Date   : Fri, 21 Oct 2005 00:46:52 +0100
From   : Philip Pemberton <philpem@...>
Subject: Re: Eurobeeb

[also cc'd to Jules directly because my messages don't seem to be appeari
ng
 on the BBCmicro list]

In message <435820CF.80909@...>
          Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:

> Some Control Universal Eurobeeb bits are possibly going to be waiting 
> for me when I get back to the UK

You lucky, lucky devil... I've been looking for one of those for ages :-/

> which makes me wonder whether we ever 
> colletively uncovered any details about the system on the list?

It's basically a BBC Micro on a Eurocard from what I can gather.

> b) it seems strange that Acorn would allow 
> someone to copy one of their machines in the first place!

Perhaps a licence fee was involved? "We'll give you £x for every Eurobe
eb we
make that's based on your design" or something along those lines.

> Sounds like there's quite a pile of boards and backplanes anyway - 
> including 6502, 6809 and 8080 CPU cards (I don't think I'll be keeping 
> all of those, but I'll get some photos when I'm home)

You have my email address if you need someone to take a few of them off y
our
hands :)

Thanks,
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