Acorn Atom, BBC Model B, Electron and Archimedes vintage home computers + ARM RISC Chips

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A brief history of Acorn home computers, including the Atom, BBC Model B, Electron and Archimedes, plus a bit about ARM RISC chips.

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[thehiddenleader]

theres an acorn atom just appeared on ebay. its been modified quite a bit but its working.

[SteveBenway]

@thehiddenleader Thanks for the tip. Wish I wasn't so skint :)

[Gooberslot]

I did some research after watching your video and the Archimedes seems a lot more powerful than the Amiga. That's kinda sad for an Amiga fanboy like me.

[SteveBenway]

@Gooberslot I have a working Archimedes 3010 now, the model competing for shelf space with the Amiga 1200, and it is indeed a much more capable machine. It's a real pity it didn't sell well, as there's not nearly as much good software for it as it deserves.

[Gooberslot]

@SteveBenway How's the OS compared to the Amiga?

[SteveBenway]

@Gooberslot I've not really looked into it enough to have a valid opinion. From the few minutes I spent tinkering with it, it felt minimalist.

[Aaronage1]

Great video!

The history of Acorn/ARM is fascinating, completely underappreciated.

If you haven;t, go watch the Sophie Wilson presentations and interviews available on YouTube, they reveal just how important Acorn were, and just how ahead of the compeition they were with ARM (and all the firsts they achieved, like SoC)

ARM FTW - look forward to getting a Cortex A15 phone sometime this year :)

[EgoShredder]

The Sinclair ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64 had pretty much sewn up the market, by the time the cut down Electron had arrived. I only knew of one person that owned one and he lived on my street. His father was a maths teacher and probably got it based on the school using BBC Micros. The Electron was ok but I would not have swapped my ZX Spectrum 48K for it at the time in 1983.

[TheEPROM9]

If I remember correctly RS242 is RS232 Serial protocol with different voltage levels.

[Squiddy200]

We used the eco network at school on our BBC B's.The security was aweful. It was very easy to hack into someone else's account and being a school kid, we all did. Changed passwords, etc

[walter0bz]

acorn-phone ... ?

good to see the work done on designing that CPU line found a new home.

[cdmorris101]

Good little history there, thanks

[IlRezzonico]

I remember people wetting themselves with excitement over the Archimedes when I was at university.

[theduderwiggysan]

This brings a tear to my eyes watching this ! Fantastic !