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From: bsalter@acorn.co.uk
Subject: Acorn XChange Press Release
Date: 21 May 93 08:37:05 GMT
Acorn XChange - Bring out your Dead!
Acorn Computers is launching a new scheme which offers up to UKP100 cash to UK
schools for any computer traded in against selected Acorn 32-bit RISC
computers.
Under Acorn's XChange scheme, which runs from 24th May until 30th June, any
make of computer - in any condition - can be offered up for either an A3020
(floppy disc or hard disc model) or A5000 (2MB RAM/80MB hard disc) computer
for UKP50 or UKP100 cash back respectively. The payment will be made by Acorn
directly to the educational institution, regardless of the transaction
arrangements between the school and dealer.
The XChange scheme even allows schools to tie in with other schemes, such as
Options - Acorn's rental programme - or to purchasers of Discovery - a new
system based on the A3020 aimed specifically at the primary education
sector.
Acorn's General Manager for Education, Peter Talbot explained that the
scheme was designed to assist schools in the delivery of a future IT
development strategy. "Acorn has dominated the educational computing market
for over a decade. In that time period modern technology has moved forwards
in leaps and bounds. Teachers and students increasingly need the power
offered by a graphical multitasking environment and Acorn's 32-bit RISC
machines operating under RISC OS 3.1 have now become the established
educational standard offering a graphical user interface that is the
preferred choice for both teachers, pupils and software developers alike.
"We are launching this scheme now to enable schools to take advantage of
these special offers in this peak buying period prior to installation of new
machines and networks in schools over the summer holidays. Many schools have
a number of old computers collecting dust in a cupboard somewhere. They
could be Spectrums, ZX80s or 186 machines, for example; but we'll accept
anything from a ZX80 to a Nimbus 486 pc!" he said.
"Teachers are tired of struggling with tired old DOS technology. We can
offer them a desktop environment that is second to none in its ease of use
and in its ability to offer powerful solutions at extremely attractive
prices. We have specifically tied in this scheme with the purchase of the
A3020 and A5000 models as we know these to be our most popular products in
the primary and secondary education sectors respectively."
ENDS
From: aglover@acorn.co.uk
Date: 10 Aug 93 15:15:54 GMT
Subject: Acorn's Xchange Offers School Less for More!
Acorn's Xchange Offers School Less for More!
A Birmingham dealer is proudly showing off a monster of an exhibit which
amply demonstrates that Acorn Computers' Xchange scheme really was an offer
schools could not afford to miss.
Daco Software, of Tyseley, in Birmingham, was more than a little surprised
to receive a gargantuan thirty year old Honeywell Bull computer when a local
school took advantage of the Xchange initiative to purchase new Acorn
Archimedes systems.
Acorn set up Xchange to help schools deliver an effective IT strategy. It
promised educational institutions up to #100 for any computer
part-exchanged for a new Acorn Archimedes 32-bit RISC platform and presented
schools with the perfect opportunity to replace obsolete equipment with
state of the art technology.
Acorn's General Manager of Education, Peter Talbot, said "We launched the
Xchange programme to encourage schools to get rid of their old computers,
but when we asked them to bring out their dead we hadn't quite expected such
a dinosaur!"
The antique machine was just one of the items handed over by Bromsgrove
Lower School when they bought an Acorn A5000 and two Acorn A3020s. "When we
opened our new Technology Centre a few years ago, we asked parents for old
equipment to display in an exhibition of Computing through the Ages" said
Colin Pickering, Head of Information Technology. "The Honeywell machine was
given to us by a local firm of solicitors. We found it very useful to
demonstrate to the children just how much computers have reduced in size
and gained in performance over the years; but now that our display is
finished, Acorn's Xchange scheme offers us the ideal chance to gain further
benefit by trading it in against a brand new 32-bit RISC machine."
He went on: "Whilst we shall miss our mammoth exhibit, it was the size of my
desk, complete with bottom drawer, whereas our new Acorn system will fit
neatly into just a fraction of that space!"
ENDS
Notes to Editors: The Honeywell Bull computer measures approximately 69cm
(27") high, 51cm (20") wide and 76cm (30") deep.