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Acorn Network Computing
Acorn Network Computing division was set-up to produce reference designs for
Network Computers. It works under contract for the Oracle Corporation and
has strong links with the sales, marketing and technical teams based in
Redwood Shores in California.
Acorn won the contract with Oracle against worldwide competition and will be
producing a range of reference designs. Acorn Network Computing is also
the source of products available through Acorn Online Media, Xemplar
Education Ltd and NChannel International Ltd.
There is a comprehensive QA document available; click here to go to it.
The information below gives you more in brief.
The NC device is ...
* Low-cost, intelligent appliance (circa $500)
* Simple to use and easy to maintain
* Stores its information on a network, not locally
* Uses Open 'de facto' standard based approach
* Fully interactive using existing telephone and corporate networks
* Provides access to the vast content of the WWW and facilities of the Internet
Main applications built in to the product
* Browser for the WWW
* Email
* Word Processing
* Software video support
Acorn technology used in the NC Design
* RISC OS -small, powerful, real time, ROM-based operating system
* software / hardware to produce high-quality text / images on TVs
* anti-twittering advanced, anti-aliased font display techniques
* high performance, highly integrated, low-power consumption chip
* low memory requirement - typically 4MB RAM
* software drivers for a broad range of networks
* programmable video control to provide up to 16 million colours
Model 1 Reference Design...
* ARM7500FE 32bit RISC processor
* 4 MByte DRAM (can be higher)
* TV and VGA support plus stereo audio
* Network interface card (various types and replaceable)
* Operating system/ base applications in ROM card
* Smart card slot
* Text readable on TV screen because of high-quality and anti-aliased outline fonts
* Full North American and European EMC and Safety certification
NC Reference Design Package
* Fully documented design
* Complete manufacturing instructions
* Bill of materials, parts list and approved vendor list
* Circuit schematics
* PCB layout drawings, drilling drawings and Gerber files
* Mechanical drawings
* ROM software image
* Test procedures and software
Copyright 1996 Acorn Computer Group plc.