BBC Micro

Basics (BBC Micro)

The BBC Micro was developed and manufactured by Acorn Computers in the early 1980s as part of the BBC's Computer Literac...

RGB Port Pinout (BBC Micro)

Below is the pinout for the RGB port on the BBC Micro.

📄 Boot Up Diagnostics (BBC Micro)

There are several common issues that you can face when powering up the BBC Micro and some of the solutions are listed be...

Drawing Graphics (BBC Micro)

A great demonstration of the power of the BBC Micro, and the start of thinking about game code is to write a really simp...

Loading from Floppy (BBC Micro)

To load content from the Floppy drive first connect the IDE and power to the underside of the computer. The BBC Micro us...

1770 Floppy Upgrade (BBC Micro)

If your floppy interface on the BBC Micro is using the 8271 you can only load 40 track disks. There is an official upgra...

Programming ROMs (BBC Micro)

All BBC Micro come with sockets inside where you could install up to 4 ROM chips. If you wanted to program your own toda...

📄 Single Beep _ Cursor (BBC Micro)

If you turn on your Beeb and get a single 1 second low beep but no the following high beep, this is fairly common if you...