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if) ~ ~ ~ if) ~ ~ ~ n 1981 a good-looking newcomer bought for UK schools and for five out if) arrived on the microcomputer scene. of ten used for medical applications. I Its impressive pedigree and range of In homes and factories, offices and
THE MASTER SERIES OFrW ARE. Many Projects Networking thousands of software School Administration Maritime Training Aid _bl_ titles are currently BRITISH S SCIENCE Market Garden and Nursery available for use on the Master 8 ROADCASTI NG Biology, C hemistry, General Labels CORPORATION Series, with more being MASTER SERIES and Primary, Physics published each week. These SPECIFIC APPLICAT IONS MICROCOMPliTER are some of the applications Social Studies and Careers for Bakers, Dentists, Doctors, that they cover. Farmers, Milkmen, Science and Industry Newsagents, Video shops
General Interest ADMIN ISTRATION Recipe Costing Adult Education Databases, Spreadsheets, Spelling checks Word processing Adventure Games Spreadsheets Chemical analysis Arcade Games Stock control Computer Aided Design Books Textile Production Planning Computer Languages Business Packages Word processing ENERGY MANAGEMENT Communications Education Air conditioning control, Medicine and Health Computer Languagues Art, C raft, Creative Studies Heating control, Lighting Administration Computer Programming & Technical Drawing control, Ventilation control Business Studies Aids for disabled people Control Devices INSTRUMENTAT ION CONTROL Dentists' packages Databases COMPUTERS Data capture, Laboratory Computer Languages monitoring, Simulations Doctors' packages Examination Revision Computer Studies Security and access systems Medical records Graphics and design Programming Statistics Occupational therapy Home Interest and Leisure Economics Pathology Home Organisation English Business Pharmacists' package Integrated Business Systems ~ FOREIGN LANGUAGES Communications Training Music and Sound Dutch, French, German, ~ Databases Word processing Robots Italian, Russian, Spanish, Welsh Display software Sport General Subjects Graphics Details of individual Spreadsheets Indexing programs for the Master g Geography Strategy Games Series, including the names Integrated accounting History and addresses of suppliers, Toys packages Home Economics can be found in the BBC ~ Turtles and Buggies Invoices and delivery notes Information Retrieval Microcomputer System ~ Word Pr.ocessors Job Costings Catalogues, published by Maths Journal Indexing Acorn Computers. 0 Music U)
TilE MASTER SERIES HEMASTER 512. Today's professional which work under these operating __.__omputer user demands, righdy, systems, even though they may ha.ve hat programs should be quick to been written with far more expensive BRITISH ~ BROADCASTING learn, friendly to operate. machines in mind. CORI'ORATION MASTER SERIES That's why the software provided with , No other microcomputer can rival the MICROCOMPUTER the BBC Microcomputer Master 512 Master Series' communication abilities or includes both GEM and the GEM . range of interfaces. Master Series Micro Collection, from Digital Research. computers can access Prestel or teletext GEM, the Graphics Environment services such as CEEFAX and ORACLE Manager, enables the Master 512 to run (they include a true viewdata display programs in which much of the user's mode); or they can communicate with control is by means of a desk-top 'mouse'. any other computer via the telephone Movements of the mouse control an service. They can be used for information arrow on the screen, enabling the user to retrieval, electronic banking and funds i3]@~0 : .. ~:: .:-:--;:: :.=:~~:; =::.:~· give commands by simply pointing to transfer, electronic shopping or two-way ·corresponding symbols or 'icons'. The use of central databases. And by using an =:JOOD need to remember complicated command Econet network, many. machines can be names and structures is almost eliminated. linked together to share data and resources. In addition, 'pull-down' menus appear In addition, the Master 512 shares all temporarily on the screen enabling the other features of the series including N options to be selected, again by move sophisticated graphics and sound ments of the mouse, without having to facilities, the BBC BASIC programming ~ type on the keyboard. language and the convenient Control lf1 The GEM Collection provides three Panel configuration utility. powerful programs which utilise GEM's These impressive capabilities are ~ capabilities to ensure that they are indeed matched by equally impressive computing quick to learn and easy to use. GEM Desk power. The Master 512 features a 16-bit ~ Top is a friendly icon-driven front end processor with 512 Kbyte of RAM, and includes a calculator and diary. GEM putting it in the leading ranks of ~ Write is an approachable word processor professional personal computers. (f) aimed specifically at business and professional use. GEM Paint enables you ~ to add pictures, titles and diagrams to your word-processed documents using a variety of shapes, patterns, type styles ~ and sizes. Moreover GEM runs under Digital ~ Research's operating system DOS+ which is compatible with both MS--DOS and X CP/M 86. This gives you the potential to GEM enables the user to give many commands by using the 'mouse' to ~ run on your Master 512 most programs point at icons and menus on the screen.
