Archive News 2023
06/06/2023 |
Latest additions include a number of HFE and SSD archives:
- This is HFE;
- Program Builder from Beebug,
This is SSD;
- The Ethanol Question from BP Education
Also the documentation to the AVP Pixel Perfect title has been added. Thanks
to Len from the StarDot forum for the scans of the manual.
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05/05/2023 |
Latest additions include a number of HFE and SSD archives:
- These are HFE;
- Astronomy from BBCSoft,
- Easy Type, Maths Snap and Word Builders from Sherston Software,
- Light Detection Kit, Fetch Execute Cycle and Sorts from Resource,
- Picture Maker 2 and Picture Maker Plus from Sheffield Computer
Centre,
- A Primary & Secondary Samplers from BBCSoft.
- These are SSD;
- Sum Times, Sum Measures from Ampalsoft, part of the Cheshire Cat
range of software; these titles were copied to disc from tape,
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29/04/2023 |
Latest additions from Brilliant Computing, provided by StarDot member,
OneSwitch, include:
- Arcade Adventures,
- Streetwise,
- Switch On.
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27/04/2023 |
Latest additions include:
- The audio tracks for Micro Maestro, by Mupados,
- A correction to the download URL for Slick! from BP,
- Mathematics with a Micro 2, from Heineman, a collection of
A-Level mathematics programs,
- Dudley Programs;
- Food,
- Homes,
- Understanding your Weather,
- Myself - documentation and HFE files,
- Exploration.
- Updated the entries for Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council
The Archive has also embraced some new technology for archiving. A
Greaseweazle V4 system has been set up to archive protected discs, which are
very hard to copy by other means. In addition to the usual SDD, DSD and ADL
files available for download we have added HFE files. These files will contain
the original copy protection. The HFE files may be copied to a USB memory stick
and used directly on a real BBC micro via a GOTEK floppy drive emulatoror they may be loaded into a BBC micro
emulator, such as BeebJIT, and run from there.
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04/04/2023 |
Latest additions include some packages supplied by StarDot member VectorEyes:
- RotaView, a full featured Viewdata editor and host from COIC,
- The missing documentation for Moving In from Mushroom Software,
- Lists, a simple database from SEMERC,
- Cornish Riviera, a simulation of running the Cornish Riviera
train from Paddington to Exeter,
- The missing documentation for Elm Tree Farm from SEMERC,
- Missing documentation and discs for From Pictures to Words by
Widgit Software,
- Updated the date of production and selling prices for Widgit Software.
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28/03/2023 |
Latest additions from the BBC PD library include:
- Materials Science at School, a number of A-Level Physics programs
from the Institute of Metals,
- A-Level Chemistry,
- Primary Programs, a suite of literacy and numeracy programs,
- Programs for Children, a double-sided disc of simple programs for
children; they are all very colourful and by Jim Stirk.
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23/03/2023 |
Latest additions from the BBC PD library include:
- Maths Competition from Grace Educational Software,
- Multiplication Train from DJL Software,
- Languages Database, a MFL dictionary,
- Catering Science and Nutrition Samples Discs, from John Lyons
Software,
- Computing at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, a publicity disc
for computing at RAL,
Also added several Fun School titles to the RISCOS Educational section |
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14/03/2023 |
Latest additions include:
- STD Database from 8-Bit Software, a database of the new (in 1980s
UK) STD codes,
- Some Sampled Sounds from the C J Richardson archive,
- Teletext, from the CJ Richardson archive,
- Word Search 2.4, from the CJ Richardson archive,
- The complete CJ Richardson archive.
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10/03/2023 |
Latest additions include:
- Personal Banking, from Addison Wesley, a simulation of the
Trustee Savings Bank,
- Turtle Graphics, from Acornsoft, a full-featured implementation
of LOGO graphics,
- From AVP a number of missing titles;
- An Introduction to Electronic Systems,
- Translations,
- Chemical Formulae,
- Periodicity of the Elements,
- French Programs
- A-Level Maths/Stats
- Investigating Radioactive Sources
- Control Simulations
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06/03/2023 |
Latest additions include:
- The Paraffin File, BP, an Economics simulation based on the
international oil market. Kindly provided from an Herefordshire County
Council MDFS Server being restored by StarDot member fermit.
- Flowchart Generator, from Garland, make flowcharts from simple
BASIC programs. Kindly provided by StarDot member iledoffard.
