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mcv 3 days ago

I don't recall the Archimedes ever getting called a "BBC Micro". I remember the introduction of the Archimedes. We had an Acorn Electron, and we'd seen the introduction of various "BBC Masters"; BBCs with more memory, more powerful hardware, but still a BBC. The Archimedes, was always marketed as something completely new, as far as I recall.

My brother had one. Really cool machine, and as far as I remember, on a completely different level than anything that had existed before it. Soon succeeded by the Risc PC, which I mostly remember for being able to accept various configurations of additional processors (it could get either an x86 as co-processor, or several additional ARMs).

lproven 3 days ago | parent | next [-]

> I don't recall the Archimedes ever getting called a "BBC Micro"

Pictures:

https://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/Computers/A3000....

Note the logo at top right of the keyboard.

Also note the bright red function keys.

taylorius 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

It was something entirely new, of course. In fact it wasn't called a BBC Micro - however it was "endorsed" by the BBC - had the owl logo on it etc. Was indeed a cool machine, and streets ahead of anything else at the time. Typical UK tech story...