mc5 - AVMA Take 2

Yes, it's another round of that classic guessing game - Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Abstract [or any combination thereof]. This effort - '03/'04 should address any queries, but then again, may just serve to confuse and baffle which some might say is the point of the game. Patience, integrity and a decent search engine may be useful ....

Darren

[Raak] No.
[Irouleguy] A BBC Acorn? No such thing. Acorn produced all the BBC computers via a licensing deal.
[Inkspot] No.

Raak

Sinclair Spectrum?

Darren

[Raak] No (colder).

Raak

A Commodore 64?

Darren

[Raak] No, equally cold.

Raak

Hm, what's on the hot side of a BBC from a C64 or a Spectrum?

Raak

Is this type of computer still in current use (other than by retro geeks)?

Chalky

Is it a BBC 'something'?

Darren

[Raak] No.
[Chalky] No.
I did give you a clue before. Remember, the BBC didn't make the BBC Micro - it was made by Acorn. So, what you might be looking for here is another (retro, we've established) computer made by Acorn, of which there were several.

Dujon

Was this model named after a minute 'object'? - there's two I can think of.

Chalky

Acorn Atom?

.. the one that was launched in 1980, she says knowledgeably.
Google? Wassat then :-)