Thanks for the link, Chris. I will check that out. I love emulators. My most exotic hardware purchase was a https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAM_Coup%C3%A9, possibly the most powerful ever 8-bit computer. But way too late. 16-bit and 32-bit machines already existed and were surging in popularity. I just couldn't afford an Atari ST or Amiga, let alone an Archimedes or PC.
OK. Last retro geek link to put a stop to my hijacking of the original question in a flood of nostalgia... http://www.wired.com/2015/07/commodore-smartphone/ On Jul 17, 2015 7:47 AM, "Chris Walker" < cdw_noki...@the-walker-household.co.uk> wrote: > On Fri, 17 Jul 2015 07:23:37 -0400 > Bob Summerwill <b...@summerwill.net> wrote: > > > Well said, Chris! > > > > Like everybody else British of a certain age, I cut my teeth on a BBC > > Model B. A close friend of mine got the very expensive Archimedes ( > > https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Archimedes) which was the first > > ever ARM computer, but that was always well out of reach financially > > for me. It is amazing how from that niche British educational market, > > the ARM design now dominates the world, and has given the mighty > > Intel a complete beating. > > I too had a BBC Micro, an Archimedes, a Risc PC and even an Iyonix for > a short while. > > The big thing about Acorn is that they designed both the hardware and > the software, much like Apple and of course, partly like Jolla. That's > the reason I support them. > > Intel even built an ARM CPU for the Risc PC. It was a 200MHz device, > called a StrongARM and superceded the ARM3 device my machine had in it, > itself an upgrade from the 33MHz ARM3 device which in turn had been an > upgrade from the ARM2 it originally shipped with. But Intel gave up the > design. The ARM design has improved considerably since. > > Much like you've suggested the Youtube video, I would suggest RPCEmu ;-) >
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