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title: Acorn Computer Archimedes A3010
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categories:
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- Computers
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types:
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- Professional Computer
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origins:
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- United Kingdom
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years:
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- '1992'
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cpus:
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- ARM 250 32-bit RISC
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params:
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name: Archimedes A3010
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image: /media/museum/photos/acorn_a3010_system_2.jpg
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company: /companies/acorn-computer
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company_name: Acorn Computer
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specs:
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- label: NAME
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value: Archimedes A3010
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- label: MANUFACTURER
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value: Acorn Computer
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- label: TYPE
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value: Professional Computer
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- label: ORIGIN
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value: United Kingdom
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- label: YEAR
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value: '1992'
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- label: BUILT IN LANGUAGE
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value: BBC BASIC / RISC OS 3.11
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- label: KEYBOARD
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value: Full-stroke PC-102 style
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- label: CPU
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value: ARM 250 32-bit RISC
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- label: SPEED
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value: 12 Mhz
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- label: CO-PROCESSOR
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value: MEMC (memory), VIDC (Video and Sound), IOC (I/O)
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- label: RAM
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value: 1 MB (up to 4 MB possible with socketed zip ram chips)
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- label: ROM
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value: 1 MB
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- label: GRAPHIC MODES
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value: VGA 640x256, SVGA 800x600, up to 1152 x 896 dots
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- label: COLORS
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value: 16 (SVGA) up to 256 (VGA) among 4096
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- label: SOUND
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value: 8 voices syntesizer
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- label: I/O PORTS
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value: Centronics, RS423, VGA, 1 expansion slot (same as A3000, A3020 and A4000)
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- label: BUILT IN MEDIA
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value: One 3.5'' 1.6 MB floppy disk-drive
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- label: OS
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value: RISC OS 3.11
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- label: POWER SUPPLY
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value: Built-in power supply unit
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- label: PRICE
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value: £399
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tabs:
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- photos
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- hardware
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- emulators
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- links
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- docs
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forum_thread: 690
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photos:
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- title: REAR CONNECTORS
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Rear connectors for both the 3010 and 3020 are quite similar, except for additional RF output and joystick connectors on the A3010
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**(1)** Parallel printer DB25 connector\
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**(2)** Serial DB9 connector\
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**(3)** Optional Econet LAN card\
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**(4-5)** Atari compatible joystick connectors\
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**(6)** Mouse mini-din connector\
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**(7)** Stereo headphones jack\
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**(8)** Analog RGB 15-pin connector\
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**(9)** Monochrome composite RCA jack
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image: /media/museum/photos/acorn_a3010_back_1.jpg
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- title: MAINBOARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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The mainboard design is quite similar to that of the Archimedes 320. The main differences are:\
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**(1)** An RF modulator allowing a TV set to bet used as video monitor\
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**(2)** Two Atari compatible joystick connectors\
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**(3)** A different RAM configuration. Two soldered chips hold the 1 MB base memory. Additional memory could be added by using DIP chips.
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image: /media/museum/photos/acorn_a3010_mainboard_1.jpg
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- title: MAINBOARD CLOSE-UP
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subtitle: ''
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text: ROM, RAM and custom memory management chips.
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image: /media/museum/photos/acorn_a3010_mboardcloseup_1.jpg
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hardware:
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- title: 486 CARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: Allowed Archimedes series computers to run 32-bit PC-DOS software. It was delivered with a manual, a driver disk and PC-DOS 6.3
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image: /media/museum/hardware/acorn_a39000_486card_1.jpg
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- title: GRAPHICS ACCELERATOR
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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Graphics accelerator card (called "ColourCard") for A3000, Archimedes and A5000.\
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Company : Computer Concepts\
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Enhanced potential for Archimedes series including 15-bit desktop modes (i.e. 800\*600 @ 256 colours).
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Thanks to **Chris Syntichakis**
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image: /media/museum/hardware/acorn_a5000_colorcard_1.jpg
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- title: CUMANA SCSI CARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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16-bit SCSI-1 card\
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Company: Cumana.\
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There are an external port for scanners/CD-ROM etc. and 2 internal ports for SCSI and Floptical drives.
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Thanks to **Chris Syntichakis**
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image: /media/museum/hardware/acorn_a5000_scsicard_1.jpg
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- title: SERIAL CARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: |-
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From Atomwide's site:\
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High speed serial card featuring three ports, each in the shape of a standard 9-pin ‘D’ plug. Each port on the card is capable of running at up to 460,800 bits per second, and employs a 16-byte FIFO buffer to reduce loading on the host computer’s processor, so improving communications reliability. All serial cards are standard single-width podules, and are fully compatible with Atomwide 6 and 8-slot RiscPC backplanes.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/acorn_a5000_serialcard_1.jpg
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- title: MIDI CARD
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subtitle: ''
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text: Allowed Archimedes systems to interact with any midi sound device.
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image: /media/museum/hardware/acorn_a4000_midicard_s1.jpg
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emulators:
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- title: Arculator
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url: http://b-em.bbcmicro.com/arculator/
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platform: Windows
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text: An excellent Windows-based Archimedes emulator, plays many games and has simple usage.
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- title: Red Squirrel
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url: http://www.red-squirrel.org/
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platform: Windows
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text: An Emulator of Arm based Acorn machines for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
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- title: Virtual Acorn
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url: http://www.virtualacorn.co.uk/
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platform: Windows
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text: Excellent but commercial software - £30
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- title: ARCHIE
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url: http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/campus/5427/
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platform: Multiplatform
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text: Archie is an emulation of the Acorn Archimedes hardware (A3xx/A4xx/A3xxx) for DOS/Windows
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links:
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- title: Web Wiz CAPTCHA
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url: http://www.webwizcaptcha.com
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text: ''
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docs:
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- title: TOM'S ARCHIMEDES DOCS (INTERNAL HARDWARE)
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url: http://b-em.bbcmicro.com/arculator/index.html
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cover: /media/museum/docs/couvs/vide.gif
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text: |-
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[**TOM'S ARCHIMEDES DOCS (INTERNAL HARDWARE)**](http://b-em.bbcmicro.com/arculator/index.html)written by Tom Mowalker
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compiled/archived by Tom Mowalker\
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type of document : HTML\
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source : [Arculator](http://b-em.bbcmicro.com/arculator/index.html)
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related:
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- /museum/acorn-computer-a4
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- /museum/acorn-computer-archimedes
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- /museum/acorn-computer-archimedes-a3000
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- /museum/acorn-computer-archimedes-a3020
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- /museum/acorn-computer-archimedes-a4000
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- /museum/acorn-computer-archimedes-a5000
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- /museum/acorn-computer-archimedes-a7000
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oc_id: 707
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source:
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url: https://web.archive.org/web/20230329004911/http://www.old-computers.com/museum/computer.asp?c=707
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date: '2023-03-29'
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The Acorn Archimedes A3000 was replaced by the Acorn A3010 and A3020, two simililar but slightly different models, aimed at the home and educational market.
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See common features text in [A3020](/museum/acorn-computer-archimedes-a3020/) page.
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For the first time, the A3010 was sold in electrical retail stores, next to the Amiga A1200 and Atari Falcon 030, as well as 486 class PCs which where starting to become popular in UK homes.
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The Acorn A3010 had two Atari style joystick ports, green function keys and, previously unheard of in the Archimedes family, an RF port for TV, which the A3020 did not have.
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There was a little known rare German version of the A3010 which had grey rather than green keys and a German QWERTZ keyboard.
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Information supplied by **Jonathan Hayward**
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