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  • GeoffOpinionatedGeek@mastodon.social
    Aug 21, 2026, 4:51 PM

    And then there was this! I was leafing through one of the old magazines scattered about and came across this story: ACORN'S 32 BIT RISC

    I remember that at the time! I remember the Archimedes coming out too!

    But the line:
    'In reality the Acorn RISC Machine, or ARM as Acorn call their new processor...'

    I mean, who'd've thought that nearly 40 years later ARM chips would be *everywhere*? Acorn obviously had high hopes but I think we can agree they punched well above their weight there.

    Page from an old computer magazine ('Beebug June 1987')

The heading is: ACORN'S 32 BIT RISC

The subheading is: Ian Burley explores Acorn's RISC chip set, and considers the potential for Acorn's next generation of micros.
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