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The BBC Micro.
History
The BBC Micro was launched in December of 1981.[1]
The BBC Micro is sometimes nicknamed the Beeb.[2]
The BBC Micro was discontinued in 1994.[1]
BBC Micro developer Acorn Computers would later develop the ARM architecture,[3] which would later be used by a number of gaming systems.
Technology
The BBC Micro is powered by an 8-bit MOS 6502 processor.[3][4]
The BBC Micro has 32 kilobytes of RAM.[3]
Gallery
A classroom with BBC micro computers.
A woman plays a game on the BBC Micro.
References
- 1 2 Jakobsen, Remi (23 November 2019). "BBC Micro Model B". https://rclassiccomputers.com/2019/11/23/bbc-micro/.
- ↑ "The BBC Computer Literacy Project - The BBC Micro (1981)". https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/nbii/20120111200544/http://www.mcmordie.co.uk/acornhistory/bbchist.shtml.
- 1 2 3 "DEVELOPMENT OF THE ARM CHIP AT ACORN". https://www.cs.umd.edu/~meesh/cmsc411/website/proj01/arm/history.html.
- ↑ "The Chip Collection - Synertek, Inc. Donation, Smithsonian Institution". http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/synertek/synertek.htm.
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