Acorn System

Acorn System
System 2 - the keyboard design also served as the case for the Acorn Atom
DeveloperAcorn Computers
Typemicrocomputer
Release date1979; 45 years ago (1979)
Discontinuedc. 1984 (1984)
Acorn System 3 computer equipped with (from left) a 6502 CPU card, a 40-column VDU card, three memory cards, an Econet card, and a floppy disc drive.

The Acorn System[1] was a series of modular microcomputer systems based on rack-mounted Eurocards developed by Acorn Computers from 1979 to 1982, aimed primarily at industrial and laboratory use, but also home enthusiasts.

The experience gained in developing this modular system strongly influenced the design of Acorn's first all-in-one home computer, the Acorn Atom, released in March 1980; and also much of the circuitry in its successor, the BBC Micro, first shown in late 1981.

Acorn's final rack-based machine was the System 5, released in late 1982. The Eurocard business was then sold on to one of its principal resellers, Control Universal Ltd, which continued to develop various cards for industrial use based on the Acorn-standard bus during the 1980s, but ultimately went into receivership in 1989.

  1. ^ "Acorn System". www.vintageacorn.com. Retrieved 2023-01-09.