Date   : Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:17:32 +0100
From   : mfirth@... (Michael Firth)
Subject: A new Element 14

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> On 29 Jul 2009, at 19:49, Rick Murray wrote:
>
>> Could be a dangerous game. So many people I used to speak to knew of
>> Acorn as "that clunky computer with the red keys across the top".
>>
>> Like in their alternate history none of the ARM range existed...
>
> One of them had red keys across the top. :)
>
> http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/AcornPics/Acorn_A3000.jpg
>
> PS. If anyone has an A3020 going spare, I'd be happy to give it a good
> home... !
>
Strange that you ask about one, but don't mention that its another ARM
machine with red keys:

http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/Pics/A3020C-2.jpg

Other pages on Chris's site confirm that all the original multi-box Axxx 
machines
also had red function keys.

A3020s come up cheap on eBay sometimes - I got mine for ?10 + ?10 shipping.

The mouse fuse was dead, but otherwise it works fine.

Regards

Michael