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- Torch Computers Ltd was a computer hardware company with origins in a 1982 joint venture between Acorn Computers and Climar Group that led to the development of the Communicator or C-series computer, a system based on the BBC Micro with a Z80 second processor and integral modem, intended as a viewdata terminal. Establishing itself in Great Shelford, near Cambridge, UK, the company became well known for its computer peripherals for the VIC-20 and BBC Micro. Torch produced an expansion unit originally developed by Arfon Microelectronics for the VIC-20, having acquired Arfon, and several second processor units for the BBC Micro, many with integrated floppy disk or hard disk drives. (en)
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- Although Torch was almost taken over by Acorn a few months back, the deal was never finalised. Torch continues as a totally separate company and I personally believe that they are vastly better managed. (en)
- Using the awk pattern matching programme and the sed stream editor, it took me a couple of evenings to convert a database of six or seven hundred names addresses and telephone numbers on my previous CP/M machine onto a file that could be read by the Informix database on the Triple X. (en)
- A predecessor company, Torch Computers Ltd., had a license agreement with NeXT for some of what inspired the IXI technology, but NeXT has made no explicit use of either version in its final product. IXI was founded by Ray Anderson, a former Cambridge student who has worked for several other Cambridge companies including Acorn, Sinclair and Torch. (en)
- The subsequent addition of the ZEP100 Z80 Extension Processor will result in a Z80 Disc Pack. (en)
- Contained inside the hard disc cabinet is the Atlas printed circuit board which contains both the 68000 chip and also the Z80 chip . (en)
- Software houses are currently working on other operating systems for the TORCH 68000 such as CP/M 68K, UCSD p-System, and Tripos. (en)
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- Torch Computers Ltd was a computer hardware company with origins in a 1982 joint venture between Acorn Computers and Climar Group that led to the development of the Communicator or C-series computer, a system based on the BBC Micro with a Z80 second processor and integral modem, intended as a viewdata terminal. (en)
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