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# looks more like
a BBC to me, although it's hard to tell from that angle.
I had an electron at home, I really regret sending it to a jumble sale :-(

Edit: middle pic is very definately a BBC B
(I helped save b3ta! LP, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:00, archived)
# I don't think the model B
was that long in the back was it? You're right though, the differance in casing is slight. Both great machines anyhow.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:02, archived)
# the difference in the casing
is *huge!* Besides, top one looks to me like it's got a monitor stand (not uncommon) ... tis deffo not an electron though.
(I helped save b3ta! LP, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:03, archived)
# As above I stand corrected
Am I thinking of an Archimedes? Or something else entirely?

*edit* no, I'm just plain WRONG */edit*

:)
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:06, archived)
# all the acorns were massive,
you're thinking of a spectrum. or maybe a calculator ;)
(I helped save b3ta! rogan, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:10, archived)
# I used the same Texas Instruments calculator
from my first GCSE exam until my second year of university. I still have it, but all the markings have worn off the buttons.
(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:14, archived)
# the buttons
8, 0, 1, 3 and 5? ;)
(I helped save b3ta! rogan, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:19, archived)
# yes, all the important ones ;)
flash gits these days drawing cocks on their graphic calculators.

/goes off to work out the equation for a cock

(I helped save b3ta! supermoore: HUNG, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:22, archived)
# well
I had a BBC B+ with a whole 32k of memory! how cool was that!
(I helped save b3ta! icezebra *insert large monkey*, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:09, archived)
# I've got one under my stairs
but it's missing it's BASIC rom :-( Anyone know where I can get a spare?
(I helped save b3ta! LP, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:32, archived)
# Ahh BBC Bs
I was computer monitor at my primary school and we had two of them. Lovely.
(yorkpete, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:06, archived)
# did people
smack you on the side of the head to fix the vertical hold?
(I helped save b3ta! Spoon, Mon 19 May 2003, 11:10, archived)