Editing Acorn Archimedes A3000 (section)

== Technical specifications ==

The computer ran on an 8 MHz ARM2 processor with 1 MB of RAM and stored RISC OS in 512 KB of ROM. The hardware closely matched an Archimedes 310 squeezed into a smaller case, though Acorn fitted the newer MEMC1a memory controller which delivered a 10-15% speed increase.

Cost-cutting measures affected expandability. Acorn left out the RS232 port and restricted expansion to one internal mini-podule slot and one external podule connection . Hard drives required external SCSI or IDE controller podules, as the motherboard lacked built-in support.

The video system displayed 256 colors from a palette of 4096, while the sound hardware provided 8 channels of 8-bit stereo audio. Users ran RISC OS 2, which had replaced the original Arthur operating system from the first Archimedes machines.