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- From: bsalter@acorn.co.uk
- Subject: Acorn Press Release (Special Access Pack)
- Date: 23 Sep 92 12:33:38 GMT
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- Acorn Launches Special Access Pack
-
- Release Date 23.9.92
-
- Acorn Computers is using the Naidex 92 Exhibition for
- Special Needs as the venue for launching its new Special
- Access upgrade pack.
-
- Following on from the success of Acorn's BBC A3000 Special
- Access computer, this new pack allows any of Acorn's
- Archimedes computers to be modified at the time of purchase
- to allow a variety of switches and Concept or Overlay
- keyboards to be connected straight away.
-
- As well as a hardware expansion card, the pack also contains
- a suite of software designed specifically to help users with
- physical, auditory or visual difficulties.
-
- Accompanying the software disc is a manual with
- comprehensive instructions, but also supplied is a coupon,
- aimed particularly at those with poor eyesight, allowing
- users to obtain a free audio tape of the manual.
-
- Also supplied in the Special Access pack is "The Acorn A-Z
- of Special Needs" - compiled by Northwest SEMERC and the
- Northern ACE Centre - which is an indispensible reference
- guide to hardware, software and a multitude of support
- organisations working in the field of Special Needs.
-
- Acorn's Special Needs Co-ordinator, Vorn Hancock commented
- "With the arrival of Acorn's new Special Access pack, our
- award winning computers are now accessible to an even
- greater variety of users. Coupled with the excellent
- software base available for our machines, this pack delivers
- a means of empowerment for practically every Special Needs
- use. "
-
- The Acorn Special Access upgrade pack is available from all
- Acorn dealers, only when purchased with an Acorn Archimedes
- computer, at a price of #99.
-
- Ends
-
- Note to Editors: Naidex 92 is being held at the Wembley
- Exhibition Centre in north London from 29th September to 1st
- October.
-
- Further information from
- Vorn Hancock
- Special Needs Department
- Acorn Computers Limited
- Tel: 0223 245200
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