Was the BBC micro popular in the USA? - GoFuckYourself.com

DVTimes · 03-31-2023, 12:39 PM

I know you had them, as you see them in SuperGirl.

I always thought they were just a UK computer until I spotted them in SuperGirl.

Colmike9 · 03-31-2023, 12:54 PM

It was not. It probably was used in Supergirl because it looks retro and neat. But.. Not many people have seen Supergirl, either..

DVTimes · 03-31-2023, 01:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Colmike9

It was not. It probably was used in Supergirl because it looks retro and neat. But.. Not many people have seen Supergirl, either..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergirl_(1984_film)

I am on about the 1984 film.

If I remember they had them in the school she was at.

As I owned (still have two) BBC computers I got excited when they were in the film.

DVTimes · 03-31-2023, 01:04 PM

I think I must be the only person who enjoyed the film.

CurrentlySober · 03-31-2023, 01:08 PM

From the wikpedia BBC Micro Computer Page:

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Efforts were made to market the machine in the United States and West Germany.[20] By October 1983, the US operation reported that American schools had placed orders with it totalling $21 million.[21] In one deployment in Lowell, Massachusetts valued at $177,000, 138 BBC Micros were installed in eight of the 27 schools in the city, with the computer's networking capabilities, educational credentials, and the availability of software with "high education quality" accompanied by "useful lesson plans and workbooks" all given as reasons for selecting Acorn's machine in preference to the competition from IBM, Apple and Commodore.[22] Another deployment in Phoenix, Arizona valued at $174,697 saw 175 BBC Micros installed, with the local Acorn dealer predicting sales worth $2 million in the following two years, split between 85 to 90 percent in education and the remainder in small business. In early 1984, Acorn claimed a US network of more than 1,000 dealers.[23]

Colmike9 · 03-31-2023, 01:09 PM

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Originally Posted by DVTimes

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supergirl_(1984_film)

I am on about the 1984 film.

If I remember they had them in the school she was at.

As I owned (still have two) BBC computers I got excited when they were in the film.

Oh lol, I thought it was a newer movie like Batgirl..

I've never seen one of those, though, but I did see a lot of Commodores and Apple IIs. I wasn't born yet in 1984, tho..

DVTimes · 03-31-2023, 01:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Colmike9

Oh lol, I thought it was a newer movie like Batgirl..

I've never seen one of those, though, but I did see a lot of Commodores and Apple IIs. I wasn't born yet in 1984, tho..

No.

It was in the SuperGirl film.

It gets slated a lot, but to be honest, it is not that bad.

Some of the effects are not bad.

The only thing that spoilt it was the soppy love thing and the drip of a boyfriend.

DVTimes · 03-31-2023, 01:18 PM

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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

From the wikpedia BBC Micro Computer Page:

In the film you see them in her school.

I remember how excited I was as I did not know they had them in the USA.

They may have been a product placement.

DVTimes · 03-31-2023, 01:28 PM

CurrentlySober · 03-31-2023, 03:20 PM

They were never actually 'popular' here. Just the computer that was officially designated as the one that you learn on in school.

A few kids were able to get the parents to buy one for home, as it was 'Educational'... But if you could talk your parents into buying ANY of the other 8bit micros of the time Spectrum, C64, Dragon 32, Vic 20, etc etc, you wouldn't have chosen the BBC...

pornmasta · 03-31-2023, 06:30 PM

Was it popular in the US ?

Hint: in France we had the "MO5" and the "TO7".
Yeah, like those at school.
And i bet you never heard about it....

blackmonsters · 03-31-2023, 07:10 PM

BBC is very popular in the USA.

BBC = Big Black Cock

Colmike9 · 03-31-2023, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by pornmasta

Was it popular in the US ?

Hint: in France we had the "MO5" and the "TO7".
Yeah, like those at school.
And i bet you never heard about it....

Back in the day I heard of Mini Tels in France. I heard that you had to pay per minute or hour to use them, too, but I have no idea since that was so long ago.

ZTT · 04-01-2023, 01:56 AM

As explained in the Wikipedia link you posted, Supergirl was filmed in the UK and probably just used a real school for the scenes you're talking about.

Even the ZX Spectrum, one of the biggest selling computer models in history, is barely known in the US, where it was sold by Timex. In fact it's probably more well-known and remembered in former Soviet Bloc countries where it wasn't even on sale, but extensively cloned.

Manfap · 04-01-2023, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

They were never actually 'popular' here. Just the computer that was officially designated as the one that you learn on in school.

A few kids were able to get the parents to buy one for home, as it was 'Educational'... But if you could talk your parents into buying ANY of the other 8bit micros of the time Spectrum, C64, Dragon 32, Vic 20, etc etc, you wouldn't have chosen the BBC...