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26/02/2023 |
Latest additions include:
- Calligraphy, from Redwood Publishing Ltd, software to print text
in a range of high quality fonts and a ROM that shows a range of
different on-screen fonts; thanks to StarDot members Iggypop and
Billcarr2005 for the software.
- Animal Vegetable Mineral game, from BES;thanks to StarDot member Diminished for the tape image,
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25/02/2023 |
The latest additions include;
- Function Graph Plotter, from SCDS and ITMA, a graph plotter
program.
This marks a massive milestone in the Archive's activities. All physical
discs and all virtual disc images hosted by the Archive have been examined for
new material and the cupboard is bare! The Archive now needs to start hunting
for more educational titles to preserve. There are still thousands to 'discover'
but they are hard to find. HELP IS NEEDED, PLEASE.
Please contact us via the Contact page to offer any materials you have. |
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18/02/2023 |
The latest additions include;
- Coastal Map Reading, from Soft-Teach Educational,
- General Map Reading, also from Soft-Teach Educational,
- Electric Fields, from BBCSoft,
- Ultracalc 2 Utilities added to the Oddments --> Applications
section,
- Russian Language and People, from BBCSoft,
- Modern Language Characters, a SEMERC publication.
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13/02/2023 |
The latest additions include;
- Net Utilities from Akademias, software and information to help
set up their software on L2 and L3 Econet,
- Creative Sound on the BBC Microcomputer Model B discs to
accompany the book,
- The Micro User Magazine Disc for December 1988, in the Oddments
-> Magazines section,
- Another Music disc, Music 19, a collection of themes including
Starwars,
- The Master Emulation ROM from Dabs Press added to the ROMS
section, make a BBC micro into a Master, without documentation it is unsure
whether/how this works,
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08/02/2023 |
Continuing to look through the hundreds of floppy discs at the Archive, the latest additions include;
- Intermediate Model Computer 1, based on the model in Computer
Science by Peter Bishop,
- British Isles Quiz, from Computer Market, a quiz on naming places
on a map,
- Town Test, from Silverlind, a quiz on naming towns on a map,
- LOGO Extensions and Examples, from Acornsoft,
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04/02/2023 |
The latest additions to the Archive include;
- An update to Angle Turner - thanks to Dave Edwards, webmaster of
https://www.everygamegoing.com , for providing the documentation and
correct publisher attribution,
- Tracer-3 a very simple card index database from Woodsoft,
- Data Handling Package, an amateur simple card file database,
- Text Shape System, a text processor form Disc User magazine,
- Deadline!, a newspaper creation package from Granada.
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01/02/2023 |
The latest additions to the Archive include;
- Junior Maths 1 and 2, from EaroSoft. A two disc collection of
maths programs for children aged 7 - 11
- Music Synths, a collection of music files, sythesisers and a
Morse Code Tutor from Ashby School, added to the Oddments -> Music section,
- Adventure Into BasicB, from John Wiley; a collection of BBC BASIC
adventure games and utilities.
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20/01/2023 |
The latest additions to the Archive include;
- Wordsearcher (A218), a compilation disc of literacy and numeracy
programs from Ashby School,
- Ices (Disc T1), a compilation of numeracy programs and games from
Ashby School,
- Compute-A-Tale, a Wordwise Plus application that writes
personalised and random stories, from Ashby School,
- AQA GCSE Computer Science controlled assessment scenarios; these
are solutions to the controlled assessment tests from the AQA GCSE Computer
Science examinations for the years 2014 to 2017 written in BBC BASIC on a
BBC Master.
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04/01/2023 |
Happy New Year everyone.
A recent acquitistion, Wagon's West, from Tressell Publications is a wagon train simulation.
There are still more discs to examine for missing treasures. Watch this space! |
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The Ethanol Question
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BP (British Petroleum Educational Service)
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ARCHIVE STATS |
3918 programs
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1666 packages
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370 publishers
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GENRE STATS |
Administration 50
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Adventure 95
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Art 49
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Biology 147
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Business 56
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Chemistry 202
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Classics 1
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Computer Science 242
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Design and Technology 55
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Economics 19
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Electronics 13
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English 67
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French 31
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Gardening 2
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General Purpose 172
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Geography 129
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German 17
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History 45
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Literacy 479
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Mathematics 1228
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Modern Foreign Languages 10
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Music 44
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Navigation 1
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Office Skills 4
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Personal and Social Education 30
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Physical Education 6
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Physics 140
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Problem solving 132
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Science 56
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Sociology 1
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Special Needs 291
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Training 4
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