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Acorn BBC Micro Model B + Cub Monitor & Twin Disk Drive

For me this was the machine that really got me into programming and micro electronics. The BBC Micro was developed by Acorn Computers for the BBC who were embarking on an education programme for the UK called the "BBC Computer Literacy Project". The BBC made it their mission to have at least one of these machines available in every school in the UK.
 
The 'beeb' as it quickly became known as was fantastic for connecting to external equipment. It featured an anlogue 'joystick' port, a digital 'user' port, a 1Mhz bus connection, a 'tube' connection and a plethora of other connections. So many infact the the back of the machine ran out of space and they had to create a cut-away bay underneath the machine to accommodate them. But it was due to its connectivity and expandability that I really took to the beeb and started designing peripherals and software.
 
It was not a cheap machine. The BBC Model B sold for £399 on the high street in 1983 which was relatively expensive compared with other available machines like the Commodore 64 which sold for around £229. Regardless of the difference in price, because it was backed by the BBC, the beeb sold very well with over 1 million units sold.

  

Manufacturer: Acorn
Date: 1981

Acorn BBC Micro Model B + Cub Monitor & Twin Disk Drive Peripherals :

Item Manufacturer Date
Torch Z80 Disc Pack Torch
Viglen Dual Cartridge System for BBC Master Viglen
Acorn Filestore E01S Acorn
Acorn Filestore E40S Acorn
Acorn ARM Evaluation System Acorn Computers Limited
Acorn LVL P.L. Digitiser system LVL 1982
Tandata TD1400 Prestel System Tandata 1983
BEEB Speech Synthesiser Watford Electronics 1983
Unilab Micrcomputer Interface Unilab 01-05-1983
Microterminals Concept A3-256 tablet keyboard Microterminals 1984
BBC AMX Mouse 1985
BBC AMX Mouse 1985
Nidd Valley DigiMouse Nidd Valley Products Ltd 1986
Acorn Cambridge Co-Processor (32016) Acorn Computers Limited March 1987
Peartree Computers - Music 87 Synthesizer (M500) Acorn Computers Ltd / Peartree Computers December 1987

Acorn BBC Micro Model B + Cub Monitor & Twin Disk Drive Manuals :

Item Manufacturer Date
BBC Micro User Guide - Provisional Copy British Broadcasting Corporation 1981
BBC Micro (Provisional Copy) User Guide British Broadcasting Corporation 1981
Acorn BBC Micro Service Manual - Issue 2 Acorn Computers Limited April 1982
BBC Micro User Guide British Broadcasting Corporation 1984

Acorn BBC Micro Model B + Cub Monitor & Twin Disk Drive Software :

Item Manufacturer Date
Sentence Sequencing Acornsoft / ESM Education
Missing Signs Acornsoft / ESM Education
AMX 3D Zicon Advanced Memory Systems Ltd
AMX Desk Advanced Memory Systems Ltd
AMX Database Advanced Memory Systems Ltd
AMX Paint Pot Advanced Memory Systems Ltd
Program Builder - 60 Basic Routines Beebugsoft
System Delta - Card Index Application Minerva
Desk Diary Acornsoft
Welcome BBC Soft 1981
Drawing BBC Soft 1982
Painting BBC Soft 1982
Home Finance BBC Soft 1982
Business Games Acornsoft 1982
Word Hunt Acornsoft 1982
Word Sequencing Acornsoft 1982
View Printer Drivers Acornsoft 1982
Forth Acornsoft 1982
LISP Acornsoft 1982
LISP - Disk Version Acornsoft 1982
Vu-Calc Psion Ltd 1983
VU-Type BBC Soft 1983
Teletext Pack Beebugsoft 1983
Toolkit - Basic Programmers Aid Beebugsoft 1983
Design Beebugsoft 1983
Hans J Eysenck 'I Do' Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software 1983
Note Invaders Chalksoft 1983
Linkword Spanish Acornsoft 1983
Shirley Conran's Magic Garden Acornsoft 1983
Beyond Basic BBC Soft 1983
Motorists' Log BBC Soft 1983
Microtext Acornsoft 1983
Personal Money Management Acornsoft 1983
Chemical Structures Acornsoft 1983
Chemical Analysis Acornsoft 1983
Jars Acornsoft 1983
Cranky Acornsoft 1983
Snorter Beebugsoft 1983
Vu-File Psion Ltd 1983
Sleuth Beebugsoft 1984
ViewSheet Acornsoft 1984
View Printer Driver Generator Acornsoft 1984
Revise GCE/CSE English Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software 1984
Revise GCE/CSE Mathematics 1 Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software 1984
Revise GCE/CSE Mathematics 2 Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software 1984
Pole Position Atarisoft 1984
Draw Stick BBC Soft 1984
Structured Basic BBC Soft 1984
TaxCalc 2 BBC Soft 1984
S-Pascal Acornsoft 1984
Schwarzenegger Predator 1984
AMX Utilities Advanced Memory Systems Ltd 1985
3D Graphics Development System for the BBC Glentop Publishers 1985
ViewStore Acornsoft 1985
View Acornsoft 1985
Poseidon - Videotex System Acorn ECD 1985
ColourSpace Llamasoft 1985
Movaword Chalksoft 1985
RomIt Beebugsoft 1985
Domesday System - Community and National Discs BBC Enterprises 1986
Advanced Control Panel Advanced Computer Products Ltd 1987
Advanced File Manager PRES Ltd 1988
ZAP! Retro Software 31-05-2009

