Date   : Wed, 26 Mar 2003 15:21:29 +0000
From   : Kate Kneebone <kate.kneebone@...>
Subject: Re: BBC Micros, what else :)

W.Scholten wrote:

  > See my web pages for an analysis of this machine.

Yep, it's definitely one of those!  I never knew there were so many
different kinds of BBC, I vaguely knew about the PCB issue number thing,
3, 4 and 7, and that the function key strip changed at issue 7.  It's
very interesting in an extremely geeky kind of way :)

  > There is some texture
  > difference between the Honk Kong and new-case machines, but not much. If
  > the one case feels rough (and has a round ADC port coutout among other
  > things), then the PCB must been replaced in this machine (those cases
  > were used up to issue 4).

Nope, they've both got square analogue ports.  And they've both got
issue 7 style keyboard strips. I'm not totally convinced the lid of the
Hong Kong one's got its original lid though, from one side the base
looks a bit more yellow than the top.

  > Won't remove the yellowing, or oranging for that matter ;)

But it does remove strange stains and years of dust!  And what may well
have been dried blood where one of them appears to have bitten back when
someone punched out the punch out bit of the keyboard :)


Kate