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company A UK computer manufacturer, part of the AcornComputer Group plc. Acorn was founded on 1978-12-05, on a

kitchen table in a back room. Their first creation was an

electronic slot machine. After the Acorn System 1, 2 and 3,

Acorn launched the first commercial microcomputer - the

ATOM in March 1980. In April 1981, Acorn won a contract

from the BBC to provide the PROTON. In January 1982 Acorn

launched the BBC Microcomputer System. At one time, 70% of

microcomputers bought for UK schools were BBC Micros.

The Acorn Computer Group went public on the Unlisted

Securities Market in September 1983. In April 1984 Acorn won

the Queen's Award for Technology for the BBC Micro and in

September 1985 Olivetti took a controlling interest in

Acorn. The Master 128 Series computers were launched in

January 1986 and the BBC Domesday System in November 1986.

In 1983 Acorn began to design the Acorn RISC Machine (ARM),

the first low-cost, high volume RISC processor chip (later

renamed the Advanced RISC Machine). In June 1987 they

launched the Archimedes range - the first 32-bit RISC

based microcomputers - which sold for under UKP 1000. In

February 1989 the R140 was launched. This was the first

Unix workstation under UKP 4000. In May 1989 the A3000

(the new BBC Microcomputer) was launched.

In 1990 Acorn formed Advanced RISC Machines Ltd. (ARM) in

partnership with Apple Computer, Inc. and VLSI to develop

the ARM processor. Acorn has continued to develop RISC

based products.

With 1992 revenues of 48.2 million pounds, Acorn Computers was

the premier supplier of Information Technology products to

UK education and had been the leading provider of 32-bit RISC

Acorn finally folded in the late 1990s. Their operating

system, RISC OS was further developed by a consortium of

suppliers.

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(2000-09-26)