Acorn RiscPC 600 (OT - only 5 years old)

From: Pete Joules <peter_at_joules.enterprise-plc.com>
Date: Wed May 12 00:50:20 1999

----- Original Message -----
From: Derek Peschel <dpeschel_at_u.washington.edu>

|
| The Acorn has some interesting ancestors which are also neat machines,
also
| don't get that much press, and are probably _on_ topic. The BBC Model B
is
| the most popular of those but there are some others.
|

I had assumed that there was a BBC connection somewhere as the command line
help system mentions BBC BASIC among the available subjects.

I found the commmand line interface 'by accident' simply pressing all of the
non alpha keys in turn, F12 scrolled the desktop up by one line and a *
prompt appeared so as a first guess I typed 'help' and found what appears to
be quite a comprehensive help system. The only trouble is, I can't find a
way back to the desktop without resetting it :(.

Thanks to all those who replied, I will try searching around Usenet and the
web at work today. I only got the machine last night so I haven't had time
for much research yet and I though Classiccmp was a good place to start.

The processor is an ARM610 for those who mentioned the alternatives.


Regards
Pete
Received on Wed May 12 1999 - 00:50:20 BST