Date : Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:46:49 +0000
From : pete@... (Pete Turnbull)
Subject: BBC Serial number query
Littlefield Aaron wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Can anybody confirm my suspicions please? Does a serial number of 02-UNB09
> signify one of those converted USA edition BBC Micros? I understand quite a
> few were returned from export, converted and sold off back in the UK?
I can't be certain about the serial number, but that looks right. Yes,
Micropower (or Greyhound Marketing) brought quite a lot back and sold
them here with little modification (I seem to recall they fixed the
video though). It should have a version of BASIC that uses COLOR
instead of COLOUR, as well as a few other changes.
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Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York