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tonyedgecombe 52 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: A technical history of Acorn Computers

My first computer was an Acorn System One. I spent a summer picking fruit at an orchard to pay for it.

1k of RAM, 512 bytes of ROM, a seven segment calculator display and hex keyboard.

I spent hours hand assembling 6502 code for it. I even created a stack based language for it in an attempt to teach my younger brother how to program.

xyzzy3000 51 days ago [–]

For anyone interested in the very early Acorn era, there are some replica boards available here, from System 1 all the way up to System 5:

https://theoddys.com/acorn/replica_boards/replica_boards.htm...

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