BBC Micro

The British Broadcasting Corporation Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a series of home computers produced since 1981 by Acorn Computers for the BBC Computer Literacy Project. Thanks to this microcomputer Great Britain became one of the most computerized countries in the world. The first type Model A BBC Micro had MOS6502 processor clocked at 2 MHz and 16 KB RAM. It could operate in eight graphic modes: from 640×256 (from Model B) in two colors, to 40×25 in eight colors. Although 12 models of the microcomputer were produced, the term BBC Micro is usually used for the first 4 models: Model A, B, B+64 and B+128.