<p>For Christmas 2018 Santa – well, Mrs mcnalu – gave me a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Micro">BBC Model B</a> which was my first computer back in the early 1980s. This request was heavily implied in <a href="https://tuxjam.otherside.network/?p=382">TuxJam 70 - Gift for Geeks</a>.</p>
<p>I can highly <a href="https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/retrofix-uk?_trksid=p2047675.l2559">recommend the seller</a> who, as you will hear, was extremely helpful when this 36 year old bundle of 8 bit loveliness became very poorly on Boxing Day. It came with a Turbo MMC installed and you can see it in action on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FunVINQS0Rw">another BBC Model B in this video</a>.</p>
<p>The noise you hear at the start - the beeeeee BEEP - is the sound of me turning on the BBC. I mention in the show that mode 0 of the Beeb, as it is affectionately known, has 80 columns and 40 rows. This isn’t quite right, there are only 32 rows in mode 0.</p>
