Date   : Sun, 29 Jun 2008 09:23:44 +0100
From   : mike@... (Mike Tomlinson)
Subject: (none)

In article <856AAF68935B4316A85728CBCEC0EEC0.MAI@...>, Ian
Wolstenholme <bbcmailinglist@...> writes

>It wonder if it was with these applications in mind that Acorn made the
>Master 128 boot up correctly without a keyboard connected, whereas
>the BBC B won't.

The Master keyboard is entirely passive - the decoding chips which were
on the BBC B keyboard were integrated into the M128 motherboard.  That's
why the Master will happily boot without a keyboard connected.

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