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  Re: Re: age required for classic
  By: Sean Dennis to Bob Worm on Tue Apr 08 2025 19:02:45

Hi, Sean.

 > Thanks for sharing your love of Acorns.  I do know that the British pop
 > group  Erasure still use a BBC computer
 > in their recording studio.

That's interesting, I didn't know that (about the computer or that Erasure
were still recording!). I wonder if they have one of the early editions? At
first the BBC insisted on linear power supplies to keep interference down in
the studios, however as you can imagine they got quite hot and were soon
replaced by switched mode. I gather the emissions from the Beebs, particularly
with switched mode supplies, are pretty spicy. They looked at what would be
required to get it through FCC so it could be sold in the US and apparently
gave up at that point :)

BobW
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