Comment on A technical history of Acorn ComputersparentComments−simonjgreen1yMy secondary school was full of these in the computer labs. Great bits of kit :) The dual boot between architectures blew my mind at the time, and frankly is still pretty extraordinary. And unlike most boxes of the time, they even looked good!−xyzzy3000OP1ySchool lab RiscPCs tended not to look as good as this one though - the 'Rocketship RiscPC' with integrated pizza oven and kitchen sink: https://web.archive.org/web/20050305122925/http://www.d1.dio... https://web.archive.org/web/20050207161844/http://www.worldo...
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My secondary school was full of these in the computer labs. Great bits of kit :) The dual boot between architectures blew my mind at the time, and frankly is still pretty extraordinary. And unlike most boxes of the time, they even looked good!
School lab RiscPCs tended not to look as good as this one though - the 'Rocketship RiscPC' with integrated pizza oven and kitchen sink: https://web.archive.org/web/20050305122925/http://www.d1.dio... https://web.archive.org/web/20050207161844/http://www.worldo...