 It was the year when Atari was sold, Apple nearly went bankrupt, and Acorn had solved ongoing issue of production volumes.The Electron had been launched in 1983, but problems with the supply of
its ULAs meant that Acorn was not able to capitalise on the 1983 Christmas selling period—a successful advertising campaign, including TV advertisements, had led to 300,000 orders, but the Malaysian suppliers were only able to supply 30,000 machines.The apparently strong demand for Electrons proved to be ephemeral