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- From: carson@rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk (Neil)
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- Subject: Acorn RiscPC --- a thought?
- Date: 5 Feb 96 16:43:23 +0100
- Organization: Royal Military College of Science, Cranfield University
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- Just a quickie, which will no doubt get flamed to hell...
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- Has anyone in the amiga fold thought of looking at the Acorn RiscPC platform?
- It seems to be in a similar vein to the BeBox, has loads of native software,
- is really quick esp. with graphics, can run PC software witgh a coprocessor
- too, has optional multi-processor capability and runs NetBSD.
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- Also has a user interface that was ripped off by Windows 95 (even to the extent
- of the "Icon Bar" on the bottom of the screen). It also has the best font
- manager in the world (anti-aliasing, hinting etc) and seems a really good
- system that an Amiga user might consider looking at in the short term. It
- is also expandable - processors can be whipped in and out, and you can
- add and subtract "slices" from the case, allowing addition and subtraction
- of expansion card slots and drive bays. Have a look at http://www.acorn.co.uk.
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- Just my tuppence worth.
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- Yours Aye,
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- Neil
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- * Neil A Carson
- * The Royal Military College of Science, Shrivenham
- * e-mail carson@rmcs.cranfield.ac.uk
- * Address: Kitchener Mess, RMCS, Shrivenham SN6 8LA.
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