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Re:BBC Micro at 40: How it inspired a generation of coders [... by zepto on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @10:52AM (#26251224)
Don’t forget to change *PROT to *PR0T in the teachers !BOOT file.
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Re:BBC Micro at 40: How it inspired a generation of coders [... by uncledave on Wednesday February 24, 2021 @11:17AM (#26251572)
I vaguely remember editing one of the boot files so it'd start up and display a fake > prompt. This was then used to print out an insult. Also because everyone just hit break you could set it with a *KEY0 command to just run the program and insult them some more. I remember getting in trouble more than exactly what I did - was a long time ago now! :)
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