Elite on the BBC was a great game, a space trading and fighting game where you could traffic slaves and drugs..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(video_game)

pornmasta · 04-01-2023, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Colmike9

Back in the day I heard of Mini Tels in France. I heard that you had to pay per minute or hour to use them, too, but I have no idea since that was so long ago.

Minitel.
Otherwise you are right.
Minitel was supposed to be a very basic computer (c64 was much better) but with some "network" capability.

According to Wikipedia, you had the same thing in many country:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel

It lasted very long in France.
For example i used a device like that to register to the university or to get the results of the equivalent of "end of highschool" diploma.

candyflip · 04-01-2023, 06:11 AM

Supergirl was a British production from Cannon Films. It was filmed in the UK and released in the UK almost 5 months before it was released in the US. That is likely the reason the BBC Micro appears.

CurrentlySober · 04-01-2023, 06:52 AM

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Originally Posted by DVTimes

In the film you see them in her school.

I remember how excited I was as I did not know they had them in the USA.

They may have been a product placement.

A lot of the film was shot at pinewood studios and in other parts of the UK - So it's entirely plausible (& I haven't seen the movie for years) that the parts that have the BBCs in, were Infact English Locations?

candyflip · 04-01-2023, 07:00 AM

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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

A lot of the film was shot at pinewood studios and in other parts of the UK - So it's entirely plausible (& I haven't seen the movie for years) that the parts that have the BBCs in, were Infact English Locations?

It was pretty much a British production. The film was even released over your way months before it came out in the US.

Kittens · 04-01-2023, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by DVTimes

Was the BBC micro popular in the USA?

The PBBC runs the US, so of course it's popular here.

BaldBastard · 04-01-2023, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by Manfap

Elite on the BBC was a great game, a space trading and fighting game where you could traffic slaves and drugs..
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_(video_game)

That game was a mind fuck, eventually I got lost and I could play for hours and not see/find anything else, so I just had to walk away from it or start again.

ZTT · 04-01-2023, 09:06 AM

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Originally Posted by candyflip

Supergirl was a British production from Cannon Films. It was filmed in the UK and released in the UK almost 5 months before it was released in the US. That is likely the reason the BBC Micro appears.

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Originally Posted by ZTT

As explained in the Wikipedia link, Supergirl was filmed in the UK and probably just used a real school for the scenes you're talking about.

As also explained on the Wikipedia page it was produced by Alexander and Ilya Salkind, not Cannon Films.

Weird thread is weird.

Colmike9 · 04-01-2023, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by pornmasta

Minitel.
Otherwise you are right.
Minitel was supposed to be a very basic computer (c64 was much better) but with some "network" capability.

According to Wikipedia, you had the same thing in many country:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minitel

It lasted very long in France.
For example i used a device like that to register to the university or to get the results of the equivalent of "end of highschool" diploma.

Oh cool. I've always wondered why in high school French class, some vocabulary pages in the text book would show a computer, and instead of ordinateur, it said Minitel. If it was popular for a long time, then that makes sense.

The Porn Nerd · 04-01-2023, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by blackmonsters

BBC is very popular in the USA.

BBC = Big Black Cock

Yo mamma?

CurrentlySober · 04-02-2023, 07:00 AM

Starring the Computer - Supergirl

Handy little site that is - I just came across it while trying to identify an Amstrad PCW 8256 and thought of this thread.

ZTT · 04-03-2023, 01:00 AM

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Starring the Computer - Supergirl

This would have been spot on if the film was set in Britain, but the BBC Micro was a major flop in the USA.

To be fair, Brits often play iconic Americans; in this case the Apple II.

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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober

Handy little site that is

I love sites that catalogue when [item] has appeared in movies or TV, particularly tech items.

The port scanner Nmap is used so much in movie "hacker" scenes they have a page about it on their site.

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The UK's Scotland Yard Computer Crime Unit and the British Computer Society have put out a joint warning that "Viewers of the new box office blockbuster 'Matrix Reloaded' should not be tempted to emulate the realistic depiction of computer hacking." Kids - don't try this at home!

So that's what caused a plague of Zone Alarm popups 20 years ago?

*scroll scroll*

Or was it this...

Manfap · 04-03-2023, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BaldBastard

That game was a mind fuck, eventually I got lost and I could play for hours and not see/find anything else, so I just had to walk away from it or start again.

Yep you could play it for days, funny though, teaching kids you got rich quick trafficing slaves and drugs.

Tube Ace · 04-03-2023, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by blackmonsters

BBC is very popular in the USA.

BBC = Big Black Cock

Incorrect.

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/okcupid-race_n_5811840

Black men get the lowest response rates on dating sites.

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Freedom6995 · 04-03-2023, 03:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Tube Ace

Incorrect.

White cock is the most sought after in the USA.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/okcupid-race_n_5811840

Black men get the lowest response rates on dating sites.

Quit your bullshit.

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Tube Ace · 04-03-2023, 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Freedom6995

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