After Highway 8 and Highway 88 have left the route US 59 / US 71 run north to a junction with US 270 in Acorn.

The three Acorn mouse buttons represent ( from left ) the Clutch, Brake and Accelerator.

* British Pathe-"' Ex Glande Quercus ' ( From Acorn to Oak ) Prince George presents Charter of Incorporation of Southgate, London's latest Borough "

Acorn was awarded the Canadian Poets Award in 1970 and the Governor General's Award in 1976 for his collection of poems, The Island Means Minago.

* Poetry or Drama: Milton Acorn, The Island Means Minago.

* The Island Means Minago-Milton Acorn

* 1975: Milton Acorn, The Island Means Minago

In the late 1980s Apple Computer and VLSI Technology started working with Acorn on newer versions of the ARM core.

The Optima software editing system was closely tied to Acorn hardware, so when Acorn stopped manufacturing the Risc PC in the late 1990s, Eidos discontinued the Optima system.

In late 1982, Acorn released an upgrade ROM chip for the Atom which allowed users to switch between Atom BASIC and the more advanced BASIC used by the BBC Micro.

The Phoebe 2100 ( or Risc PC 2 ) was to be Acorn Computers ' successor to the Risc PC, slated for release in late 1998.

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.

Twinworld ( also spelled TwinWorld or Twin World ) is a computer game, published by UBI Soft for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga and Atari ST computers in the late 1980s.

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, block after block was razed and thousands of residents were displaced for the building of the massive Oakland Main Post Office, the West Oakland BART Station, and the Acorn Plaza housing project.

The 1900 House was released, alongside The 1940s House by Acorn Media UK.

Currently Acorn has 24 members and 3 interns living on 75 acres ( 304, 000 m² ).

In 1987 Victoria Wood wound up Acorn Antiques with ' The Making of Acorn Antiques ', when the high-profile ' celebrity ' playing Mrs Overall ( Julie Walters ) is ' sacked ' from the show-something that had a striking resemblance to Noele Gordon's departure from Crossroads-right down to headscarf, large sunglasses, and exiting speech.

* Dig up My Heart: Milton Acorn

He is probably most well known for his part in setting up Acorn with Chris Curry in 1978 ( portrayed in the BBC drama Micro Men ), and was voted the UK's ' Computer Personality of the Year ' of 1984.

She is originally from New York, but moved to Acorn Falls with her divorced mother, Olivia, an artist, who grew up there.

Apocalypse is a futuristic 3D space shoot ' em up game released in 1990 for the Acorn Archimedes written by Gordon J.

Arcadians is a shoot ' em up for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron programmed by Orlando ( his real name is Nick Pelling ) and released by Acornsoft.

Although Acorn were able to shrink substantially the same functionality as the BBC into just one chip, manufacturing problems meant that very few machines were available for the Christmas period — to the extent that some shops reported eight presales for every delivered machine.

Beginning in December 1914, London worked on The Acorn Planter, A California Forest Play, to be performed as one of the annual Grove Plays, but it was never selected — it was described as too difficult to set to music.

After achieving success with the BBC Micro computer, Acorn Computers Ltd considered how to move on from the relatively simple MOS Technology 6502 processor to address business markets like the one that would soon be dominated by the IBM PC, launched in 1981.

" The award is $ 250 ( since raised to $ 500 ) and a medallion, modelled after the one given to Milton Acorn.

Louisa is also home to the Acorn Community, a rural, cooperative, income sharing community on about 80 acres, founded in 1993 by one of the founding member of Twin Oaks, Kat Kincade.

Although Chip ' n ' Dale are almost always united in a common goal, this was one of their only shorts to see them working against each other, for the affections of Clarice, a performer at the Acorn Club.

* In the 1992 Acorn Media production of Agatha Christie's One, Two, Buckle My Shoe with David Suchet and Philip Jackson, one of the supporting characters ( played by actor Christopher Eccleston ) secures a paid position as a rank-and-file member of the BUF.

