Acorn A7000

The A7000 and A7000+ were Acorn Computers's entry level computer based on the Risc PC architecture, launched in 1995 is superseded some of the models of the Acorn Archimedes range. After the breakup of Acorn Computers in 1998, Castle Technology bought the rights to continue production of the A7000+.

Specifications and technical details

*Memory type: 4 MB (8 MB A7000+) motherboard mounted and, 1 SIMM slot, supporting a maximum memory size of 132 MB (136 MB A7000+).
*Video subsystem: VIDC20 controller integrated into ARM7500 core, display memory is shared with main memory.
*Expansion: Eurocard-sized Podule support in common with Archimedes-series machines.
*Case: One 3.5 inch bay, with floppy drive, one 5.25 inch bay for a CDROM. Note, only one of a CDROM/DVDROM or an internal podule could be fitted.
*Ports: Serial, Parallel, PS/2 keyboard, PS/2 mouse, headphone audio out, DE15 VGA, network (optional).
*CPU: A7000, ARM7500 clocked at 32 MHz. A7000+, ARM7500FE, with hardware floating point unit, clocked at 48 MHz or 56 MHz (Castle A7000+).
*Dimensions:
*Operating System: RISC OS 3.60 (A7000), RISC OS 3.71 (A7000+). RISC OS 4 is available as a replacement for the Acorn-implemented versions which came fitted as standard.

Milestones

1995 - A7000 launched, featuring a 32 MHz ARM7500 processor.
1997 - A7000+ launched, featuring a 48 MHz ARM7500FE processor.
1998 - Acorn Computers is broken up and Castle Technology buys the rights to continue A7000+ production.

ee also

* BBC Micro ancestor.
* Acorn Archimedes direct predecessor
* Acorn Computers
* RISC OS
* Risc PC

External links

* [http://www.mcmordie.co.uk/acornhistory/ Technical history of Acorn]
* [http://www.mcmordie.co.uk/acornhistory/riscpc700.shtml Technical history of Acorn - RPC700 and A7000]
* [http://www.mcmordie.co.uk/acornhistory/riscpcsa.shtml Technical history of Acorn - StrongARM and A7000+]
* [http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/Computers/A7000.html Chris's Acorns - Acorn A7000]
* [http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/Computers/A7000+.html Chris's Acorns - Acorn A7000+]
* [http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/AfterAcorn/Castle_A7000+.html Chris's Acorns - Castle A7000+]
* [http://acorn.chriswhy.co.uk/AfterAcorn/Castle.html Chris's Acorns - Castle Technology]