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The Acorn Archimedes was the first general-purpose home computer based on the 32-bit ARM RISC CPU from Acorn Computers Ltd. The term 'Archimedes' is also commonly used to describe Acorn computers that were not officially called Archimedes, but were based on the same architecture. It was first released in the UK in 1987, and used an operating system called ARTHUR, allegedly standing for "A Risc-based operating system by THURsday" (later versions were named RISC OS). The current version of RISC OS is version 4, and it runs on the RISC PC.

Resources in This Category

• Acorn Antiques

  http://acorn.deepcut.org.uk/
  General Acorn Archimedes emulation, offering games, applications, and the emulators themselves. It has an interface much like a real Archimedes.

• ArcEm

  http://arcem.sourceforge.net/
  An A4xx-series emulator for UNIX/Linux, RISC OS and Windows. Source code is available, as are ports for Mac OS X, GP2X and Amiga OS4.

• Arculator

  http://b-em.bbcmicro.com/arculator/
  Arculator, an open source Archimedes emulator for Windows.

• Arculator for Mac

  http://www.g7jjf.com/arculator.htm
  Mac port of Arculator, a freeware Acorn Archimedes Emulator.

• Beginners Guide to Arcimage

  http://knowbody.org.uk/arcimage/
  Basic operating instructions for, and download of, Arcimage - a DOS based program that allows the reading and writing of Acorn format floppy discs on a PC.

• Red Squirrel

  http://acorn.revivalteam.de/Emu/
  An emulator of ARM-based Acorn machines for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. Website no longer extant, download available from here.

• Riscose

  http://riscose.sourceforge.net/
  A RISC OS emulator that runs under UNIX.

• RPCEmu

  http://www.marutan.net/rpcemuspoon/
  Open source Risc PC emulator for Linux, Mac OS, and Windows.

• RPCEmu for Apple Mac

  http://www.g7jjf.com/rpcemu.htm
  Mac port of RPCEmu - an open source RiscPC emulator

• VirtualAcorn

  http://www.virtualacorn.co.uk/
  The commercial version of the Red Squirrel emulator for Windows 2000, XP or Vista. Includes FAQs, order details and product news.

• Wocki's Acorn-Site

  http://acorn.revivalteam.de/
  Includes downloads, pictures of box covers and a message board. Home to ArcDisc and ArcGB front-ends.

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