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Re:Fully documented source code for Elite on the BBC Micro by hhas01 on Monday September 28, 2020 @03:02AM (#24613749)
“but I did have the BBC Advanced User Guide”

Heh, I still have mine.

https://www.dataserve-retro.co.uk/contents/en-uk/p92.html

Yeah, assembler killed my early interest too. If only the Beeb’d shipped with Logo instead of BASIC. That I (now) get.

Though for epic covers this one still can’t be beat:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Zx81-Basic-Programming-Sinclair/dp/...

Elite… ahh, memories of misspent 6th-year biology. (Beebs were standard fixtures in 80s UK schools.)

Voltmace joysticks FTW, amirite

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Re:Fully documented source code for Elite on the BBC Micro by Angostura on Monday September 28, 2020 @04:15AM (#24614236)
That ZX81 manual was a great book. Just seeing the cover made my heart beat a little faster.
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Re:Fully documented source code for Elite on the BBC Micro by 082349872349872 on Monday September 28, 2020 @08:34AM (#24615937)
a different book (1983): https://flashbak.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/bad-book-cov...
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