penguin42 on Nostr: My Acorn BBC Master 512; that's a BBC Master with an added 80186 copro (which is the ...
My Acorn BBC Master 512; that's a BBC Master with an added 80186 copro (which is the board in the middle).
Hmm first time I've had the top off in ages, I guess I should check it's batteries and PSU; there doesn't seem to be any crud around the batteries.
It's got a little board from CJE which I think lets you switch in the extra EPROM sockets vs extra RAM.
#retrocomputing
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