This list uses a lot of material by David Harrison, http://www.davidharrison.org/microbib.html of which I took the magazine article listings, reorganised them and started adding material. BBC micro: Magazine articles in general electronics/computing magazines: ======================================================================== ======================================================================== Computing today: ---------------- - Computing today vol.5 no.2 april 1983: . p.25-28 (Software: BBC micro arcade game) "Froglet", Simon T. Ainsworth Game listing (for a Frogger type game) . p.38-41 (Software: Extensions to the valley) "Valley variations". extensions/changes to the adventure game published in april 1982, including changes for the BBC micro. - Computing today vol.5 no.4 june 1983: . p.6 (News: General products: Consumer news) "Bug bytes": Mentions the problems with the froglet listing in particular for OS 1.00/1.20. Also a fix for a problem in a listing in another Argus magazine, "Personal software" spring 1983... . p.52 (Opinions: Reader's letters) "Printout": Letter on using indirection operators. . p.67 (Software: Modifications for froglet) "Updating froglet", Henry Budgett ======================================================================== Personal computing today: ------------------------- - Personal computing today vol.2 no.1 august 1983: . p.78-81 (BBC: Software) "Character building" Program listing to create used defined characters for use in other programs. ======================================================================== Personal software: ------------------ - Personal software summer 1982 (vol.1 no.1) FILL IN - Personal software spring 1983 (vol.1 no.4) FILL IN - Personal software winter 1984 (vol.3 no.3), "Getting to grips with graphics": . p.12-13 "Speedy graphics. Use this invaluable set of routines for the BBC B in you own programs to monitor and manipulate graphics at faster than normal speeds", Brian Clarke [ fast character plotting ] . p.16-17 "Colourful chrs. Learn how to use at least some of the 16 available colours when defining characters in MODE 2 on the BBC B.", G.W.Galagher [ mulicoloured character plotting ] . p.22-23 "Graphics animation. take the first steps in animating graphics on the BBC or Electron", Fouad Katan . p.26-33 "Turte talk 1. What are turtle graphics? We take the shell off the subject in the first part of a two part program for the BBC B and the Electron", Tony Self . p.53-57 "Sketchpad. This useful program for the BBC and the Electron turns your micro into a powerful drawing machine", P.Kenworthy . p.58-68 "The art of islam. Use your computer in place of ruler and compass to create intricate geometric patterns on the BBC or Apple", G.W.Galagher . p.72-79 "Turtle talk 2. The second part of our in-depth look at turtle graphics for the BBC B and Electron", Tony Self . p.80-84 "Android antics. A fast arcade quality game which uses the graphics capabilities of the BBC B and the Electron to the full. Get that robot roving!", P. Scott ======================================================================== Computing age: -------------- - Computing age oct 1985: . p.42-44 "BBC EPROM blower", Brian Alderwick & Peter Simpson . p.66 "View file transfer", Robert Jamieson [ Transfer View files to CP/M files ] ======================================================================== Electronics and computing monthly: ---------------------------------- - Alderwick, Brian V., and Peter W. G. Simpson. "BBC printer buffer." Electronics and computing monthly, January 1985 pp.42-45 + February 1985 pp.30-32. 