Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] OT: Acorn History (was: Interview with Charles)

[Andy Armstrong <andy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On 28 Nov 2005, at 15:30, John-Mark Bell wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Nov 2005, Andy Armstrong wrote:
>
> > I've been thinking that somebody really should write the Acorn  
> > story. They were amazing machines in so many ways. The BBC Micro  
> > MOS was an amazing bit of code.
>
> http://www.mcmordie.co.uk/acornhistory/index.shtml

Ah yes. I was thinking more of something like a book. I should have  
said :)

> Not that I'm aware of. There's bits and pieces in various locations  
> but no central resource afaia. drobe.co.uk may be interested in  
> archiving stuff (they already carry mirrors of many of the main  
> sites from time immemorial ;)

I'd like to see the stories captured somewhere. But this is off topic  
here.

...time passes...

Right, how about this?:

  http://www.hexten.net/mailman/listinfo/acorn-lore-l

I'll publicise it on the newsgroups too.

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Andy Armstrong, hexten.net