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Re:Building the Commodore computer that should have existed by pjc50 on Sunday June 10, 2018 @04:46PM (#17280069)
The BBC successor was the Acorn Archimedes, really - the only thing it lacked was the branding. Fit the same educational niche, spoke Econet, it even ran BBC basic.
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Re:Building the Commodore computer that should have existed by LeoPanthera on Sunday June 10, 2018 @08:37PM (#17280937)
One of the first ones didn’t even lack the branding. The A3000 was a “BBC Micro”. Even had red function keys.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Acorn_A3...

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