The BBC Micro, affectionately known as the Beeb, was an early home computer. It was designed and built by Acorn Computers Ltd for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). In the early 1980s, the BBC started what became known as the BBC Computer Literacy Project. The project was initiated largely in response to an extremely influential BBC documentary The Mighty Micro, in which Dr. Christopher Evans from the National Physical Laboratory predicted the coming (micro)computer revolution and its impact on the ...

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• BBC Micro - Background
• BBC Micro - Market impact
• BBC Micro - Description
• BBC Micro - Hardware features Models A and B
• BBC Micro - Software and expandability
• BBC Micro - Successor machines and the retro scene
• BBC Micro - Specifications
• BBC Micro - Trivia

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Micro-PK:

Psychokinetic effects that cannot be directly observed, but only inferred from the statistical analysis of data.

(See also: Micro-PK, Psychic, Psychic Dictionary, Parapsychology, Parapsychology Dictionary)

The BBC wanted to base its project on a microcomputer capable of performing various tasks which they could then demonstrate in their TV series The Computer Programme (1981). The list of topics included programming, graphics, sound and music, Teletext, controlling external hardware, artificial intelligence etc. It decided to badge a micro, then drew up a fairly ambitious (for its time) specification and asked for takers. The BBC discussed the issue with Sir Clive Sinclair, who tried to offer the unsuccessful Grundy NewBrain micr ...

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A microorganism or microbe is an organism that is so small that it is microscopic (invisible to the naked eye). Microorganisms are often illustrated using single-celled, or unicellular organisms; however, some unicellular protists are visible to the naked eye, and some multicellular species are microscopic. The study of microorganisms is called microbiology. Microorganism - Micro-organisms and unicellular organisms. Micro-organisms may be found almost anywhere in the taxonomic structure. Unice ...

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In Norse Mythology Ask and Embla were the first two humans created by the gods, analogous with Adam and Eve. Odin and his brothers, Ve and Vili, created all nine worlds of Norse cosmology. They then found two logs on a beach and gave them a human shape. Odin gave them the breath of life; Vili gave them wit and emotions; Ve gave them senses and speech. These two people, Ask ("ash"), the male, and Embla ("elm"), became ...

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Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium. The most common structures involved are the heart valves. Endocarditis can be classified by etiology as either infective or non-infective, depending on whether a foreign micro-organism is causing the problem. Endocarditis - Infective endocarditis. As the valves of the heart do not actually receive any blood supply of their own, which may be surprising given their location, defense mechanisms (such as white ...

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• Endocarditis - Classification
• Endocarditis - Aetiology and pathogenesis
• Endocarditis - Clinical and pathological features
• Endocarditis - Micro-organisms responsible
• Endocarditis - Treatment
• Endocarditis - Non-infective endocarditis

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Acorn Computers was a British computer company established in Cambridge, England, in 1978. The company produced a number of computers which were especially popular in the UK. These included the Acorn Electron, the BBC Micro and the Acorn Archimedes. Acorn's BBC Micro computer dominated the UK educational computer market during the 1980s and early 1990s, drawing many comparisons with Apple in the U.S. Though the company was broken up into several independent operations in 2000, it leaves an impressive legacy, particularly in the ...

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• Acorn Computers - Prehistory
• Acorn Computers - CPU Ltd 1978–83
• Acorn Computers - The microcomputer systems
• Acorn Computers - The Atom
• Acorn Computers - BBC Micro and the Electron
• Acorn Computers - Acorn Computer Group plc 1983–85
• Acorn Computers - New RISC architecture
• Acorn Computers - Financial problems
• Acorn Computers - Olivetti subsidiary 1985–98
• Acorn Computers - BBC Master and Archimedes
• Acorn Computers - ARM Ltd
• Acorn Computers - Set-Top boxes
• Acorn Computers - Network Computers
• Acorn Computers - Final break up of Acorn 1998–2000
• Acorn Computers - Footnotes

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The Danish beer market is dominated by Carlsberg and Royal Unibrew. However, in recent years a number of micro breweries have sprung up. Other related archivesCarlsberg, Royal Unibrew, beer, market, micro breweries

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Bolesław Prus (pronounced: [bɔ'lεswaf 'prus]; August 20, 1847 – May 19, 1912), born Aleksander Głowacki, was a Polish journalist, short-story writer, and novelist of the Polish Positivist period. He is one of the most important figures in Polish letters, and one of the most distinctive voices in world literature. An indelible mark was left on Prus by his experiences as a 15-year-old soldier in Poland's 1863 Uprising, in which he suffered severe battle contusions and imprisonment by Tsarist Russian authorities. At age 25 he settled into a distinguished 40-year career in journ ...

