Bygonebytes - Updates

Updates

February 2007 - Having looked at all the changes in content and hosting that has occurred over the past ten years I feel it is time to do a bit of a tidy up. The first items are the URL and site name. My attempt at a bit of humour with the URL seems a bit feeble now so I have corrected the spelling with a new URL www.bygonebytes.co.uk. The old name 'Online Computer Museum' does not describe the content (probably never has!) so the site from now on will simply be known as 'Bygonebytes'.

There are a few 'features' that no longer work, the hit counter, web ring and the Guest Book has vanished so these will either be fixed or removed.

I have noted that a lot of the pictures aren't up to todays standard, the site was originally build in the time of low bandwidth (14.4K/28.8K modems) so file sizes had to be keeps small. Where possible I'll update.

I have also tweeked a few of the text colours.

Added Electron User cover pictures, Instructions for Pace Independent Floppy DD power supply, Marconi Trackerball, Uvipac EPROM Programmer and WE Solderless Sideways Rom Board, Slogger Price list from 1989 and the Z80 Fuction key strip.

Added the Z80 2nd processor software manuals, Fileplan and Memoplan, also some old adverts for BBC Peripherals.

June 2006 - Started to add some PC and Games Machines pages..

January 2005 - Changed the Userport jpg to a pdf, hopefully it will be more readable.

April 2004 - Added the Softy Manual

February 2004 - Added a couple of pictures to the Electron page showing it being used as a Pattern Generator.

February 2004 - A major update! I've added the Amiga 600, ZX Spectrum +2 and some photos of my BBC B. I've also corrected a lot of links that got missed during the domain transfer.

January 2004 - Corrected error in Host Adaptor circuit diagram - Thanks to Daniel G. van der Pol for pointing out my mistakes.

November 2003 - Moved service provider and URL to www.bygonebytes.co.uk

January 2003 - Add two pictures of the Aries B32 board - both pictures kindly donated.

September 2002 - Thanks to John Nightingale for colour correcting the PDP8 Photographs.

September 2002 - replaced defunct hit counter.

June 2002 - added photographs of Issue 4 and 6 Electron motherboards in the anex site.

June 2002 - added two new pages, the Amstard CPC464 and the Softy computers. Also added some Amiga pictures.

June 2002 - over the past few months I've tried etching the Host adapter for the Electron HD project and spent some time upgrading the Amiga 1200 in the museum. Details to follow...

September 2001 - added in pictures of the Rombox Plus and ACP's AP5 donated by Dave Moore.

The HD project has been on the back burner for the last couple months, I should get back to it towards the end of October...

June 2001 - added the Slogger Master RAM Board Installation Instructions and User Guide.

June 2001 - Added Electron Crib Card, Electron Insides and QL insides.

June 2001 - Added File Transfer information on NC100 page.

June 2001 - Added National Lottery Selector BASIC program to NC100 page.

June 2001 - Added link to Tim Surtell's Amstrad NC Users site.

May 2001 - Added two new pages, extracts from EUG Magazines Issue 7 G. Babb and Issue 16 D.Walker, both on the construction of Hard Drives for the Electron. c1993/94.

May 2001 - Updated progress on the Hard Disc Project - included 1MHz Bus Circuit Diagram.

Added the Snowmen and other tunes (.ssd file) on the BBC Page.

May 2001 - Updated progress on the Hard Disc Project - included Host Adaptor Circuit Diagram.

April 2001 - Added details on the Jafa Mode 7 MKII Adapter, the Jafa Electron Second Processor (E2P) and Super Electron II project. I corrected some historical facts and added some more pictures.
Added links page and this update page.
Added the 8 Bit Acorn Webring and the Electron Webring to the index page.

Late 2000 - added Site Search Facility, Visit Counter and Guest Book.

1999 - 2000 Mostly left alone while I concentrated on other projects.
Copied lots of BBC documents/manuals to the BBC Documentation Project - see links page

1997 - 1999 Various updates and changes of Hosts until settled on Freenetname and NTLworld.

First created some time in 1996 on Demon Internet when I had an Amiga 1200/Zoom 14.4K modem entitled 'Mort's Abode'. For some reason the pages are still active although I cannot get access to update them now.
(About a week after I wrote this (April 2001) they disappeared...I wonder why....)