What is BBC Micro?
{{Infobox information appliance | name = BBC Micro | sound = [[Texas Instruments SN76489]], 4 channels, mono <br/>[[Texas Instruments LPC Speech Chips|TMS5220]] speech synthesiser with phrase ROM (optional) | price = £235 Model A, £335 Model B (in 1981) | releasedate = {{Start date and age|1981|12|01|df=y}} | carrier = | website = | related = [[Acorn Electron]] | successor = [[Acorn Archimedes]] | predecessor = [[Acorn Atom]] | connectivity = Printer parallel, [[RS-423]] serial, user parallel, [[Econet]] (optional), 1&nbsp;MHz bus, [[Tube (BBC Micro)|Tube]] second processor interface | input = Keyboard, twin analogue joysticks with fire buttons, lightpen | graphics = 640×256, 8 colours (various [[framebuffer]] modes) <br/> 78×75, 8 colours ([[Teletext]]) | image = [[File:BBC Micro Front Restored.jpg|300px]] | storage = 100–800&nbsp;KB (DFS) <br/> 160–1280&nbsp;KB (ADFS floppy disks) <br/> 20&nbsp;MB (ADFS hard disk) | memory = 16–32&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]] (Model A/B) <br/> 64–128&nbsp;KiB (Model B+) <br/> 128&nbsp;KiB (Master) <br/> Plus 32–128&nbsp;KB ROM, expandable to 272&nbsp;KiB | cpu = 2&nbsp;MHz [[MOS Technology 6502]]/6512 | power = 50&nbsp;W | os = [[Acorn MOS]] | media = [[Compact Cassette|Cassette tape]], floppy disk (optional) – 5.25″ (common) (SS/SD, SS/DD, DS/SD, DS/DD), 3.5″ (rare) (SS/DD, DS/DD), hard disk also known as 'Winchester' (rare), [[Laserdisc]] ([[BBC Domesday Project]]) | discontinued = {{End date and age|1994|df=y}} | type = [[8-bit]] [[home computer]] | manufacturer = [[Acorn Computers]] | caption = BBC Micro Model A/B (standard configuration) | unitssold = Over 1.5 million }} The '''BBC Micro''' or '''the Beeb''' was an [[8-bit]] [[home computer]] from 1981. [[Acorn Computers]] developed and built the BBC Micro. Over 1.5 million units were sold during its lifespan. For many children in the [[United Kingdom|UK]], the BBC Micro was their first exposure to computers because many were in schools. An estimated 80% of schools in the UK had a BBC Micro computer. Nine models of the BBC Mi