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Acorn BBC Micro Model A

Acorn · 1981

The cheap Beeb: 16K of memory, no printer or analogue ports fitted, and the expectation that a school would upgrade it later. Most were, which is why the Model A is markedly scarcer than the B despite being sold alongside it — an unmodified one, with the empty sockets still empty, is the find. Otherwise identical hardware, so it demonstrates Acorn's design intent: one board, sold at two prices, with the difference in what is fitted.

As catalogued

Maker
Acorn
CPU
Rockwell 6502A-2
Memory
16K
Board issues
Issue 1, Issue 2, Issue 3, Issue 4, Issue 7
Styles
Model A
Regions
PAL (UK)
Chassis
beige case, cream keys
OS
Acorn MOS 1.20

Chips

7
CPU
Rockwell R6502A, Synertek SY6502A, MOS 6502A
Video ULA
Ferranti 5C022E, VideoProc (VIDPROC)
Serial ULA
Ferranti 2C199E
CRTC
Hitachi HD6845, Motorola MC6845, Synertek SY6845
Floppy controller
Intel 8271, WD1770, WD1772, none fitted
OS ROM
OS 0.10, OS 1.00, OS 1.20, OS 2.00 (B+), MOS 3.20, MOS 3.50
BASIC ROM
BASIC I, BASIC II, BASIC IV

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