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In the case of the original ARM2 hardware things are scarce/expensive now. Those outside the RISC OS world may be surprised that in market potential terms RISC
by fidotron 3y ago
In the case of the original ARM2 hardware things are scarce/expensive now.
Those outside the RISC OS world may be surprised that in market potential terms RISC OS peaked at 2. By the time 3 came along PCs were displacing the Archimedes almost everywhere, and one consequence of that is a lot of software, especially early games, never made it even to the Risc PC.
- louthy 3y agoWhich is a shame 'cos the RISC PC was an absolute beast of a machine for the time.
- sirwhinesalot 3y agoIndeed, it was incredibly powerful for the price. The games that came out for it didn't really show what it could do, most were either straight Amiga ports or even more amateurish than Amiga games tended to me.
- fidotron 3y agoThe StrongARM upgrade was phenomenal, but clearly pushing the machine to the limit. Acorn seemed to have a dangerous disinterest in floating point performance though. On some level I have grown to believe that Acorn were deliberately not producing competitive desktop machines so as to keep ARM off the Intel radar. It has become clear from some leaked documents from Acorn (and discussion on here) that they appreciated the game was up, except for the niche enthusiasts, long before the Risc PC was announced.