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    From Keyop to All on Mon Aug 26 18:40:34 2024
    Well I'm about to take the plunge and buy a Beeb.

    Question is ... should I get a BBC model B, or a BBC Master?
  • From Bob Worm to Keyop on Tue Sep 3 21:54:29 2024
    Re: BBC Micro
    By: Keyop to All on Mon Aug 26 2024 18:40:34

    Hi, Keyop.

    Well I'm about to take the plunge and buy a Beeb.

    Question is ... should I get a BBC model B, or a BBC Master?

    I think all the cool kids have the Master. I have the model B :)

    I can definitely recommend the Beeb SD card adaptor thingie, I forget the name but I can look it up if you're interested. I don't even play the games that came with it, I just use it as permanent storage because I don't have any real 5.25" floppies (even though I have the drives).

    I feel like the Master might be more usable because you can put sideways RAM in without modifying it, it seems like every terminal emulator in existence on the Beeb, other than the 12 line type-in BASIC one and the one I wrote, comes as a ROM so if you're planning on BBSing then your life will be much easier with a Master.

    If you are planning on doing serial stuff you should probably start looking for a Domino 5 pin DIN plug while you're about it :)

    BobW
  • From Brianm to Keyop on Wed Mar 5 22:30:47 2025
    Re: BBC Micro
    By: Keyop to All on Mon Aug 26 2024 18:40:34

    Well I'm about to take the plunge and buy a Beeb.

    Question is ... should I get a BBC model B, or a BBC Master?
    funny reading this back , knowing now you have both lol.
    The old Beebs are addictive , well all retro 8bit stuff really.
  • From Keyop to Brianm on Thu Mar 6 11:31:35 2025
    Re: BBC Micro
    By: Brianm to Keyop on Wed Mar 05 2025 22:30:47

    funny reading this back , knowing now you have both lol.
    The old Beebs are addictive , well all retro 8bit stuff really.

    And since then I've got more and more retro kit ... I think I have an addiction problem now!