@teddyburners There is no built in word processor but there is built in a app called !Edit, that is just a basic text editor just like notepad in windows.
they should reintroduce the Acorn computers into schools. You can run these with very low power, very low system requirments(for the power) ,fast reliable and easy to use. Can be run off recycled mobile phone chips. Stuff one of these inside a compuuter keyboard...and hey presto a real useable computer that costs almost nothing to build and run!!! Tonnes of educatinal software and easy to network. Every kid should have one inside a mini keyboard...no more need for books or registration..
I learned to program in my first senoir year on an Arc, then one day in 95 the curriculum changed and the school bought in a load of dx66 PC's. So instead of learning to program, we learned how to mail merge and write letters....;(
@zacoogioog If it's got a standard VGA connection on the back, which it looks like it did (the normal blue monitor cable) I'd have thought you could use any monitor with it.
This is absolutely amazing. The RISC chip incorporated in the Archimedes range was basically pioneered by a man called Seymour Cray, it's effectively BASED on the same technology as the Cray 1 Supercomputer. Well Done!
If I had the room I'd love one of these puppies, many happy hours were spent on a computer like this as a kid at secondary school, nohing like saving geography coursework to floppy disk!!
does acorn have internet when it was created ???
mochaboy127 1 year ago
@teddyburners There is no built in word processor but there is built in a app called !Edit, that is just a basic text editor just like notepad in windows.
samthornley 1 year ago
they should reintroduce the Acorn computers into schools. You can run these with very low power, very low system requirments(for the power) ,fast reliable and easy to use. Can be run off recycled mobile phone chips. Stuff one of these inside a compuuter keyboard...and hey presto a real useable computer that costs almost nothing to build and run!!! Tonnes of educatinal software and easy to network. Every kid should have one inside a mini keyboard...no more need for books or registration..
ogicabp4u 1 year ago
I learned to program in my first senoir year on an Arc, then one day in 95 the curriculum changed and the school bought in a load of dx66 PC's. So instead of learning to program, we learned how to mail merge and write letters....;(
ezelite 1 year ago
Quieter than both my computers :D
Lukeno52 1 year ago
i have this computer but the screen dosn't work, can i use any screen eg lcd?
zacoogioog 1 year ago
@zacoogioog If it's got a standard VGA connection on the back, which it looks like it did (the normal blue monitor cable) I'd have thought you could use any monitor with it.
ShokaLion 1 year ago
This is absolutely amazing. The RISC chip incorporated in the Archimedes range was basically pioneered by a man called Seymour Cray, it's effectively BASED on the same technology as the Cray 1 Supercomputer. Well Done!
PeterDewMedia 1 year ago
If I had the room I'd love one of these puppies, many happy hours were spent on a computer like this as a kid at secondary school, nohing like saving geography coursework to floppy disk!!
julsyDCst 1 year ago
Could this computer use dialup internet?
bumtownv2 1 year ago
it could probably communicate with other computers if it had a modem i think, but i dont think there was such a thing as the internet back then.
geoffart 1 year ago
@geoffart Internet has been around for a long time. The web on the other hand is more recent.
falkerhard 1 year ago
wake up ppl!!1
obama stole the elections using ACORN!!!!
11thsockpuppet 2 years ago
I have the Risc OS emulator, is shareware.
RayaneBelo 2 years ago
O what memories, superior technology and the three button mouse. Why did we abandon it for the inferior PC?
101325 3 years ago
Computers became a commodity.
falkerhard 2 years ago
we had these computers in school back in 96 i can still remeber playing lemmings on it and my world 2 such fun
blazerrips91 2 years ago 5
i have not seen one of these in a long time. moved from it to widows and then to apple yay brings back memories!
fowlermakesmusic 3 years ago
that "boop" startup noise takes me back, i was so enraptured by computers when i was a boy of five.
joewhittles 3 years ago
but this guy has a very slow acorn...
i've got an acorn a400 (its not the archamedies) and it runs purely on solid state memory. its rlly fast!
genesis70000 3 years ago
I think something up was up with my boot squence, normally desktop would pop up after about 10 seconds.
I no longer own this computer sold it on ebay a few months back.
samthornley 3 years ago
@samthornley Hey mate can you help me find some acorn forums? There's loads for amiga, commodore, atari etc, but I can't find one for Acorn.
richardmaudsley77 1 year ago
@genesis70000 Wow! Relax! Why would you put an expensive SSD into an old computer!? Put it in MY computer!! :P
But to stay on-topic: I guess it'd really be flying if you'd put an SSD in there - even this Acorn computer boots *relatively* fast!
daanbrg 1 year ago
And YAY its british!!!!
no wonder its faster than windows.
genesis70000 3 years ago 9
that is faster then windows
hamster700 3 years ago
@hamster700 anyone wanna buy one
mrmeringo 1 year ago
makes you appreiate the modern world!
miraoister 3 years ago 2
Hiya mate, good video! Haven't seen an Acorn keyboard with that kind of attachment before! Was it meant to take that long to boot up?
mikeMBW 3 years ago