Acorn Electron - Review & Overview
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ต.ค. 2024
- This is an in-depth review and overview of the 8-bit Acorn Electron home computer, first released in 1983.
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A computer that in many respects beats the ZX Spectrum (80 column mode, excellent mechanical keyboard, good graphics, much better sound) and an excellent BASIC. It definitely didn't become as popular as it deserved. Today I received an Electron from eBay, in perfect working condition, with a set of books, a power supply, and a cable for the tape recorder. The first impression is excellent - this machine is simply incredibly "cute". 🙂
Oh yes! My first computer and I remember writing my first bit of code that would send out morse code and then present a 3D version of the letter or number it had just output. Why Morse? Because that was the only real sound I could generate!! Little did I know that 9 years later I would change my trade and became a radio operator and needed to learn morse.
It would take so long to save and load the code to a TAPE RECORDER…….😂. Incidentally, I am almost certain I purchased mine in ‘83 from Dixons because it timed with a specific deployment I had at that time.
Yay for an A in Computer Studies GCSE. Me too!
Had this in 1986. Snapper was the one and Frogger! Too many syntax errors unfortunately
Nice looking computer, great keyboard . . . . .but I'd stil rather have a Spectrum!
The reason why, high adoption rate and lots of great games.
Loved Granny's Garden on the BBC, can you play it on this too?
No sadly, because that used the Teletext graphics mode, which the Electron doesn't have.
Nice video. Dosn't acorn make gpu's now.
Yes, as I mentioned in the video, they became ARM.
Vibrant Colour !
like the CPC
Good timing lad. I just watched Micro Men. Not a bad movie.
I love that film, must have watched it 4 or 5 times.
@@TheLairdsLair Did you watch the critique with the boys in attendance? Bloody brilliant lad. My favourite part of that movie was when they won the BBC contract. Dear God that was a bit of drama getting the prototype working.
Yep, that was fascinating. It was always clear that a bit of artistic license was used, perhaps more than people thought, but definitely made it more entertaining.