Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcsun!ukc!tcdcs!maths.tcd.ie!chughes
From: chughes@maths.tcd.ie (Conrad Hughes)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn,eunet.micro.acorn
Subject: Re: comp.sys.acorn and eunet.micro.acorn
Message-ID: <1990Dec14.113446.9835@maths.tcd.ie>
Date: 14 Dec 90 11:34:46 GMT
References: <1615@svin02.info.win.tue.nl> <2540@trlluna.trl.oz> <1990Dec13.054815.19247@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU>
Organization: Dept. of Maths, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
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In <1990Dec13.054815.19247@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> lester@suphys.physics.su.OZ.AU (K R Lester) writes:

>>>To start at least a small ball roling in comp.sys.acorn, I'll leave you
>>>with the question `what is the ARM used in besides the Arc and ABC?'.
>>
>>I think I read somewhere that it is being used in a laser printer,
>>probably processing postcript or something like that.  By the way, what
>>is ABC?
>>

>The term ABC to me refers to the computer that Acorn released a number
>of years ago. It was packaged like a PC. If I remeber correctly  it
>was based on a master with MS-DOS coprocessor. The ABC stood for
>Acorn Business Computer.

I think he's probably referring to this 'Active Book Company' thing - I've
seen the name, but haven't a clue what it's on about... Anybody care to
elaborate?

Conrad
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