The kids have showed some interest, but I've not found a game that they really fancy yet. I've got some BASIC manuals so will see if there are any simple programs they can try. Their attention span is about as good as mine!

I remember Elite from primary school. We had hit running on a Acorn Electron if I remember correctly. To be honest I didn't really get computers back then so was a bit "meh" about them. Would have been nice to have got an interest back then ... but I'm guessing I was 7 or 8 so Action Man was still a massive deal!

I've looked at, but not tried an emulator called VICE which looks pretty good. It covers many of the Commadore platforms and there are loads of games available. It's on my Saturday morning "to do" list when the wife takes the girls out to gymnastics. I'll have to be double quick with the lawnmower!