When the BBC Model B was released in 1981, A&B Computing was one of the first independent magazines you could buy to help you program it. It stuck with the Beeb through a wonderous period of change - new gadgets must have been arriving in the A&B offices practically every day! In the A&B magazines you can find articles not only on every conceivable piece of hardware but also on the Torch machine, the B+, the Master and the Acorn Electron.

A&B had a forward-looking philosophy. As new machines appeared, it dumped the old ones. Even if it published code for the new machines that would work on the older ones, it left its readers to fathom that out. It began officially supporting the Acorn Electron at around Volume 1 Number 5. It stopped officially supporting it at Volume 4 Number 8. Every listing which appeared in every magazine for the BBC series is available to download below.

There were originally no companion discs to A&B Computing - the reader had to type in the programs themselves. The discs in this archive are from the steaming-fingered Dave E. A&B did, however, produce some standalone software, which is detailed after the companion disc archive. The archive is missing some titles. If you have any of the missing A&B discs, please get in touch.

Note that there is a 'jump' between A&B 1.16 and A&B 2.06. At this point A&B changed its numbering. But there is not a missing issue here.

AMNESIA & XANADU
CDFS, DFS
Game Type: Text Adventure
Authors: Jane Evans & Jonathan Evans
Release Info: 1984: AMNESIA & XANADU, A&B Computing, PD
Compatibility: AMNESIA: Electron, BBC B, B+ and Master 128
XANADU: BBC B, B+ and Master 128
Other Info: -

DUNGEON ADVENTURE
CDFS, DFS
Game Type: Text Adventure
Author: -
Release Info: 1984: DUNGEON ADVENTURE, A&B Computing, PD
Compatibility: Electron, BBC B, B+ and Master 128
Other Info: -

MURDER AT THE ABBEY
CDFS, DFS
Game Type: Text Adventure
Author: -
Release Info: 1985: MURDER AT THE ABBEY, A&B Computing, PD
Compatibility: Electron, BBC B, B+ and Master 128
Other Info: -

MUSICIAN
CDFS, DFS
Game Type: Text Adventure
Author: -
Release Info: 1985: MUSICIAN, A&B Computing, PD
Compatibility: BBC B, B+ and Master 128
Other Info: -

RIPTON
CDFS, DFS
Game Type: Arcade; Clone Of REPTON
Author: Kenton Price
Release Info: 1985: RIPTON, A&B Computing, PD
Compatibility: BBC B, B+ and Master 128. Not Electron
Other Info: -

Disc Versions:
Type: Title: Author(s): ADFS 1D00 DFS
Game COLOUR IKON Various N Y
Game IKON Various N Y