Date   : Mon, 22 Jan 2001 09:09:13 -0000
From   : "Chris Richardson" <chris@...>
Subject: Re: Desecration 

I hope this is the case. I picked up a machine fitting the description only
last night. I will be photographing it and placing the pics on the 8BS
website later today.

Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrew Chesterton <achester@...>
To: Kris Adcock <kris@...>
Cc: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 8:46 AM
Subject: RE: [BBC-Micro] Desecration


> Wasn't the layout of the PCB in the 'Model A' completely different ?
>
> I have a very early BBC where the ROM sockets are half way up the eastern
> side of the PCB, not burried under the keyboard.
>
> The DIN sockets are chassis mounted and hand wired to pins on the PCB, not
> PCB mounted.
>
> The easiest difference to spot with my machine is that everything is
> sheilded. If you look at the underside of the case where all the IDC
> connectors are, there is a metal plate that runs the full length of the
> machine with threaded studs next to each connector, presumably for earth
> bonding.
>
> I thought that this machine was a 'Model A' is this correct ?
>
> Andrew Chesterton.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Philip Blundell [mailto:philb@...]
> Sent: 21 January 2001 16:13
> To: Kris Adcock
> Cc: bbc-micro@...
> Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Desecration
>
>
> >Do you mean on the card strip above the keyboard? Mine hasn't got one of
> >those, it just says "BBC Micro Computer" on the plastic itself.
> >
> >Any other markings I can check?
>
> If you've had the board out of the case it should be fairly obvious.
Model
> A
> boards only have half of the memory populated so there will be a large
bare
> area towards the east side.
>
> p.
>
>