-rnallakkiL 1:1 Let---- saris, ill 0 , - 1 A Early Years 0 Ifi Computer E 1 99ex VAT A3° = . SnYt • -_- W ININISt WSLIS ESLI iternt,',7,7,71•EggliIlk e° 5 1 ruEnEd So gate 90 A4000 purchasing an %Oil h . AND =I 11 e1 L 100 off CD-ROM Drive gin a Acorn= Autumn 1995 New Products and New Prices from a New Acorn Welcome to the latest edition of Acorn's guide to products and services for education. The guide aims to provide customers with the latest details of the new Acorn in one easy- to-use publication. Inside you will find the following: • Details of the new range of products and services available from Acorn, including product features and advantages, top-line technical data and the details of our new aggressive pricing. • Illustrations of why Acorn offers the best solutions for our customers, from pre-school to university, at home or at work, for users with special needs or those 'surfing' the superhighway. • Help on how to purchase the systems you need by spreading payments with Acorn Options for establishments, or 20/20, the 0% finance scheme for personal purchasers. • Ideas on how to exploit fully the benefits of Acorn technology through training, on-site courses and conferences. As well as new products and new pricing, Acorn has introduced a new national network of Acorn Education Agencies (see page 30). Each Agency employs Acorn Sales Agents who are responsible for a territory, representing Acorn, to provide schools with the service and support they require. Schools can contact either their local Agency for advice or Acorn direct to place an order. Acorn will then supply and invoice schools directly to ensure a prompt and efficient service. The Education Agency structure offers schools clear benefits. There is now a single Agent for each part of the country, dedicated to the success of Acorn in all schools in their territory. They receive specialist training to enable them to advise schools on more complex purchases, such as networks. As a result, schools will get better advice, service and support. Finally, Acorn's aggressive new Education Prices are only available from Acorn or its Agents, so schools know exactly what they are paying - for genuine Acorn products, supplied by the manufacturer. We hope you find these changes exciting and relevant to your needs. We look forward to providing you with the best in educational IT for the remainder of 1995 and beyond. Acorn Education Risc PC -THE RANGE 6 Risc PC600 Series Rise PC700 Series NEW PRODUCT PC Compatibility Cards and PC Emulation A SERIES 8 A7000 A4000 SPECIAL OFFERS A3020 13010 SPECIAL OFFERS PORTABLES 10 Pocket Book A4 Portables Pocket Book Peripherals Pocket Book II 1MB NEW PRODUCT UNIVERSAL NETWORKING 12 Access+ Access CD Share OmniClient InterTalk File Server Level 4 Release 3 TCP/IP Protocol Suite Release 2 RISC PC600 \ NEW PRODUCT SchoolServer SPECIAL PRE-SCHOOL AND PRIMARY APPLICATIONS 16 Early Years Betsi OFFERS Dazzle Spex SEE PAGES 4 & 5 SECONDARY SOLUTIONS 18 £190 free Software Too!Box Bundle and £100 off a Curriculum Solution:Geography CD-ROM Drive when you Curriculum Solution: Design and Technology Curriculum Solution: Mathematics purchase an A4000 SPECIAL EDUCATION 20 SEMERC Rise l'C NEW PRODUCT SEMERC A4000S Discovery 2000 Full Access from RESOURCE A3010 Special Access Upgrade Pack Early Years Computer Special offer price of £199 ex VAT COMPUTING FOR THE FAMILY 22 Early Years See coupons attached The Learning Curve to Price List Home Office 20/20 New Scheme for personal purchases INSIGHT 24 Training Courses and Conferences ACORN OPTIONS 26 Financing the Future for Educational Establishments ACORN ADVANTAGE 27 Points Scheme for Users within Education SPECIFICATIONS - HARDWARE ACORN SALES AGENTS 30 3 BUY AN A4000/A4000S FROM 25 SEPTEMBER TO 30 NOVEMBER AND YOU WILL GET A £100 OFF A CD-ROM DRIVE AND A FREE £190 SOFTWARE BUNDLE. Cumana Oscar CD-ROM Drive RRP £229 ex VAT Promotional price £129 ex VAT See Vouchers on separate Price List AND A3010 BUY AN A3010 £199 EARLY YEARS COMPUTER* FOR ex VAT OFFER ENDS 31 DECEMBER 1995 See vouchers on separate Price List Acorn's latest Risc PC range includes the most powerful products to date at remarkably affordable prices. It allows increasing interconnection and networking with other technologies and products, and its modular design and architecture provide unlimited potential for upgrading to and benefiting from technologies of the future. Risc PC600 The Risc PC is an exceptionally flexible and expandable system, designed to grow with the expectations of the user. Capable of high resolution, near-photographic quality graphics and CD-like audio, the system is ideal for creative multimedia. Incorporating dual processor capability allowing the Acorn '486 Card to be fitted, the Risc PC provides the most versatile system