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	Acorn Computers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Acorn Computers was a British computer company established in Cambridge, England, in 1978.
		Acorn's BBC Micro computer dominated the UK educational computer market during the 1980s and early 1990s, drawing many comparisons with Apple in the U.S. Though the company was broken up into several independent operations in 2000, it leaves an impressive legacy, particularly in the development of RISC personal computers.
		Shortly afterwards, the literacy programme computer contract was awarded to Acorn, and the Proton was launched early in 1982 as the BBC Micro.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Acorn_Computers_Ltd (4669 words)

	Acorn Computers Ltd: Encyclopedia topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer (computer: A machine for performing calculations automatically) company established in Cambridge (Cambridge: A city in eastern England on the River Cam; site of Cambridge University), England (England: A division of the United Kingdom) in 1978.
		Shortly afterwards, the literacy programme computer contract was awarded to Acorn and the Proton was launched early in 1982 as the BBC Micro (BBC Micro: the bbc micro, affectionately known as the beeb, was an early home computer....
		Acorn continued to produce updated models of the Archimedes including a laptop (the A4) and in 1994 launched the Risc PC (Risc PC: the risc pc (codenamed medusa) was acorn computers ltds next generation risc os/acorn...
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /reference/acorn_computers_ltd (5453 words)

	About Acorn computers and ARM processors
		The Acorn platform is probably one of the smallest computer platforms, consisting of some estimated 500,000 machines (excluding older 8-bit computers).
		In the 1980s, practically all British schools were equipped with their computers (and Acorn machines were also quite popular as home computers), but when Wintel PCs began to gain importance, more and more schools switched over to that platform.
		Acorn Archimedes computers were the first of Acorn's computers to use a 32 bit architecture.
	atterer.net /acorn.html (3614 words)

	Acorn Computers - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		The Electron had been launched in 1983, but problems with the supply of its ULAs meant that Acorn was not able to capitalise on the 1983 Christmas selling period – a successful advertising campaign, including TV advertisements, had led to 300,000 orders, but the Malaysian suppliers were only able to supply 30,000 machines.
		Acorn continued to produce updated models of the Archimedes including a laptop (the A4) and in 1994 launched the Risc PC, where the top specification included a 200 MHz+ StrongARM processor.
		In January 1999, Acorn Group changed the name of Acorn Computers Ltd to Element 14 Ltd as it recast itself in the image of ARM – that is as a developer of intellectual property (IP), in this case in the digital signal processing (DSP) market.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Acorn_Computers_Ltd (4653 words)

	Acorn Pages - About Acorn Computers and RISC OS
		Due to their excellent design and ease of use, Acorns were used in most schools in the UK until a few years ago, when schools unfortunately began to move over to Windows PCs, considering it important that children should use 'industry standard' computers.
		Acorns and RISC OS computers are widely used in the TV industry, partly due to their reliability and suitability for performing certain tasks.
		Acorn started life in the early 80's, and produced the very successful BBC Microcomputer, which was used in the majority of schools in the UK.
	home.clara.net /dsalter/acorn/about.htm (3353 words)

	Acorn or Wintel?
		Acorn's programmers, working with the BBC's requirements, did some very clever things with it and, in the early '80s the BBC computer was a far more versatile and 'cutting edge' machine than the contemporary IBM 8086 microcomputers.
		Acorn's open-ness means that all OS features are fully documented and available to all programs, so if programs are written to interface in the standard way with operating system calls, they will always work and as a result the programs have to do less work so they are smaller and much more reliable.
		Acorn's RISC processor is a lot smaller and simpler than a corresponding Intel chip: as a result they are a lot cheaper to produce and they also consume a lot less power.
	www.4qd.org /ro/general/riscos.html (6468 words)

	OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum
		The Acorn BBC model A was the successor of the Acorn Atom and its first name was Acorn Proton.
		It was a very popular computer in the UK and was widely used in schools, but it didn't have great success elsewhere (even though it did have great features, it was too expensive).
		Acorn also made a "cheap" version of the BBC (fewer connectors & video modes) called Acorn Electron.
	www.old-computers.com /museum/computer.asp?c=29 (485 words)

