BBC News : Tech Know: BBC Micros used in retro programming class

"Computer history is cruel. It is a story of the old constantly being pushed aside for the newer, the faster, the smaller, the shinier.
Those old machines are rarely allowed a graceful retirement. Cast aside, they end their days in the dark ,fit only to be homes for spiders in lofts and cupboards.
But one lucky flock of BBC Micros is getting another lease of life by helping to educate students in the art of rigorous programming." ~Mark Ward

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10951040

I know that to most of you this would not be interesting at all, but it is to me. Think about the fact that these machines were used to create some of the first programs ever used. I find it even more interesting that they work at all.