riscpc

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
RiscPC

   <computer> The final addition to {Acorn}'s {Archimedes} family
   of {personal computers}, released in April 1994.  The RiscPC
   allowed a second processor, e.g. an {Intel 486} or a second
   {ARM}, to share the {bus}, memory and {peripherals} with the
   main processor.  It also had full 24-bit colour graphics
   support.

   The Risc PC 600 (the first to be launched) had the new
   {ARM600} processor and {RISC OS} 3.5.  The RiscPC 700 had an
   {ARM710} processor and RISC OS 3.6, and the SA had the
   {StrongARM} processor and RISC OS 3.7.

   {Castle Technology Ltd} later introduced the {IYONIX pc} with
   the 32-bit {X-Scale} processor and {USB} sockets.  USB and
   StrongArm can also be retrofitted to earlier RiscPCs.

   RiscPCs are among the most energy efficient home computers.

   Acorn Computer Museum
   (http://pages.zoom.co.uk/acorn.computer/riscpc.html).

   (2004-09-21)