Acorn Unvails The Acorn NC Netstation

The NetStation is the revolutionary new Network Computer from Acorn. It is designed specifically to work on today's networks, and to access the wealth of information on the Internet. It incorporates a WWW browser, email, word processing and applet downloading at low cost.

Network computing makes information, entertainment, education and communication services highly accessible for a much wider audience. With Acorn's NetStation this increased ease of access comes with the advantage of significantly lower cost than a conventional PC.

The Netstation can deployed in the corporate, educational and domestic environment, where users will realise the benefits in the following ways:

• Business
  In the corporate enterprise environment, low capital investment cost, minimum maintenance overhead, simple core functionality and global access through ethernet or ATM connectivity are critical. The NetStation can satisfy all these requirements and is compatible with MS Word software and most PC monitors meaning that it fits easily into most office environments.
• Education
  The NetStation is ideal for the school and further education environment, where budgets remain tight. The NetStation will provide children with access to a far greater range of services at a realistic and affordable price using LAN, dial-up or ISDN connectivity via monitors or TVs.
• Home
  For the home or small office user, the NetStation is perfect. In addition to World Wide Web browsing, email and word processing applications, the NetStation also offers access to games, home shopping and banking and other networked services over the normal telephone line and a TV or monitor.

With ports for a keyboard, mouse and printer the NetStation is both adaptable and flexible in its use. It is easy to use, is low cost and requires no manual maintenance or upgrades.

Technical data:

The NetStation has a uniquely powerful combination of advanced features including:

32-bit Processor

• 40 MHz ARM 7500FE, 35.9 dhrystone MIPS peak
• 4KB instruction and data cache

Memory

• 4-16 MB RAM
• 4-8 MB ROM for NC OS
• Removable ROM card

Smartcard Slot

• Easily accessible
• Insert/remove detect
• EMV standard ready ('card present, mail order')
• Compatible with existing standards

ROM Card

• User upgradable without opening box
• Small card format

Peripheral Support

• Wired keyboard/mouse or infrared keyboard/mouse
• Handheld infrared remote control
• Printer port
• Selection of printer drivers bundled in ROM

Web Browser

• HTML 3.2 with common extensions supported
• GIF, TIFF, JPEG, PostScript
• Forms
• Tables

Programming Extensions

• Java interpreter available as download for version 1
• Shockwave as download for version 1

Audio Output

• Stereo
• 16 bit
• analogue

Video Output

• PAL TV version (760x576x16bpp interlaced)
• NTSC TV version (640x480x16bpp interlaced)
• SVGA resolution (1024 x 768 x 8 bpp)

Word Processor

• Full document creation capability
• MS Word 7 binary compatible (import/export)

Network Interfaces

• 28.8K modem
• ATM (2.048 Mb/s or 25.6 Mb/s)
• Ethernet (10baseT)
• ISDN

Form Factor

• Height 45mm, depth 260mm, width 310mm