Electron



"Ask any child at scholl why it's worth £199."

The Electron, often called by the nickname "Elk", is a computer produced by British company Acorn in the early 1980s. It was designed as a low-cost alternative to the BBC Micro. It was much less powerful, and although both ran the same dialect of BASIC, compatibility between them was only partial. As it faced strong competition from the C64 and the ZX, sales were lower than expected, even though it ultimately outsold the more expensive BBC Micro.