Yellow Pig's BBC Computer Pages
The Yellow Pig's BBC Computer Pages cater to BBC Computer enthusiasts, offering content on BBC Master 512, native BBC Computer items, general topics, and a Beeb Image disk image handler. Contact information is available.
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The Yellow Pig's BBC Computer Pages feature miscellaneous items for enthusiasts interested in BBC Computers, particularly the BBC Master 512 and the native BBC Computer. The content includes information on Master 512 items, items for the native BBC Computer, general issues, and a Beeb Image disk image handler. Visitors can also find a contact page on the site.
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2 commentsIt could boot "DOS Plus", a DOS clone from Digital Research that included the GEM desktop.
Unfortunately it was compatible with very little DOS software, being system call compatible only up to MS-DOS 2.1, and having a non-standard keyboard and display.
As far as I know Acorn only shifted any significant amount of stock after they slashed the price, and I wonder even then how many buyers thought they were getting a BBC Master with 512k of RAM. I suspect most of the copro cards went unused.
Today, if you have a Master 128 and want to "upgrade" it, you can run PiTubeDirect on a Raspberry Pi which will cause it to emulate the appropriate 80186 (amongst other choices), so you can plug it into the Tube socket on the Master: https://github.com/hoglet67/PiTubeDirect
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