February 1986 · Computer or hardware
BBC Master (1986)
Successor to the BBC Micro line, launched with the Master 128. About 200,000 systems were sold between 1986 and 1989.
The BBC Master 128 used a 65SC12 CPU and 128 KB of RAM. It launched at 499 pounds as the foundation of Acorn's new BBC range.
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Facts
- Date
- February 1986
- Kind
- Computer or hardware: Home and school computer
- Maker or publisher
- Acorn Computers
- Platforms
- BBC Micro
- CPU
- 65SC12
- CPU speed
- 2 MHz
- RAM installed
- 128 KB
- OS shipped
- BBC BASIC IV
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- BBC Micro (predecessor, 1981)
- Acorn Archimedes (successor, 1987)
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