History of video games/Platforms/Acorn Archimedes
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Acorn Archimedes A3020
History
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Launch
editThe Archimedes line of computers launched in 1987.[1]
The Acorn Archimedes had a small, but dedicated playerbase.[2]
Legacy
editThe Acorn Archimedes was considered relevant into the 1990's,[3] with some commercial support for the platform occurring as late as 1997.[4]
Technology
editThe Acorn Archimedes used an ARM2 CPU, and was one of the first widely available consumer computers to use an ARM architecture processor.[5]
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References
edit- ↑ "Acorn Archimedes Personal Computer - Acorn Computers Ltd". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ↑ Porter, Will (5 February 2011). "Retrospective: The Acorn Archimedes" (in en). Eurogamer. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-02-06-retrospective-the-acorn-archimedes-article.
- ↑ "The Acorn Archimedes At 30". Hackaday. 18 July 2017. https://hackaday.com/2017/07/17/the-acorn-archimedes-at-30/.
- ↑ "AcornUser181-May97" (in english). May 1997. https://archive.org/details/AcornUser181-May97/page/n5/mode/1up.
- ↑ Contributors, Ars (20 December 2020). "How an obscure British PC maker invented ARM and changed the world" (in en-us). Ars Technica. https://arstechnica.com/features/2020/12/how-an-obscure-british-pc-maker-invented-arm-and-changed-the-world/.