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- From: andyf@yama.uk.sun.com (Andrew Fox - Sun UK - Answer centre)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: New machines from Acorn.
- Message-ID: <l8ifebINNluh@cronkite>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 16:35:23 GMT
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- ***************
- ** NEWSFLASH **
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- Acorn have this week revealed two new machines to developers........
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- 1) A new budget home 'games' machine weighing in at around 400 pounds
- (provisionally called the A1000).
-
- and
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- 2) A new colour portable is already being designed that will use
- an active matrix display system and will probably contain the new
- ARM610 chip.
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- Specifications for A1000
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- 12Mhz ARM2 CPU (running at approx 7 MIPS)
- 2Mb 12 Mhz ram (upgradeable to 4Mb)
- 1.6Mb Floppy drive
- RISC OS 3.10
- Two 9-pin D standard joystick ports
- RCA outputs for stereo sound
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- Optional 40 or 80 Mb IDE internal hard drive.
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- Plus all the usual ports found on the A3000.
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- NOTE:
- There are no internal expansion capabilities.
- The internal mini podule slot has been removed from the machine.
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- The price has been set at around 400 pounds.
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- Acorn do not anticipate that this machine will replace the A3000 in
- education and so the A3000 will continue production for the
- 'forseeable' future. It has also been said that the A3000 may take
- a further price cut.
-
- Acorn further announced its intention to produce a more powerful
- colour portable computer aimed for release fourth quarter 1993.
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- Also discussed were new versions of the RISC Ix drivers to enable
- the new hardware platforms to support Unix.
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- Rumours also abound of a new super Unix/RISC OS based workstation
- (the A7000 perhaps?) sporting full 24 bit graphics, 32Mb ram and
- yet another version of RISC OS.
-
- Also discussed was the final release date of RISC OS 3.10 for
- current RISC OS 2.00 users and any further bug fixes that need to
- be incorporated. Acorn anticipate that shipping of RISC OS 3.10 will
- conincide with the first volume shipments of the A4 in September.
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- Hope this information enlightens those who were still in the dark.
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- Cheers for now,
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- Andy Fox.
-
- P.S. Acorn will probably deny the truth of all this text (given a chance).
- So it helps to remember this, Computer companies deny everything.
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