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Acorn Computers

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Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer company established in Cambridge, England, in 1978 by Hermann Hauser, Chris Curry and Andy Hopper. It produced a number of popular home computers in the 1980s, including the Acorn Electron, released in 1983, and the later Acorn Archimedes, while its BBC Micro dominated the educational computer market during that decade. The company also designed the ARM architecture and the RISC OS operating system. The architecture business was spun off in 1990 as Advanced RISC Machines, a joint venture with Apple and VLSI now known as Arm Holdings. Acorn was acquired and largely dismantled in early 1999.

Facts
Company Type
Company Type (category)
Private 1
Chronology
Dissolved Year
1999 1
Founded Year
1978 1
Connections

Founded By

Andy Hopper, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Wikipedia: Acorn Computers
Chris Curry, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Wikipedia: Acorn Computers
Hermann Hauser, Founders, Executives and Management Thinkers
Source Wikipedia: Acorn Computers

Operates In

Information Technology Industry, Industries
Source Wikipedia: Acorn Computers
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Developed

Acorn MOS

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

Advanced Disc Filing System

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

ARX (operating system)

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

BBC BASIC

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

BBC Micro

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

Panos (operating system)

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

RISC iX

Also in Computing Atlas: developed by this subject.

Located In

Cambridge

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is located.

Sources
1. Wikipedia: Acorn Computers
  • Lead
    established in Cambridge, England in 1978
  • Infobox: type
    Private
  • Lead, end of the company
    The company was acquired and largely dismantled in early 1999.
  • Founded By: Hermann Hauser, Lead sentence: established in Cambridge in 1978 by Hermann Hauser, Chris Curry and Andy Hopper
  • Founded By: Chris Curry, Lead sentence: established in Cambridge in 1978 by Hermann Hauser, Chris Curry and Andy Hopper
  • Founded By: Andy Hopper, Lead sentence: established in Cambridge in 1978 by Hermann Hauser, Chris Curry and Andy Hopper
  • Operates In: Information Technology Industry, Infobox industry field: Computer hardware
  • In Group: Technology Hardware, Storage and Peripherals, Lead section
    Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer company established in Cambridge, England in 1978 by Hermann Hauser, Chris Curry and Andy Hopper.
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