If you like old computers, and wasting time on YouTube, be sure to check out “Strings and Things”, episode 3 of Making the Most of the Micro, from 1983.
Look out for:-
- “Authoress” Frances Howard-Gordon’s ability to spell being called into question on national TV
- Gratuitous abuse of the MID$ function
- Word processing, BBC Micro style, with View and a quality printer.
- Grudging acknowledgment of Sinclair, with a ZX Printer spewing out some curly till receipts.
- A defunct supermarket chain
- A Hitchhikers Guide cameo
- Subtle mockery of old-fashioned people who play Patience with real cards
- Ian Trackman getting very indignant about some badly-crafted BBC BASIC. “Look at this! It didn’t even clear the screen!”
Marvellous stuff. It turns out that nostalgia is exactly what it used to be.