Acorn Computers Ltd implemented a 1200 baud variation of CUTS in their BBC Micro and Acorn Electron microcomputers, which reduced a ' 0 ' bit to one cycle of a 1200 Hz sine wave and a ' 1 ' bit to two cycles of a 2400 Hz wave.

Acorn squashes typically weigh one to two pounds and are between four and seven inches long.

Although temporarily defeated, he would later return in issues # 64 through # 66, along with the appearance of Nate Morgan, former advisor of King Acorn, and Naugus would be defeated this time by Ultra Sonic, one of Sonic's transformations.

Other clones include Cannonball Blitz by Olaf Lubeck and Killer Gorilla ( Micro Power ), one of the best selling games on the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron.

Another seminal game written by Braben was Zarch for the Acorn Archimedes ( later released on some other platforms as Virus ), which was one of the first true " solid " 3D games.

* Miss Babs ( Celia Imrie ): the overwrought and lovelorn owner of Acorn Antiques, who moves from one ' crisis ' to another.

It was one of the main publishers for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron computers in the 1980s and early 1990s.

* Greedy Flashback-A cycle of cards that all cost 4 mana ( one mana of a corresponding color and three generic mana ) and the flashback cost was only 2 mana, but required you to pay 3 life additionally ) Deep Analysis, Spirit Flare, Acorn Harvest.

The Village of Minsterworth is an Acorn Class 2 area and is one of the more desirable areas in Gloucestershire and the most desirable village in close proximity to the city of Gloucester.

He is one of two alleged Soviet agents code named " Acorn " as deciphered by the Venona project.

* Sonic the Hedgehog ( The Archie Comic ) featured a special issue that took place 25 years into the future, featuring older versions of all the characters, including two timelines, one where Sonic married Sally Acorn and became King, the other where Shadow became King instead.

* Electron User, the most popular Acorn Electron focused magazine

This can be most spectacular in B. prionotes ( Acorn Banksia ) and related species, as the white inflorescence in bud becomes a brilliant orange.

The Archimedes won significant market share in the education markets of the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand ; the success of the Archimedes in British schools was due partly to its predecessor the BBC Micro and later to the Computers for Schools scheme organised by the Tesco supermarket chain in association with Acorn, and most students and pupils in these countries in the early 90s were exposed to an Archimedes or A-series computer.

Other notable settings include the Acorn Cabs dispatch centre, the shared office, the Helping Hand charity shop, the surgery and most recently The Station.

Acorn squash is most commonly baked, but can also be microwaved, sauteed or steamed.

Naugus, who claims the kingdom was sworn to him by Max Acorn long ago, fights with Sonic in the council's room but is forced to stop when his magic affects the council and turns most of them against him.

Magazines Edge and Retro Gamer commented that most official and unofficial ports failed to accurately emulate the arcade's gameplay, citing Planetoid, an unofficial version for the BBC Micro and Acorn Electron published by Acornsoft, as the only home version to succeed.

Adler and Ross began their career in the Broadway Theater with John Murray Anderson ’ s Almanac, a revue for which they provided most of the songs ( resulting in recordings of Acorn in the Meadow by Harry Belafonte and Fini by Polly Bergen ).

* Nearby Acorn Street, a narrow lane paved with cobblestones, often mentioned as the most picturesque ( or the most frequently photographed ) street in the United States.

This was a specially written episode shown during the series called " The Sketch Show Story " that Victoria narrated, in which Frost played an armed robber who shot dead Acorn Antiques ' most lovable character, Mrs Overall.

Their most well-known games are the Repton series of games, which sold over 125, 000 units for the Acorn computers.

This was the only official port but as with most arcade games of the time, there were many unofficial clones for home computers including Acornsoft's Crazy Tracer ( BBC Micro, Acorn Electron ), Microdeal's Cuthbert Goes Walkabout ( Dragon 32 / 64, TRS-80 CoCo, Commodore 64, Atari 8-bit family ), Llamasoft's Traxx ( Vic-20, ZX Spectrum ), Superior Software's Crazy Painter ( BBC Micro ) and Gapper and Rollo And The Brush Bros ( DOS ).