Date   : Sat, 17 Oct 2009 13:13:50 +0100
From   : jumbos.bazzar@... (Mark Haysman)
Subject: ROM upgrades on the cheap

> I was going to post in the first place "why the hell didn't Acorn...",
> but there are two thoughts:

It was more likely not done because it wasn't foreseen. The 2764 was the 
largest EPROM at the time of Beeb develpment, and the 27128 only came in 
1982. The 27256 was introduced in 1983, so it probably wasn't forseen to use 
it.

Maybe we should have asked Steve Furber that at the AW show!

Mark.