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| Newer page: | version 10 | Last edited on Tuesday, August 5, 2003 2:26:20 pm | by DavidHallett | Revert |
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-A series of StrongARM based computers, running RiscOS.
-Very popular with some scools as they were the successor to BBC model B micros in a lot of classrooms before the rise of the PC
.
+A series of [ARM] and [
StrongARM]
based computers, running [
RiscOS]
.
+For more comprehensive info, see [FOLDOC|http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc
.cgi?query=acorn]
-'' Note to original author, I do not believe the Acorns
ever used the StrongARM Chip, just the ARM. I could be wrong so I just leave this note.''
+Very popular with some schools as they were the successor to [BBC] model B micros in a lot of classrooms before the rise of the [PC].
+
+
''Note to original author, I do not believe the [Acorn]s
ever used the [
StrongARM]
Chip, just the [
ARM]
. I could be wrong so I just leave this note.''
+
+''Whoever made the above comment is incorrect. The [RiscPC] series of computers made by [Acorn] used the [StrongARM] processor.'' --DavidHallett
+
+''Yeah, you're right Olly, it was late, I was lazy! - BTW, I DTPed our Te Awamutu College school magazine on an Archimedes (A3000?) back when a [GUI] was SERIOUSLY cool...'' --GreigMcGill
+
+Actually, Acorn was the company.
+
+We used to have an Acorn Electron computer. It plugged in to the television, had 16 KB of memory, and ran [BASIC] in [ROM]. You could load programs from cassette tape via a normal audio tape deck, or you could type them in.
+No idea what sort of chip these ran.
+
+''In case you're referring to the Acorn Electron, I actually had one of those. The [CPU] was a 6502 just slightly different from what powered the hugely successful [Commodore64] home computer. Unfortunately, neither graphics nor sound capabilities could hold a candle to those of the [Commodore64]. --AristotlePagaltzis''
+
+The next model was the Acorn [BBC]. Because they were British, schools in the UK used the [BBC] computers. Some schools in NewZealand followed suit. Again, I don't know what sort of chips these ran. This was probably mid-to-late 80's to early 90's.
+
+''The BBC Model B had a 6502 processor. --DavidHallett''
+
+After that was the Acorn Archimedes. This definitely had an [ARM] chip in it, and ran the flash RiscOS with a [GUI]. [RiscOS] was very well designed. Unfortunately...
+
+Eventually, schools (and the public) started using the cheaper mass-produced drivel that still haunts us today...
+
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+Part of CategoryCompany and OldComputers
