Acorn Archimedes: Difference between revisions

The Archimedes series was Acorn's follow-up to their reasonably successful [[BBC Micro]] line of computers. It's also probably the most important line of computers you've never heard of. The first systems were released in 1987, and like its contemporaries the [[Amiga]] and [[Atari ST]] it had advanced features like a 32-bit processor, high-quality graphics and sound, and a GUI with features Windows wouldn't get for years courtesy of the RISC OS. It therefore naturally disappeared into oblivion <ref>(well, near oblivion; like the [[Amiga]], it's kept alive by enthusiasts)</ref> along with the manufacturer in the mid-1990s. Like the BBC Micro, it mostly carved a niche for itself in the British educational market until it was supplanted by Windows PCs and Macs. The Archimedes line later developed into the [http[wikipedia://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risc_PCRisc PC|RISC PC.]]