Acorn BBC Micro Model B + Cub Monitor & Twin Disk Drive Games :

Item Manufacturer Date
Super Invaders Acornsoft
Sabre Wulf Ultimate Play the Game
White Knight Mk11 BBC Soft
Fun Games BBC Soft
Knight Lore Ultimate Play The Game
Jet Pac Ultimate Play The Game
The Unorthodox Engineers - The Pen and the Dark Mosaic
Voodoo Castle Adventure International
Ravage Blue Ribbon Sofdtware Ltd
Linkword Italian Acornsoft
Pirate Adventure Adventure International
Arcadians Acornsoft Games 1982
Creative Graphics Acornsoft Games 1982
Monsters Acornsoft Games 1982
Rocket Raid Acornsoft Games 1982
Planetoid Acornsoft Games 1982
Philosophers quest Acornsoft Games 1982
Sphinx Adventure Acornsoft Games 1982
Meteors Acornsoft Games 1982
Castle of Riddles Acornsoft Games 1982
Countdown to Doom Acornsoft Games 1982
Missile Base Acornsoft Games 1982
Cube Master Acornsoft 1982
Snapper Acornsoft 1982
Arcade Action Acornsoft Games 1982
The Computer Programme - Programs 1 BBC Soft 1982
The Computer Programme - Programs 2 BBC Soft 1982
Snooker Acornsoft Games 1983
Gremlins Adventure International 1983
White Knight Mk12 Acornsoft Games 1983
Star ship Command Acornsoft Games 1983
Aviator Acornsoft Games 1983
Collectors Catalogue Acornsoft Games 1983
Trench Virgin games 1983
Cheiftain Virgin Games 1983
Cruncher Virgin games 1983
Landfall Virgin games 1983
Noc-A-Block Virgin games 1983
Free Fall Acornsoft Games 1983
Starship Command Acornsoft 1983
Brian Aldiss - Science Fiction Quiz Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software 1983
John Julius Norwich - History Quiz Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software 1983
Julian Symons - Crime & Detection Quiz Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software 1983
Sheridan Morley - Theatre Quiz Acornsoft - Ivan Berg Software 1983
Canyon BBC Soft 1983
Atic Atac Ultimate Play the Game 1983
Gateway to Karos Acornsoft 1983
Doctor Who - The First Adventure BBC Soft 1983
The Saga of Erik The Viking Mosaic 1984
Elite Acornsoft Games 1984
Computer Kensington Leisure Genius 1984
Doctor Who And The Mines Of Terror Acornsoft Games 1984
Battle tank Superior software 1984
Rocket Raid Acornsoft 1984
Alien8 Ultimate Play the Game 1984
Word Mover BBC Soft 1984
Game Core BBC Soft 1984
Bouncer Acornsoft Games 1984
Revs Aconsoft 1985
The Hobbit - Disk Version Melbourne House 1985
Battlefields BBC Soft 1985
Smash 7 Software Invasion Ltd. 1986

Acorn BBC Micro Model B + Cub Monitor & Twin Disk Drive Promotional Items / Literature:

Item Manufacturer Date
Your Computer Is Trying To Tell You Something
Acorn Music 500 Synthesizer Sales Leaflet Acorn
BBC Micro B+ Promotional Leaflet Acorn
Acorn BBC - The shape of things to come Acorn
BBC Micro Badges Acorn
Programs for the BBC Microcomputer Acornsoft
This is Acorn Computer Acorn Computers Limited
BBC Microcomputer System - Techinical Specification - Issue 3 BBC September 1981
BBC Microcomputer System Acorn September 1981
BBC Micro Introductory Special Offer Acorn 1982
BBC - Computer Literacy Project BBC January 1982
Acorn BBC Microcomputer System Acorn May 1983
Torch5 Unicorn Open channels for the BBC Micro Torch 1984
Acornsoft - BBC Microcomputer and Electron Games Acornsoft November 1984
Acorn Dealer List - September 1989 Acorn Computers Limited September 1989
Acorn User Show 92 - Passport Acorn User October 1992
Acorn User Show 92 - Show Guide Acorn User October 1992
Acorn 30th Anniversary Reunion - 1978 - 2008 Acorn 13-09-2008

Acorn BBC Micro Model B + Cub Monitor & Twin Disk Drive Articles:

Item Manufacturer Date
Notes by a physicist who dabbled with computers - John Yates

Books RELATED to Acorn BBC Micro Model B + Cub Monitor & Twin Disk Drive in our Library

Item Manufacturer Date
Sixty Programs for the BBC Micro Pan Personal Computer News
Let Your BBC Micro Teach you to Program Interface Publications 1982
6502 Machine Code for Beginners Newnes Microcomputer Books 1983
Discovering BBC Micro Machine Code Granada Publishing 1983
Further Programming for the BBC Micro Shiva Publishing Limited 1983
BBC Micro in Education Shiva Publishing Limited 1983
Games BBC Computers Play Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1983
Pace Commstar 1983
The BBC Microcomputer for Beginners Prentice-Hall International 1983
Beyond Basic BBC NEC 1983
The Friendly Computer Book British Boradcasting Corporation 1983
DFS Manual BBC Micro June 1983
A Child's Guide to the BBC Micro 18-08-1983
The Acorn Electron Kingfisher 1984
BBC Micro Assembler Workshop Shiva Publishing Limited 1984
The Century Computer Programming Course for the BBC Micro Century Communications 1984
Interfacing Projects for the BBC Micro Addison-Wesley Publishing Company 1984
The BBC Micro Machine Code Portfolio Granda Publishing 1984
Structured Basic BBC NEC 1984
Making Music on the BBC Computer Sunshine 1984
Networking with the BBC Microcomputer Prentice-Hall 1984
Assembly programming made easy for the BBC micro Century March 1984
Exploring Adventures on the BBC Model B Duckworth Home Computing April 1984
100 Programs for the BBC Microcomputer Prentice-Hall 20-04-1984
Using the BBC Micro in Education Interface Publications May 1984
BASIC ROM User Guide Adder Publishing August 1984
The BBC Micro Compendium Interface Publications December 1984
6502 Reference Guide Melbourne House 1985
Mathematical Programs in BBC Basic Prentice/Hall International 1985
40 Best Machine Code Routines for the BBC Micro Interface Publications 1985
The Advanced Disk User Guide for the BBC Micro Cambridge Microcomputer Centre 1985
15 Hour Word Processing Using the BBC Micro with View National Extension College 1985
Maths Tutor for the BBC / Electron Century Communications 1985
BBC BASIC - M-Tec Soft M-TEC Computer Services 30-03-1986
The Complete BBC Computer User Handbook Watford Electronics August 1988

Magazines RELATED to Acorn BBC Micro Model B + Cub Monitor & Twin Disk Drive in our Library