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A venture capital firm is a financial intermediary that pools the resources of its partners and uses the funds to help entrepreneurs start up new businesses. One variant, micro venture capital makes investments in start-ups on a scale too small to attract the attention of most VCs. Other related archivesbusinesses, entrepreneurs, financial intermediary, micro venture capital, venture capital

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Musician Vince Clarke of the British synth pop bands Depeche Mode, Yazoo, and Erasure used a BBC Micro (and later a BBC Master) with UMI music sequencer to compose many hits. In music videos from the 1980s featuring Vince Clarke, a BBC Micro is often present or provides text and graphics such as the clip for Erasure's Oh L'Amour In addition to Yazoo, also Queen used the UMI on their A Kind of Magic record. The UMI is also mentioned in the CD booklet. Other bands who have used the Beeb for making music are a- ...

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BBC Micro, BBC Micro - Background, BBC Micro - Market impact, BBC Micro - Description, BBC Micro - Hardware features Models A and B, BBC Micro - Software and expandability, BBC Micro - Successor machines and the retro scene, BBC Micro - Specifications, BBC Micro - Trivia

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BBC Micro - Hardware features Models A and B. The Model A had 16 KB of user RAM; the Model B had 32 KB of user RAM. A particularly nice feature of the hardware was that the RAM was clocked at 4 MHz with alternating accesses given to the CPU and the video display circuits, giving a fully unified memory address structure with no speed penalties. Most competing micros with memory mapped display incured CPU speed penalties depending on the actions of the video circuits (e.g. the Amstrad CPC and to a lesser extent the ZX Spectrum) or kept video memory completely separate ...

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Four independent sound channels (one noise and 3 melodic) using the Texas Instruments SN76489 sound chip Built-in hardware support included: pluggable ROMs, directly or via "Sideways" daughterboard tape interface (with motor control), using a variation of the Kansas City standard data encoding scheme Centronics parallel printer (model B only) serial communication (using RS-423, a superset of RS-232) display output for TV, RGB or 1v p-p video monitor four analo ...

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Game Boy micro - Criticism. Because the Micro is so small, it relies heavily on proprietary (nonstandard) ports. There has been much criticism that many Game Boy Advance functions do not work on the Micro. While the headphone jack port has been restored, gamers must buy two link cables (GBM-GBM and GBM-GBA) to restore full multiplayer functionality. The Nintendo.com store lists the two cables at $9.95 and $7.95 respectively. The GameCube-Game Boy Advance cable also does not work with the Micro. A user by the name ...

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The machine was released as the BBC Microcomputer in early 1982. The machine was wildly popular in the UK; as with Sinclair's ZX Spectrum, also released around that time, demand greatly exceeded supply and for some months there were long delays before customers received the machines they had ordered. A brief attempt to market the machine in the United States failed, due largely to the dominance of the Apple II family. The success of the machine in the UK was largely due to its acceptance as an "educational" computer – the vast majority of ...

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In Japan, the handheld is available in seven colors/styles; black, blue, purple, and silver, along with three limited edition styles: one based on the original Famicom video game console's controller, a blue bodied model with a faceplate based on Final Fantasy IV [2], and a red bodied model with a black faceplate containing the silhouette of the famous Pokémon Pikachu [3]. In the United States, Micro is available in two colors, each sold with three interchangable faceplates included: black with silver, "Ammonite" and "Ladybug" facepl ...

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Game Boy micro, Game Boy micro - Design and specifications, Game Boy micro - Software, Game Boy micro - Packaging, Game Boy micro - Release and Sales, Game Boy micro - Reaction, Game Boy micro - Criticism, Game Boy micro - Praise, Game Boy micro - Trivia, Game Boy micro - Gallery

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MPP's first major product was the Micro-Technical Camera, in 1948. This was far in advance of any other camera produced in Britain. Mark II followed in 1949; Mark III in 1951; Marks VI, VII and VIII in 1952, 1956, and 1963. (Marks IV and V were not sold.) These had the full versatility and quality of technical cameras; some are still (2005) in professional use. The Micro-Press Camera was a press camera available through the 1950s. MPP is the only postwar British manufacturer of twin-lens reflex cameras. The Microcord (1951) was ...

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Micro-encapsulation - Physical Methods. The pan coating process, widely used in the pharmaceutical industry, is among the oldest industrial procedures for forming small, coated particles or tablets. The particles are tumbled in a pan or other device while the coating material is applied slowly. Air-suspension coating of particles by solutions or melts gives better control and flexibility. The particles are coated while suspended in an upward-moving air stream. They are supported by a perfor ...

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Even when the aim of a microencapsulation application is the isolation of the core from its surrounding, the wall must be ruptured at the time of use. Many walls are ruptured easily by pressure or shear stress, as in the case of breaking dye particles during writing to form a copy. Capsule contents may be released by melting the wall, or dissolving it under particular conditions, as in the case of an enteric drug coating. In other systems, the wall is broken by solvent action, e ...

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The Game Boy micro retains most of the functionality of the Game Boy Advance SP, but with an updated form factor. It is smaller than previous Game Boy systems; slightly bigger and about two thirds the weight of an iPod mini. Additionally, it features a backlit screen with the ability to adjust the brightness so as to adapt to lighting. The Game Boy micro also features a removable face plate that allows consumers to purchase alternative designs. Dimensions: 50 x 101 x 17.2 mm (2 x 4 x 0.7 inches). It is almost the s ...

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