2 parts. Article and machine code listing. Turns a bank of sideways RAM into a printer buffer. - Alderwick, Brian V., and Peter W. G. Simpson. "Improve your VIEW." Electronics and computing monthly, Part 1: July 1984. pp.58-61; Part 2: August 1984. pp.62-64. Amending the VIEW word processor with alternate printer drivers etc. Publication of the assembly language routine in part 2 prevented by Acornsoft on grounds of copyright (they were due to bring out their own printer driver generator shortly after the publication of the magazine). - Alderwick, Brian V., and Peter W. G. Simpson. "Memex." Electronics and computing monthly, Part 1: May 1984. pp.16-18; Part 2: August 1984. pp.44-45. Constructional article. Adding 20K RAM to a BBC Model B. Part 2 states that Cambridge Computer Consultants had blocked the publication of the remainder of the article, as it would infringe upon patents they had applied for relating to their Aries board. The second part consequently describes how Aries software can be used with the hardware previously described. - Allen, Dr. A. R. "The BBC Micro and the Light Fantastic: Optical Interference Patterns Displayed using the BBC Micro." Electronics and computing monthly, May 1983. pp.34-36. With a circuit and software listing. - Allen, Alastair. "The BBC Micro as a Chart Recorder." Electronics and computing monthly, February 1983. pp.34-36. - Beverley, Paul. "Automatic Measurement of Resonance in an Air Column." Electronics and computing monthly, January 1983. pp.14-16. With a circuit diagram and a listing. - Beverley, Paul. "BBC Interfacing Techniques: The Operation of Shift Registers." Electronics and computing monthly, October 1984. pp.38-40. - Beverley, Paul. "The BBC Micro and Fourier Synthesis." Electronics and computing monthly, May 1983. pp.28-30. With a listing. - Beverley, Paul. "The BBC Micro as an Event Timer." Electronics and computing monthly, March 1983. pp.23-25. - Beverley, Paul. "Counting & Timing." Electronics and computing monthly, August 1982. pp.57-60. 6522 features. - Beverley, Paul. "Counting Micro Seconds." Electronics and computing monthly, August 1984. pp.28-30. Using the 16-bit counter/timers of the 6522 VIA. - Beverley, Paul. "Frequency Measurement." Electronics and computing monthly, October 1982. pp.68-71. Using the 6522 VIA as an auto-ranging frequency meter, 8Hz-480kHz, with a circuit for an interface taking a signal between 1 mV and 10V and converting it to a square wave pulse with TTL voltage levels to apply directly to the VIA. - Beverley, Paul. "High Speed Beeb Interface." Electronics and computing monthly, January 1985. pp.64-65. Series. Software to use enhanced ports with modifications to allow the frequency meter program from Electronics and computing monthly, September 1984 work with the higher speed interface. - Beverley, Paul. "High Speed I/O." Electronics and computing monthly, December 1984. pp.16-18. Interface the BBC Micro using the full 2MHz clock speed of the 6502 CPU. - Beverley, Paul. "Interfacing the BBC Micro. Part 1." Electronics and computing monthly, May 1982. pp.14-16. Series. Details of the BBC's ports. - Beverley, Paul. "Interfacing the BBC Micro. Part 3. Simple Digital Input-Output." Electronics and computing monthly, July 1982. pp.44-46. Series. - Beverley, Paul. "Keeping Track of Slot Car Racers." Electronics and computing monthly, February 1985. pp.34-36. Constructional article with software. Timing slot car races. - Beverley, Paul. "Revealing the BBC Micros Built-In Modem." Electronics and computing monthly, May 1985. pp.34-36. Using the cassette and RS423 ports for basic modem functionality. - Beverley, Paul. "The Versatile VIA." Electronics and computing monthly, July 1984. pp.51-54. Part of a series. The counter-timers. - Beverley, Paul. "Waveform Synthesis." Electronics and computing monthly, September 1982. pp.44-48, 63. Generating waveforms. With circuits and listings. - Cant, Chris. "Printspooler." Electronics and computing monthly, March 1984. pp.46-48; April 1984. pp.47-48. Machine code listing. Background printing with parallel-port printers. - Denning, Adam. "BBC Random Access." Electronics and computing monthly, January 1985. pp.54-55. Series. Random access filing on the BBC. - Denning, Adam. "BCPL on the BBC Micro." Electronics and computing monthly, March 1984. pp.30-32. Review of the Acornsoft package. - Denning, Adam. "Graphics Designer." Electronics and computing monthly, April 1984. pp.28-31; Letter with corrections: May 1984. p.13. Listing. Viewdata (Mode 7) page designer. Denning was the technical and software editor of