Credits string - 768 bytes (4.6%)


§1. Credits.

 This area of memory from $FC00-$FF00 is the memory mapped IO space, so this memory cannot
 be used as a normal part of the OS. Instead the memory locations store a string of credits.
 For memory mapped I/O, see Chapter 3: Memory Mapped IO.

   Herman Hauser       Co-founder of Acorn
                       Vice-president for research at Olivetti; Co-founder of Olivetti
                       Research Laboratory in Cambridge; involved with spinning out ARM from
                       Acorn; Serial entrepreneur; Holds honorary doctorates from three
                       universities; Serves on educational advisory boards; Fellow of the
                       Institute of Physics; International Fellow of the Royal Academy of
                       Engineering; Honorary fellowship of King's College, Cambridge; Patron
                       of The Centre for Computing History; Awarded the Mountbatten Medal.
                       Became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2012.
                       Awarded the KBE in 2015.
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hauser

   Christopher Curry   Co-founder of Acorn
                       Sinclair Radionics; co-founded Redwood Publishing and bought Acorn
                       User; Founded General Information Systems Ltd (GIS) and remains a
                       director.

                       Led the development of the Atom.
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Curry

   Andy Hopper         Co-founder of Acorn
                       Treasurer and Vice-President of the Royal Society; Professor of
                       Computer Technology; Former Head of the University of Cambridge
                       Department of Computer Science and Technology; an Honorary Fellow
                       of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge;
                       Serial entrepreneur; Awarded CBE in 2006.

                       Head of the University of Cambridge computer lab;
                       His academic research lead to the Cambridge Ring Interface (Econet);
                       Contributed to chip designs;
                       Wrote an Acorn Atom game (a clone of Asteroids);
                       A qualified pilot with over 6000 hours logged;
                       Technical director at Olivetti
                       Became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006.
                       Awarded the CBE in 2007.
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Hopper
                       http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6217447.stm

   Chris Turner        Chief Engineer and Manufacturing; Employee number one;
                       Owned the overall circuit diagram; Integrated Teletext chip;
                       Named Fred, Jim, and Sheila; Testing Equipment;
                       Managed over 200 engineering staff; Product Manager for Domesday
                       system; Operations Director in the business systems division.
                       http://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/40132/Chris-Turner-Acorn-and-the-BBC-Micro/
                       https://youtu.be/GKHEsp8MYTM?t=1225
                       https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbturner/?originalSubdomain=uk

   Steve Furber        Principal Hardware Designer; Productionisation;
                       "I was sort of deputy manager of advanced R&D";
                       Responsible for the 6502 Second Processor;
                       Responsible for sorting out the manufacturing troubles with the
                       Ferranti gate arrays (ULAs);
                       Went on to lead ARM development;
                       Wrote a reference model for ARM in BBC BASIC;
                       ICL Professor of Computer Engineering at the School of Computer
                       Science at the University of Manchester.
                       Awarded the CBE in 2008.
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Furber
                       https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Science/021M-C1379X0078XX-0003V0

   Sophie Wilson       (formerly Roger Wilson)
                       Major architect involved in both software and hardware;
                       Wrote the BASIC interpreter software for the Atom, the BBC Micro, and
                       Archimedes;
                       Wrote the instruction set architecture for the ARM;
                       Became a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2013.
                       Awarded the CBE in 2019.
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Wilson

   Laurence Hardwick   Network Product Manager (1980 - 1990)
                       Management of all aspects of company network product strategy,
                       product definition, sales forecasting, marketing materials and
                       marketing events.
                       Perhaps involved with writing the CFS
                       https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=313036#p313036
                       https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurencehardwick/?originalSubdomain=uk

   Peter Robinson      Video processor custom design with Jeremy Dion;
                       Worked for Andy Hopper;
                       Involved with the Cambridge University computer lab.
                       Researching and developing computer systems that understand emotions.
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Robinson_(computer_scientist)
                       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whCJ4NLUSB8
                       http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/MKG9WQ8WSyasxVeM0Z9T3A

   Jeremy Dion         Video processor custom design with Peter Robinson;
                       Worked for Andy Hopper;
                       http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/MKG9WQ8WSyasxVeM0Z9T3A

   Allen Boothroyd     BBC Micro and Atom case and keyboard design. Industrial design for a
                       number of companies.
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_Boothroyd

   Paul Bond           A contractor from "Top Express", who led a team of around
                       "30 software developers" that wrote the MOS 0.1.
                       Jon Thackray took over the MOS for 1.0 and later.
                       Also led the software team for the Acorn Communicator.
                       https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=15786&p=216537&hilit=Paul+Bond#p216537
                       https://sounds.bl.uk/Oral-history/Science/021M-C1379X0078XX-0003V0
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Communicator

