BBC Micro

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8-bit microcomputer educational computer home computer

The BBC Micro was a popular 1980s British home and educational computer, widely used in schools and influential in early personal computing and programming education in the UK.

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All labels observed (10)

Label Occurrences
BBC Micro canonical 10
BBC Microcomputer System 2
BBC Micro (variants) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 8-bit microcomputer ⓘ
educational computer ⓘ
home computer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs BBC Micro ⓘ
surface form: BBC Microcomputer System

Beeb ⓘ
clockSpeed 2 MHz ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
cpuBitWidth 8-bit ⓘ
developer Acorn Computers ⓘ
BBC Computer Literacy Project ⓘ
discontinued late 1980s ⓘ
era 1980s ⓘ
expansionInterface 1 MHz bus ⓘ
Econet network interface ⓘ
Tube coprocessor interface ⓘ
User Port ⓘ
graphicsCapability multiple text and graphics modes ⓘ
hasModel BBC Master ⓘ
BBC Micro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BBC Micro Model A

BBC Micro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BBC Micro Model B

BBC Micro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BBC Micro Model B+ 128K

BBC Micro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: BBC Micro Model B+ 64K
inception 1981 ⓘ
influenced computer science education in the UK ⓘ
inspired ARM architecture development ⓘ
introducedAsPartOf BBC Computer Literacy Project ⓘ
mainProcessor MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ
surface form: MOS Technology 65C02
manufacturer Acorn Computers ⓘ
marketedBy BBC ⓘ
surface form: British Broadcasting Corporation
memory 16 KB RAM (Model A) ⓘ
32 KB RAM (Model B) ⓘ
notableFor built-in BBC BASIC interpreter ⓘ
influencing early personal computing in the UK ⓘ
robust design and expandability ⓘ
widespread use in British schools in the 1980s ⓘ
operatingSystem Acorn MOS ⓘ
platformFor early UK video games ⓘ
educational software ⓘ
primaryProgrammingLanguage BBC BASIC ⓘ
primaryUse education ⓘ
home computing ⓘ
programming education ⓘ
soundChip Texas Instruments SN76489 ⓘ
storageOptions 5.25-inch floppy disk ⓘ
cassette tape ⓘ
successor Acorn Archimedes ⓘ
usedIn UK schools ⓘ
computer literacy courses ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acorn Computers → notableProduct → BBC Micro ⓘ
Texas Instruments SN76489 → usedIn → BBC Micro ⓘ
this entity surface form: BBC Micro (variants)
BBC BASIC → designedFor → BBC Micro ⓘ
BBC BASIC → usedOn → BBC Micro ⓘ
BBC Micro → alsoKnownAs → BBC Micro ⓘ
this entity surface form: BBC Microcomputer System
BBC Micro → hasModel → BBC Micro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: BBC Micro Model A
BBC Micro → hasModel → BBC Micro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: BBC Micro Model B
BBC Micro → hasModel → BBC Micro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: BBC Micro Model B+ 64K
BBC Micro → hasModel → BBC Micro self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: BBC Micro Model B+ 128K
Acorn Archimedes → predecessor → BBC Micro ⓘ
BBC Computer Literacy Project → hasPart → BBC Micro ⓘ
this entity surface form: BBC Micro computer
BBC Computer Literacy Project → notableProduct → BBC Micro ⓘ
MOS Technology 6502 → usedIn → BBC Micro ⓘ
BBC Micro in 1981 → introducedAs → BBC Micro ⓘ
subject surface form: BBC Micro
this entity surface form: BBC Microcomputer System
BBC Micro in 1981 → alsoKnownAs → BBC Micro ⓘ
subject surface form: BBC Micro
this entity surface form: BBC Microcomputer
Acorn Archimedes in 1987 → predecessor → BBC Micro ⓘ
subject surface form: Acorn Archimedes
Acorn Atom → successor → BBC Micro ⓘ
Acorn Electron → predecessor → BBC Micro ⓘ
Acorn Electron → basedOn → BBC Micro ⓘ
this entity surface form: BBC Micro architecture
The Hobbit (1982 video game) → platform → BBC Micro ⓘ