Per a News article on Page # 9 of the October 1984 issue of Acorn User, the Acorn ' Plus 2 ' interface was due to provide Econet capability.

According to the project Application Manager during the project, Acorn was developing for it, Compiler for Acorn Modula-2 Extended Language ( CAMEL in Modula-2 +) bootstrapping from an Acorn Extended Modula-2 ( AEM2 ) compiler ( ported from Modula-2 ETH using Econet hardware ), though never released externally, it was ported to use it in SUN Unix machines, in an effort to port Sun's workstations Sun NeWS to the Archimedes, and after Olivetti bought out Acorn, developed a compiler based on CAMEL for the Modula-3 programming Language.

Econet is rumoured to be an abbreviation of Economy Network, but Acorn were always careful to stress the Greek root, oikos, meaning " house ".

Econet was first introduced for use with the Acorn Atom and Acorn System 2 / 3 / 4 computers in 1981.

The Econet system was eventually supported on all post-Atom Acorn machines except the Electron, the A3010 and the eventually-cancelled Phoebe 2100.

Acorn Universal Networking ( AUN ) was an early 1990s implementation of Econet protocols and addressing over TCP / IP, to provide legacy support for Econet on Ethernet-connected machines.

The hardware of the BBC Micro was emulated by a single customized ULA chip designed by Acorn in conjunction with Ferranti.

Following Olivetti's 1985 cash injection into Acorn the machine was effectively sidelined.

The Acorn Plus 3 was a hardware module that connected independently of the Plus 1 and provided a double-density 3½ ” disc drive connected through a WD1770 drive controller and an ADFS ROM.

Per a News article on Page # 9 of the October 1984 issue of Acorn User, the Plus 3 was originally destined to have used the Intel 8272 disk controller, ( and not 8271, which were in short supply at the time ).

The Advanced Plus 3 was very similar to the Acorn Plus 3 but packaged as an ADFS ROM cartridge for the Plus 1 with a disc drive connector at the head.

It was ported to the Acorn Archimedes by Jonathan Naylor ( G4KLX ).

The first commercial RISC microprocessor design was released either by MIPS Computer Systems, the 32-bit R2000 ( the R1000 was not released ) or by Acorn computers, the 32-bit ARM2 in 1987.

Sibelius, originally created for RISC-based Acorn computers, was so well-regarded that, before Windows and Macintosh versions were available, composers would purchase Acorns for the sole purpose of using Sibelius.

A British computer that used the 6502 was the BBC Micro, manufactured by Acorn, Ltd.

The 6809E was used in the TRS-80 Color Computer ( CoCo ), the Acorn System 2, 3 and 4 computers ( as an optional alternative to their standard 6502 ), the Fujitsu FM-7, the Welsh-made Dragon 32 / 64 home computers, and the SWTPC, Gimix, Smoke Signal Broadcasting, etc.

The recurring " Acorn Antiques " skit on the UK's Victoria Wood As Seen On TV ( 1985 – 87 ) was modeled on Crossroads and other British soap operas of the 1970s.

A 256-colour version of the game was released for the Acorn RISC OS platform on floppy disk, with a CD version including voice acting released later.

It was also used in a number of products including the Acorn Computers Risc PC and Eidos Optima video editing system.

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.

An Acorn Archimedes port was underway in May 1994.

Acorn Computers Ltd. was a British computer company established in Cambridge, England, in 1978.

' Best Of ' DVDs were released in the UK over the years however a complete series had never been released until Series 18 was released by Acorn Media UK on February 6, 2012.

The Acorn Business Computer ( ABC ) plan required a number of second processors to be made to work with the BBC Micro platform, but processors such as the Motorola 68000 and National Semiconductor 32016 were unsuitable, and the 6502 was not powerful enough for a graphics based user interface.

A trip to the Western Design Center in Phoenix, where the 6502 was being updated by what was effectively a single-person company, showed Acorn engineers Steve Furber and Sophie Wilson that they did not need massive resources and state-of-the-art R & D facilities.

VLSI Technology, Inc was chosen as silicon partner, since it already supplied Acorn with ROMs and some custom chips.

Originally conceived by Acorn Computers for use in its personal computers, the first ARM-based products were the co-processor modules for the BBC Micro series of computers.

The Acorn Archimedes was Acorn Computers ' first general purpose home computer to be based on their own ARM architecture.

Acorn Media has the rights to the 36 standard-length episodes, the first nine double-length episodes, and the episodes broadcast since 2008.

In 2012 Acorn Media released the first six series in the original UK broadcast order on DVD and Blu-ray.

Later London credits include My Fair Lady, South Pacific ( at the Royal National Theatre ), The Woman In White, Othello and Acorn Antiques The Musical ( 2005 ), The Royal Hunt of the Sun, Rock ' n ' Roll and Porgy and Bess in 2006 at the Savoy Theatre ( an abridged version with dialogue instead of recitatives, unlike Nunn's first production of the opera ).

* Sonic Firsts ( 1998 ) ( Includes the first appearances of Sonic the Hedgehog, Princess Sally Acorn, Bunnie Rabbot, Super Sonic, and Knuckles the Echidna, taking stories from issue # 0 of the original Sonic Miniseries, and issues # 3, # 4, and # 13 of the regular series.

He is known for designing and implementing the REXX programming language ( published in IBM Systems Journal in 1984 ) and the NetRexx programming language ( 1996 – 1997 ), his work on color perception and image processing ( 1982 – 1985 ), the STET folding editor ( 1977 ), the LEXX live parsing editor ( 1985, possibly the first editor with color highlighting ) for the Oxford English Dictionary, electronic publishing, SGML applications, PMGlobe, the IBM Jargon file ( IBMJARG ) through 1990, Java-related languages, the Acorn System 1 simulator,

The comedienne Victoria Wood wrote and starred in Acorn Antiques-part of her BAFTA winning series Victoria Wood As Seen On TV, the first series of which was aired in January 1985.

Acorn Media has released the first three seasons on DVD in Region 1 ( US only ).

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.

The Acorn Microcomputer ( later to be called the System 1 ) was launched as the first product of a new company, Acorn Computers Ltd, founded in March 1979.

In the early eighties, Ferranti produced some of the first large uncommitted logic arrays ( ULAs ), used in home computers such as the Sinclair ZX81, Sinclair ZX Spectrum, Acorn Electron and BBC Microcomputer.

The game was first published for the Acorn Electron and BBC Micro in 1988 by Superior Software and later ported to the Commodore 64, Atari ST, Amiga and CD32, all published by Audiogenic between 1991 and 1995.

* Sinclair Research releases the ZX80 home computer and Acorn Computers release the Atom, the first ' domestic ' computers to play games in the UK.

* ColourCard-graphics card-the first to produce 24bpp video for the Acorn

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 continued to produce ARM-based designs, demonstrating its first StrongARM prototype in May 1996, and the 6 months later.

The first and second series are also available on DVD ( Region 1, USA and Canada ) from Acorn Media.