	Acorn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		Acorn Computers Ltd. have been manufacturing computers and writing operating systems since 1978.
		Acorn are a small (on the order of 250 employees) computer company based in Cambridge, England.
		For several years now, Acorn's main products have been based around a RISC processor called the ARM (this used to stand for "Acorn RISC Machine", but since then the bit of Acorn that made the ARM has split off from the main company, and the "A" now stands for "Advanced").
	fms.komkon.org /comp/sys/Acorn.html (321 words)

	LavaCUBED \Computers\Systems\Acorn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		The Acorn Atom pre-history - Details and photographs of the industrial and educational systems Acorn produced, before turning to the consumer-orientated market.
		Pictures of BBC Computer Related Stuff - Large collection of photographs of 8-bit Acorn computers, hardware, and paraphernalia, with captions.
		A Technical History of Acorn Computers - A list of significant events and releases in the history of Acorn, with details of each.
	www.lavacubed.com /new.cats.php?path=/Computers/Systems/Acorn (140 words)

	Computers: Systems: Acorn (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		A Technical History of Acorn Computers A list of significant events and releases in the history of Acorn, with details of each.
		The Acorn Atom pre-history Details and photographs of the industrial and educational systems Acorn produced, before turning to the consumer-orientated market.
		Pictures of BBC Computer Related Stuff Large collection of photographs of 8-bit Acorn computers, hardware, and paraphernalia, with captions.
	www.dir.eclub.lv /Computers/Systems/Acorn (234 words)

	Blastzone Information about Acorn Computers and RISC OS
		Acorn was a company which has made computers since the early micro computers.
		There are now several manufacturers producing RISC OS computers, including Risc Station, Micro Digital and Castle Technology who took over the rights to use the Acorn brand name along with rights to continue producing the A7000 and the RISC PC.
		Acorn Computers Ltd. Once offered their superior font technology to Microsoft, Microsoft declined and therefore Windoze users are stuck with fonts which look dreadful and scale very poorly, have you ever been able to read a 640x480 powerpoint presentation on a video projector!
	www.blastzone.demon.co.uk /RISCOS.html (848 words)

	Zenbit \| Acorn - Systems - Computers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		Complete list of machines made by Acorn, with descriptions, specifications, release dates, and a selection of photographs.
		Large collection of photographs of 8-bit Acorn computers, hardware, and paraphernalia, with captions.
		Details and photographs of the industrial and educational systems Acorn produced, before turning to the consumer-orientated market.
	www.zenbit.com /Computers/Systems/Acorn (223 words)

	Technical history of Acorn (Version 0.6 Beta)
		Note that the information on these pages is not an offical history of Acorn's computers and has no official support from Acorn Computers.
		Acorn formed by Chris Curry and Herman Hauser.
		Acorn Network Computer (NC) launched by Acorn Network Computing, Set Top box 2 launched by AOM, Stork and NewsPAD launched by ART.
	www.mcmordie.co.uk /acornhistory/index.shtml (385 words)

	Acorn: legacy FTP Site contents
		The Acorn public FTP site contained a variety of charge free software, upgrades and updates, together with technical documentation for all Acorn computers.
		The majority of the IPR assets of Acorn are now owned by Pace Micro Technology plc.
		Various Acorn Field Change Orders which may be useful to anyone repairing or attempting to update old Acorn computers.
	acorn.riscos.com /acornftp.htm (476 words)

	Acorn/RISC OS machines. A long established alternative.
		When the 32-bit Archimedes computers were released back in 1987 they were the fastest, most powerful desktop computer in production and sported an amazingly advanced Operating System.
		Stability (resistance to 'crashes') is a good thing for computers, for it is a bugger to loose time and work, and I'm not afraid to say that this is one of my biggest grouches about PCs and Macs and much of their software.
		This computer was it - an alternative to slow and crash prone Macs and PCs with their ugly interfaces.
	homepages.caverock.net.nz /~monster/mercuters/riscos.html (1146 words)

