Electron
1983
- Original Price : £199
- RAM : 32K
- ROM : 32K
- CPU : 6502 @ 2MHz
- Video Output : RF modulator, composite video and RGB
- Display Resolution Text : 24 lines x 40 characters
- Display Resolution Pixels : 640 x 256
- Colours : 16
- OS Language : BBC BASIC
- IO Ports : Expansion port and Tape-recorder connector (1200 baud)
- Keyboard : QWERTY full-stroke keyboard with 56 keys with 10 function keys (0...9 keys + FUNC) ESCAPE, CAPS LK / FUNC, CTRL, BREAK, COPY, RETURN, DELETE, SHIFT(x2)
- Software : 5 Titles View Software
- Leaflets / Brochures : 1 View Leaflets / Brochures
- Manuals : 2 View Manuals
- Adverts : 2 View Adverts
- Adverts : 1 View Videos
The Acorn Electron was launched in 1983 by Acorn and had 32K and priced at £199. The Acorn Electron came with an 8-bit CPU with a speed of 2 MHZ.
The Acorn Electron was the little brother of the BBC Micro and enabled users to have a home computer with the same BBC BASIC language as the computers in their schools.
Trivia
BASIC is an acronym for Beginners All-purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
8-bit is an early computer hardware device or software program that is capable of transferring eight bits of data at the same time.
8-bit computer manufacturers Sinclair, Acorn and Tangerine (Oric) were all based within a few miles of each other in Cambridgeshire England.