the Micronet 800 service on PRESTEL. - Denning, Adam. "Making the Right Connections." Electronics and computing monthly, February 1985. pp.24-26. Constructional article. Networking a Sinclair ZX Spectrum with Interface 1, Sinclair QL and BBC Micro using serial connections. - Denning, Adam. "PASCAL in Practice." Electronics and computing monthly, December 1984. pp.56-57. Acornsoft S-PASCAL for the BBC Micro and Computer One PASCAL for the Sinclair QL examined. - Denning, Adam. "Random Access." Electronics and computing monthly, July 1984. pp.80-81. Random access files on disk systems. - Fojut, Vincent. "6502 Microcontroller." Electronics and computing monthly, July 1984. pp.24-25. Review of the Nikram 65C02 controller. - Furminger, Michael. "BBC Weather Satellite Display." Electronics and computing monthly, July 1983. pp.20-25. Constructional article. Designed to work with a modified Ambit NBFM kit 96640 receiver and crossed dipole to retrieve NOAA6 and NOAA7 weather satellite images on 137 MHz. - Green, Andy. "Breaking the Price Barrier - The £40 Modem." Electronics and computing monthly, February 1985. pp.15-18. Constructional article. Adapting the second-hand Display Electronics 2B modem to work with the BBC Micro. - Green, Andy. "Speedy BBC EPROM Blower." Electronics and computing monthly, January 1985. pp.17-20; February 1985. pp.52-53. Constructional article. 2 parts. Circuit diagram, PCB layout, and software. Generates a 21v programming pulse from the BBC's 5v rail. Programs 2764 and 27128 chips. The parts list contains many errors. The values shown on the circuit diagram are correct. - Green, David. "The Ikon HOBBIT." Electronics and computing monthly, June 1983. pp.52-53. Review. - James, Mike. "Battle of the Second Processors." Electronics and computing monthly, Part 1: March 1984. pp.18-20. - James, Mike. "The BBC Assembler." Electronics and computing monthly, August 1983. pp.21-24. The BBC's built-in assembler and how to use it. - James, Mike. "The BBC MOS." Electronics and computing monthly, December 1983. pp.50-52. How it works. - James, Mike. "Beeb Upgrading: Unicorn Second Processor." Electronics and computing monthly, November 1984. pp.50-51. Review of the Torch Unicorn system for running Unix on a 68000 second processor with 256K RAM. - James, Mike. "The Diagram Diagnosed." Electronics and computing monthly, Part 2: May 1985. p.58. 2 parts. Description of the BBC Micro's circuit diagram. - Jones, Terry. "BBC Memory Expansion." Electronics and computing monthly, Decembr 1984. pp.66-67. Comparison of the Raven Expansion Board and the Watford Memory Expansion System. - Kirsch, Robert. "Motherboard for the BBC Micro." Electronics: The Maplin Magazine Vol. 3, No. 11. June-August 1984. pp.27-28, 53. Constructional article. - Knaggs, David. "Experimental Science with the BBC Micro." Electronics and computing monthly, Part 2: February 1984. pp.72-74. 2 parts. - Landsberg, Dr. B. M. "Extending the BBC's Sound Command - What the Manual Doesn't Tell You." Electronics and computing monthly, February 1983. pp.23-25. - Miller, Peter. "Tapping 'Phones with Beasty." Electronics and computing monthly, May 1984. Your Robot Supplement. p.11. Using the Commotion Beasty to dial a phone number. - Oakey, Steve. "Skywave's Multi-FORTH." Electronics and computing monthly, January 1985. pp.33-34. Review. - Owen, William. "Ultradrive." Electronics and computing monthly, August 1984. p.27. Review of the Ikon Ultradrive. Looped microcassette tape drive. About 35K per loop. - Parker, Tim. "16K Sideways RAM." Electronic Projects Book 1. Wimborne, Dorset: Wimborne Publishing with Magenta Electronics, 1989. pp.28-30. Uses two 6264 8K SRAM chips. Installs into a spare ROM socket inside the BBC Micro. Allows you to develop software in RAM before blowing it into an EPROM. - Penfold, Robert A. "BBC Sequencer Interface." Electronics and computing monthly, Part 1 (hardware): July 1983. pp.53-56; Part 2 (software): August 1983. p.50. Allows the BBC Micro to control any synthesiser with a standard one volt per octave control voltage input, plus a 5 volt positive