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Hardware

EPROM programming

Eprom programming service, supports all 28 pin devices:
  • Note: When programming a ROM you must be the copyright holder of the image to be programmed
  • Supply & program new ROM 8kB:£5.00 16kB:£5.50 32kB:£6.00 64kB:£6.50
  • Supply blank ROM only 8kB:£4.00 16kB:£4.50 32kB:£5.00 64kB:£5.50
  • Erase & reprogram existing ROM Any:£3.00
  • Erase ROM only Any:£2.00

8 bit Acorn spare parts

6850 ACIA (serial port controller chip). £4.00
SAA5050 (teletext lookup chip). £6.00
Ferranti ULA plus heatsink (custom Acorn 'Vidproc' ULA chip). £6.00
TMS5220/TMS6100 emulator (speech upgrade chips). £32.00
65C102 (upgraded 6502 3MHz processor, CMOS, used in Master Turbo). £7.00
65SC12 (extended instruction set 6502 3MHz processor in ceramic package, used in Master 128). £7.00
6512A (extended instruction set 6502 2MHz processor, used in B+). £6.50
6512B (extended instruction set 6502 3MHz processor). £8.00
6502A (NMOS 2MHz processor). £6.50
6522 1MHz VIA (versatile interface adapter). £4.00
6845 CRTC (cathode ray tube controller). £6.00
WD1770 (floppy disc controller, note this is just the IC not a full BBC micro upgrade). £7.00
76489 (4 channel sound generator). £4.00
HM4816AP (16kbit DRAM from BBC A/B) or equivalent. £2.00
6264 SRAM (for sideways on ATPL board). Set of two. £6.00
74ALS169 (programmable counter, used in the Master Compact RS423 interface). £2.00
74HCT646 (bidirectional latched transceiver, used in the 16 bit IDE interface). £2.00
74HCT139 (dual 2-to-4 decoder). £1.00
74HCT21 (dual 4 input AND). £1.00
74HC595 (8 bit serial in parallel out shift register). £1.00
MT8843 (tone demodulator, used in the caller id display). £8.30
BU208A transistor replacement for Q2 in BBC A/B/B+ power supply. £5.10
220µF electrolytic and 100nF non polarised replacement for C1, C2 and C9 in BBC A/B/B+ power supply. £2.70
BBC Master 3AA battery pack ready assembled (batteries not included). £4.40
BBC micro 6 pin auxilliary power connector. Female socket (as used on the power supply side). £0.95

32 bit Acorn spare parts

SMSC 37C665GT (super IO chip, used in the Risc PC and A7000 family of computers). £12.00
Acorn IOMD21CW (system IO and memory device from Risc PC family of computers). £20.00
Arm VIDC20r1 (video and sound controller from Risc PC family of computers). £20.00
12.288MHz 8 pin DIL oscillator module. Sealed metal can, 5V, 100ppm (audio clock in Archimedes). £0.75
24.000MHz 8 pin DIL oscillator module. Sealed metal can, 5V, 100ppm (superio clock in Archimedes). £0.75
56.000MHz 8 pin DIL oscillator module. Sealed metal can, 5V, 100ppm (CPU clock in A7000 family). £0.75
Double width back panel for Archimedes podule bay (two). £5.00

