I had seen the Atom in an electronics store ( the kind which sold resistors and stuff ). Electron's were dumped by Acorn at the time and obtainable for a very

I had seen the Atom in an electronics store ( the kind which sold resistors and stuff ). Electron's were dumped by Acorn at the time and obtainable for a very fair price through a Dutch retailer/discounter (Quantum, which sold carpets and stuff). My school actually had a fully equipped BBC B classroom, with server, with coprocessor and networked. But this was an exception, it was quite an elite/forward-thinking school.