for curriculum use. No other system provides access to such a wide range of educational software. Product Code Risc PC600 4M HD425 ACB60/AKF60 or AKF8 Risc PC600 4M HD425 CD ACB61/AKF60 or AKF85 Rise PC700 Series These superb, high-performance RISC-based desktop computers have been universally acclaimed by independent sources as the most innovative product to be seen for many years. Outstanding video, audio and graphics manipulation capability place it at the forefront, making it an obvious choice for the discerning user. The ability to run PC applications at 486 speeds, with the highly innovative Risc PC 486 Card connected to the Open Bus slot, means users can take advantage of virtually all applications in the PC world whilst retaining all the state-of-the-art features of the Acorn desktop environment. Acorn's Risc PC 486 Card is the lowest cost PC capability on any RISC platform in the world. Multimedia systems exploit text, graphics, audio and video. CD-ROM is by far the most popular way of providing applications of this type and this Risc PC CD-ROM system comes with a market leading, double speed internal CD-ROM drive with combined CD and computer audio; lightning fast manipulation of still and moving images; high-performance multi-channel stereo sound as standard; and its expansion capabilities make it ideal for storing network resources. Product Code Rise PC700 5M HD425 ACB70/AKF60 or AKF85 Risc PC700 5M HD425 CD ACB71/AKF60 or AKF85 Rise PC700 10M HD850 ACB75/AKF60 or AKF85 Rise PC700 10M HD850 CD ACB76/AKF60 or AKF85 AKF60 is a 14" SVGA Colour Monitor and the AKF85 is a 17" SVGA Colour Monitor PC Compatibility Cards and PC Emulation Acorn Computer systems have always allowed easy and simple interworking with the IBM PC compatible world. PC Soft emulates a basic XT PC for simple character-based DOS applications on any RISC OS system. PC Card 386 provides the hardware support of a 386 processor for A3020 and, more typically, A4000 systems, giving faster DOS performance on these computers. The innovative design of the world-leading Acorn Risc PC allows second processor upgrades which deliver high performance at low cost. Risc PC 486 Card allows Windows applications to run at the speed of an equivalent specification 486 PC. Product Code Rise PC486 Card with 486SXL/33 available when purchased with a Rise, PC ACA42 PC Card 386, with 1MB RAM on board for A3020 and A4000 systems AGA31 PC Soft 1.8 AKA70 Software emulation of a basic XT PC The A Series is Acorn's range of acclaimed curriculum desktop computers, proven in tens of thousands of schools in countries across the globe. Every day millions of children use hundreds of thousands of Acorn A Series computers. These sturdy workhorses will deliver reliable and innovative curriculum solutions today and into the 21st century. Acorn A7000 A7000 from Acorn is the new high-performance low-cost point of entry to education's richest resou rce base. Position, between the A4000 and the Ri PC, the A7000 reflects Acorn historic dedication to the deli of RISC OS computers whit provide the broadest choice performance options at realist prices. Designed with children in min the A7000 is easy to use at brings them the advantages improved performance speed. larger hard disc, massive RA capability, 16-bit digital quali sound, more colours, high resolution and an integr CD-ROM drive option. Product Code A7000 2M NET AMC01 A7000 2M HD425 AMC02 A7000 2M NET CD AMC21 A7000 2M HD425 CD AMC22 A7000 4M HD425 AMC03 A7000 4M HD425 CD AMC23 Acorn A4000 Combines the flexibility of a professional-style system with all the benefits of running thousands of RISC OS software titles. The A4000 is the ideal system for use in a whole range of situations in schools eg. such as IT rooms and departmental clusters, as well as for individual use. The large and fast hard drive provides sufficient storage to meet the needs of the most demanding users. The A4000 allows the use of a wide range of low-cost interface cards designed to expand the machine for more specialist purposes and it is particularly suitable for secondary level clients in a client/server network. Product Code A4000 HD210 system AGC50/AKF53 A4000 HD210 system AGC50/AKF50 AKF53: Medium resolution SVGA monitor AKF50: High resolution SVGA monitor Acorn A3020 The space-saving two-box design and robust construction make the A3020 ideal for introductory use, particularly by young children, and in IT rooms where space is limited. Optional additional memory and a hard disc allow better use of the whole world of RISC OS applications — providing some of the best curriculum software in the world. Even with the internal hard disc and network options fitted, overlay keyboards, scanners and other devices are still supported through an optional internal interface card.