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Acorn System 2

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Introduction

The Acorn system 2 computer is mounted in a 19" card frame with an 8 slot backplane. The system is based on the standard Acorn Eurocards and typically consists of:

1MHz 6502 CPU with 2K Cassette Operating System (COS),
40x25 8 colour VDU interface,
Memory board with 4K RAM and 4K BASIC ROM, a second ROM may be added
Cassette interface

Additional cards can be added as required.

I don't have one. [Wanted ]

Manuals and documents

Here is a brochure for the Acorn System 2 .

The System 2 Technical Manual is available on Ben Harris's website in HTML and text format.

System 2

Here is a picture of a System 2 from the Control Universal Ltd catalogue:

Acorn system 2