   Andrew Cripps       Software Engineer (1981  1983)
                       Developed operating system software, drivers and supporting utilities
                       for the BBC Microcomputer and for server operating systems.
                       https://www.linkedin.com/in/cripps/?originalSubdomain=ca

   Kim Spence-Jones    A consultant for Acorn, worked on the cassette interface hardware;
                       worked with Paul Bond; Formed SJ Research which made Econet peripherals.
                       https://youtu.be/GKHEsp8MYTM?t=1108
                       https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=6542#p6542
                       http://www.spencejones.com/Kim_CV_2012.pdf

   Chris Jordan        Acorn Design Team Member
                       Publications Editor, Acornsoft
                       Programmed the BBC Micro's sound chip; Designed the Acorn Music 500
                       and Hybrid Music System.
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acornsoft
                       http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/midi-what-s-wrong-with-it/1398
                       https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=7704

   Tim Dobson          Acornsoft programmer
                       Wrote Monsters, Maze, co-wrote Magic Mushrooms
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acornsoft

   Martin Jackson      Responsible for the Tube interface?
                       Founded Tadpole technology
                       https://youtu.be/GKHEsp8MYTM?t=1162

   Andrew Gordon       Worked on the Teletext adapter and contributed to OS features, notably
                       the sideways-ROM call interface.

   Joe Dunn            Engineering Project Management (1980 - 1988)
                       Worked on Econet. Perhaps worked on the cassette filing system.
                       https://www.linkedin.com/in/joeddunn/
                       https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=310032#p310032

   Arthur Norman       Norcroft C Compiler; Lisp on the BBC Micro; Functional programming;
                       Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge; Former Director of Studies for
                       Computer Science at Trinity College, Cambridge
                       Wrote mathematical routines for BASIC
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Norman_(computer_scientist)

   Jon Thackray        Took over from Paul Bond as leading the MOS development for 1.0 and 1.2.
                       Lead the Electron MOS.
                       Wrote MASM for the 6502 second processor, and the ARM version.
                       Co-wrote Acheton (with David Seal and Jonathan Partington)
                       Wrote early test programs for the ARM

   Ram Banerjee        (Ramanuj Banerjee)
                       Wire wrapped the prototype machine to show the BBC.
                       https://youtu.be/GKHEsp8MYTM?t=1895

   Dylan Harris        Programmer (Jul 1981 - Sep 1981)
                       As a summer job helped finish a 6502 Assembler, used to build the MOS.
                       https://dylanharris.org/blog/1981/b1.shtml
                       https://www.linkedin.com/in/devongarde/?originalSubdomain=lu

   John Cox            In a gap year wrote tools that helped design the Electron ULA;
                       Helped to port the System 3 DFS to the BBC Micro.
                       Author of Computer Concepts Snake.
                       http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=682
                       https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=13806&p=181329&hilit=John+Cox#p181329

   Brian Jones         Helped to build prototypes of the Electron. Later worked for SJ Research.
                       Wrote Advanced Graphics with the Acorn Electron;
                             Advanced Graphics with the BBC Model B Microcomputer
                       https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/www/people/bdj23/

   Graham Tebby        Wrote much of the graphics routines.
                       http://abug.org.uk/index.php/2020/09/05/jon-thackray/
                       Possibly https://www.linkedin.com/in/graham-tebby-93a7208/?originalSubdomain=uk
                       But not really much detail.

   Peter Miller        Wrote much of the sound code. Later ran his own company Micro Robotics Ltd.
                       Won an Academy Award at the 1991 Oscars for working on animation
                       control technology for the Jim Henson Organisation.
                       Developed a control system for entertainment laser displays, used
                       at Seoul Olympics in 1988.
                       Won a Queens Award for Innovation in 2003 for intelligent traffic
                       light control systems.
                       Worked for ARM Ltd on the simulation and testing for new embedded
                       computer devices prior to fabrication.
                       https://petereastern.com

   Bob Austin          Led the motherboard design team, responsible for the PCB layout.
                       ("Bob's board" is printed on the motherboard, underneath the
                       6502 chip.)
                       https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=20687#p20687

   Glyn Phillips       Developed the FIT and PET test tools for use in manufacturing/repair of the
                       BBC micro.  Later (with Mel Pullen, also ex-Acorn) founded SoftMachinery Ltd
                       which (among other things) produced Prestel terminal software to run on the
                       BBC.  Also ran the "Gnome at Home" BBS.

