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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Acorn_ComputersAcorn Computers - Wikipedia

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   Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer company established in Cambridge, England, in 1978. The company produced a number of computers which were especially popular in the UK, including the Acorn Electron and the Acorn Archimedes. Acorn's BBC Micro computer dominated the UK educational computer market during the 1980s.

4. arstechnica.com › features › 2020How an obscure British PC maker invented ARM and changed the ...

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   Dec 20, 2020 · Acorn Computers was a British company that developed the BBC Micro, the first production RISC-based personal computer. The BBC Micro led to the creation of the ARM processor, which is now used in most phones, game consoles, and other devices.

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6. arstechnica.com › gadgets › 2022A history of ARM, part 1: Building the first chip | Ars Technica

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   Sep 23, 2022 · How Acorn Computers, a UK company famous for its BBC Micro, created its own CPU based on RISC architecture in 1983. Learn about the challenges, the team, and the design of the first ARM chip.

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7. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Acorn_ArchimedesAcorn Archimedes - Wikipedia

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   Acorn Archimedes is a family of personal computers designed by Acorn Computers of Cambridge, England. The systems are based on Acorn's own ARM architecture processors and the proprietary operating systems Arthur and RISC OS .

8. www.computinghistory.org.uk › det › 897Acorn Computers Ltd - Company - Computing History

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   Acorn Computers was a British computer company based in Cambridge. It was set up in 1978 by Chris Curry and Hermann Hauser. Arguably Acorn's most famous computer was the BBC Micro which could be found in practically every school in the country in the 1980s!

9. www.4corn.co.uk4corn Computers: 4corn Computers

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   4corn Computers offers information and downloads for the computers produced by Acorn Computers Ltd (1979-1998). Find emulators, scanned documents, software archives and forums for Acorn retro computing enthusiasts.

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    What happened to Acorn Computer Group?

    • In September 1983, CPU shares were liquidated and Acorn was floated on the Unlisted Securities Market as Acorn Computer Group plc, with Acorn Computers Ltd. as the microcomputer division. With a minimum tender price of 120p, the group came into existence with a market capitalisation of about £135 million.

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    Who is Acorn Computers?

    • Ultimately, it was a much smaller upstart company that ended up getting the lucrative contract: Acorn Computers. Acorn was a Cambridge-based firm that started in 1979 after developing computer systems originally designed to run fruit machines—we call them slot machines—then turning them into small hobbyist computer systems based on 6502 processors.

    How an obscure British PC maker invented ARM and changed the world

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    When was Acorn computers invented?

    • In 1983, Acorn Computers needed a CPU. So 10 people built one. It was 1983, and Acorn Computers was on top of the world. Unfortunately, trouble was just around the corner. The small UK company was famous for winning a contract with the British Broadcasting Corporation to produce a computer for a national television show.

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    What is the Acorn Business Computer (ABC)?

    • The Acorn Business Computer (ABC) was a series of microcomputers announced at the end of 1983 by the British company Acorn Computers. This unit connects via the Tube second processor interface and converts a BBC Micro into a dual-processor system. The Acorn System 5 is a disc-based computer mounted in a card cage.

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11. arstechnica.com › gadgets › 2022A history of ARM, part 2: Everything starts to come together

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    Nov 21, 2022 · The story so far: At the end of the 1980s, Acorn Computers was at a crossroads. A small team, led by Sophie Wilson and Steve Furber, had invented a powerful new computer chip, the Acorn RISC...