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# BBC B risc home PC ?
Not forgeting 'Defender' top game
(Tesla, Mon 20 Jan 2003, 20:52, archived)
# The BBC wasn't a RISC machine
Although its successor, the Archimedes, most definately was (and Acorn won a law suit against Apple to prove it).
(I helped save b3ta! Shedside, Mon 20 Jan 2003, 20:55, archived)
# my mistake...
a friend had both to play on as his dad worked in resarch for BT. Even had a robotic arm attached to it!
(Tesla, Mon 20 Jan 2003, 20:57, archived)
# it was a Z80 based
processor, wasn't it?

edit - no, it was a 6502 i think.. i was thinking of the spectrum...

(albatross! aka Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk kerplunk - whoops, where's my thribble?, Mon 20 Jan 2003, 20:56, archived)
# no, 6502, I think
(I helped save b3ta! Slim has found god. He was down the back of the sofa., Mon 20 Jan 2003, 20:59, archived)
# I'm not certain it was
the Apple ][ was definitely a 6502, but I can't remember for sure about the BBC.

edit: nope, you're right. 'Twas indeed a 6502.
(I helped save b3ta! bob dinosaur, Mon 20 Jan 2003, 21:01, archived)
# The Zilog chip
could be used as a co-processor so I reckons the 6502
(I helped save b3ta! helmetcream, Mon 20 Jan 2003, 21:04, archived)
# never heard of
a bbc with a coprocessor before!
(albatross! aka Rameses Niblick III Kerplunk kerplunk - whoops, where's my thribble?, Mon 20 Jan 2003, 21:07, archived)