Item Manufacturer Date
REM 80 - Volume 6, Issue 3 The North West TRS-80 USers Group
The Micro User - May 1985 - Vol 3 No 3 Database Publications Ltd
Practical Computing - January 1982 January 1982
Your Computer - January 1982 January 1982
Beebug Newsletter - Volume 1, Number 1 - April 1982 - First Edition Beebug April 1982
Beebug Newsletter - Volume 1, Number 2 - May 1982 Beebug May 1982
Your Computer - May 1982 May 1982
OWL Issue 1 - June 1982 WL June 1982
Beebug Newsletter - Volume 1, Number 3 - June 1982 Beebug June 1982
Personal Computer World - July 1982 July 1982
Beebug Newsletter - Volume 1, Number 4 - July 1982 Beebug July 1982
Beebug Newsletter - Volume 1, Number 5 - September 1982 Beebug September 1982
Beebug Newsletter - Volume 1, Number 6 - October 1982 Beebug October 1982
Practical Computing - October 1982 October 1982
Personal Computer World - November 1982 November 1982
Beebug Newsletter - Volume 1, Number 7 - November 1982 Beebug November 1982
Practical Computing - November 1982 November 1982
Beebug Newsletter - Volume 1, Number 8 - December 1982 /January 1983 Beebug December 1982
Beebug Newsletter - Volume 1, Number 9 - February 1983 Beebug February 1983
Practical Computing - February 1983 February 1983
Beebug Newsletter - Volume 1, Number 10 - March 1983 Beebug March 1983
BBC Micro User - March 1983 - FIRST EDITION Database Publications Ltd March 1983
BBC Micro User - April 1983 - Vol 1 No 2 Database Publications Ltd April 1983
Personal Computer World - April 1983 April 1983
BBC Micro User - May 1983 - Vol 1 No 3 Database Publications Ltd May 1983
The Micro User - June 1983 - Vol 1 No 4 Database Publications Ltd June 1983
The Micro User - July 1983 - Vol 1 No 5 Database Publications Ltd July 1983
The Micro User - August 1983 - Vol 1 No 6 Database Publications Ltd August 1983
Personal Computer World - August 1983 August 1983
The Micro User - September 1983 - Vol 1 No 7 Database Publications Ltd September 1983
Practical Computing - September 1983 September 1983
The Micro User - October 1983 - Vol 1 No 8 Database Publications Ltd October 1983
The Micro User - November 1983 - Vol 1 No 9 Database Publications Ltd November 1983
The Micro User - December 1983 - Vol 1 No 10 Database Publications Ltd December 1983
Input Magazine - Complete Set 52 issues Marshall Cavendish 1984
The Micro User - January 1984 - Vol 1 No 11 Database Publications Ltd January 1984
The Micro User - February 1984 - Vol 1 No 12 Database Publications Ltd February 1984
The Micro User - March 1984 - Vol 2 No 1 Database Publications Ltd March 1984
The Micro User - April 1984 - Vol 2 No 2 Database Publications Ltd April 1984
The Micro User - May 1984 - Vol 2 No 3 Database Publications Ltd May 1984
The Micro User - June 1984 - Vol 2 No 4 Database Publications Ltd June 1984
Practical Computing - July 1984 July 1984
The Micro User - July 1984 - Vol 2 No 5 Database Publications Ltd July 1984
The Micro User - August 1984 - Vol 2 No 6 Database Publications Ltd August 1984
The Micro User - September 1984 - Vol 2 No 7 Database Publications Ltd September 1984
Personal Computing Today - October 1984 01-09-1984
The Micro User - October 1984 - Vol 2 No 8 Database Publications Ltd October 1984
The Micro User - November 1984 - Vol 2 No 9 Database Publications Ltd November 1984
The Micro User - December 1984 - Vol 2 No 10 Database Publications Ltd December 1984
The Micro User - January 1985 - Vol 2 No 11 Database Publications Ltd January 1985
The Micro User - February 1985 - Vol 2 No 12 Database Publications Ltd February 1985
The Micro User - March 1985 - Vol 3 No 1 Database Publications Ltd March 1985
The Micro User - April 1985 - Vol 3 No 2 Database Publications Ltd April 1985
The Micro User - June 1985 - Vol 3 No 4 Database Publications Ltd June 1985
The Micro User - July 1985 - Vol 3 No 5 Database Publications Ltd July 1985
The Micro User - August 1985 - Vol 3 No 6 The Micro User 01-08-1985
Acorn User - September 1985 September 1985
Personal Computer World - November 1985 01-11-1985
The Micro User - December 1985 - Vol 3 No 10 The Micro User December 1985
The Micro User - January 1986 - Vol 3 No 11 Database Publications Ltd January 1986
Acorn User - February 1986 February 1986
The Micro User - February 1986 - Vol 3 No 12 Database Publications Ltd February 1986
Personal Computer World - February 1986 01-02-1986
Acorn User - March 1986 March 1986
