The RISC PC went on for a long time after the Archimedes - and some people are still using them. 3D games were very popular on the ARC but 2D sprite games were very processor intensive due to the Video Hardware restrictions. The Archimedes graphical hardware was not as advanced as the Amiga - but the faster processor made up for a lot of that. Acorn Archimedes, (BBC Archimedes) a family of personal computers or workstations by Acorn Computers Ltd launched from July 1987 to the 90s, their first general purpose computer based on their own 32-bit ARM architecture with ARM2 and later ARM3 CMOS RISC processors running at 8 MHz.
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The processor could not be matched by anything else at that time - but Acorn messed up on their operating system which forced many users to upgrade later. I also went on to produce my first computer animation on an Archimedes - a circuit diagram showing the flow of electrons.Īrchimedes were more powerful than IBM PC's by a long way - the thing that held them back? PRICE!!! They were too expensive! When I started my Design Technology lessons in year 8 I got my first taste of the Archimedes and the true brilliance that is the game Elite! I remember our IT room was full of RM Nimbus machines emulating BBC Micro's! But in the corner there was a Archimedes! Which the teacher was always using! This processor, designed mostly by the original Acorn team, kept the brand going for the next decade, and was the core of Acorn’s new Archimedes machines, with the powerful and well kitted A300 machine launching in mid 1987.
We used these almost exclusively in schools here in the UK. I have a Archimedes A3020 which was donated to me by a nice lady from west London who stumbled upon my website. Archimedes use a three button mouse, 2 buttons will work, but you do need a 3 button to use RISC OS fully.
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