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From: martin@felix.UUCP
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Subject: Re: BBC Computer
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Date: Fri, 28-Aug-87 19:43:22 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 28 19:43:22 1987
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In article <4888@jade.BERKELEY.EDU> theodore@violet.berkeley.edu (Theodore W. Gray) writes:
>
>A teacher friend of mine asked me what I knew about the "BBC Computer", which
>the BBC in England is said to have distrubuted to many schools there, along
>with what is said to be lots of great educational software.  
>  As you may have guessed from the fact that I'm posting here, I had no idea
>what he was talking about! 

Given the general accuracy of Usenet, I have no problem stating that
I believe that this *might* be the Acorn machine.  I forget the
first processor they used.  Now its their own RISC chip.  They
have at least a sales office in the Santa Clara area.  Among
other things, it runs "BBC Basic".




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Martin S. McKendry;    FileNet Corp;	{hplabs,trwrb}!felix!martin
Strictly my opinion; all of it