“Mighty Oaks Grow From Small Acorns”
Acorn System 3
The Acorn System 3 is disc-based computer in a card frame. A minimum System 3 configuration is:
* 1MHz 6502 CPU
* VDU interface
* 8K RAM with 4K BASIC ROM
* Floppy disc controller
* 100K 5.¼" disc drive mounted in the card frame.
* Additional cards can be added as required.
Acorn also produced a 6809 CPU card to create a disc-based system running the FLEX OS.
Specification
Part No.
CPU
6502 / 6809
CPU Clock
1 MHz
RAM
8 Kb
ROM
4 Kb (Basic)
OS
FLEX OS
Graphics
80 x 25 Character VDU interface
Ports
RS232*,
Drives
100K 5 1/4" Floppy Drive
System Keyboard
*
Optional Additions