Date   : Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:57:56 +0100
From   : julesrichardsonuk@... (Jules Richardson)
Subject: BBC Microcomputer System Technical Specification

Is this in common circulation (the one I have is a photocopy of issue 3, 
September 1981)? It just happened to become un-buried from a folder labeled 
"advertising junk" that I knocked off the shelf... (and which otherwise does 
indeed contain Acorn advertising flyers and things)

If it's uncommon I'll set it aside as being possibly important (I wouldn't 
mind a read through anyway), but for all I know people have copies all over 
the place already! :-)

Asides:

   1) It seems the concept of a "1MHz Bus" wasn't yet in use; the spec talks 
solely about a "Teletext Receiver Interface" instead - it reads as though they 
anticipated any other expansion to be done via the User Port.

   2) Potential use of 8" floppy drives rather than 5.25" was a design 
feature; I think that had gone by the time the machine really hit the streets?