gate/trigger input (eg. the SCI Pro One). Uses a ZN4267E D/A converter. - Penfold, Robert A. "Lie Detector Interface." Electronics and computing monthly, November 1983. pp.19-22. Constructional article. Uses a VA10665 thermistor to detect a drop in temperature in the fingers, supposedly indicative of stress (due to reduced blood circulation to the extremities). - Pickard, Alan. "Practical Robotics Techniques. Part 1: An Introduction to Control by Experiment." Electronics: The Maplin Magazine Vol. 10, No. 42. February-March 1991. pp.16-18. Primarily based around the BBC Micro. - Pilkington, J. "DIY Plotter." Electronics and computing monthly, Part 1: May 1985. pp.56-57. Constructional article. At least 2 parts. - "RAM in Your ROM Socket." Electronics and computing monthly, March 1984. pp.56-58. Instructions and software to use a 6116 2K CMOS RAM chip in the BBC's sideways ROM area. - Sargeant, Richard. "Shape Cutter." Electronics and computing monthly, January 1985. pp.76-77. Constructional article. Using the Commotion Beasty to cut shapes with a hot wire. - Simpson, Peter, and Brian Alderwick. "EPROM Programmer for the BBC Micro." Electronics and computing monthly, Part 1: October 1983. pp.25-28; Part 2: November 1983. pp.37-40. Constructional article with software. Burns 8K 2764 and 16K 27128 EPROMs. - Simpson, Peter, and Brian Alderwick. "Paged ROM for the BBC Micro." Electronics and computing monthly, Part 1: February 1984. pp.16-19; Part 2: March 1984. pp.66-68. Constructional article. Extension board with seven additional ROM sockets. PCB foil layout, circuit diagram, and software. - Simpson, Peter, and Brian Alderwick. "Sideways RAM Board for the BBC Micro." Electronics and computing monthly, December 1983. pp.18-20. Constructional article. Uses one to eight 6116 chips. Includes a PCB foil pattern. See letter from Peter Simpson in the March 1984 issue, p.69, noting a minor fix for some RAM chips. - Stuart, Mark. "Speech Synthesiser for the BBC Micro." Electronics and computing monthly, February 1984. pp.60-63; March 1984. p.34. Constructional article. Includes a PCB foil pattern. Uses the SPO256-AL2. Includes an optional on-board EPROM. Kit supplied by Magenta Electronics. - Tye, R. G. "BBC Digitiser." Electronics and computing monthly, Part 1: August 1983. pp.39-41. Constructional article. - "VIEW Printer Driver Generator." Electronics and computing monthly, August 1984. p.64. Review of Acornsoft's disk/cassette addition to their ROM-based word processor, which was originally released with limited printer support. - Walker, John, and J. Whetton. "Datapad." Electronics and computing monthly, December 1984. pp.22-24. Constructional article. A numeric keypad on the BBC Micro. - Williams, Mike. "Increase Your Word Power." Electronics and computing monthly, May 1985. pp.14-15. Listing. Using the concept of the tachistoscope to improve speed reading abilities. - Williams, Mike. "Port Master." Electronics and computing monthly October 1984. pp.16-18. Listing. Using a control interface without configuring the VIA's data direction register. - Williams, Mike. "Simu-LEDs." Electronics and computing monthly, July 1984. pp.20-21. Listing. Visual display of user port operation. - Williams, Mike. "The Volt Viewer." Electronics and computing monthly, August 1984. pp.14-17. Monitor voltages in real-time at the ADC inputs of the BBC Micro. - Yau, John. "Video Printer." Electronics and computing monthly, Part 2: May 1985. pp.38-41. Video digitiser. Series of at least 3 parts. ======================================================================== Which micro? and software review: --------------------------------- May/jun 1982: ? Jun/jul 1982: ? Aug/sep 1982: ? Oct 1982: ? Nov 1982: ? Dec 1982: ? Jan 1983: ? Feb 1983: ? Mar 1983: ? Apr 1983: p.14 "News": "BBC 'B' for CP/M" p.24 "Letters to the editor": BBC acorns p.27 "Problem": CP/M BBC p.59 Software: Robotchase (on flexidisc), Synthesizer (listing) p.66 "Soft release": BBC micro View and wordwise May 1983: ? Jun 1983: p.49 "Acorn angle": OS1.2, Basic 2, 6502 & Z80 second processors, Voice