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Question: What else do you remember about the Acorn System 1?
Answer: Packing them in boxes (upstairs at 4a Market Hill): the whole company would stand around tables (a production square) and put in the right components (me, Hermann, Hermann’s then fiancée, Stephen, Chris). We all did pretty much anything: I ended up as Hermann’s secretary before we could afford one!
There used to be problems with answering the phone: one chap would ring up and say “I have got an Acorn, it does not work” often enough for it to become a legend. We got very tired of kits – the highlight being a guy who assembled his Atom with glue because he knew that heat (solder) would damage them – so that coloured the BBC machine a lot.
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What else do you remember about the Acorn System 1?
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Packing them in boxes (upstairs at 4a Market Hill): the whole company would stand around tables (a production square) and put in the right components (me, Hermann, Hermann’s then fiancée, Stephen, Chris). We all did pretty much anything: I ended up as Hermann’s secretary before we could afford one!
There used to be problems with answering the phone: one chap would ring up and say “I have got an Acorn, it does not work” often enough for it to become a legend. We got very tired of kits – the highlight being a guy who assembled his Atom with glue because he knew that heat (solder) would damage them – so that coloured the BBC machine a lot. Source: CoolInterview.com
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