The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a family of microcomputers developed and manufactured by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s as part of the BBC's Computer Literacy Project. Launched in December 1981, it was showcased across several educational BBC television programmes. Nicknamed the Beeb, it became a fixture in British schools and sold over 1.5 million units across two main variants, the 16 KB Model A and the more popular 32 KB Model B, built around the BBC BASIC programming language.
Facts
SignificanceBecame a fixture in British schools, advancing the BBC's goal of improving computer literacy 1 FAQs
What replaced the BBC Micro?
The Acorn Archimedes family succeeded it in 1987.
The 6502-based BBC Micro computers were succeeded in 1987 by the Acorn Archimedes family. The BBC Micro was noted for its reliability, and many machines were still in use in 1994.
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Source BBC Micro - Wikipedia
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1. BBC Micro - Wikipedia
Introduction
it soon became a fixture in British schools, advancing the BBC's goal of improving computer literacy.
Infobox: discontinued
1994
In Field: Computer Architecture, Lead sentence
BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a family of microcomputers developed and manufactured by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s as part of the BBC's Computer Literacy Project.
In Group: Home Computers of the Late 1970s and 1980s, Lead
The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a family of microcomputers developed and manufactured by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s as part of the BBC's Computer Literacy Project.
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