Archimedes
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
Archimedes
n 1: Greek mathematician and physicist noted for his work in
hydrostatics and mechanics and geometry (287-212 BC)
from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
Archimedes
The world's first RISC microcomputer, available only in the British
Commonwealth and europe. Built in 1987 in Great Britain by Acorn
Computers, it was legendary for its use of the ARM-2 microprocessor as
a CPU. Many a novice hacker in the Commonwealth first learnt his or
her skills on the Archimedes, since it was specifically designed for
use in schools and educational institutions. Owners of Archimedes
machines are often still treated with awe and reverence. Familiarly,
"archi".
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Archimedes
Acorn Archimedes
<computer> A family of {microcomputers} produced by {Acorn
Computers}, Cambridge, UK. The Archimedes, launched in June
1987, was the first {RISC} based {personal computer}
(predating {Apple Computer}'s {Power Mac} by some seven
years). It uses the {Advanced RISC Machine} (ARM) processor
and includes Acorn's {multitasking} {operating system} and
{graphical user interface}, {RISC OS} on {ROM}, along with an
interpreter for Acorn's enhanced {BASIC}, {BASIC V}.
The Archimedes was designed as the successor to Acorn's
sucessful {BBC Microcomputer} series and includes some
backward compatibility and a {6502} {emulator}. Several
utilities are included free on disk (later in ROM) such as a
{text editor}, paint and draw programs. Software emulators
are also available for the {IBM PC} as well as add-on {Intel}
processor cards.
There have been several series of Archimedes: A300, A400,
A3000, A5000, A4000 and {RISC PC}.
Usenet FAQ
(ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/news.answers/acorn/).
Archive site list
(http://cs.vu.nl/~gerben/acorn/acorn-archives.txt).
HENSA archive (ftp://micros.hensa.ac.uk/). Stuttgart
archive (ftp://ftp.uni-stuttgart.de/pub/systems/acorn).
See also {Crisis Software}, {Warm Silence Software}.
(1998-04-03)
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