THE MASTER SERIES HEMASTER 128 is the foundation tone of the BBC Microcomputer Master Series and embodies the ~ JbLBRITISH key concept linking the whole range: BROADCASTIN G CORPORATION usefulness. MASTER SE RIES For a start it's a word processor. The MICROCOMPUTER Master 128's professional typewriter keyboard and powerful word processing software enable you to prepare reports, essays and letters which are word perfect.
VIEWSHEET, the Master !28's spreadsheet program, was described by the magazine A&B Computing as 'a spreadsheet of very considerable power and an excellent business tool'. To complement its versatility, the cartridge inserted in one of the two plug Master Series provides a unique configur in cartridge sockets. ation utility. Using an icon-based Control The sophisticated graphics facilities of Panel you select the functions you require ro the Master Series are ideally suited to from your micro at start-up: the appli computer-aided drawing and design or for cation you want to run, the screen display N the computer generation of graphs, charts mode and so on. This information is ~ The Master 128 comes complete with VIEW 3.0, and diagrams. Rectangles, circles and stored in battery-backed programmable the latest and most sophisticated version of one of ellipses can be drawn with speed and memory. As soon as you switch on your the best se lling word processing packages ~ on the market. ease, and a choice of 6 billion shadings, computer the commands are carried out, textures and patterns is available to making your Master Series Micro ~ It's also a spreadsheet calculator. The stimulate your creativity. For aspiring computer ready to use immediately for popular and easy to learn spreadsheet musicians, the Master Series can be used programming, as a word processor or ~ program is ideally suited to applications for composition and performance. · whatever you wish. (f) involving budgetting, planning, esti If your interest is in creating your own Using the unique Control Panel utility you can As you would expect with a computer configure your Master Series Microcomputer so that mating or any repetitive calculations. program~,the Master Series provides you it starts up ready to use in the way you choose. that places such emphasis on usefulness, THE MASTER SERIES --- - -,... _.__ / Master / Master / Master / Master Econet / Master THE MASTER SERIES /128 /51 2 /Turbo /T erminal /Sci entific BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION MASTER SERIES MI CROCOMPlJT'ER Speech • Winchester discs .dopm~ Logkonoly~nl Music500 IEEE Vkloodig;ti~~ l Gas Very high capacity Instrumentation Microcomputer Capturing video Real-time Advanced music chromatagrap hs 1 recognition ...... l l Lo~·l 1 disc storage monitoring and numerically images on disc monitoring of and 16-channel C hemical analysis Voice control control for science, controlled digital circuitry sound synthesis ~ industry and machining ~ education Teletext adaptors Non-volatile • v;,.,.,,.~ In~~·•~~doo .., l Mu•kk.,boonbl Access to CEEFAX controller Shape recognition programmers~ROM M-•~fi•hltherapy unit Sound synthesis interface RAM ~ l t Lobo~"'" and ORACLE for Control of video l Your own programs Medical and controllers Instrument control, 1 Add-on memory information and and compact disc on ROM veterinary data analysis and that remains when free software playe rs applications display the power is off ~ ...... ~ 0 ~ ZSO second processors v;•wd•".,..~~ S.