The BBC model is the finest home computer on the market, but for some strange reason it lacks a partial renumbering command such as is found on some cheaper computers - e.g. Dragon 32 and one or two others. If you are writing programs for profit or amusement this can be a nuisance, hence the following.

This program for the BBC model B tests children's knowledge of the alphabet, and gives experience of using the keyboard.

It is well known that the Break key can be partially disabled on the BBC computer by the *Key 10 command. In this short routine I present a possible solution to the problem of Control / Break being used to stop a running Basic program.

A speed-based typing game for the BBC Micro

This program has been designed to help teach or revise Morse code. The exercises used in the program were devised by a student of seamanship and provide an effective way of learning Morse.

Connect 4 for the BBC Micro

This program is a very simple introduction to a few simple commands in the language called Logo. The program has been designed in such a way that it is fairly easy to add your own commands at leisure. The present commands are only the tip of the Logo iceberg, but they clearly show what a simple program can do.

A space invaders like game

For our Arcade issue, what better than a machine code implementation of the classic game Light Cycles on the BBC B?

The program will produce a smooth-scrolling window on a Mode 4 screen