Acorn Extends Special Pocket Book Promotions 

Acorn Computers is extending current special promotions on both its 
hand-held  Pocket Book portable computer and on Schedule, the associated 
diary and organiser  application, until 31st December 1993. 

The Acorn Pocket Book, normally priced at #212.72 ex VAT, will now be on 
sale at  just #169.95 ex VAT until the end of the year. 

Schedule, which provides a combined diary, personal organiser and timetable 
to  complement the Pocket Book's integrated suite of word processing, 
spell-checking,  spreadsheet, database, clock and calculator applications, 
will continue at the special  introductory price of #16.98 ex VAT, compared 
with an RRP of #42.51, until 31st  December. 

Throughout the extended offer period, Class Pack rates for both products 
will also be  reduced. The Pocket Book Class Pack, which contains 11 
machines, an A-link for  connection to Acorn's range of 32-bit RISC 
computers and a mains adaptor which  extends Pocket Book battery life when 
using the A-link, is available at #1699.50 ex  VAT. The Schedule Class Pack, 
consisting of 11 Acorn Schedule SSD ROMs, will  cost just #169.79 ex VAT, 
again only until the end of 1993. 

Schedule was developed in response to early feedback from Acorn's education 
and  consumer Pocket Book customers. Used together with the Pocket Book, the 
two  products offer powerful and versatile portable computing functionality. 

Mike O'Riordan, Acorn's Sales and Marketing Director, is clear about why the 
Pocket  Book is special: "Imagine a full set of the best available 
menu-driven applications,  considerable memory capacity and a built-in 
computer screen, all in a robust,  ergonomically designed case the size of a 
spectacles box. This is what the Acorn  Pocket Book provides; all for the 
price of a single user professional software  package." 

Acorn's General Manager for UK Education, Peter Talbot, confirms the already 
successful adoption of the Pocket Book in education: "There is now an 
installed base  of over 4,000 Pocket Books, many in schools and colleges. 
Within a year of launch,  the Pocket Book has taken 11% of the schools' 
portable market and this share is still  growing. Trials have established 
that the Pocket Book, with special features such as  the built-in spell 
checker,  is ideal for educational use, and meets the needs of the  National 
Curriculum as a general purpose IT resource across all subjects. Acorn's 
extended promotional prices will enable UK educational establishments to 
accelerate  their take up of the Pocket Book." 

Products can be ordered from Acorn dealers using the following codes: 

Pocket Book:              AHB05 
Pocket Book Class Pack:   AHB10 
Schedule:                 AHA42 
Schedule Class Pack:      AHA11 

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