Digibarn Collection ➔ Acorn Archimedes
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2021.11.02.75.db
Thanks Daniel Smith for this dontation of a smashing Acord Archimedes system from the UK. This is from the same folks who made the BBC Micro but is much more powerful with a preemtive multitasking, desktop-GUI operating system and much more.
See Also:
The Digibarn's pages on the BBC Micro
Digibarn's Electron page (little baby brother of the Archimedes)
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See Also:
The Digibarn's pages on the BBC Micro
Digibarn's Electron page (little baby brother of the Archimedes)
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Acorn Archimedes is a family of personal computers designed by Acorn Computers of Cambridge, England. The systems are based on Acorn's own ARM architecture processors and the proprietary operating systems Arthur and RISC OS. The first models were introduced in 1987,[1] and systems in the Archimedes family were sold until the mid-1990s.
ARM's RISC design, a 32-bit CPU (using 26-bit addressing), running at 8 MHz, was stated as achieving 4.5+ MIPS,[2] which provided a significant upgrade from 8-bit home computers, such as Acorn's previous machines. Claims of being the fastest micro in the world and running at 18 MIPS were also made during tests.[3]