictures added to the new page. Frames added to pages so that a menu is available at all times down the left hand side.
03/05/97 TBI-110 added to the software pool. Digitised Space pictures from the Apollo missions. From Neil Parry.
28/04/97 8BS-0 to 8BS-52, magazine discs, made available on this site thanks to Robert Schmidt for the space. Article from 8BS-55 placed in the '8BS Magazine' page, taken as a series of screen shots, pasted together.
26/04/97 Up to now, I have made DFS disc images available as single sided images. I recently discovered Beebem 0.06 that runs 8BS issues very well. This BBC emulator will use a single image of the whole disc (as opposed to two images, one for side 0 and one for side 2). So, from now on, I will make disc images available in .dsd (double sided) and .ssd (single sided) format. Download page altered accordingly. New pages added. Members Pages. For stuff submitted for the 8BS website by 8BS members. The page by Mike mallett moved to this.
24/04/97 8BS Guide To The Internet by Mike Mallett added to links
19/04/97 Picture of 8BS added to main page. About me page updated with a picture of me and the computers
18/04/97 About me page updated with a picture of my pet tarantula
13/04/97 Advert Updated
12/04/97 Magazine Articles And Advert Updated 8BS 24 25 26 27 28 29 Added
09/04/97 8BS Advert updated
06/04/97 TBI-00 catalogue disc updated
05/04/97 Catalogue Updated with 8BS-54 and 8BS-55. Also TBI-109, Crypt Paint II.
29/03/97 8BS Advert Updated
27/03/97 Info added to the download page. Putting DFS images onto floppies for use in a BBC. This 'new' page added.
22/03/97 8BS 55 available
05/03/97 Karoo let 8BS loose on the internet