| BBC Related PC Utilities Documentation |
| Electron Add On Manuals |
| Fast Access Cards |
| Manuals and Books |
| Manuals in Impression Format |
A lot of the manuals reproduced here have copyright. I have placed these here as a way of preserving them for posterity. If you see anything here that you own the copyright to, please contact me. If you object to anything being available here I will of course remove it immediately
18/05/2010 I have just discovered that some of these scanned manuals in tiff form can only be read by certain applications. The only one I currently have that will read them is Irfanview. As this is a free program that converts graphics to anything else very easily using the batch option, I have not done anything other than insert this note here. If you have a problem, please contact me and I will rethink my current strategy of not doing anything.
Thanks to Christopher Dewhurst for the Impression format guides here. Impression is a RISC OS utility
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| 6502 Service Manual Acorn | scan | |||
| Addcomm (40 new commands) |
Christopher Dewhurst |
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| A Hardware Guide For The BBC Microcomputer |
Keith Howell | HTML | ||
| Acorn Electron User Guide | scan | Word (work in progress) Dave Edwards | ||
| Acorn Speech System User Guide | scan | |||
| Acorn Speech Upgrade | Sprow (pdf) | scan | ||
| Acornsoft ROM Insertion Info | Matt Cocker | rtf | ||
| Advanced Teletext System User Guide | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| AMX Art | Atze Dijkstra | rtf | ||
| AMX Mouse And ROM Manual | Atze Dijkstra | rtf | ||
| Arraymate | G.Dyer | rtf | ||
| Atom Technical Manual Issue 2 | Scan | |||
| Atomic Theory (Atom User Guide) | Keith Howell | Manual Covers Wiring |
HTML | |
| ATPL Battery Backup | David Hawkins | rtf | ||
| ATPL Sidewise | David Hawkins | rtf | ||
| ATPL Sidewise Plus | Geoff Stevens | scan | ||
| ATS Manual Acorn | Ken Hewson | scan | ||
| ATS Manual Morley | Ken Hewson | scan | ||
| AXR ROM | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Basic ROM User Guide | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| BB Eprom Programmer | Geoff Stevens | rtf | ||
| BBC B and B+ Replay Manual | Matt Cocker | rtf | ||
| BBC Micro Music Masterclass | Keith Howell | HTML | ||
| BBC Zif Socket | Matt Cocker | rtf | ||
| Beebugsoft Help 1 ROM | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Beebtel 1 ECD | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Beebtel 2 ECD | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Brainteasers For Your BBC Micro | Christopher Dewhurst | Impression | ||
| Computer Concepts Speech | Philip Mulrane | scan | ||
| Concept Keyboard Manual 1 | scan | |||
| Concept Keyboard Manual 2 | scan | |||
| CPFS | text | |||
| Creative Assembler. How to Write Arcade Games | Atze Dijkstra | rtf | ||
| Cumana DFS Manual | Dave Edwards | Word | ||
| Cumana QFS Manual | scan | |||
| Dabs Press Conversion Kit | Steve Fewell | scan | ||
| Dabs Press Fingerprint | Steve Fewell | scan | ||
| Database Acornsoft | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| DDFS User Manual Solidisk | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| DDFS 2.0 Manual Solidisk | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| DFS Manual by Acorn | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Disc Doctor | Matt Cocker | rtf | ||
| Dumpmaster | Matt Cocker Stewart Goldwater |
rtf | HTML | |
| Econet Advanced User Guide | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Econet Installation Guide | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Econet Level 1 Fileserver Managers Guide | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Econet Level 1 Fileserver User Guide |
Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Econet Level 2 Fileserver Manager's Guide |
scan | |||
| Econet Level 2 File Server User Guide | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Econet System User Guide | Manual
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| Econet Upgrade Instructions | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Electron Database User Guide | Gordon Dyer | scan | Word and RTF. | |
| Electron Advanced User Guide | C.Richardson | scan | ||
| Electron User Guide (work in progress) | C.Dewhurst | Impression | ||
