Date   : Mon, 24 Oct 2005 23:50:24 +0100 (BST)
From   : Pete Turnbull <pete@...>
Subject: Re: Acorn Proton?

On Oct 25 2005, 10:38, Richard Hobbis wrote:
> I found this German website http://www.zock.com/8-Bit/D_Acorn-A.HTML
that refers to the BBC Micro as a 'Proton'
>
> Was this name ever officially used as a model name for the Beeb?
> It certainly makes sense in context with it's sibmlings' names (Atom,
Electron) but I've never heard it referred to as a Proton before.

It was never used by Acorn as a name for anything that was released,
but it was the name for the proposed successor to the Atom.  In fact, I
believe the spec for the Proton was rather less than the spec for the
Model A/B, and although the BBC Micro was based on the design for the
Proton, it got changed somewhat.  I wasn't at Acorn until much later,
but talking to Ian Bell and Laurie Hardwick and others that were around
then, that's my understanding.

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Pete                                           Peter Turnbull
                                               Network Manager
                                               University of York