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 Acorn  co-founder on the BBC Micro and the early days of personal computing

Acorn co-founder on the BBC Micro and the early days of personal computing

...bits and pieces." Though Acorn Computers produced its last desktop machine in 1998, today one of its former subsidiaries, ARM Holdings, designs the chips... Read more

Oct 7, 2009

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Editor's Blog: Home computing from Acorn, Amiga and Amstrad, to the ZX Spectrum

...display case - we also received comments from antique computer fans up in arms that their beloved hardware of yesteryear wasn't included in the poll... Read more

Apr 22, 2008

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Photos: The evolution of the PC

Photos: The evolution of the PC

...Basic on these computers." Acorn went on to produce the Archimedes series of computers and chips developed by its subsidiary ARM are used in many... Read more

May 7, 2009

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My first computer: The Acorn Electron

...in the UK home computing market more than 20 years ago, the Acorn Electron. 1983. The New Romantics were topping the charts and 'old romantics... Read more

Jan 14, 2005

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Inside  ARM : a vendor dossier

Inside ARM: a vendor dossier

...Acorn and Apple Computer. Tasked with creating a new microprocessor standard, the organisation was soon spun-off after scooping funding and a first licensee. ARM... Read more

Jul 19, 2002

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Technologies Time Forgot: The  Acorn  Electron

Technologies Time Forgot: The Acorn Electron

...rivals in the UK home computing market almost 20 years ago, the Acorn Electron. Will Sturgeon takes a trip down memory lane... 1983. The New... Read more

Jan 18, 2002

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Acorn sells out for £270m

...house, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. The move will see Acorn shareholders receive two shares in ARM - the chip-designing firm part-owned by Acorn - for... Read more

Apr 27, 1999

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In brief: Acorn says goodbye to chips

Acorn may sell its remaining 26 per cent share in ARM, according to recent press reports. The chip... Read more

Aug 14, 1998

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My first computer: The Dragon 32

...the recent re-birth of Commodore. Thus far we've featured the Acorn Electron, the BBC Micro, the Commodore 64, the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and... Read more

Feb 10, 2005

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My first computer: The BBC Micro

...Commodore. Parts one and two featured the Sinclair ZX Spectrum and the Acorn Electron. Here in part three of the series Joey Gardiner and Ian... Read more

Jan 20, 2005