[[File:Acorn Electron 4x3.jpg|thumb|right|Acorn Electron]]
[[File:Acorn Electron and Plus 1.jpg|thumb|right|Acorn Electron with Plus1 expansion]]
[[File:Acorn Electron Plus 3 fitted.jpg|thumb|right|Acorn Electron with Plus3 expansion]]
The Acorn Electron is a 1983 micro produced by [[Acorn]], intended to be a [[ZX Spectrum|Spectrum]]-priced sibling of the [[BBC Micro]], providing essentially the same software environment.
It was nevertheless one of the launch platforms for Elite, and received decent ports of a bunch of several other cross-platform titles such as Chuckie Egg, Exile, Boulderdash, Robotron and Thrust.
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== Expansions ==
The Acorn Plus1 expansion provided two cartridge slots, a printer port and an analog joystick port.
The Acorn Plus2 was due to add an Econet interface, which would have made it a contender for use in schools, but the Plus2 was never launched.
The Acorn Plus3 added 3.5inch floppy disk support to the Electron using a WD1770 drive controller and ADFS ROM.
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== Links ==
*[https://youtu.be/HiCyeEfJbXc The Acorn Electron Story] by [[Nostalgia Nerd]]
*[https://youtu.be/a6r2QRTkqbc 1000 BBC Micro & Acorn Electron game clips]
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[[Category:Non CPC Computers]]