Date : Tue, 16 May 2006 22:33:48 +0100
From : Tim Fardell <tim.fardell@...>
Subject: Re: Spotting an upgraded model A
Rob wrote:
> At 10:18 16/05/2006, Kris Adcock wrote:
>> 5. The plastic keystrip just says "BBC Microcomputer" rather than specifying
>> a RAM size.
>
> My original model B had a keystrip that said simply BBC Microcomputer
> - later ones had "British Broadcasting Corporation / Microcomputer
> System" on two lines. Somewhere along the line I tink I have that
> keystrip away on a machine.. :-( It's only with the B+ machines
> that they put the memory size on them (to differentiate them, as
> otherwise they look the same!)
I have what I *believe* to be an upgraded Model A (it has no Analogue
port fitted, and only the Printer and Disc drive ports are present
beneath), and it has the full two-line "British Broadcasting..." text
on the keyboard strip, beside the owl.
I bought another Model B on sunday (1 pound, boot sale - mucky, but a
worker), and I'm now desperately curious as to what's printed on it's
keyboard strip, but I can't see it at the moment (it's about 90 miles
away.)