~lli~... ~~ o... ~... ·~l H·~~~ard copy l Provision of central 1 Receiving and l Low cost data Additional processing power of graphics, databases I decoding data from storage with software for small businesses z including colour weather satellites l 0~ (f) Prestel adaptor Modems Midi interfaces Caption and Econet • Access to British Communications Elec.tronic music DownWri•U•nninol-loaded diary 1graphics generators Gonl~kSynchroni'"~~sing the 1 outputAud;o l Networking for Telecom's viewdata via the telephone keyboard control information Sub-broadcast and micro with video Sound through communications information service network broadcast quality equipment your hi-fi and sharing of z and many other facilities similar services "' ~ "'--- > 8 THE MASTER SERIES An unrivalled range of add-on devices Further details of add-on devices for the and components already exists for the Master Series, with the names and BBC Microcomputer Master Series. This addresses of suppliers, can be found in the JbLBRITISH page lists many, but by no means all, of .BBC Microcomputer System Catalogues BROADCASTING the devices that are available. published by Acorn Computers. COR PORAT ION MASTER SE RIES MICROCOMPUTER Disc drives Tou J!WW , . " ' •• '" ;::eww=• """' . ... ~--'" • ••• .... 1111111 -o~ • ® ulluumOum(llllllm [!mmiumi~. Bitstik Tracker ball Joysticks ~ Rapid production Pointing device for Games control of drawings and text and graphics graphics z 0~ 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1111111 Monitors Computer Aided Light pens Mouse Microwriter Colour and Design systems Screen interaction Pointing device for Easy-to-learn text (f) monochrome Computer-aided for graphics icons and graphics input device draughting and applications advanced graphics z ~ >< ~ THE MASTER SERIES carried out with greater speed and _jf_ efficiency. Computer-aided design soft BRITISH ware can achieve the rapid redrawing of BROAD CASTING CORPORATION screen displays that is demanded by MASTE R SERIES professional users. Wherever large-scale MICROCOMPUTER computation needs to be combined with rapid input and output, the Turbo offers faster operation than ever before. In particular, the Master Turbo is ideally suited for use as a file server on an ECONET network. The Turbo is provided with HI-EDIT, a version of the Master 128's program and text editor which is relocated to keep the HE MASTER TURBO. memory map clear and which is especially 0 Microcomputer Master Turbo useful for those writing programs in Cprovides a level of excellence in BASIC and other languages. ~ hardware and software engineering that In addition, a printer buffer extender has never before been seen in a micro enables the Turbo to carry out parallel ~ computer. Its combination of co-processor, printing and processing. language and system architecture enables :=> the Master Turbo to achieve execution HOW THEY COMPARE speeds for interpreted BASIC programs sees ~ which, as the table shows, are faster than BBC Master 128 Turbo 4 .67' virtually any other personal computer. ~ The ultra fast CMOS-based co-processor BBC Master 128 9. 16' (65C102) operates at twice the speed of BBC Model B 14.15. ~ the standard processor. The two processors RMLNimbus 6. 45 are linked by the BBC Micro's famous IBM PC AT 7. 11 ~ and very fast TUBE. The language is (f) HI-BASIC, a version of the already fast IBM PC 17. 61 BBC BASIC specially created to optimise Apple Macintosh 12. 15 10 THEMASTERSERIES WORK STATION AND PRINTER SERVER WORK STATION WORK STATION E MASTER ECONET TERMINAL ne of the major successes of the TIBC Microcomputer System has JbLBRITISH been its capabilities in the area of BUS 1-.// BROADCASTI NG CORPORATION networking. Experience has shown that, MASTER SER IES wherever a number of microcomputers MICROCOMPUTER are being used together for similar or related purposes, many applications can ECONET NETWORK I be better managed by linking them WORKSTATION together in a local area network. And ECONET, with its capacity to handle up to 254 computers, provides the most sophisticated network design in its price range. The Master Econet Terminal has been designed to make the power of the Master Series available in a networking environ BUS ment, at a very reasonable cost. The standard Master ET provides the same processor as the Master 128 and can accept internal expansions to operate as a ECONET Turbo, Master 512 or Master Sc. It also NETWORKZ includes the ECONET network interface ~ card with the associated connector and WORK STATION WORKSTATION J:.Ll the latest Advanced Network Filing System software. ECONET NETWORKI ECONET