Acorn A500

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The Acorn A500 was used internally at Acorn, often for software development. They were not sold to the general public. The original internal Hardware Guide is available here.

This Acorn A500 has serial number 46 and has socketed EPROMs. It was kindly donated by Chris Whytehead.

Manufacturer: Acorn
Date: 1986

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