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        <title>Historic Items of Interest — The Distillery</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 06:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
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        <title>Chris Serle RIP</title>
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        <pubDate>Tue, 24 Sep 2024 21:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>Hated_moron</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I trust that Chris Serle's passing has been appropriately noted at Stardot.]]>
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        <title>BBC Computer Literacy Project documents</title>
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        <pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2022 11:17:02 +0000</pubDate>
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        <dc:creator>[Richard Russell]</dc:creator>
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        <description><![CDATA[I have, in the loft, literally boxes full of documents (many of them BBC internal memos) from 40 years ago, when I was peripherally involved in the BBC's Computer Literacy Project.  1982 was a busy time, with the BBC Micro just having been released and pressures caused by the unexpectedly high demand.  Hardware issues such as the VidProc ULA not working reliably in Model B screen modes, and the linear power supply not coping with the load, were exercising the minds of engineers and management alike.<br /><br />
In different circumstances I would have been posting the most interesting documents to the StarDot forum, but that is no longer possible.  I could post them here, but with only seven members the amount of effort involved would be disproportionate to the potential audience.  So I propose to leave them in their boxes, perhaps there'll be another opportunity to publish them on the 50th anniversary in 2032 (although it won't be me doing it then!).<br />]]>
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