Acorn Atom
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The Acorn Atom was an early 1980s home computer from Acorn Computers that helped establish the company in the personal computing market and paved the way for its later BBC Micro line.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Acorn Atom canonical | 1 |
| Acorn System 3 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3421675 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Acorn Atom Context triple: [Acorn Computers, notableProduct, Acorn Atom]
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A.
Acorn Computers
Acorn Computers was a pioneering British computer company best known for developing early personal computers and creating the ARM architecture that became foundational in modern computing devices.
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B.
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a 16/32-bit home computer line from the mid-1980s known for its advanced graphics and MIDI capabilities, popular in gaming, music production, and desktop publishing.
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C.
Amiga
Amiga is a family of advanced 16/32-bit home computers developed by Commodore in the 1980s and early 1990s, renowned for their pioneering multimedia and gaming capabilities.
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D.
Commodore Amiga 1000
The Commodore Amiga 1000 is the first model in Commodore's Amiga line of personal computers, notable for its advanced multimedia capabilities, multitasking operating system, and pioneering graphics and sound for a mid-1980s home computer.
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E.
Commodore Amiga 500
The Commodore Amiga 500 is a late-1980s home computer known for its advanced graphics and sound capabilities, making it popular for gaming, multimedia, and creative applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Acorn Atom Target entity description: The Acorn Atom was an early 1980s home computer from Acorn Computers that helped establish the company in the personal computing market and paved the way for its later BBC Micro line.
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A.
Acorn Computers
Acorn Computers was a pioneering British computer company best known for developing early personal computers and creating the ARM architecture that became foundational in modern computing devices.
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B.
Atari ST
The Atari ST is a 16/32-bit home computer line from the mid-1980s known for its advanced graphics and MIDI capabilities, popular in gaming, music production, and desktop publishing.
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C.
Amiga
Amiga is a family of advanced 16/32-bit home computers developed by Commodore in the 1980s and early 1990s, renowned for their pioneering multimedia and gaming capabilities.
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D.
Commodore Amiga 1000
The Commodore Amiga 1000 is the first model in Commodore's Amiga line of personal computers, notable for its advanced multimedia capabilities, multitasking operating system, and pioneering graphics and sound for a mid-1980s home computer.
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E.
Commodore Amiga 500
The Commodore Amiga 500 is a late-1980s home computer known for its advanced graphics and sound capabilities, making it popular for gaming, multimedia, and creative applications.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
8-bit microcomputer
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home computer ⓘ |
| architecture | 8-bit ⓘ |
| caseMaterial | plastic case ⓘ |
| category |
6502-based home computers
ⓘ
Acorn Computers products ⓘ home computers introduced in 1980 ⓘ |
| colorSupport | up to 8 colours (with hardware modifications) ⓘ |
| companyRole | early flagship product for Acorn Computers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| cpu | MOS Technology 6502 ⓘ |
| cpuClockSpeed | 1 MHz ⓘ |
| discontinued | 1982 ⓘ |
| display | text and low-resolution graphics ⓘ |
| expansion |
Acorn System bus compatibility (partial)
ⓘ
rear expansion connector ⓘ |
| formFactor | all-in-one keyboard computer ⓘ |
| graphicsChip | Motorola 6847 ⓘ |
| graphicsResolution | 256×192 (with limitations) ⓘ |
| influenced | BBC Micro computer design ⓘ |
| introduced | 1980 ⓘ |
| keyboardType | integrated full-stroke keyboard ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Acorn Computers ⓘ |
| market | home computer market ⓘ |
| memory |
12 KB RAM (typical configuration)
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2 KB RAM (base configuration) ⓘ up to 32 KB RAM (expanded) ⓘ |
| notableFor |
direct predecessor to the BBC Micro line
ⓘ
helping establish Acorn in the personal computer market ⓘ integrated BASIC in ROM ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | Acorn Atom BASIC in ROM ⓘ |
| powerSupply | external power supply unit ⓘ |
| predecessor |
Acorn System 3
ⓘ
linked to:
Acorn Atom
|
| primaryProgrammingLanguage |
Atom BASIC
ⓘ
linked to:
Tiny BASIC
|
| romSize | 8 KB ⓘ |
| soldAs |
fully assembled computer
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kit for self-assembly ⓘ |
| sound | simple beeper ⓘ |
| storage |
cassette tape
ⓘ
optional floppy disk (via expansion) ⓘ |
| successor | BBC Micro ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
hobbyists
ⓘ
home users ⓘ |
| textModes | 32×16 characters ⓘ |
| videoOutput |
RF output for television
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optional monitor output ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Acorn Atom Description of subject: The Acorn Atom was an early 1980s home computer from Acorn Computers that helped establish the company in the personal computing market and paved the way for its later BBC Micro line.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Acorn Atom