https://beta.ncot.uk/tags/bbc-micro/ Recent content in BBC Micro on [BETA] NCoT Tech Hugo en-gb Fri, 23 Oct 2026 13:56:58 +0100 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/your-cpu-cant-tell-code-from-data---inside-the-von-neumann-architecture/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 19:11:41 +0100 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/your-cpu-cant-tell-code-from-data---inside-the-von-neumann-architecture/ This video explains the Von Neumann architecture and demonstrates, with real BBC BASIC and C code, how computers fundamentally cannot tell the difference between data and executable instructions. #BBCMicro #AssemblyLanguage #CProgramming #BASICProgramming https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/programming-windows-screensavers-agon-light-graphics-programming/ Fri, 26 Apr 2024 22:30:02 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/programming-windows-screensavers-agon-light-graphics-programming/ My aim is not to simply program the Agon Light by cloning the Windows 3.11 screensavers, but to learn how to program the Agon Light at all. Ultimately I want to learn how to program games for the Agon Light. #AgonLight #BBCMicro #RetroComputing #Graphics https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/forth-better-than-basic/ Mon, 16 Oct 2023 19:33:40 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/forth-better-than-basic/ Let’s look at FORTH, the obscure stack based programming language that nobody seems to use. Or do they? #AgonLight #BBCMicro #Z80 #BASICProgramming https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/sinclair-basic-vs-bbc-basic-how-to-fit-an-entire-devkit-inside-64k/ Sun, 01 Oct 2023 19:19:12 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/sinclair-basic-vs-bbc-basic-how-to-fit-an-entire-devkit-inside-64k/ Just how did 8 bit computers like the ZX Spectrum or BBC Micro manage to cram an entire programming language into their tiny systems, and still have space for the user’s programs? #BBCMicro #ZXSpectrum #AssemblyLanguage #BASICProgramming https://beta.ncot.uk/blog-posts/chat-gpt-pretending-to-be-a-bbc-micro/ Mon, 13 Feb 2023 14:41:00 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/blog-posts/chat-gpt-pretending-to-be-a-bbc-micro/ There’s a few of these types of video floating around YouTube at the moment. I figured I’d join in and have a play. Can I tell ChatGPT to pretend to be a BBC Micro? #BBCMicro #RetroComputing #AI https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/bbc-basic-in-riscos-on-a-raspberry-pi-is-really-cool/ Sun, 12 Feb 2023 16:27:10 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/bbc-basic-in-riscos-on-a-raspberry-pi-is-really-cool/ Picture the modern world, but without Windows, PCs or Apple. What would be on your desk? #BBCMicro #RaspberryPi #BASICProgramming #RetroComputing https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/logo-and-mindstorms-learning-how-to-program/ Wed, 11 Aug 2021 09:07:33 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/logo-and-mindstorms-learning-how-to-program/ So how exactly do you learn programming? There’s more to it than just typing in code listings after all. Let’s find out using LOGO on my BBC! #BBCMicro #RetroComputing #Programming https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/bbc-micro-mega-upgrade/ Sat, 24 Oct 2020 20:19:41 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/bbc-micro-mega-upgrade/ Upgrading my BBC Micro to use a Gotek floppy emulator, 1770 disk controller and a Raspberry Pi co-processor. #BBCMicro #MSDOS #RaspberryPi #RetroComputing https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/bbc-micro-computer-literacy-1980s/ Mon, 10 Aug 2020 13:27:38 +0000 https://beta.ncot.uk/videos/bbc-micro-computer-literacy-1980s/ Now I’ve gained an understanding of assembly programming, let’s look at how they tried to teach us computer science in the 1980s… #BBCMicro #Z80 #RetroComputing