Everything about BBC Micro
Series of British microcomputers by Acorn
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, such as The Computer Programme (1982), Making the Most of the Micro and Computers in Control, and Micro Live (1985). Created in response to the BBC's call for bids for a microcomputer to complement its broadcasts and printed material, Acorn secured the contract with its rapidly prototyped "Proton" system, which was subsequently renamed the BBC Micro. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: BBC MicroA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Experience with using BBC micro: bit in teachingInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: The Hitch-Hikers's Guide to Artificial IntelligenceThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: The BBC micro:bitCited 77 times
- Go sideways: BBC Micro expansion unitA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Sideways address spaceA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
The BBC micro:bit
BBC micro projects
From the BBC micro to micro:bit and beyond
Interfacing a Perkins Brailler to a BBC Micro
News Comment: Computing - BBC Micro
BBC Micro user-port interface
Interrupts on the bbc micro
TV waveforms from a BBC micro
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
The Hitch-Hikers's Guide to Artificial IntelligenceRichard Forsyth, Chris Naylor · 1985
The Mystery of Silver MountainTatchell Oxlade, Chris Oxlade · 1984
Building blocks for BBC gamesBruce Bayley · 1984
Creative GraphicsJohn Cownie · 1982
LISP on the BBC MicrocomputerArthur Norman, Gillian Cattell · 1983
Usborne Guide to Understanding the MicroJudy Tatchell, Bill Bennett · 1982
Step-by-step programming for the Acorn ElectronIan Graham (programmer) · 1984
Write Your Own Adventure ProgramsJenny Tyler, Les Howarth · 1983
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