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- From: bsalter@acorn.co.uk
- Subject: Acorn News Release - Hants School Chooses Acorn - again!
- Date: 18 Nov 92 11:04:43 GMT
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- Hants School Chooses Acorn - Again!
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- A Hampshire school has just bought a large number of Acorn computers with a
- view to giving a substantial boost to its IT facilities.
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- Perin's Community School at Alresford near Winchester has just taken
- delivery of 32 Acorn A3020 computers which they will use in various
- locations around the school, including a purpose built IT suite which is to
- be opened by the Chairman of Hampshire County Council, Mr Dudley Keep, at
- 12.15 on Thursday 19th November.
-
- The school has a strong track record in IT for education, having been
- actively involved with the Sunday Times over three years ago in making a
- video about the use of IT in schools. It also came third in this year's
- GCSE results-league of 90-odd secondary schools in Hampshire, this being
- attributed to the strong emphasis placed on cross-curricula work, supported
- by a number of IT projects.
-
- Perin's School already owns over 30 Acorn Archimedes computers which it
- plans to upgrade with Acorn's latest operating system, RISC OS 3.1. These,
- together with the new computers will be used both in classrooms and in IT
- suites throughout the school.
-
- The Acorn A3020, which was only launched in the autumn, represents the very
- latest in computer technology. It is a 32-bit RISC computer driven by an ARM
- 250 RISC chip, which itself was only unveiled in the summer. Acorn already
- accounts for over half of all sales of computers into Education in the UK.
-
- Perin's Head of IT, Margaret Goodwin, explained that he chose Acorn's new
- computers for a number of reasons. "Not only have IT advisors in the area
- been recommending Acorn's machines to us, but they are also extremely
- popular with the teachers in the school because they are so user-friendly.
- Also, because these computers are at the forefront of technological
- development we felt it would be short sighted to go for other platforms that
- are already being left behind in their speed of operation, versatility and
- in ease of use."
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