BBC Microcomputer

A series of 6502-based personal computers launched by Acorn Computers Ltd. in January 1982, for use in the British Broadcasting Corporation's educational programmes on computing. The computers are noted for their reliability (many are still in active service in 1994) and both hardware and software were designed for easy expansion. The 6502-based computers were succeeded in 1987 by the Acorn Archimedes family.

xbeeb is a BBC Micro emulator for Unix and X11.

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I However, I used 'Folio' (a basic but wonderful word processor) on a single BBC Microcomputer shared by a whole Y7 class and was most interested in four things: we could save our work for another time, we could print out neat copies, we could move words from one place to another and most of all, we could delete and retype.

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