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Acorn Cambridge Series

Workstation or Co-proc:

   ACW
     20Mb Wini + floppy
     4Mb Ram
     Colour Monitor
     
   Co-processor
     1Mb Ram
   

Both models include:
   NS32016 CPU
   NS32081 FPU
   1Mb Co-proc, 4Mb ACW
   Operating system
   5 standard languages

Key Points:
   High performance
   Desk top design
   32 bit capacity
   Mainframe/mini compilers/applications

System Architecture:
   Dual processors
   BBC graphics & I/O
   File stores: floppy, winchester and file server.

Communications:
   Serial port
   Centronics port
   Local area network
   X25 gateway as option
 
Languages:
   FORTRAN 77
   Acorn C
   ISO Pascal
   Cambridge Lisp
   2 Basic interpreters

Application areas:
   Program development
   Maths and Stats.
   Engineering & CAD
   Text processing
   Educational computing

32016 CPU:
   32 bit registers
   24 bit addressing
   16 bit ext. data bus
   32 bit arithmetic
   linear address space

Performance:
   6/8MHz clock
   6 ^sec fl pt multiply
   165 KWhetstones/sec
   Runs SPICE 40% faster than the VAX 11/750

FORTRAN 77
           
   Validated as ANSI/ISO standard
   Some FORTRAN 66 compatibility
   Full diagnostics ***             
   Developed by Topexpress Ltd.

Acorn C
             
   Follows Kernighan and Ritchie
   Extensive library
   Machine language inserts ***
   Developed by Lattice Logic Ltd.

ISO Pascal
           
   Validated as ISO/BSI standard
   Extensions for modularity etc.
   Excellent diagnostics ***
   Developed by Lattice Logic Ltd.

Cambridge Lisp
         
   Based on Portable Standard Lisp
   Structure editor
   Compiler and interpreter ***
   Developed by Fitch-Norman Ltd.

2 Basic Interpreters
      
   1. As BBC Microcomputer Basic
   2. Includes 64 bit arithmetic
   Both with full screen editors ***
   Developed by Acorn Computers Ltd

Panos

   Full screen editor
   Link loader
   Further utilities
   Inter language calls
   Procedure library
   Extensible