Acorn A7000+

The Acorn A7000+ increased the compact desktop’s speed with a 48 MHz ARM7500FE, which also incorporated floating-point hardware. Standard memory rose to 8MB and typical systems included a 1.2GB hard disc.

It was Acorn’s final mass-produced education desktop and remained in production under Castle after Acorn withdrew from workstation manufacturing.

Notable Features

• ARM7500FE at 48 MHz provides the system’s processing architecture.
• The standard memory configuration was 8MB standard; expandable with EDO SIMM.
• Storage was supplied as 1.6MB floppy, 1.2GB IDE hard disc and optional 8x CD-ROM.

Historical Significance

• It was Acorn’s final mass-produced education desktop and remained in production under Castle after Acorn withdrew from workstation manufacturing.
• This record separates a genuine processor, memory, enclosure or storage model from software bundles and dealer-only configurations.

Collector’s Notes

• Confirm the exact model from its front badge and rear serial label because many Acorn systems were upgraded during their working lives.
• Original monitors, three-button mice, keyboards, expansion podules, manuals and installation media add historical value.

Specifications

Technical Information
Name	Acorn A7000+
Manufacturer	Acorn Computers
Launched	Thursday, May 1, 1997
Discontinued	1999
Country	United Kingdom
CPU	ARM7500FE at 48 MHz
Units Sold
Operating System	RISC OS 3.71
I/O	Video, audio, serial, parallel, IDE, network slot and optional single podule
Keyboard	Separate PS/2 keyboard and mouse
Storage	1.6MB floppy, 1.2GB IDE hard disc and optional 8x CD-ROM
Sound	Eight-channel sound with integrated floating-point support in CPU
Graphics	Integrated VIDC20 using shared system memory
Display	External VGA or multiscan monitor
ROM	4MB RISC OS ROM
RAM	8MB standard; expandable with EDO SIMM
CPU Speed	48 MHz