| Electron User Guide Errata | Gordon Dyer | rtf | ||
| Exile | Dave Edwards | Word | ||
| Floppywise Plus Software Services | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Giant Book of Games For Your BBC Micro | Christopher Dewhurst | Impression | ||
| Ground Control Eprom Eraser | scan | |||
| HCR Micron Plus Eprom Programmer | scan | |||
| Hybrid Music System User Guide | C.Dewhurst | Impression | ||
| Interchart | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Intersheet | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Intersheet Box | Thomas Heck | |||
| Intersheet Function Key Strip | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Intersheet Introduction | Thomas Heck | |||
| Intersheet Reference Card | Thomas Heck | |||
| Intersheet Reference Manual | Thomas Heck | |||
| Into View | C.Dewhurst | Impression | ||
| JAFA Systems Shadow RAM Board | Michael Foot | rtf | ||
| Master 512 Applications Compatibility and Software List |
scan | |||
| Master 512 Circuit Diagram | scan | |||
| Master 512 Guarantee Card | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Master 512 Problem Solver Shibumi | scan | |||
| Master 512 Release Notes | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Master 512 Shareware Vol 1 | scan | |||
| Master 512 Shareware Vol 2 | scan | |||
| Master 512 Technical Guide | Keith Howell | HTML | ||
| Master 512 Technical Information and Monitor Documentation |
Keith Howell | HTML | ||
| Master 512 User Guide Acorn Issue 1 | scan | |||
| Master 512 User Guide Acorn Issue 2 | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Master 512 User Guide Dabs Press | scan | Programs Disc | ||
| Master 512 User Guide Dabs Press | scan | |||
| Master Compact Application Notes | scan | |||
| Master Compact Service Manual | scan | |||
| Master Compact Welcome Guide | Martin Hodgson | HTML CJR HTML |
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| Master Compact. Connecting a 5.25" Drive |
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| Master Operating System | ||||
| Master Reference Manual Part 1 | John Kortink (scan) |
scan | Big scan CDR1 | |
| Master Reference Manual Part 2 | John Kortink (scan) |
scan | Big scan CDR1 | |
| Master Smart Cartridge Manual | Matt Cocker | rtf | ||
| Master Welcome Guide | John Kortink | scan | Big scan CDR1 | |
| MDFS | Andrew Rawlins Ian Wolsetenholme |
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| MGM Lifetime Disc Drive | Plain Text | |||
| Micron Plus Eprom Programmer |
David Hawkins Keith Howell |
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| Microvitec CUB Monitor Service Manual | Matt Cocker (word) Stewart Goldwater Thanks to Sprow for corrections |
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| Morley Advertising Sheet Masterboard | scan | |||
| Morley Advertising Sheet Ramdisc | scan | |||
| Morley Advertising Sheet Eprom Programmer II |
scan | |||
| Morley Master AA ROM Board | Richard Hall | scan | ||
| Music 4000 Installation Guide | scan | Impression | ||
| Music 4000 Keyboard Manual | scan | Impression | ||
| Music 500 Upgrade info | scan | |||
| Music 500 Upgrade Installation Guide | scan | Impression | ||
| Music 5000 Ample Programmers Manual | scan | |||
| Music 5000 Ample Toolbox | scan | |||
| Music 5000 and 4000 Installation Guide | scan | Impression | ||
| Music 5000 and 4000 News | scan | Impression | ||
| Music 5000 Manual | ||||
| Music 5000 User Guide Addendum | scan | |||
| Music3000 Expander Installation Guide | scan | Impression | ||
| New Advanced User Guide | Thomas Heck John Kortink |
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| Paintbox from Beebugsoft | Dave Edwards | Word | ||
| Peartree Sideways RAM | Richard Hall | text | ||
| PMS Multi-Font NTQ | G.Dyer | rtf | ||
| PRES' Advanced File Manager | Dave Edwards | Word | ||
| Prestel Adaptor Service Manual | scan | |||
| Prestel System User Guide | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Printmaster | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Repton Infinity Manual Electron version |
Dave Edwards | Word | ||
| Rom Fitting Instructions Computer Concepts | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Romit | Matt Cocker | HTML Zip |
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| SASI Specifications | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Sensing & Control Projects for the BBC plus disc of software | scan | Big Scan CDR1 Disc |
