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Acorn A3000 (Original Spec)

in May 1989 the 300 series was phased out in favour of the new Acorn A3000 (the 400 series was kept in production). The earlier models could be upgraded to RISC OS 2 by replacing the ROM chips containing the operating system.

The A3000 used an 8 MHz ARM2 and was supplied with 1 MB of RAM. Unlike the previous models, the A3000 came in a single-part case similar to the Amiga 500 & Atari ST computers, with the keyboard integrated in the base unit. This kind of housing consumes a lot of desktop space, a problem that Acorn tried to overcome by offering a monitor stand that attached to the base unit. The new model only sported a single expansion slot, which was physically different to that of the earlier models, although electrically similar.

As original an A3000 as you could hope to find, running Risc OS 2.00 From October 1988, it came from the Arts Educational School 00089

Manufacturer: Acorn
Date: 1st May 1989



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Magazines RELATED to Acorn A3000 (Original Spec) in our Library

Item Manufacturer Date
Archive - Vol 1, No 1 - October 1987 Norwich Computer Services Oct 1987
Archive - Vol 1, No 2 - November 1987 Norwich Computer Services Nov 1987
Archive - Vol 1, No 3 - December 1987 Norwich Computer Services Dec 1987
Archive - Vol 1, No 4 - January 1988 Norwich Computer Services Jan 1988
Archive - Vol 1, No 5 - February 1988 Norwich Computer Services Jan 1988
Archive - Vol 1, No 6 - March 1988 Norwich Computer Services Mar 1988
Archive - Vol 1, No 7 - April 1988 Norwich Computer Services Apr 1988
Archive - Vol 1, No 8 - May 1988 Norwich Computer Services May 1988
Archive - Vol 1, No 9 - June 1988 Norwich Computer Services Jun 1988
Archive - Vol 1, No 10 - July 1988 Norwich Computer Services Jul 1988
Archive - Vol 1, No 11 - August 1988 Norwich Computer Services Aug 1988
Archive - Vol 1, No 12 - September 1988 Norwich Computer Services Sep 1988
Acorn - Higher Education News 2 - Summer 1989 Acorn Computers Limited May 1989
Personal Computer World - July 1989 Jul 1989
The Micro User - August 1989 - Vol 7 No 6 The Micro User Aug 1989
Acorn - Healthcare News 5 - September 1989 Acorn Computers Limited Sep 1989
Acorn - Education News 6 - June 1989 Acorn Computers Limited Sep 1989
The Micro User - September 1989 - Vol 7 No 7 Database Publications Ltd Sep 1989
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Acorn User - November 1990 3 Jun 2009
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Acorn User - January 1991 3 Jun 2009
Acorn User - February 1991 3 Jun 2009
Acorn User - March 1991 3 Jun 2009
Acorn User - April 1991 3 Jun 2009
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Acorn User - August 1991 10 Jun 2009
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The Micro User - April 1990 - Vol 8 No 2 The Micro User 27 Oct 2009
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This exhibit has a reference ID of CH47671. Please quote this reference ID in any communication with the Centre for Computing History.

  

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