Date   : Sun, 14 Aug 2005 21:00:02 +0100
From   : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: What had a 'code' key?

Yes, the Master Compact does have a CODE key in place of the "@" key.

To elaborate on "BB", this is short for Baby B, the Acorn codename for
Master Compact, the "B" referring to Project B, the development name for
the Master Series and "baby" presumably being the name given to the
cut-down version which became the Compact.

The name Baby B turns up in various places, such as on the Compact PCB
(although it doesn't appear on mine) and also on the side of the Compact
or FileStore PSU:

http://www.beebmaster.co.uk/Econet/E01S18.html

Best wishes,


Ian



----- Original Message -----
From: Jules Richardson
To:  bbc-micro@...
Sent: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 18:43:52 +0000
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] What had a 'code' key?

On Sun, 2005-08-14 at 18:12 +0100, Sprow wrote:
> In article <1124037683.12026.33.camel@...>,
>    Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:
> 
> > Just unearthed a copy of the Master 128 Welcome manual which was once
> > owned by Alex van Someren. It's marked as "BB Copy" though and has been
> > heavily annoated; I get the feeling this was done to produce a Welcome
> > guide for one of Acorn's other products...
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > Any ideas what machine this manual 'draft' might have been intended for?
> > The Electron, Compact and Communicator have no 'code' key - but maybe
> > that's misleading anyway and such a key was dropped before final
> > product...
> 
> The Compact has a "code" key.

Aha, yep... I was looking for something with 'code' written on it (as
per the maked-up manual)! :-)

Hmm, not that exciting then, but still an interesting bit of Acornia I
suppose...

cheers

Jules