Acorn Archimedes is 25

Re:Acorn Archimedes is 25 by draegtun on Friday June 01, 2012 @05:51AM (#4052679)

Makes me walk down memory lane! Here is my list of all the computers that I've owned:

  ZX Spectrum 48k 
   -> Camputers Lynx 48k 
    -> BBC Micro model B 
     -> Acorn Archimedes A420 
      -> Some bog standard PC (initially put SCO Unix on later Slackware Linux 95) 
       -> iBook (clam - came with Mac OS 9 but I upgraded to OS X) 
        -> Custom built PC (with Redhat Linux 9 + Windows dual boot) 
         -> Powerbook G4 
          -> iMac (first 24 inch and now 27 inch).
           -> Macbook Air

Definitely fond memories of the Archie. I think I bought it via Beebug (http://8bs.com/beebugmags.htm) and I had them put in a Midi card (though never got to use it!).

Sorry for the overindulgence :)

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Re:Acorn Archimedes is 25 by gouranga on Friday June 01, 2012 @07:41AM (#4052913)

Thanks for the nostalgia trip. Mine was similar upto the iBook and I had a couple of RiscPCs...

I actually lived down the road from the Beebug store in St Albans in the 1980s. I remember getting a demonstration of Econet and SJR MDFS back in the late 80s and seeing the FIRST retail Acorn A310 demonstration. I also bought my copy of E-Type[1] in there!

At the time, the A310 literally cocked a leg and wee'd all over anything else on the market.

[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwWXloIzqAg

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