Extension Card For Archimedes

EXTENSION CARD FOR ARCHIMEDES The Acorn Archimedes is a Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC) that handles complex graphics, number crunching, music applications and I/O activities at a speed that makes owners of 286-based and many other PCs sit back in awe. The extension card described in this article gives the "Archie" yet more power and versatility by adding a MIDI interface, a sound sampler and a user port. Acorn Computers (a member of the Oli- vetti Group) have always been known for their rather uncommon approach of com- puter design. Their advanced systems are invariably relatively fast, flexible, and in- novative. The system architecture is so open as to allow many electronics and computer enthusiasts to embark on home construction of extension cards. From a point of view of computer education, Acorn have been backed successfully by the BBC with the well-known BBC-B and Master computers, the predecessors of the Archimedes. The introduction of the Archimedes A3000 roughly ...