Re:Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC?
by zeristor on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @05:45AM
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Well there were the Archimedes machines a while back
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Re:Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC?
by zeristor on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @05:47AM
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Actually I didn't know of this before:
Re:Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC?
by Milner08 on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @06:59AM
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Yeah we were using ARM desktops back in primary school with Risc OS. Its quite fascinating that they are coming back.
Re:Ask HN: So, where is the ARM desktop PC?
by samwillis on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @07:50AM
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Exactly, my family’s first PC was an ARM based Acorn Archimedes - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Archimedes
Our school computer labs had BBC Micros, the predecessor to the Acorn Archimedes and all ARM processors.
It’s funny to think back at how quickly that computer was out of date, we only had it a year or so before getting a Windows 95 PC. At about the same time we came back from a school break and all the BBCs were gone, Windows PCs in their place. Now we are all carrying around an ARM in our pockets.
Being from the Cambridge UK area it’s amazing the heritage Acorn produced. About 10 years ago I worked on a project that was being run by the original lead developer of RISC OS. The connections are everywhere.