synthesizer, new Acornsoft programs, Box spin (listing) p.68 "Soft release": Medmon (Microtel engineering design) p.69 "Soft release": Logo (Computer concepts) p.76-77 "Which one now?": Guide to buying a computer. Jul 1983: p.18 "BBC micro special" (live TV program 12 oct 1983, from 11.00-12.55) p.21 "News": Communicator (Austin ROver with BBC micro, etc.) p.29 "Letters to the editor": "BBC service" p.31 "Problems": "32 bit BBC", "Polish notation", "BBC add-ons" p.64-65 "Acorn angle": graphics packages such as Grafkey, EDG graphics package, AB designs drawing program. Listing "BBC B tapestry" p.81 "Soft release": "Record changer" (A.J.Vision) p.?? "Soft release": "Adventure 200" (Foilkade) Aug 1983: p.24 "News": "Games pieces" (Shards software) p.31 "Letters to the editor": "BBC query" p.56 "Soft release": Level 9 adventures (Colossal adventure, Advneture quest, Dungeon adventure) p.59 "Soft release": Acornsoft adventures (Philospher's quest, Sphinx adventure, Castle of riddles, Countdown to doom) p.66-67 "Acorn angle": VIEWSHEET, ROM boards, disk drives, Watford DFS, Character generator (listing) Sep 1983: p.23 "News": "More Soft Hits" p.29 "Problems": "Lisp", "BBC upgrade" p.68 "Soft release": View p.73 "Soft release": Wordwise p.75 "Stop press": Number gulper, Number puzzler, Facemaker, Hide & seek, Let's count p.89-91 "Acorn angle": new Acornsoft releases: BCPL, FORTH book, Snooker, Missile base, Hopper, Starship command; Speech system; Better joysticks (than Acorn's) from Clares; Proccube (listing) Oct 1983: p.37 "News": Acorn's formula 3 sponsoring. p.78-79 "Acorn angle", Subjects: various ROMs, View printer drivers, Hobbit tape drive. p.82-85 "Splitting the electron". Review of the Acorn Electron with comparisons with the BBC micro. p.86 "Stop press": Chalksoft's "Pirate". p.113 "Soft release": reviews of "Killer Gorilla", "Android attack". Nov 1983: p.30 "Letters to the editor": "Micronet opn the BBC", "Wordwise on top". p.72-84 "Soft release": Acornsoft's Snooker, Program power's Moonraider, Program power's Danger UXB, BBC soft's White knight Mk.11. p.102-104 "Acorn angle", Subjects: Torch Z80 disc pack, Disc doctor ROM, AB designs drawing program, Replica & the key, Torch light pen, Opus disk drives, Changing filing systems, moving PAGE. Dec 1983: p.36-37 "Letters to the editor": BBC or Electron? p.41 "Problems": "Expert systems", ROM-based WP p.80-83 Snakey (listing, by Shingo Sugiura) p.90-91 "Acorn angle":Teletext adapter/telesoftware, Level9 FORTH, BBC soft software for 'general home use' Jan 1984-Dec 1984: ? ======================================================================== Your computer: -------------- - Andrews, P. "Disc Overlays." Your computer, March 1985. pp.106-108. Listing. Using disk space as paged memory for program modules. - Bowerman, Chris. "BBC Graphics." Your computer, April 1985. pp.90-92. Listing. Graphics in Modes 3, 6, and 7. - Dawson, John. "BBC ADE and BCPL." Your computer, March 1985. pp.85-86. Review of ADE macro assembler from System, Sheffield, and BCPL from Acornsoft. - Dawson, John. "Plotmate Plotting Pen." Your computer, October 1985. pp.75, 77-78. Analysis of the operation of the Plotmate plotter, and of the operation of plotters in general. - Dawson, John. "Robot Kits." Your computer, January 1986. pp.68-69, 71. Review of the Milton Bradley Robotix kits. Includes interfacing information for the BBC Micro. - Dawson, John. "VIEW and SCRIBE." Your computer, February 1985. pp.50-51. Review of the word processors VIEW (Acornsoft) and SCRIBE (Bucon Ltd., Swansea). - Griffejoen, Tom. "Extra Colours." Your computer, February 1985. pp.129-130. Listing. Obtaining 10 colours out of 36 in four colour modes, and 3 out of 36 in two colour modes. Will not work in modes 2 and 5. - Hine, Richard. "Keyboard for Your BBC." Your computer, September 1984. pp.70-72. Construction details and software for a synth-style keyboard. - Hoskins, David. "BBC English." Your computer, January 1986. pp.84-85. Producing speech in software using phonemes. By the author of Speech! (Superior Software). - Naylor, B. A., and D. W. Boyce. "Superfile." Your computer, February 1985. pp.111, 113-114. Listing. Database program. - Sillett, Matthew J. "Picasso's Paintbrush." Your computer, February 1985. pp.130-131. Listing. Drawing program (text originally published in the January issue without the listing). - Woolf, Simon. "Pikchachanja." Your computer, October 1985. pp.84-85. Listing. Animation package morphing shapes in 18 frames. ======================================================================== Personal computer news: ----------------------- - Bancroft, Ralph. "Elite." Personal computer news, No. 82. 