Which computer, the Digi-Comp I or the Acorn Electron, was made as a budget friendly version of the BBC Micro educational/home computer?
Acorn Electron The Acorn Electron is a budget version of the BBC Micro educational/home computer made by Acorn Computers Ltd. It has 32 kilobytes of RAM, and its ROM includes BBC BASIC v2 along with its operating system.
Compaq Portable III The Compaq Portable III is a PC/AT-compatible computer released by Compaq Computer Corporation in 1987. It was advertised as being much smaller and lighter than the previous portable x86-PCs, however it was still quite large by today's standards. Its street price upon its release was 4999 USD for a model equipped with a 12 MHz Intel 80286, 640 KB RAM, 1.2 MB 5.25" floppy, 20 /40 /60 MB hard disk , and a 10" amber colored gas-plasma display or 5799 USD with the upgraded 40 MB hard disk . There was also an optional ISA Expansion chassis allowed for 2 full length 16-bit ISA add-in cards for 199 USD . Power is supplied using a mains electricity outlet, no battery exists.