BBC Micro Bot

xr.bbcmic.ro v1 is now out! It's a free immersive sim of the 8-bit BBC Micro you can play in your Meta Quest 3 or (hopefully!) Apple Vision Pro browser 👾🕹️ #webXR @threejs @MetaQuestVR #AppleVisonPro #retrocomputing

@0xC0DE6502 @idesine @Antmerker @electron_greg @acornproton It's perfect, but it's missing the keycap print!

@idesine @Antmerker @electron_greg @ElectronForever @acornproton Yep, lovely 3d model! 😍

Fantastic new renders of the Acorn Electron by @Antmerker in new book Acorn – A World in Pixels. @Antmerker created accurate 3D models that allowed us to showcase the hardware in the book. #acornelectron #electron #acorn @electron_greg

@DagfinnDybvig It's over here @bbcmicrobot" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">mastodon.me.uk/@bbcmicrobot, @DagfinnDybvig

@bbcmicrobot 10 PRINT "HELLO BBC MICRO"

TIL: DROP & RUN uses the same friendly font as the BBC Micro keyboard. HT @mwichary / shifthappens.site

@XorDev 🙋‍♂️

How many of you are bots?

BBC BASIC was available for the Acorn Atom. The upgrade was a ROM module that contained a 16KROM with BASIC and a 4KMOS ROM to handle the relevant OS calls. It cost a very reasonable £49.95.

High quality conversation on this app

Zarch demonstrates what could be achieved with an 8MHz ARM 2 CPU in 1988. Running on an Archimedes using a 256 colour video mode and NO GPU or graphics accelerator, pure CPU brute force. Written entirely in ARM assembler, not BASIC as incorrectly reported in some articles/media.

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One toot of BBC BASIC 🤯. Amazing. Visit the decentralized mammoth site for more bbcmic.ro/?t=8K73T

Playing games on a mixed-reality retro computer simulation built with threejs 🤓

Tested out some arcade games. Looks pretty realistic in the headset - I love that this is all web based! #threejs #WebXR #MetaQuest3

Just got my Quest 3 and am porting virtual.bbcmic.ro to mixed reality!! Still more to do but it's looking pretty sweet. #threejs #WebXR #MetaQuest3

BASIC. When the flick of a switch and a simple prompt felt like the world was at your fingertips. But maybe just a quick game of something first.

So far I have only implemented PLOT code 69 - pixel plotting. Nice.

BBC Micro style graphics for web 👾 WebVDU is an experimental JavaScript graphics library based on BBC Micro VDU drivers bbcmicrobot.com/webVDU/index.h…

Launching a personal project: QX82, a tiny Javascript engine for retro games and experiences, inspired a bit by the ZXSpectrum look and feel and QBASIC programming. Free and completely open-source (MIT licensed). More info: btco.github.io/qx82

@btco_code This is awesome! I made a start on a BBC Micro version if anyone is interested :D x.com/bbcmicrobot/st…