Date   : Tue, 14 Mar 2006 19:30:08 +0000
From   : "Ian Wolstenholme" <BBCMailingList@...>
Subject: Re: Model B compatibility on a Master

Yes, I was just following advice from Acorn about where to get one
although I was unsuccessful as it turned out:

http://www.beebmaster.co.uk/AcornLetters/Acorn%207th%20May%201991.html
http://www.beebmaster.co.uk/AcornLetters/Beebug%2014th%20May%201991.html

Best wishes,


Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Fragula
To:  Ian Wolstenholme <BBCMailingList@...>, BBC Micro List <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 14:38:14 +0000
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Model B compatibility on a Master

Hi Ian!

Ian Wolstenholme wrote:

> In the 1980s there was a thing called the Integra-B board supplied by Beebug
Well Beebug might have supplied it, it was designed and marketed by
Computech, based in Whitehaven, Cumbria.

Nice of you to mention it. :-/ By some bizzarito quirk of fate, Since
last night I have mine sitting in its original polys  on the table at
home waiting for me to photograph it "out of the box" before
reinstalling it.

I'll be writing a technical review, with photos. Soon. Might follow that
up with an "Advanced Users Guide To" as there is more to this puppy than
meets the eye. Sure there is work to be done (again!) Improvements to be
made, filesystem ROM images to be hacked to enhance for. Etc.

> which either helped turn a BBC B into a Master or the other way round.

It doesn't in itself exactly convert a B into a M128, it's not quite all
of that, but is rather, in some ways, much more.

TBH, if Acorn had fitted Integra-B functionality in the Master, The
Master  would have been a better machine for it.

If one makes itself available in the meantime, don't delay, don't ask,
just grab it! If you don't want to grab it, pass the opportunity this
way please. If you 'aint sure. Grab it, and if you don't like it, pass
the opport.......

Cheers!

M.