8 bit Acorn hardware

MiniB 32K. Floppy disc sized BBC micro compatible single board computer. Runs original BASIC unmodified, output via LCD, with any standard PS/2 keyboard for input. From £31.00
ARM7 coprocessor for BBC micro series. Internal version available for the BBC Master or standard external version on ribbon cable for machines with Tube interface. 16MB RAM, runs up to 200 times faster than the host machine. From £87.50
1770/1772 disc upgrade kit for the BBC model B. Comes with upgrade board, links, required buffer logic gates, and DFS upgrade ROM. Fitting instructions supplied to upgrade either from a cassette machine or an 8271 machine. Required to run DOSFS on the model B and also Acorn ADFS for compatibility with the Master series. £22.50
ROM/RAM cartridges for Master series and Electron. Plug in expansion cartridges with space for two ROMs, or an SRAM device, or combinations therein. From £18.20
8Mbyte RAM disc for BBC micro series. High speed solid state RAM disc, operating via the 1MHz bus - ideal for speeding up disc intensive operations such as databases. From £35.50
3.5" floppy drive for use with the BBC micro series. Suits machines fitted with 8271 or 1770 controller chips, includes power and ribbon cable. From £22.90
SJ Research Econet starter pack, Acorn part number AEH51. Kit comprises 5x wall boxes each with 2 sockets, 2x terminators, fixing screws, clock box and power supply, installation/operating instructions. New and in original box. &163;40.00 + Parcel post of £7
Second serial port interface for BBC micro series. Standard PC serial port or 5 pin domino DIN connector, with programmable transmit and receive rates via supporting free software. From £24.00
Master 10/100Mbps ethernet module. Connect to Windows networks and the wider internet with a plug in replacement for the Econet module. £69.50
BBC to PC serial crossover cable. Ready made 9 pin D sub female to 5 pin domino DIN male, 2m approx. £7.65

Non computer related

Cooling fan. 60mm diameter fan, whisper quiet, 12v DC to cool the innards of a computer £4.00
UV tubes, example use - to detect forged bank notes. 6" length, 4W. £4.00 each (two)
Ceramic 13A one inch domestic fuses (to BS1362). Bag of 10 £1.00 (three)
Phone lock, sturdy plastic strap stops BT jack plugs being unplugged accidentally. £1.00
30A 250v spare mains junction boxes for socket ring mains. £2.00 (three)
Battery eliminator, for 6V or 9V devices, with 4 sizes of DC power plug, each polarity reversible. £3.00
Car lighter socket to mini 2.1mm power plug (9v out). £3.50
Disposable red biros, bundle of 6 for £1.10
Resealable component poly bags (approx 2" x 3") £1.00 for 10
Tektronics TDS3000/TDS3000B option module cover panel. Part number 200-441-500. Brand new spare parts to replace broken or missing parts in TDS3014;TDS3012;TDS3034;TDS3014 and similar models of oscilloscope. £2.80 (three)

Software

8 bit Acorn

View A2.1, the definitive wordprocessor from Acornsoft for the BBC micro. Comes with combined 120 page "View" user guide (1986) and ROM fitting leaflet. ROM, leaflet and manual set £5.00 (two)
Doomsday the definitive year 2000 fix, ROM based fix extends the date range to 1900-2299. Supplied with in depth user manual, £12.00
DOSFS for reading and writing Windows long filenames diskettes. Supplied with in depth user manual, £15.00
Spare non windowed BASIC I, BASIC II, OS 1.20, View A1.4, View A2.1. £4.00 each. Suitable for upgrades, spares, or to rid your machine of pirated EPROMs.
Spare non windowed MOS 3.20. £6.00 each. Suitable for upgrades, spares, or to rid your machine of pirated EPROMs.
BBC Welcome Cassette plus 23 page original manual in card wallet. ISBN 0563165162, 1981. £2.00
Arcade Action (Acornsoft Invaders; Breakout; Dodgems; Snake) on cassette. Boxed. £1.00

x86 PC compatible

Quikmenu 3 by Neosoft for PC's only. Requires 286 or greater, and gives DOS a nice Graphical User Interface. Fully registered version, including 200 page manual, and extra icons discs. £5.00
Neopaint by Neosoft for PC's only. Requires 286 or greater, the ultimate bitmap editor - puts Paint to shame. Fully registered version, including 120 page manual, and extra fonts discs. £5.00

Books and media

Computing

Beginning BASIC (Paul M. Chirlian). Not specific to BBC BASIC. 1978. 220 pages. £3.30

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