The Acorn BBC Model B

The BBC was Built by Acorn and was based on criteria laid down by the British Broadcasting Corporation. The original BBC Model A (1981) was supersede'd in 1982 by the most common of the BBC's, the Model B (Pictured Above)

It was an extremely popular computer in the UK that was recognised as the official computer used in schools and colleges, and is still quite popular due to its versatile I/O Ports, this included the tube a sophisticated interface that allows the connection of other processors, for faster computing or to run software written for other machines.

The BBC was built round the 6502A processor at clock speed of 2MHz with a standard memory of 32kb of RAM and a 32kb ROM which contained the BBC BASIC, there were other languages available including LISP, LOGO, FORTH.

The interfaces included TV, Video Monochrome & Colour, disk, Parallel Port,Serial Port, Analog input, user port, cassette, and the Tube.

The machine came complete with tape & TV leads, Demo Tape and a very informative User Guide.

The model B was Superceded when the Model B+ was released 1985, it had 64K of RAM as standard as well as on board circuitry for Econet, and disk drive.