BBC Micro
BBC Micro Specifications
| Manufacturer: | Acorn Computers |
| Developer: | BBC |
| CPU: | 2 MHz MOS Technology 6502/6512 |
| Memory: | 16KiB ~ 272KiB |
| Graphics: | 640×256, 8 colours |
| Sound: | Texas Instruments SN76489, 4 channels, mono; TMS5220 speech synthesiser with phrase ROM (optional) |
| Medium: | Cassette, Floppy, Hard Disk, Laserdisc |
| Display: | UHF, composite, TTL RGB |
| Controllers: | 2 |
The BBC Micro is a series of microcomputers and associated peripherals designed and built by Acorn Computers in the 1980s for the BBC Computer Literacy Project. It was designed to be a accessible and affordable computer for use in schools, and it became very popular throughout the UK educational system.
The BBC Micro was first released in December 1981 and quickly gained a reputation as a powerful and versatile machine with excellent graphics and sound capabilities. It was used not only in schools, but also in homes and businesses, and it paved the way for the development of a number of other influential computers in the 1980s and beyond.
The BBC Micro had a number of different models, including the Model A, Model B, and Master Series, each with its own set of features and capabilities. It used a variant of the MOS Technology 6502 processor and came with either 16 or 32 kilobytes of RAM, which could be expanded up to 128 kilobytes.
The BBC Micro played an important role in the evolution of home and educational computing in the UK, and it remains a beloved and iconic piece of technology among many people to this day.
Latest on BBC Micro
Nightdrive
Imagine you are driving through the Yorkshire Moors in your Metro on a crisp Sunday morning. You must make your journey within 60 seconds, controlling...
Arcade Action
Four arcade games for the BBC Micro: Invaders. Fight off the waves of advancing aliens while dodging behind four shelters to avoid being hit by the...
Osotos
A platform-puzzler for the BBC Micro, but available on a wide variety of other 8-bit formats.
AntiAir
AntiAir is a fixed shooter by Inufuto. It is available on a larger number of 8-bit platforms. Bombs can be used to remove blocks.
Canyon
The fleet is surrounded. There is only one chance. Someone must make it through the canyon to find reinforcements. Only a madman would venture through...
3D Space Ranger
3D SPACE RANGER SUPERB 3D GRAPHICS MACHINE CODE GAME The Cyborg Empire has begun its invasion of the Federation Sector. Surrounded by astero...
Airlift
Rescue the hostages by picking them up from the ground and transporting them back to base. You may bomb the tanks but lose points if you kill a hostag...
Pteragon
The sudden insistent beep of the search radar alarm breaks the silence in the cockpit of the solar-powered skimmer. As a newcomer to the Planetary Def...
Super Sharks
You control a battery of three bases which you must use to shoot the sharks that are swimming beneath the ships, threatening to surface and gouge a ho...
Moon Lander
Moon Lander runs in a 16k machine. Instructions are included in the program. There are three controls, left thrust, right thrust, and vertical thrust;...