Update: BBC Acorn

From: pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com <(pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com)>
Date: Wed Jan 15 02:45:01 2003

On Jan 13, 19:35, Rob O'Donnell wrote:
> At 09:44 14/01/2003 +0000, you wrote:

> >Is that the "ARM evaluation unit" (or labelled as something similar)?
I've got
> >one of those *somewhere* but no docs / software for it. Think it had 4MB
of
> >memory which was a reasonable amount in those days.
>
> ARM Evaluation Kit - yep - that's the one. I do have various discs and
> manuals for it, too. I used to love the "twin" editor - several open
files
> at one, and could cut and paste between them. Ahead of it's time...
>
> It's all boxed up somewhere under the stairs though.

If you could dig out Disc 1 and make a copy, I'd be very grateful. I have
an ARM Evaluation Kit too, with most of the manuals, but my Disc 1 is
corrupt (blank track right in the middle of the assembler file).

> That was about the time I was still single, working for Ferranti Computer
> Systems (and I've never seen ANY of their computers lying about
> anywhere... )

Hmm... I know someone who has just acquired a chunk of one -- not sure how
much, but "most of it" is possibly a fair description.

-- 
Pete						Peter Turnbull
						Network Manager
						University of York
Received on Wed Jan 15 2003 - 02:45:01 GMT

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