I can’t help but think that in the US, this belongs in a museum. For those wanting to give RISC OS a try, it’s available for the Raspberry Pi (and yes, that’s why I bought a Pi).
I would have thought that the RISC OS community would be appreciative of an app such as Firefox being available. Zane > On Sep 18, 2017, at 4:13 AM, Liam Proven via cctech <cct...@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > Peter Naulls is the creator of the Unix Porting Project, which > successfully created Acorn RISC OS versions of some FOSS Unix apps > such as Firefox: > > http://www.riscos.info/index.php/Unix_Porting_Project > > Alas it never really caught on as Acorn users tend to be very insular > and did not understand the significance of this remarkable tool. > > He relocated from the UK to California a few years ago. > > He no longer works on RISC OS stuff and he wishes to dispose of the > machines that he took with him -- an original Acorn RISC PC and a > Castle Technologies Iyonix. > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RiscPC > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyonix_PC > > Apparently the Computer History Museum in Silicon Valley has turned > them down after initially indicating interest. > > He hopes that they will be preserved in a collection or museum, > ideally for public display or failing that a private one. He's not > looking for money for them. As he puts it, "there's history there". > > He has given me written permission to post here and give his email > address, which is his forename, "peter" -- the domain is chocky.org. > > I know Acorn kit is relatively rate States-side so I thought this > might be of interest... > > I don't have much more info but I will help if I can. Best to contact > him directly, though. > > -- > Liam Proven • Profile: https://about.me/liamproven > Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk • Google Mail/Talk/Plus: lpro...@gmail.com > Twitter/Facebook/Flickr: lproven • Skype/LinkedIn/AIM/Yahoo: liamproven > UK: +44 7939-087884 • ČR/WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal: +420 702 829 053
