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Monad Manifesto (2002) [pdf](jsnover.com)
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Tony Blair: Bring in digital IDs to get tough on populism(thetimes.com)
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And the co-creator of ARM, Sophie Wilson, still works for Broadcom - the company which bought part of the remnants of Acorn (Element 14). This is where Eben Upton worked before going off to start the Raspberry Pi foundation. Jack Lang was i
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by xyzzy3000 1y ago
The petition against this has so far managed to surpass the one opposing online age verification: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/730194
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by xyzzy3000 1y ago
Acorn Archimedes 400 series, and the 500 series that followed it (in practice only the A540). The original ARM workstations. The single board computer Pi naming scheme is based on the BBC Micro (Model A, Model B). As for the 'plus&#x27
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"all you need to do is subscribe to my newsletter"
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"The camera-shy mackintosh"
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The Camera-Shy Hoodie(macpierce.com)
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Teens turned their rooms into tech-free zones. This was the result(bbc.co.uk)
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Berlin Interpretation (2008)(roguebasin.com)
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The various Sun 'JavaStation' NC models retain the SPARC CPUs of their workstation line - they definitely do not use ARM. JavaOS was in ROM, on a module that can be removed (SIMM-style form factor). At one point people started to
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Yannis's Law: Programmer Productivity Doubles Every 6 Years (2003)(yanniss.github.io)
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School lab RiscPCs tended not to look as good as this one though - the 'Rocketship RiscPC' with integrated pizza oven and kitchen sink: https://web.archive.org/web/20050305122925/http://www.d1.d
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by xyzzy3000 2y ago
The ARM7500FE is considerably slower (in terms of clock speed) than a StrongARM, but the FPU apparently makes StarFighter 3000 run very well. StrongARM with an FPU would have been incredible, however no FPU option exists for the RiscPC. The
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For anyone interested in the very early Acorn era, there are some replica boards available here, from System 1 all the way up to System 5: https://theoddys.com/acorn/replica_boards/replica_boards.htm...
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by xyzzy3000 2y ago
I think it was possibly the first to go into a desktop computer. ARM250 datasheet here: https://home.marutan.net/arcemdocs/ARM250.pdf For Acorn, this chip really helped to bring costs down for the A30x0/A4000 mach
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by xyzzy3000 2y ago
I suspect that the Pi 400 kit is a nod to the Archimedes 400 series, but I haven't seen anything to confirm this.
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by xyzzy3000 2y ago
Both Ian Bell (Elite) and Tim Tyler (Repton) have fascinating websites of their own. Elite is there for download alongside a treasure trove of historical information, and Tim has a successor to Repton, 'Rockz', which expands on a
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Apparently the pub altercation wasn't far off.
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If possible, get the batteries removed from the motherboards - the leaks cause immense damage. Rechargeable AA batteries in a battery holder are a sensible replacement. If the hard drive has packed in then a SD to IDE/PATA adapter is a
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by xyzzy3000 2y ago
It's an entertaining watch, although a fair bit of dramatic licence is taken when depicting various anecdotes that would be well-known to readers of The Micro User and similar magazines of the time.
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I particularly liked the tiling background, which may well have been created using Texture Garden https://texturegarden.com/ by Tim Tyler (of Repton fame, for the BBC Micro fans)
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by xyzzy3000 2y ago
I'm not sure what the state of Pi 5 support is, but RISC OS seems to work on the Pi 1, 2, 3 and 4. ArcEm is a decent emulator for the Archimedes series, and RPCem is the equivalent for the RiscPC which succeeded it. OS ROM images are a
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About Demos (1997)(xm-arts.de)
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A technical history of Acorn Computers(mcmordie.co.uk)
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Historical Performance Benchmarks(glennklockwood.com)
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Gen Z: Trends, Truth and Trust(channel4.com)
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Primo Research Assistant launches- a first look and some things you should know(musingsaboutlibrarianship.blogspot.com)
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Slightly newer page here (v1.28): https://x11-basic.codeberg.page/
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The actual study: Reeck, C., & LaBar, K. S. (2024). Reining in regret: emotion regulation modulates regret in decision making. Cognition and Emotion, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2024.2357847 https:&#x2F

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