<s>
The	O
Acorn	B-Device
Network	I-Device
Computer	I-Device
was	O
a	O
network	B-Device
computer	I-Device
(	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
thin	B-Device
client	I-Device
)	O
designed	O
and	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Acorn	O
Computers	O
Ltd	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Network	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
Reference	I-Device
Profile	I-Device
that	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
commissioned	O
Acorn	O
to	O
specify	O
for	O
network	B-Device
computers	I-Device
(	O
for	O
more	O
detail	O
on	O
the	O
history	O
,	O
see	O
Acorn	O
's	O
Network	B-Device
Computer	I-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NCOS	B-Operating_System
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
used	O
in	O
this	O
first	O
implementation	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
and	O
ran	O
on	O
ARM	B-Architecture
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetStation	O
was	O
available	O
in	O
two	O
versions	O
,	O
one	O
with	O
a	O
modem	B-Application
for	O
home	O
use	O
via	O
a	O
television	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
version	O
with	O
an	O
Ethernet	O
card	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
businesses	O
and	O
schools	O
with	O
VGA	B-Protocol
monitors	I-Protocol
and	O
an	O
on-site	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
Unix	I-Operating_System
fileserver	O
based	O
on	O
RiscBSD	O
,	O
an	O
early	O
ARM	B-Architecture
port	I-Architecture
of	O
NetBSD	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
versions	O
were	O
upgradable	B-General_Concept
,	O
as	O
the	O
modem	B-Application
and	O
Ethernet	O
cards	O
were	O
replaceable	O
"	O
podules	O
"	O
(	O
Acorn-format	O
Eurocards	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
and	O
both	O
used	O
the	O
and	O
supported	O
PAL	B-Language
,	O
NTSC	O
and	O
SVGA	O
displays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
used	O
a	O
StrongARM	B-Device
SA-110	B-Device
200MHz	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ARM7500-based	O
DeskLite	B-Device
was	O
launched	O
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acorn	O
continued	O
to	O
produce	O
ARM-based	O
designs	O
,	O
demonstrating	O
its	O
first	O
StrongARM	B-Device
prototype	O
in	O
May	O
1996	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
6	O
months	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
second	O
generation	O
Network	B-Operating_System
Computer	I-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
was	O
no	O
longer	O
based	O
on	O
RISC	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
instead	O
consisted	O
of	O
NetBSD	B-Device
1.2.1	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Later	O
NCs	O
were	O
produced	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Intel	B-Device
Pentium	I-Device
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
NetStation	O
was	O
planned	O
to	O
ship	O
with	O
a	O
smart	O
card	O
to	O
enable	O
internet	B-Application
banking	I-Application
.	O
</s>
