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The transition from the BBC to the micro:bit Education Foundation moved the official home of the micro:bit from microbit.co.uk to microbit.org. The BBC licensed the hardware technology as open source and allows it to be manufactured around the world for use in education. The foundation oversees this. [31] [32] On 2 January 2018, it was ...
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 ...
I would argue that micro:bit is the commonly used name. Both microbit.co.uk and microbit.org use this. Comparing to the iPad article on wikipedia, where the stylized name is the only one used, I think the same should be done on this page: use "micro:bit" or "BBC micro:bit". 213.113.138.247 11:23, 11 March 2018 (UTC)
Interior of the 6502 Second Processor. The 6502 Second Processor (using a 6502C) was clocked at 3 MHz, a full 50% faster than the 6502 inside a BBC Model B, and also had 64 KB of RAM, of which typically 30–44 KB was free for application data (compared to as little as 8.5 KB on an unexpanded Model B in graphics mode, or only 5.75 KB with the disc interface).
Numerous coprocessors were developed for the Tube. Most commonly seen was the 6502 Second Processor, featuring a MOS Technology 6502 processor, which allowed unmodified BBC Micro programs to run faster and with more memory, as long as they use the API for all I/O. [1] [2] The Z80 Second Processor featured a Zilog Z80 processor running CP/M, and the 32016 Second Processor featured a National ...
There have also been efforts to make 6502 based version of BBC BASIC available on the Apple II. Applecorn being one such effort. BBC BASIC is the programming language used in the Agon Light, an open-sourced 8-bit Z80-based single board computer and microcontroller designed by Bernardo Kastrup and released in 2022. [36]
The interpreter was implemented in 6502 machine-code and was 5.5K in size. It was based on Owl LISP written by Mike Gardner of Owl Computers, which he published for the Apple II in 1979. Acornsoft licensed it from Owl Computers in 1981 and developed it for the Acorn Atom and BBC Microcomputer.
The BBC wanted to use their own computer, so the BBC Micro was developed by Acorn Computers as part of the BBC Computer Literacy Project, and was featured in this series. The series was successful enough for two series to follow it, namely Making the Most of the Micro in 1983 and Micro Live from 1984 until 1987.