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| Slomo | Matt Cocker | rtf | ||
| Snap Camera Manual | Gordon Dyer | rtf | ||
| S-PASCAL | Dave Edwards | Word | ||
| Solidisc ADFS Filing System | Dave Edwards | Word | ||
| Solidisk Sideways RAM User Manual | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Sprite Utilities | Dave Edwards | Word | ||
| Sprites Gamewriters | Dave Moore Christopher Dewhurst |
scan | Impression | |
| Stack Light Pen+ | Matt Cocker | rtf | ||
| System 5 Manual | Savvidis Ioannis | scan | ||
| Teletext System User Guide | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| The Adventure Creator Manual | Dave Edwards | Word | ||
| The BBC Micro an Expert Guide | rtf | HTML | ||
| The BBC Micro An Expert Guide | James | scan | ||
| The BBC Micro An Expert Guide | C.Dewhurst | Impression | ||
| The Quill | Dave Edwards | Word | ||
| Toolkit Plus Manual | Matt Cocker | rtf | ||
| Torch Z80 co-pro Fitting Instructions | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Turtle Graphics Acornsoft | Dave Edwards | Word | ||
| User Dump ROM Acorn | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| User ROM Acorn | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Valiant Turtle | scan | |||
| View Family Filing System | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| View Guide | scan | |||
| Viewstore | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Viewsheet User Guide | scan | |||
| Vine Tape to Disc Transfer ROM Info | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Watford Disc Drive Info | Matt Cocker | rft | ||
| Watford Electronics 32K Ram Board Manual | Matt Cocker | rtf | ||
| Watford Hand Scanner | Richard Hall | rtf | ||
| Watford ROM RAM Board | Geoff Stevens | scan | ||
| Watford Solderless ROM Board | scan | |||
| Watford Solderless ROM Board | Matt Cocker | rtf | ||
| Wordwise Plus Cassette Info | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Wordwise Plus Introduction To | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Wordwise Plus Manual Additions | Eelco Huininga | scan | ||
| Wordwise Plus Reference Manual | scan | |||
| Z80 Service Manual Acorn | scan | |||
| Z80 (Acorn) Preparing | Keith Howell | HTML | ||
| Z80 (Acorn) Co-Pro Voucher | Keith Howell | HTML |
Dave Edwards says if there is any particular manual that you want in Word form, please contact him and he will do it. dave(underscore)a(underscore)e(at)hotmail.com
| Acorn Electron Data Recorder | Thansk to Dave Edwards for sending this manual in Word format |
| ACP's ADVANCED DISC TOOLKIT ROM | ACP's ADVANCED DISC TOOLKIT ROM. The user guide to this ROM chip (on the BBC)/ROM cartridge (on the Electron) which adds over thirty new commands to the MOS. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual |
| Advanced SWR (ACP) | ADVANCED SIDEWAYS RAM CARTRIDGE by ACP/Pres. This cartridge plugs into the Plus 1/AP1 and gives the user an extra 16K of RAM into which either 2 8K ROM or 1 16K ROM image(s) can be copied. Full instruction on usage from the cursor, BASIC and assembly language |
| JAFA Shadow RAM Board | JAFA SYSTEMS' SHADOW RAM BOARD. Fitting instructions and a resume of the benefits of this internal Acorn Electron addon which results in a switch labelled 'Normal/Turbo/64K' on the left hand side of the machine. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual |
| Mode 7 Adaptor | Mode 7 Adaptor Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual. |
| Plus 1 User Guide (Acornsoft) | Plus 1 User Guide. Thanks to Gordon Dyer for this |
| Plus 1 User Guide | German Version
of the Plus 1 Handbook. Thanks to Dave Edwards Plus 1 User Guide. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this Plus 1 User Guide in HTML thanks to Keith Howell |
| Plus 2 User Guide (Pres) | PRES Advanced Plus 2 ROM Guide. Thanks to Gordon Dyer For this |
| Plus 3 User Guide (Acornsoft) | Plus 3 User Guide. ACORN ELECTRON PLUS 3 USER GUIDE. The complete documentation to the L-shaped ADFS interface supplied by Acornsoft. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this |
| Plus 4 User Guide (PRES) | ACP's ADVANCED ELECTRON 1770 DFS ROM. The user guide to the Electron DFS ROM, aka the ADVANCED PLUS 4 ROM/Interface, which keeps PAGE at &E00. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual |
| Plus 6 Fitting Instructions (PRES) | ADVANCED PLUS 6 ROM ADAPTOR. Fitting instructions for adding this internal addon ROM board to either a PRES or ACORN Electron Plus 3. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this |
| Plus 7 User Guide (PRES) | Advanced Plus 7 User Guide. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this. |
| SEDFS User Guide | Slogger Electron Disc Filing System User Guide. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual |
| Slogger Catalogue | Slogger Catalogue Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual. |
| Slogger Click User Guide | Slogger Click User Guide. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual |
| Slogger Electron Expansion 2.0 | Slogger Electron Expansion 2.0 Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual. |
| Slogger Electron Rombox | Slogger Electron Rombox Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual and advert |
| Slogger Electron Rombox Plus | Slogger Electron Rombox Plus Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual |
| Slogger Elkman User Guide | Slogger Elkman User Guide. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this |
| Slogger Master RAM Board | Slogger
Master RAM Board installation guide. Thanks to Gordon Dyer for this Slogger Master RAM Board User Guide. Thanks to Gordon Dyer for this |
| Slogger Printer Driver Generator User Guide | PRINTER DRIVER GENERATOR User Manual. The documentation to the SLOGGER PDG product available on ROM or tape to get the most out of printing from SLOGGER's STARWORD word processor. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual |
| Slogger Switched Joystick Interface | Slogger Switched Joystick Interface Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual. |
| Slogger Tape to Disc ROM User Guide | Slogger Tape to Disc ROM User Guide. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual |
| Sound Expansion Cartridge | PROJECT EXPANSIONS' 4-CHANNEL SOUND EXPANSION CARTRIDGE. The user guide accompanying the rare Electron addon which expands the Electron's SOUND channel command from one channel to four. Also contains the companion disc on DFS format. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this manual |
| VoxBox Speech Synthesis User Guide | Thanks to Dave Edwards for this great RTF version of a terrible scan |
| Fast Access Volume 1 and 2 are in the FAC section of the 8BS pool, they are available on this website. Fast Access volume one had a set of cards with it. I can supply photocopies of these. Here are scans of the cards. |
| Fast Access Cards Volume 1 Issue 1 PDF version |
| Fast Access Cards Volume 1 Issue 2 PDF version |
| Fast Access Cards Volume 1 Issue 3 PDF version |
| Fast Access Cards Volume 1 Issue 4 PDF version |
| Fast Access Cards Volume 1 Issue 5 PDF version |
| Fast Access Cards Volume 1 Issue 6 PDF version |
| BBC EXPLORER v2.00. User Guide to this PC utility by Laurie Whiffen. Load in and convert between the different disc image formats on the PC (.SSD, .DSD, .IMG and .BBC) and add invididual files to new disc images. Easily the most user friendly utility available - all done by simply "dragging and dropping" files Windows Explorer-style. The utility itself can be downloaded from The BBC Lives website. Thanks to Dave Edwards for this. Word Document |
| Thanks to Christopher Dewhurst for these things in Impression format.
Thanks to Christopher for the info accompanying the following links: All are in Impression Publisher format suitable for RISC OS only. High quality documents with diagrams in Draw format. Fonts are included where necessary |
| MASTERING MACHINE CODE by Richard Vialls. Complete book as a series of chapters for the benefit of people who have machines with a small amount of RAM (i.e. a meg or two). Even so, if you wanted to print off the chapter, say, on fill routines you don't have to wait for all of the book to load - just load the relevant chapter |
| About 10 years ago I photocopied a couple of chapters on graphics/fill routines and binary & indirection operators from this Electron book but I can't remember its title. If someone knows I am keen to type up the rest |
| Complete book - MICROGUIDE FOR THE BBC originally published by Century Communications. Handy reference manual in A6 format |
| A couple of reference pages from HOME COMPUTER ADVANCED COURSE. Disc drive commands and Basic ROM routine address database |
| View reference card |
