| Acorn Computers Ltd. A UK computer manufacturer, part of the plc. Acorn was founded on 1978-12-05, on a kitchen table in a back room. Their first creation was an electronic slot machine. After the , 2 and 3, Acorn launched the first commercial - the in March 1980. In April 1981, Acorn won a contract from the to provide the . In January 1982 Acorn launched the System. At one time, 70% of microcomputers bought for UK schools were BBC Micros. The Acorn Computer Group went public on the Unlisted Securities Market in September 1983. In April 1984 Acorn won the Queen's Award for Technology for the BBC Micro and in September 1985 took a controlling interest in Acorn. The 128 Series computers were launched in January 1986 and the BBC System in November 1986. In 1983 Acorn began to design the Acorn RISC Machine (ARM), the first low-cost, high volume processor chip (later renamed the ). In June 1987 they launched the range - the first 32-bit based - which sold for under UKP 1000. In February 1989 the R140 was launched. This was the first under UKP 4000. In May 1989 the A3000 (the new ) was launched. In 1990 Acorn formed Ltd. (ARM) in partnership with {Apple Computer, Inc.} and to develop the ARM processor. Acorn has continued to develop based products. With 1992 revenues of 48.2 million pounds, Acorn Computers was the premier supplier of products to UK education and had been the leading provider of 32-bit RISC based since 1987. Acorn finally folded in the late 1990s. Their operating system, was further developed by a consortium of suppliers. newsgroups: {news:comp.sys.acorn}, {news:comp.sys.acorn.announce}, {news:comp.sys.acorn.tech}, {news:comp.binaries.acorn}, {news:comp.sources.acorn}, {news:comp.sys.acorn.advocacy}, {news:comp.sys.acorn.games}. {Acorn's FTP server (ftp://ftp.acorn.co.uk/)} {HENSA software archive (http://micros.hensa.ac.uk/micros/arch.html)}. {Richard Birkby's Acorn page (http://www.csv.warwick.ac.uk/~phudv/)}. {RiscMan's Acorn page (http://www.geko.com.au/riscman/)}. {Acorn On The Net (http://www.stir.ac.uk/~rhh01/Main.html)}. {"The Jungle" by Simon Truss (http://www.csc.liv.ac.uk/users/u1smt/u1smt.html)}. [Recent history?] (2000-09-26) |
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