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From: SDobney@acorn.co.uk (Saul Dobney)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
Subject: Product Marketing at Acorn World
Date: 13 Oct 1994 17:11:49 +0100
Organization: Acorn Computers Ltd, Cambridge, England
Lines: 100
Sender: sdobney@acorn.co.uk
Message-ID: <37jm85$8f9@acorn.acorn.co.uk>
NNTP-Posting-Host: acorn.acorn.co.uk
Greetings to all Acorn enthusiasts.
As you can gather by the silence from PM we have been very busy and
regrettably we have not been able to reply to much of the mail. The good
news is that we can inform you of a number of topics that you will no doubt
find interesting!
We have now recruited a full time manager to look after 'enthusiasts', which
will mean that you will receive a better service from PM.
The pivotal point of all things Acorn will be Acorn World 94 on the
28th, 29th and 30th October, so please do come along and meet us there. We
will be making a number of announcements at the show and in addition, to
whet peoples appetites, we will be showing a number of exciting developments
for and around Risc PC.
We obviously cannot reveal the exact nature, delivery and pricing of
products that will/could/may appear in two or three years time but we will
be 'teasing' you with some of our R+D work as well as some of our
collaborative work with third parties.
Below are items of interest that we will be showing (subject to the laws of
physics, s/w development, couriers, promises etc).
- A 'SIX' processor upgrade for Risc PCs including homogeneous and
heterogeneous support.
- A Risc PC ISA adaptor-set to allow Risc PC to use IBM ISA H/W cards.
- TAOS: a multi-processor micro kernel OS for use in hetero/homogenous
processor systems.
- A BSD port for Risc PC
- Arm 700/710, FPA 11 processors.
- PC cards (if Samsung can deliver the ASICs in time!) with a variety
of processors/speeds etc.
- 16 bits mini sound cards / 32 bit SCSI cards / 24 bit video cards etc.
- ATM links / ISDN links to Acorn House
- WEB browsers for Risc OS
- Support of alien servers for Risc OS e.g. NT Server, OS/2, Windows
for Workgroups/NFS etc.
- CD ROM support and authentication for Access
- Video phone links
- We will be featuring the ultimate home HI-FI/Set-Top Box/Computer
lounge of the future staffed by our resident Lounge Lizard AKA Neil
Gardner
- Over the top Risc PCs with the ultimate accessory (come to the show
to see what it is!).
- Risc PCs with 7 slices; Risc PC as servers
- Risc OS supporting GT 512 MB partitions
- 3D rendering s/w for use in differing applications!
In addition we will announce all the details on the Acorn enthusiast scheme
(and reveal its real name!). You will be able to sign up on the day and
receive the ultimate goody bag (please bring £15 along for that). People
signing up at Acorn World will be entered into a competition for one of
three prizes:
the first six processor expansion card;
the first ARM700 with FPA11 in the public domain; or
the first PC card with the fastest processor we can fit.
All the above are prototype status and supplied as is (so you may require
your own debugging/development organisation!).
Official press releases and data sheets will be made available on our FTP
site for your delectation.
We do hope you will all come and visit us at the show with the most exciting
line up of goodies in Acorn's history.
For tickets call 0933 441 448
Yours
Product Marketing.
PM@acorn.co.uk
DISCLAIMER: all of the above is subject to revision/deletion/change and
nothing should be construed as a commitment to provide any of the above as
products through Acorn or its Agents. No other entity is authorised to
commit Acorn to any of the above. All information is given in good faith and
is representative of the facts as known at the time.