Lazarus Archive · LZ-21258

Rainforest Island

Ferro Learning, 1982. Educational software for the BBC Micro.

Description

Classroom software for the BBC Micro, written by Ferro Learning for ages 7 to 11.

Provenance

Donated with the machine it was used on. The label reads ‘For the archive’. Every sector was recovered on the first or second read.

Preservation

Fixity (SHA-256)
e8b5d34864e5a12dc30409b1ab3ab8d4564dd439b71ece4da90b44183ee3715f
Last verified
Oct 2, 2026, by Vigil
Emulation profile
LZE-BBC-5 · lz-6502 core
Copies
Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
Original carriers
Kept in cold storage in Vancouver

Access

Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. The license does not permit copies to be taken away.

In the reading room it runs in emulation under profile LZE-BBC-5, from a read-only copy of the recovered image, as it would have on the BBC Micro.

Cite as: Ferro Learning, Rainforest Island (1982). Lazarus Archive, LZ-21258.

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