I have received this list of items for sale from Bob Martin. He does not want
me to publish his address. If you are interested in any of the items below,
please send your enquiry to me at 8BS, please include a stamp so that I can
then write to Bob with your enquiry.
Bob did ask me to put prices on the items, but I did not feel that I could do
this. Use the 8BS advert as a guide to the sort of prices you should offer.
When writing to me in response to this advert, please remind me that it is the
Bob Martin advert.
BBC/TORCH COMPUTER ITEMS
HARDWARE
1.Acorn BBC "B" Computer 01-ANB03-502370 little used in perfect
condition in original packing box. (With complete set of
literature listed below).DFS 0.9, OS 1.2.
2.TORCH Z80 (ZEP100) extension processor chips installed in
Item 1. (Computer may be used as BBC"B"
or as CP/M Z80) View A2-1 stored "C-mode" (With complete set
of literature listed below)
3.Philips 12" monitor 80 (green anti-glare treated screen), 20
MHz video bandwidth, 80 characters/line, 25 lines 2000
character display, complete with instruction book BM7502/05 in
original box, with video connector BNC/phono lead, all in new
condition.
4.Two separate Cumana 5.25" 40/80 track switchable mains
powered disk drives CS400 for BBC computer with mains cables.
One little used, second unused apart from testing and in
original box. Complete with "Cumana Disk Drive Guide 5".
5.(a) Flat ribbon connector for joining Items 1 and 4 above.
(b) BBC - Centronics flat ribbon printer connector cables, two.
(c) DIN 180 degree - DIN 360 degree 5-pin connector, grey, for
Item 8
(d) DIN 7-pi - DIN 7-pin connector, black. Cassette connector.
(e) BNC/Phono connector, RF video from computer to
monitor.(Packed with monitor)
(f) Multi-pin McMurdo plug to 5-pin 180 degree DIN for
connecting Item 8 to typewriter.
6.Two Acorn Data Recorders (cassette system) ALF03, complete
with data cable and mains power unit. One in new condition,
second unused in original box.
7. RS232 to Praxis electric daisywheel typewriter interface
electronics in metal box. (Wireless World August 1983
refers) with copy of article giving data
8.Shinwa CP80 dot matrix printer, little used in original box
with handbook and some spare ribbons.
LITERATURE
9. Assorted literature as follows:-
TORCH Computers "Programmers Guide"
TORCH Computers "BBC Basic"
TORCH "Installation Guide ZEP100" - Z80 extension processor
TORCH "User Guide Version 1"
TORCH "Perfect Writer" Corresponding software program disks listed
TORCH "Perfect Calc")below
TORCH "Perfect Speller"
TORCH "Perfect Filer"
TORCH "Perfect Software Notes"
"An introduction to CP/M" by R.A.Penfold
"BBC User Guide" by John Coll and David Allen
"30-hour BASIC" - BBC Standard edition National Extension College
"BBC Microcomputer Disk Companion" by Tony Latham
BBC Micro - "Advanced user guide" Bray, Dickens and Holmes
BBC Master Guides - "Mastering Assembly Code" Richard Vialls
Gemini Manual and User Guide for "Database".
Acornsoft "View Printer Driver Generator for BBC Model "B""
(see also under software)
"Graphs and Charts on the BBC Microprocessor" Robert D. Harding
"DAP2" - A data analysis program for the BBC Micro (see also
under software).
"Masterfile II" disc version by Sheridan Williams (see also
under software)
"Analyser II"
"Fontwise" Font Editor
"GRPSTAT" Statistical analysis
Analyser I literature
SOFTWARE
10.5.25" disks Note: in many cases the corresponding literature
exists, see above.
2 lockable disk filing boxes with keys, two disk boxes - empty.
Individual disks as follows:-
DAP2 (Data analysis program, plotting, correlation, statistics)
Analyser II, No 1 Systems Huntingdon electronic circuit AC analysis program
Masterfile II
Fontwise +
Fontwise Editor
Biosoft GRPSTAT (Statistical analysis)
BBC Disk formatter
Cumana BBC Disk formatter
"DDD-Base", "DDD-Plot","DDD-Calc"
5 spare new disks loose
Two sealed boxes of new disks, unopened
Box containing 10 new disks and 8-bit software pool number BUG 7-4, original
and copy (for temperature data logging).
Cassettes.
Memcal 1 & 2
GRPSTAT (Biosoft Group Statistics)
DAP1 Data analysis package
RUNSIL, RUN2 (Acorn User Sept. '85) believed submarine game
HOME FINANCE, Heating, Rentbuy, Borrow
UTILITIES INIT COLOURS, BEEBDISASS, REDEFINE
MAZE (Acorn user Sept. 1986)
DEFCHR, SORTM/C, REDEFINE
ANALYSR (2 copies)
DAP1 Data Analysis Package
BBC DFS Disks
1 blank formatted
DFS Masterfile II BBC Basic 003
Memcal I, Memcal II, Borrow, Rentbuy, Runsil, Printer driver etc. disk 012
DAP2 Data analysis 013
Gemini BBC 80 database 005
DDD-calc
DDD-base
DDD-plot bbc basic
Easy PC demonstrator
Analyser II
Fontwise Plus 017b
Fontwise Editor 017
Fontwise Demo 009
Analyser II 014
Analysr Fast Fourier Freanal (Wireless World December 1985)
Acornsoft Graphs and Charts, Gemini Beebplot 000
BBC Format BBC Printer Driver
Printer driver for VIEW - Canon (Acorn User June/July 1985) 010
Driver (Acorn User 1985) Shinwa, Viewsuite (Acorn User Sept.'85)
{for driving Shinwa printer in "View"} 011
BBC DFS Microaid utilities 001
Acornsoft Printer Driver Generator for View, Shinwa printer driver (Acorn User
June 1985)
13 blank disks some of which are formatted others unused
TORCH Z80
Perfect Calc V1.12
Perfect Filer V1.12
Torch Standard Utilities V2.0
Torch BBC Basic (Z80)
Torch Perfect Writer V 1.12
Perfect Writer, Perfect Speller (Vanilla)
----ditto---- Copy 1 unmodified master
Torch Epson.DOC, Torch Epson.Com - Screen dump for FX-80
PRICE
Mr. C. J. Richardson please insert from your experience what
is a fair and reasonable price for the above lot.
All items to be sold as one lot, buyer collects by arrangement
from Guildford
Date 05/12/95