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.
> 
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