The Micro User - April 1986 - Vol 4 No 2 Database Publications Ltd April 1986
Acorn User - April 1986 April 1986
The Micro User - May 1986 - Vol 4 No 3 Database Publications Ltd May 1986
The Micro User - June 1986 - Vol 4 No 4 Database Publications Ltd June 1986
Personal Computer World - June 1986 01-06-1986
The Micro User - July 1986 - Vol 4 No 5 Database Publications Ltd July 1986
ULCC News July 1986 Newsletter 201 July 1986
Acorn User - August 1986 August 1986
Acorn User - September 1986 September 1986
The Micro User - December 1986 - Vol 4 No 10 The Micro User December 1986
The Micro User - February 1987 - Vol 4 No 12 Database Publications Ltd February 1987
The Micro User - April 1987 - Vol 5 No 2 Database Publications Ltd April 1987
The Micro User - May 1987 - Vol 5 No 3 Database Publications Ltd May 1987
The Micro User - June 1987 - Vol 5 No 4 Database Publications Ltd June 1987
The Micro User - July 1987 - Vol 5 No 5 Database Publications Ltd July 1987
Archive - Vol 1, No 1 - October 1987 Nowrich Computer Services October 1987
The Micro User - November 1987 - Vol 5 No 9 Database Publications Ltd November 1987
The Micro User - December 1987 - Vol 5 No 10 The Micro User December 1987
The Micro User - March 1988 - Vol 6 No 1 Database Publications Ltd March 1988
The Micro User - September 1988 - Vol 6 No 7 Database Publications Ltd September 1988
Personal Computer World - March 1989 01-03-1989
The Micro User - April 1989 - Vol 7 No 2 Database Publications Ltd April 1989
Archive - June 1989 June 1989
Acorn - Healthcare News 5 - September 1989 Acorn Computers Limited September 1989
Acorn - Education News 6 - June 1989 Acorn Computers Limited September 1989
The Micro User - January 1990 - Vol 7 No 11 Database Publications Ltd January 1990
University of Cambridge Computing Service January/February 1986 Newsletter 123 January 2002
Acorn User - August 1987 25-03-2009
Acorn User - March 1988 25-03-2009
Acorn User - August 1983 25-03-2009
Acorn User - June 1984 01-04-2009
Acorn User - July 1984 01-04-2009
Acorn User - August 1984 01-04-2009
Acorn User - October 1984 01-04-2009
Acorn User - November 1984 01-04-2009
Acorn User - December 1984 01-04-2009
Acorn User - January 1985 01-04-2009
Acorn User - March 1985 01-04-2009
Acorn User - June 1985 01-04-2009
Acorn User - September 1983 07-04-2009
Acorn User - August 1982 06-05-2009
Acorn User - September 1982 06-05-2009
Acorn User - November 1982 06-05-2009
Acorn User - August 1988 27-05-2009
Acorn User - September 1988 27-05-2009
Acorn User - October 1988 27-05-2009
Acorn User - November 1988 27-05-2009
Acorn User - December 1988 27-05-2009
Acorn User - February 1989 27-05-2009
Acorn User - March 1989 27-05-2009
Acorn User - May 1989 27-05-2009
Acorn User - June 1989 27-05-2009
Acorn User - September 1989 03-06-2009
Acorn User - November 1989 03-06-2009
Acorn User - December 1989 03-06-2009
Acorn User - March 1990 03-06-2009
Acorn User - May 1990 03-06-2009
Acorn User - July 1990 03-06-2009
Acorn User - September 1990 03-06-2009
Acorn User - January 1991 03-06-2009
Acorn User - May 1992 10-06-2009
Acorn User - August 1991 10-06-2009
Acorn User - October 1991 10-06-2009
Acorn User - April 1992 10-06-2009
Acorn User - September 1992 17-06-2009
Acorn User - July 1997 15-07-2009
The Micro User - July 1990 - Vol 8 No 5 The Micro User 27-10-2009
The Micro User - August 1990 - Vol 8 No 6 The Micro User 27-10-2009

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Acorn A3010 Acorn Unknown
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Acorn BBC Micro Model B Acorn 1981
Acorn BBC Micro Model A Acorn 1981
Acorn BBC Micro Model A Issue 1 Acorn 1981
Acorn BBC Micro Model B+ (64K) Acorn February 1981
Acorn Electron Acorn July 1983
Acorn Briefcase Communicator Acorn 1985
Acorn BBC Master 128 Acorn 1986
Acorn BBC Domesday System Acorn Computers Limited 1986
Acorn - BT Merlin M2105 Acorn 13rd May 1986
Acorn BBC Master Compact Acorn September 1986
Acorn Archimedes 310 Acorn 1987
Acorn Archimedes 305 Acorn 1987
Acorn Archimedes 440 Acorn July 1987
Acorn A3000 Acorn 1989
Acorn R140 Acorn June 1989
Acorn Archimedes 440/1 Acorn July 1989
Acorn R260 Acorn 1990
Acorn A5000 Acorn 1991
Acorn A5000 ALB53 Acorn 1991
Acorn A5000 ALB22 Acorn 1991
Acorn A3020 Acorn January 1992
Acorn A4000 Acorn September 1992
Acorn Risc PC 600 Acorn January 1994
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