So I see someone has put up a new video about Microbee on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idt-g_UQbqw

As an ex-staffer at Microbee (1983-85) I can endorse that it's generally correct. I might re-watch it and make some notes on some minor quibbles.

In recent years when I look back I'm generally amazed that we sold them as much as we did, considering that the IBM PC was launched in 1981. So still selling only 8-bit computers in 1985 was pushing their luck.
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Australia's Greatest Computer? The MicroBee Story

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Australia's Greatest Computer? The MicroBee Story

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Hi @declan . Just been to the market. Not sure if we met. It was fascinating and fun to see the old retro machines. Very excited to meet Ewan of #microbee fame, and his new kits under development. Would love to get one of those when ready. Had a lot of cool chats with stall holders about their machines and see the passion to keep the computing dream alive. #retrocomputing
Check out this stunning (and filthy) piece of 1980s tech. It’s a #Microbee #VintageComputer!
This is one of my fave coffee cups - with the Microbee logo. The Microbee was the Aussie designed/built computer that I made the original Halloween Harry on back in 1985! #IndieDev #IndieGames #RetroGames #Microbee
A few years ago I did a little prototype to see how the original Microbee version of Halloween Harry would look on an Arduboy. This is that result 😀 #IndieGame #Arduboy #IndieDev #Microbee
I found the original Halloween Harry code I wrote in 1984, inspired by Ghostbusters, and published in 1985 on cassette tape. It was created in Microworld Basic (with some assembler) for the Microbee computer, an Aussie computer also sold in Sweden. #Microbee #IndieDev

@atomicpoet Here's an interview with the MicroBee's co-designer, Owen Hill: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mp52Gb3aDs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOiFi2HejiQ

And here's Space Invaders on the MicroBee (in colour): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY-5knLy3N4

One of the more interesting things about it is it used static RAM rather than DRAM (like many other machines of the era).

So if you accidentally unplugged the power, you wouldn't lose your work.

#RetroComputing #RetroComputer #RettoGames #MicroBee

Microbee - The Australian Educational Computer of the 80s

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