File:Acorn System 2 Technical Manual (text transcription).pdf
Summary
[edit | edit source]Plain-text transcription of Acorn Computers' System 2 Technical Manual, issue 1, January 1980, chapters 1 to 8: introduction, parts lists for the CPU, cassette interface, VDU and memory cards, electrical and mechanical assembly, peripheral devices (power supply, keyboard, cassette recorder, display), Cassette Operating System commands, control characters and the teletext display codes. The transcription omits the manual's pictures, and chapters 9 to 11 (software specification, circuit diagrams and descriptions, system expansion) were not transcribed. 38 pages.
Source
[edit | edit source]Ben Harris's Acorn archive: https://bjh21.me.uk/acorn/manuals/Sys2TM.txt (chapters 1–5) and https://bjh21.me.uk/acorn/manuals/Sys2TM/ (chap6, chap7, chap8), retrieved 2026-10-01. Linked from Chris's Acorns, https://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/Computers/System2.html. The text was set as a PDF for this wiki without changes to the wording; the header on page 1 records this.
Author
[edit | edit source]Acorn Computers Ltd (manual, 1980). OCR transcription by Ben Harris, 1998.
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[edit | edit source]Copyright 1980 Acorn Computers Ltd. Transcription by Ben Harris. Hosted for preservation and repair reference.
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