Date   : Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:47:26 +0100
From   : rs423@... (Mick Champion)
Subject: BBC Micro Archimedes 305

me@... wrote:
> On 4 Sep 2009, at 19:15, Mick Champion wrote:
>
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>> This may sound like a daft question, but never owning an Archimedes of
>> any kind, I hope you forgive me. I came across the website below and  
>> was
>> surprised to hear the Arc 305 advertised as a BBC Micro! Was it?
>>     
>
> In as much as "BBC Micro" means "Microcomputer sponsored by the BBC",  
> then yes, it was.
>   
I see. Thanks.


> The keyboard had the BBC computer literacy owl on it too. (And red  
> function keys.)
>   
I've never associated the Arc with the BBC before apart from it being 
made by Acorn. Frightening to think it cost over ?1000 back then.


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