13 October 1984. p.47. Review of the Elite game by Ian Bell and David Braben. - King, Richard. "Fire up the Beeb." Personal computer news, No. 67. 30 June 1984. pp.28-29, 33-34. Review of the Torch Unicorn system for running Unix on a 68000 second processor with 256K RAM. ======================================================================== Popular computing weekly: ------------------------- - Batty, Mike. "On the Terraces." Popular computing weekly, Vol. 2, No. 45. 10-16 November 1983. pp.26-27. Part of a series. Listing demonstrating how to create a streetscape. - Gillon, Chester. "File Reader." Popular computing weekly, Vol. 5, No. 19. 8-14 May 1986. p.27. Listing. Universal file reader. - Homer, Andrew. "80 Column View." Popular computing weekly, Vol. 5, No. 18. 1-7 May 1986. p.31. Listing. Print preview in 80 columns for VIEW files. Requires a disc drive. - Noble, Cy. "Play It Again, Sam." Popular computing weekly, Part 3: Vol. 4, No. 47. 21-27 November 1985. p.31. 3 parts. Listing. Music composition on the BBC Model B. - Temple, Jonathan. "Compression." Popular computing weekly, Vol. 5, No. 12. 20-26 March 1986. pp.26-27. Listing. Graphics compression for the BBC Micro and Electron. - Wallin, David. "Become a Sysop with Communitel." Popular computing weekly Vol. 5, No. 20. 15-21 May 1986. p.35. Review of the Communitel BBS software package for the BBC Micro. - Whitehead, Philip. "Music while you work." Popular computing weekly, Vol. 4, No. 10. 7-13 March 1985. pp.38-39. Listing. Producing background music on the BBC Model B. ======================================================================== Everyday electronics: --------------------- - Penfold, Robert A. "Beeb Micro." Everyday electronics, Vol. 19, No. 3. March 1990. pp.200-201. Regular series. Audio output and noise with a circuit diagram of a noise gate. - Penfold, Robert A. "Beeb Micro." Everyday electronics, Vol. 19, No. 4. April 1990. pp.266-267. Regular series. Computers and amateur radio. - Penfold, Robert A. "Beeb Micro." Everyday electronics, Vol. 19, No. 11. November 1990. pp.720-721. Regular series. Includes a program to translate lines typed-in into morse. The final article in the series, which was replaced by the "Interface" column, concentrating on the IBM PC. - Stuart, Mark. "Versatile BBC Computer Interface." Everyday electronics, March 1992. pp.176-179. Constructional article. 8 output lines and 8 programmable input/output lines using the user port and printer port. ======================================================================== Electronics: The Maplin Magazine: --------------------------------- - Pickard, Alan. "Practical Robotics Techniques. Part 1: An Introduction to Control by Experiment." Electronics: The Maplin Magazine Vol. 10, No. 42. February-March 1991. pp.16-18. Primarily based around the BBC Micro. ======================================================================== Varia: ------ - Penfold, Robert A. "BBC MIDI Interface." Electronic Projects Book 1. Wimborne, Dorset: Wimborne Publishing with Magenta Electronics, 1989. pp.109-113. Uses a 6850 ACIA chip. - Stuart, Mark. "Stepping Motors." Electronic Projects Book 1. Wimborne, Dorset: Wimborne Publishing with Magenta Electronics, 1989. pp.45-49. With an SAA1027-based interface circuit and program for the BBC Micro. - Stuart, Ray. "Computer Terminal." Practical electronics I: February 1984. pp.16-21. Constructional article. Based on the Thomson SFF96364 CRTC chip. BBC Micro interface promised for part 2 of the article.