Acorn Archimedes is 25

Re:Acorn Archimedes is 25 by btbuilder on Friday June 01, 2012 @05:14AM (#4052619)

I remember playing around with that lander demo!

These machines had BASIC in ROM, and you could write WIMP programs with it. Lots of fun.

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Re:Acorn Archimedes is 25 by aerique on Friday June 01, 2012 @06:20AM (#4052733)

The lander demo is also know as the game Zarch (or Virus for other computers). David Braben (of the Elite[1] fame) wrote that in three months[2] for the release of the Archimedes.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elite_%28video_game%29

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarch

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Re:Acorn Archimedes is 25 by tomstuart on Friday June 01, 2012 @06:56AM (#4052812)

Zarch, now available for your web browser: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4052784

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