NETWORK 2 ECONET BRIDGE ~ This makes the Master ET ideally Two ECONETsystems linked by an A Master Series Turbo with 30 Mbyte All workstations have access to files A high speed totally automatic link ECONET Bridge serve to illustrate suited as a powerful but low-cost Winchester disc provides a fast, high on the local fileserver, a Master Series between ECONET networks. Where J:.Ll the versatility of networking that can capacity file-server. A Master Series Turbo with high capacity floppy disc network usage is intensive and the ECONET workstation. Licensed software be provided. Network One is providing 128 functions as printer server and drives. O nly the senior workstation, network geography diverse, ECONET required for use on the workstation can administration and computer services workstation, Master Series ETs are used by the teacher, has valid identity Bridges allow the provision of high ~ be loaded via the network to sideways for the staff of a school or college, used as workstations by both admin on Network I allowing access to files speed network services to many users Cf) RAM. Commercially available appli Network Two is one of the classroom istration and teaching staff. on the Winchester disc or the passing in a way that is both flexible and networks. of pupils files to the printer server. economical. cations cartridges can be inserted directly THE MASTER SERIES II HE MA STER SCIENTIFIC. One of the main problems encountered in JbtiLBRITISH T: cientific computing can be access BROADCASTIN G to computer power. Too many, highly CORPORATION MASTER SE RI ES complex programs chasing too little, MICROCOMPUTER highly expensive mainframe time can cause long delays. The frustration can be particularly intense during program development where a small error can produce a wasted run - and another tedious wait. If this is a situation that sounds familiar, you ought to know about the BBC Microcomputer Master Scientific. You'll be surprised to find that, beneath its unassuming exterior, it u incorporates a National Semiconductor ~ 32-bit processor. It's very fast and very ~ sophisticated, and provides a useful ~ lfz Mbvte of RAM. You'll be delighted to discover that ~ the Master Sc supports a collection of professional programming languages including FORTRAN 77, ISO PASCAL, ~ and C. ~ These are full implementat ions, conforming to relevant standards and u authoritative descriptions, and written by Cf) specialists in mainframe languages. A floating point processor conforming to IEEE Standard is fitted. In many cases ~ programs developed on the Master Sc will run unchanged on your mainframe ~ machine; although after the flexibility and control of your micro, you may find ~ the mainframe rather slow. Cf) The Master Sc comes with a version ofBBC BASIC, a valuable BBC Micro. Software upgrades include Workstation. the Master Sc will provide you with ~ language in its own right for many the 32000 Assembler and the PANOS Whether your applications involve individual access to mainframe power scientific applications, 'and all the other operating system; making it compatible computer aided design or statistics, finite at micro prices. ~ features that you would expect from a with the powerful Acorn Cambridge element analysis or circuit simulation, IZ THE MASTER SERIES 16 Kbytes BBC BASIC v 4.0 Optional Network Interface Graphics commands extend colour range by 16 Kbytes EDIT, program and text Editor Acorn ECONET colour mixing __m__ 13 Kbytes VIEW v 3.0, wordprocessor OUTPUTS, BRITISH 16 Kbytes ANFS ROM BROADCASTING 16 Kbytes VIEWSHEET, spreadsheet Phono socket CORPORATION 16 Kbytes ADFS, Advanced disc filing UHF channel36, full colour MASTER SE RIES system Parallel Printer Interface MICROCOMPUTER BNC connector 16 Kbytes 1770 DFS, BBC model B+ 8 bit Centronics compatible Composite Video 1V peak to peak, compatible 26 way roc connector monochrome Internal ROM sockets 5 pin DIN socket Serial Interface RGB TTL level 5V 2X 128 or 256 Kbit capabi lity RS423 75-9600 baud software selectable separate +ve or -ve sync. I : THE MASTER 128 :: I 1 X 128 Kbit capability lndependant Rx!fx baud rate selection Total sideways memory usable at any 5 pin DIN socket Sou nd if) CPU time (ROM or RAM) 256 Kbytes 4 channels full software control inc 96 Kbyte fitted firmware 65C12 Display Internal speaker 4.5cm z 2 MHz clock frequency Modes: Phono socket output for 16 Ohm speaker Cartridge Sockets 8 standard modes + 8 'Shadow' modes or pre-amp 2 Enhanced Acorn cartridge sockets 0 RAM Mode 0 2 colour ~ 64 Kbytes main Internal' 1 MHz bus' up rated to 2 Mllz 80x32 text 640x256 graphics User Port bus speed 64 Kbytes sideways, four 16 Kbyte pages Mode 1 4 colour 10 bit memory mapped bi--directional ~ 50 bytes CMOS battery backed 256 Kbyte ROM capacity, per socket 40x32 text 320x256 graphics TTL compatible 20 bytes used by fitted firmware Video Genlock capability through Mode 2 8 colour + 8 flash options + 5 volts available ~ I 0 bytes reserved for future Acorn use cartridge hardware 20x32 text 160x256 graphics 20 way !DC connector 10 bytes reserved for Jrd party applications u Sound input and output Mode 3 2 colour ~ 10 bytes avai lable to user applications 80 X 25 text only 1 MH zBus User RAM is not affected by filing system ~ Disc Interface 2 workspace Mode 4 colour General purpose Bus extender ~ Shugart standard 40x32 text 320x 256 graphics Character set (ASCII 32-255) can be Audio output and input SUPPORTS, Mode 5 4 colour u redefine4 with no loss of user RAM Internal or external, software selectable MFM, double data density 20x32 text 160x256 graphics 34 way roc connector (external) ~ ROM FM, single data density Mode 6 2 colour 40 or 80 track drives ~ 128 Kbytes 40X 25 text only Formatted capacity, 320 Kbytes - MFM, External TU BE if) CONTENTS, Mode 7 8 colour 80 track, per total l . 28 Mbyte Custom interface for the connection of 35 Kbytes Operating System with surface- 40 X 24 'Teletext' text and graphics on twin 80 track double sided drives second processors extended graphics and Terminal software 8 Shadow modes provide the same displays ~ 34 way·IDC connector without affecting user memory 40 way roc connector (external) :t ~ THE MASTER SERIES 13 Internal TUBE Keyboard HJNCf iON KEY STRIPS JbdLCustom interface for the connection of 63 key QWERTY keyboard with 2 key VIEW/ViewSheet!EDITfTerminal I THE MASTER 512 I BRITISH co-processors rollover and auto repeat OPTIONAL REFERENCE GUIDES, B llOADCAST I NG CO RPORATION 2X 12 way connectors 10 function keys Reference Guides 1 and 2 I/0 processor- uses the MASTER SERIES ' MICROCOMPUTER 20 key numeric pad VIEW and ViewSheet Guides Master Series 128 CPU Internal or External TUBE selectable by All features of the Master 128 are software Screwdriver operated BREAK key lock Advanced Reference Guide provided as described above with the following additional features: Analogue Input Auxiliary power socket + 12Vo lts THE MASTER TURBO 4 channel Analogue to I I Language processor: Digital conversion + 5 Volts I/0 processor - uses the 80186 16 bit 8 bit accuracy - 5 Volts Master ~eries128 CPU C lock frequency 8 MHz 1.8 volt reference voltage Power ava ilable is dependant on A ll features of the Master 128 are MEMORY, Cf) Light pen strobe connection to C RTC internal options provided as described above with the RAM 512 Kbytes 15 way D-type connector following additional features: ROM upto 128 Kbytes z Accepts external reference voltage for Power Input (UK) higher precision 216 to 264 V.AC (50 Hz) Rating Language processor: Acorn Mouse 0 100 Watts 0.5 Amps ~ 65C102 8 bit CMOS Cassette Interface Clock frequency 4 MHz Software: on disc ~ 300 - 1200 CUTS standard, speed is Dimensions MEMORY, Digital Research DOS+ software se lectable Width: 476 mm RAM 64 Kbytes DOS+ provides compatibility with Depth: 346 mm ~ Output 200 m V peak to peak ROM 4 Kbytes- MSDOS 2.1 and CP/M 86 Height: 85 mm u Input 50 mY to 5 V TUBE communications code The GEM Collection Motor control relay, I Amp at from Digital Research: ~ Software - 24 Volts DC VIEW automatically relocated on GEM DeskTop ~ I