Fun afternoon showing primary schools kids old computers

[Higgy]

On Friday I popped up to the local Primary School to show them some old computers and give a talk.

It is the school's 150 yr anniversary, so it started off with planning on having a BBC Micro setup to show what it was like in the 80's. But then the yr 6 (10 yr olds) were learning about computers so it expanded.

I had 4 groups and they were all really interested when seeing a through hole transistor, then hearing how many transistors are now in CPUs.

I had 3 computers setup; BBC Micro + CUB with SDcard, ZX Spectrum rubber key with Paperboy to show tape loading and an Amiga 500 running a maths educational game. (They seemed to know Paperboy, or were at least excited by the name!).
I also had brought along; C64, C64C, Amstrad 464, 6128, Amiga 1200, Atari STFM and ZX Spectrum+ to fill the room a bit.
Interesting how the kids could hear the buzz off my Panasonic CRT TVs. I have 2 of the same models and 1 of them is my original from the 90's and I took back another brand and swapped for the Panasonic because of hearing a noise so thought I would heard something back in the day.

It was very enjoyable. Seeing computers at school made a big impression on me, so hopefully some of the kids will also be inspired.
If only I could make a living from talking about something I am passionate about!

[Icky]

Very cool and must have had some nostalgic feeling seeing the BBC in a school / classroom again.