Acorn A4 Laptop
Specifications


Product Code
AKB64 - Acorn A4 Notebook 4Mb RAM 60Mb HDD with Greyscale LCD
Price
1,699GBP
Dimensions
297 x 210 x 53 mm
Weight
(excl battery)
2.3kg
Processor
32 Bit RISC Processor (ARM3 - 25MHz)
Operating System
RISC OS 3.11
Floppy Disc
1.6Mb ADFS
1.44Mb DOS
Ram
4Mb
Hard Disc
120Mb
I/O
Serial, Parallel, Monitor, Keyboard
Display
LCD - VGA (640*480 up to 256 colours). External 15pin D-Sub allows connection to external monitor allowing resolutions up to SVGA 800 x 600 at 256 colours.
Keyboard
83 keys
Mouse
3 Button - provides the main method of controlling the window interface.
Applications Suite
Standard (Software inclucing a painting program, text editor, drawing package, music composition and editing program, all provided as standard, so the machine is ready to go).
Parallel Port
Centronics bi-directional port (25pin), allows connection of standard printers.
Serial Port
Allows connection to communications equipment (modems) and serial devices.
Network Interface Slot
Allows connection to Acorn's Econet network, or to industry standard Ethernet networks (via parallel port adaptor).
Sound
3.5mm jack for stereo sound for use with standard headphones or to connect to an amplification system, combined with an internal mono speaker.
Battery Life
2.5 - 4 hours

Source of Spec's: Acorn Information Centre, Tasmania

Additional Images of the A4

The Acorn A4 was reported to be a portable version of the A5000,
so below I have images of my A4 and A5000 side by side and
also a closeup of the A4's AC Mains Adaptor.

a5000_a4_1.jpg - 23Kb

a5000_a4_2.jpg - 22Kb

a4_psu.jpg - 16Kb




If you have arrived here from a Search Engine
Click the link below to go to the Classic Acorn Home Page
Everyone else use the Navigation Section on the Left
<---------------------------------------------------

Home