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  Re: Amstrad PPC512 and BBS
  By: Alastair Frankland to Bob Worm on Tue Aug 26 2025 13:34:09

Hi, Alastair.

 > That must be a 5.25" drive on the Beeb?

I have a couple of 5.25" drives for the Beeb but, for sure, the rubber bands
will have perished on those and I don't actually have any 5.25" floppies.

The Acorn A3020 uses 3.5" disks and I've got *loads* of those - sadly most
have been kept in a damp and dusty garage for at least a couple of decades so
I'm seeing mixed results trying to read them!

 > I seem to remember a Ceefax service still runs on that one, dialup as well.
 > But one that is maintained by a devoted fan and not the actual 'BBC'
 > themselves.

It sounds like you might be talking about Nathan Media Services?
nmsceefax.co.uk - that's the closest recreation of Ceefax I've seen. There are
a couple of Viewdata BBSes around, Night Owl is a good one but that's on pause
at the moment. CCL4 is another but I've never actually got around to signing
up on that one. I'm not sure I know one with dial-in, though?

BobW
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