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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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
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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
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The Micro User - September 1989 - Vol 7 No 7	Database Publications Ltd	Sep 1989
Acorn News - PC Show Newsletter - Sep/Oct 1989	Acorn Computers Limited	27 Sep 1989
The Micro User - July 1990 - Vol 8 No 5	The Micro User	Jul 1990
Acorn User - June 1989		27 May 2009
Acorn User - July 1989		27 May 2009
Acorn User - August 1989		3 Jun 2009
Acorn User - February 1990		3 Jun 2009
Acorn User - March 1990		3 Jun 2009
Acorn User - April 1990		3 Jun 2009
Acorn User - May 1990		3 Jun 2009
Acorn User - June 1990		3 Jun 2009
Acorn User - November 1990		3 Jun 2009
Acorn User - December 1990		3 Jun 2009
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
Acorn User - May 1991		3 Jun 2009
Acorn User - July 1991		3 Jun 2009
Acorn User - August 1991		10 Jun 2009
Acorn User - December 1991		10 Jun 2009
Acorn User - July 1992		10 Jun 2009
Acorn User - Christmas 1995		1 Jul 2009
The Micro User - April 1990 - Vol 8 No 2	The Micro User	27 Oct 2009
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