tape + 1 disc ( 40/80 format) 7 pin DIN connector transfer from I/0 processor memory GEM Paint ~ Welcome su ite Typical speed increase, 50% (HI-BASIC GEM Write Welcome utilities u Real Time Clock vs BASIC v4, PCW benchmarks) ADFS utilities Documentation: u.:l Battery back-up, Lithium cell, Operating system support for parallel minimum 1 year life BAS 128 - BBC BASIC for sideways processing (eg '*GO IO') 1 manual ~ RAM use, 64 K free RAM Cf) Information can be called from MOS, HI-BASIC, HI-EDIT and Printer-Buffer BASIC and other languages extender supplied on disc Documentation Time/Day/Date/Year ~ Welcome Guide, this provides a full introduction to the Master l28's :t hardware and firmware ~ VIEW and ViewSheet reference cards 14 THE MASTER SERIES Documentation: Internal Tube connector THE MASTER SCIENTIFIC I I Master Scientific User Guide as Master 128 JbLBRITISH PANOS Guide to Operations' BROADCASTI NG 110 processor- uses the NB 6522 User VIA chip is not fitted but is CO RPORAT ION PANOS Programmer's Reference Manual' MAST ER SE RI ES Master Series 128 CPU available as an option. MI CROCO MPUT ER BBC BASIC Reference Manual All features of the Master 128 are provided as described above with the FORTRAN 77 Reference Manual' following additional features: ISO PASCAL Reference Manual' C Reference Manual' Language processor: Acorn 32000 ASSEMBLER Reference National Semiconductor 32016 32 bit Manual' Clock frequency 8 MHZ Function key card booklet' Floating point processor NS 32081 available separately (f) MEMORY' RAM 512 Kbytes THE MASTER z ROM 16 Kbytes ECONET TERMINAL PANDORA operating system core 0 TUBE communications code Processor and RAM as Master Series 128 ~ BBC BASIC equivalent to v 4.0 ~ ROM Optional software: on disc 64 Kbytes PANOS operating system including: ~ Editor, Linker and Utilities CONTENTS, 32 Kbytes Operating system u FORTRAN 77 - 16 Kbytes BBC BASIC ~ Conforms to ANSI X3.9- 1978 and 16 Kbytes Advanced Network Filing ~ ISO 1539-1980 System ~ ISO PASCAL - Conforms to BS 6192-1982 Display u C- Conforms closely to the description Composite video as Master 128 ~ in the book 'The C Programming Language' by Kernighan & Ritchie RGB as Master 128 ~ 32000 series macro assembler (f) Network Interface Card ' Library support, as appropriate, for FORTRAN, PASCAL and C Fitted standard ~ Cartridge sockets X as Master 128 ~ THE MASTER SERIES 15 HEAD OFFICE: ALL ENQU IRIES TO: Acorn Computers Limited Acorn Computers Limited Fulboum Road Cambridge Technopark JillBRIT ISH BROADCASTIN G Cherry Hinton 645 Newmarket Road CORPORATION MASTER SERI ES Cambridge CB 1 4JN Cambridge CBS 8PD MICROCOMPUTE R England England• Telephone (0223) 245200 Telephone (0223) 214411 Telex 817875 ACORN G Telex 8 1152 ACNNMR G Fax (0223) 210685 Fax (0223) 214382 Viewdata (0223) 243642 DEALER In this brochure, the initials BBC refer co the Bnnsh Broadcastmg Corporation. The following are trademarks of Acorn Computers Lomued: ECONET, TUBE, VIEW, VIEWSHEET, MUSIC 500, PANOS, ET, LEVEL 3 and ACORN CAMBRIDGE WORKSTATION. CPM-86, DOS+, DOS 4.1, GEM, GEM COLLECTION, GEM PAINT, GEM WRITE and GEM DESK TOP are trademarks of D1g1cal Research Inc. Quinkey is a trademark of Microwriter Limited. Prestel is a trademark of British Telecommumcations PLC. Every effort has been made to ensure that the mformat10n tn this brochure is true and correct at the time of priming. However, the products described in this brochure are subject to continuous development and improvement and Acorn Computers Ltd reserves the right to change their specifications at any time. Acorn Computers Ltd cannot accept liabi lity for any loss or damage ansing from the uie of any infonnation or particulars in this brochure. © Acorn Computers Ltd 1986 Text: lnfonnation Transfer, Cambridge Brochure design and an direction: Carrods G raphic Design, Cambridge Photography: Reeve Photography, Cambridge Printed by: Saunders and W illiams, C roydon Phototypesetting by: Goodfellow & Egan, Cambridge Acornl cl, The choice of experience. , ••• APP 70 THE MASTER SERIES