   From the BBC
   ------------
   John Radcliffe      Executive Producer, BBC Computer Literacy Project
                       https://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2008/03/20/ft_bbc_micro/
                       https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/aef4287b5161099b147d9c4a75f9c1d3

   David Allen         Project Leader, BBC Computer Literacy Project; Producer of the BBC TV
                       show Micro Live, Making the Most of the Micro; Edited the User Guide;
                       Commissioned the Welcome Tape, which led to the need to control the
                       tape motor.
                       https://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2008/03/20/ft_bbc_micro/
                       https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/4412a4e642f6bc04b47f09ec7953a6bf
                       https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/aef4287b5161099b147d9c4a75f9c1d3

   John Coll           School teacher who then served on the committee that was selecting the
                       manufacturer to produce the BBC Micro.
                       Primary author of the User Guide ('for which he received £150,000');
                       wrote initial functional description of the BBC Micro; wrote for
                       Personal Computer World; Worked on the Micro Live programme.
                       Ended up working for Acorn as an employee, later moving to CET
                       (Council for Educational Technology).
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Coll
                       https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/4412a4e642f6bc04b47f09ec7953a6bf

   David Kitson        Design Engineering Manager
                       Worked with Richard Russell; Liaised with Chris Turner to track
                       progress, reported to John Radcliffe.
                       https://clp.bbcrewind.co.uk/4412a4e642f6bc04b47f09ec7953a6bf

   David King          The BBC's cassette and ROM filing system expert. Tested the
                       functionality. Worked under David Kitson.
                       https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=216681#p216681
                       https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=216639#p216639

   Richard Russell     Design engineer at the BBC; 'Led the BBC's efforts'; Specification of
                       BBC BASIC, working with Sophie Wilson; helped with the BBC User Guide;
                       Domesday Project; BBC BASIC for Windows; Television 'Chroma dot'
                       colour recovery system.
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_T._Russell
                       http://www.rtrussell.co.uk

   Paul Kriwaczek      Producer 'The Computer Programme', BBC Computer Literacy Project;
                       Dialogue Coach; Dentist to the Afghan royal family; Programmes on
                       Yiddish and Islamic history and culture.
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Kriwaczek
                       https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/paul-kriwaczek-bbc-tv-producer-and-author-of-engaging-books-on-the-ancient-world-2266387.html

   Other
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   6502 designers      Chuck Peddle, Rod Orgill, and Wil Mathys
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOS_Technology_6502#Design_notes

   Hitachi             Supplied DRAM chips
                       https://youtu.be/GKHEsp8MYTM?t=1816

   Ferranti            Made the custom ULAs for Acorn

   ICL and Cleartone   Manufacturers
                       According to Acorn User issue 1 - July/Aug 1982: "Acorn currently
                       use two manufacturing plants in the UK. ICL at Kidsgrove are largely
                       responsible for manufacturing the model B and Cleartone in Gwent for
                       model A computers. Cleartone have recently been taken over by AB
                       Electronics. A third UK plant is starting production of both models
                       this month."
                       https://archive.org/details/Acorn_User_Number_001_1982-08_Adn-Wesley_GB/page/n5/mode/2up

   Cambridge           Home of Acorn; University town in Cambridgeshire, England
                       https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge

   Computer Laboratory Academic department within the University of Cambridge
                       https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk

   Wilberforce Road    A road in Cambridge where some of the developers lived in the early days.
                       https://youtu.be/Rphep1dS2NU?t=2191
                       https://map.cam.ac.uk/Wilberforce+Road#52.209604,0.100091,17

   Unknown
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   Paul Farrell
   Jon Gibbons
   Mike Prees
   Adrian Warner
   Alan Wright

    !text "(C) 1981 Acorn Computers Ltd.Thanks are due to the following contributors to "
    !text "the development of the BBC Computer (among others too numerous to mention):- "
    !text "David Allen,Bob Austin,Ram Banerjee,Paul Bond,Allen Boothroyd,Cambridge,"
    !text "Cleartone,John Coll,John Cox,Andy Cripps,Chris Curry,6502 designers,"
    !text "Jeremy Dion,Tim Dobson,Joe Dunn,Paul Farrell,Ferranti,Steve Furber,Jon Gibbons,"
    !text "Andrew Gordon,Lawrence Hardwick,Dylan Harris,Hermann Hauser,Hitachi,Andy Hopper,"
    !text "ICL,Martin Jackson,Brian Jones,Chris Jordan,David King,David Kitson,"
    !text "Paul Kriwaczek,Computer Laboratory,Peter Miller,Arthur Norman,Glyn Phillips,"
    !text "Mike Prees,John Radcliffe,Wilberforce Road,Peter Robinson,Richard Russell,"
    !text "Kim Spence-Jones,Graham Tebby,Jon Thackray,Chris Turner,Adrian Warner,"
    !text "Roger Wilson,Alan Wright."
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