The BBC B Microcomputer

Cast your mind back to the very early 1980s. It's there you will find the wonderful BBC B microcomputer designed and built by Acorn. This was my first computer. 

I was about 10 or 11 when my Dad brought home this amazing new thing called a computer. It used a cassette recorder to save and load programs, and it plugged into the television. It had a BASIC language interpreter built in. It was awesome.

It is no exaggeration to say that the BBC B was the launching pad that ultimately led me to a career in IT Support, meeting my American wife on the internet, and emigrating to the United States where I continue to work in IT and with my wife, raise our family.

Amazingly, you can actually try out the original BBC B using an online emulator. 

I spent hundreds of hours using the BBC B, Much of that time was heavily invested in the best computer game I have ever played, Elite. 

On the subject of games for the BBC B - check out the utterly brilliant Complete BBC Micro Games Archive!