BBC Micro Memory Map

BBC Micro Memory Map

The following table shows the memory map for the BBC Micro & BBC Master microcomputers.

Docs Address All machines BBC Master 128
Page 00 0000 Current Language Zero Page Master maps main ram even in shadow mode
0090 Operating System Zero Page
0100 Processor Stack
Page 02 0200 Operating System Workspace
Page 03 0300
0400 Current Language Workspace
0500
0600
0700
Page 08-0D 0800 Sound & Printer Buffer
0900 RS423, Speech & Tape output Buffer
0A00 RS423 & Tape input Buffer
0B00 Function Keys
0C00 User defined graphics
0D00 NMI routines (Disk/Econet)
0D9F Expander vector set
0DF0 Paged ROM workspace storage locations
Page 0E-18 0E00 USER workspace DFS workspace (not Master)
1900
3000 Screen (Mode 0, 1, 2) USER workspace with shadow Mode 128…134
Screen memory is in shadow ram at same addresses as on normal machines
4000 Screen (Mode 3)
5800 Screen (Mode 4, 5)
6000 Screen (Mode 6)
7B00 Screen (Mode 7)
Paged Rom 8000 Paged Roms Private Ram
C000 OS ROM Paged rom workspace
DC00 MOS CLI Buffer
DD00 *MOVE workspace
DF00 MOS private workspace
E000 OS ROM
FC00 FRED 1MHz bus
FD00 JIM 1MHz bus
FE00 SHIELA I/O Memory
FF00 OS ROM Vectors