Software for “Micro Live - Series 1, Episode 2”
This is the BBC Micro software used in the programme. The programs can be run in your browser. Select one and then follow the on-screen instructions.
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LIVE2
Runs an animated graphic that highlights some of the items that you will see within this episode of Micro Live including BT telecoms, The ZX Spectrum, and floppy disc damage
Instructions
This program self-runs without need for user input
DISC12
Runs an animated graphic that shows what makes up a floppy disc, from taking the cover off, to reading a directory, and then reading the data with the floppy drive's read head
Instructions
This program loads a graphic of a floppy disc. Pressing the Space bar progresses through the demonstration of the tracks, sectors, directory and read head involved in accessing data from a floppy disc. Continuing to press <Space> will repeat this whole graphic sequence
DISC22
Runs an animated graphic that shows what makes up a floppy disc's internal workings: Tracks, sectors, sides, and data density can all be increased to improve the amount of data one floppy can hold
Instructions
This program loads a graphic of the recording surface of a floppy disc. Pressing the Space bar progresses through the demonstration of the tracks, sides, and density improvements possible in a floppy disc. Continuing to press <Space> will repeat this whole graphic sequence