Wikipedia: History of BBC Micro

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The CPU was a 6502A 8-bit microprocessor that ran at 2MHz. A new version of BASIC, with a number of extensions to cover hardware features of the machine was allocated 32K of ROM. The machine had a typewriter-style keyboard, rather than the membrane or rubber keys found in many home machines of that time. Video output was to a television or via a RGB socket to a monitor. As was fairly standard at that time, programs were saved and loaded from cassette tapes.

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The video display could be switched between 8 different video modes, with varying resolutions and numbers of colours available.

(Table to be inserted here when I look it up)

The video display could be switched between 8 different video modes, with varying resolutions and numbers of colours available:

Mode	Resolution	Text	Colours	Memory used
0	640 by 256	80 by 32	2	20K
1	320 by 256	40 by 32	4	20K
2	160 by 256	20 by 32	16	20K
3	-	80 by 25	2	16K
4	320 by 256	40 by 32	2	10K
5	160 by 256	20 by 32	4	10K
6	-	40 by 25	2	8K
7	teletext?	40 by 25	16	1K

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Even today, (October 2001) thanks to its ready expandability and I/O functions, there are still numbers of BBCs in use, and a large community of dedicated users finding new things to do with the old hardware.

Even today, (October 2001) thanks to its ready expandability and I/O functions, there are still numbers of BBCs in use, and a community of dedicated users finding new things to do with the old hardware.

	Revision 7 . . (edit) December 10, 2001 7:11 pm by Drj [+link]
	Revision 6 . . October 3, 2001 6:10 pm by Malcolm Farmer [screen modes added]
	Revision 5 . . (edit) October 3, 2001 4:15 am by TwoOneTwo [mentioned Elite]