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    The Acorn System was a series of modular microcomputer systems based on rack-mounted Eurocards developed by Acorn Computers from 1979 to 1982, aimed primarily...
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    The Acorn System 1, initially called the Acorn Microcomputer (Micro-Computer), was an early 8-bit microcomputer for hobbyists, based on the MOS 6502 CPU...
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  • during the 1980s. Acorn also developed the reduced instruction set computing (RISC) architecture set in 1985 and an operating system, RISC OS, for the...
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    The Acorn Archimedes is a family of personal computers designed by Acorn Computers of Cambridge, England. The systems in this family use Acorn's own ARM...
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  • Disc Filing System (DFS) is a computer file system developed by Acorn Computers, initially as an add-on to the Eurocard-based Acorn System 2. In 1981, the...
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  • was an unreleased Mach-like operating system written in Modula-2+ developed by Acorn Computers Ltd in the Acorn Research Centre (ARC) United Kingdom (UK)...
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    BBC Micro (redirect from Acorn Proton)
    The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a series of microcomputers designed and built by Acorn Computers Limited in the 1980s for the Computer...
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    Econet (redirect from Acorn NetFS)
    Econet was Acorn Computers's low-cost local area network system, based on a CSMA-CD serial protocol carried over a five-wire data bus, intended for use...
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    The Acorn Atom is a home computer made by Acorn Computers Ltd from 1980 to 1982, when it was replaced by the BBC Micro. The BBC Micro began life as an...
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  • RISC OS (redirect from Acorn RISC OS)
    RISC OS (/rɪsk.oʊˈɛs/) is a computer operating system originally designed by Acorn Computers Ltd in Cambridge, England. First released in 1987, it was...
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