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The ARM610 would go on to power a new generation of Acorn Archimedes computers and a strange Newton-based laptop called the eMate. In 2001, an ARM7-core CPU would power Apple's iPod and Nintendo's ...

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As we enter the Archimedes hall of fame, our attention should first be drawn by Zarch - a game written by Elite co-pilot David Braben, the future head Kinectimal tamer at Frontier.

The Archimedes was a line of ARM-based personal computers by Acorn Computers, released in the late 80s and discontinued in the 90s as Macintosh and IBM PC-compatible machines ultimately dominated.

ARM2 soon followed, incorporated into the Acorn Archimedes, the first RISC-based home computer. ARM3 introduced a 4KB cache and further improved performance.

Retrospective: The Acorn Archimedes. Yes, it had games on it. Shut up. Feature by Will Porter Contributor Updated on Oct. 25, 2011. 66 comments Previous page . Page 2 of 2 ...