Happy to see the BBC Micro as the fastest of the classic 8-bit micros. (For now).

March 30, 2026 - 18:14 UTC

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Amazing that it beat the Sinclair QL and it's 16 bit (ish) 7.5Mhz CPU. I guess that shows the folly of cheaping out on a 16 bit CPU by giving it an 8-bit data bus.
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Indeed! The 6502 is extremely efficient clock for clock, but beyond that BBC Basic is super fast for an interpreted basic. The 2Mhz Beeb is just slightly faster than a 4.77Mhz IBM PC 5150 running also BBC Basic. I should run this on my Electron to see how terribly slow that is. 😂
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