Remember to read this page from bottom to top if you are a newcomer
to 8BS!
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.