	Thomas Baldwin: Acorn Computers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		If you think you're up to it, and have nothing better to do you can read all about it...
		...or you can look at a list of all the computers I've ever owned.
		I can do a lot more with it than I could with my Acorn.
	www.dcs.shef.ac.uk /~tom/Acorn (115 words)

	Acorn Systems Computers
		The founding members of the Cartesis OPI are Acorn Systems, Decimal Technologies and Prodacapo.
		All data is delivered through partner Acorn Systems Inc.'s Profit Analyzer, which assigns general ledger costs and resources through business processes to...
		- Large collection of photographs of 8-bit Acorn computers, hardware, and paraphernalia, with captions.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Computers/Systems/Acorn (456 words)

	WEB-GEEK.COM Computers > Systems > Acorn > BBC
		The BBC Computer Includes game disk images, scanned manuals, links to emulators, a chat room, and game cover scans.
		The BBC Microcomputer System Games Archive Includes a history of the BBC, advice on how to obtain a BBC, emulator information, interviews with influential people in the Beeb scene, details of unreleased games, a high score table, and a large list of companies, with descriptions of the games each produced.
		Retro Computing - BBC Emulation and File Transfer Details of, and programs for, transferring files between a PC and a BBC.
	www.web-geek.com /Computers/Systems/Acorn/BBC/Computers_Systems_Acorn_BBC.html (285 words)

	Listing of Acorn-related Mailing-Lists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		It can be of interest to users of Acorn computers.
		This overview lists all known mailing-lists concerned with the discussion of Acorn computers or hardware/software for these computers in alphabetical order.
		The mailing-list is aimed at host-owners (who are using this application on their machine) and list-owners (who are managing mailing-lists with this application) !MailList is an application which provides a mailing-list and mail-server robot and a simple mail/news scheduler to users of the Acorn range of RISC computers and requires the RiscOS v3.10 platform.
	www.faqs.org /faqs/acorn/mailing-lists (813 words)

	Acorn Computers Limited - Information & links for all things Acorn
		Since the purchase of the set-top box/workstation division of Acorn Computers by Pace Micro Technology in 1999
		Links and information for Acorn computer users (including Tech Support, spares and repairs).
		This site is here to provide links and information about all things Acorn.
	www.acorncomputers.co.uk (167 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		Acorn Electron World is devoted to the little beige 32K machine launched by Acorn Computers in 1983.
		Modelled on a cut down version of the BBC Model B, the Acorn Electron was frequently thought of as little more than a games console...
		It was the computer of the "poor man", so to speak.
	8bs.com /cgi-bin/webring/hub.cgi (846 words)

	Retro Computers: Sinclair computers - Clive.nl
		The computer is in mint condition, the poly and box are in very good condition with a small tearing in the outer carton box.
		The computer is tested and is in very good working order.
		The computer is tested and is in very good working...
	www.clive.nl /cat/68/p/1 (176 words)

	The TNPC Newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		There are plenty of good books, newsletters, and ezines out there (we should know -- we write and contribute to them), but we bring you content with a spin you won't find elsewhere.
		Like the good neighbor who's also a computer consultant, we offer you -- for free -- our latest thinking and advice on what you need to know about your PC.
		It will be as though we're sitting right there at your office or home, talking with you in person about the issues at hand.
	www.thenakedpc.com (376 words)

	OLD-COMPUTERS.COM : The Museum
		The Archimedes was the first RISC home computer.
		The built-in 800 KB 3.5" floppy drive was compatible with the old 640 KB format.
		These computers were followed by a great family of computers called RISC PC which are still in production.
	www.old-computers.com /museum/computer.asp?c=75 (448 words)

	Open Directory - Computers: Systems: Acorn: BBC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-30)
		The BBC Computer - Includes game disk images, scanned manuals, links to emulators, a chat room, and game cover scans.
		The BBC Microcomputer System Games Archive - Includes a history of the BBC, advice on how to obtain a BBC, emulator information, interviews with influential people in the Beeb scene, details of unreleased games, a high score table, and a large list of companies, with descriptions of the games each produced.
		Retro Computing - BBC Emulation and File Transfer - Details of, and programs for, transferring files between a PC and a BBC.
	dmoz.org /Computers/Systems/Acorn/BBC (272 words)

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