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	House of Mabel: Computers: RiscPC
		The RiscPC was a great leap forward for Acorn, but the 24bit graphics was playing catch-up, not the great revolution 256 colours had been in the days of 4 colour PCs.
		The idea is that I'll use it as a template for building a custom case for the home machine/MP3 player/fileserver I eventually built after buying a new motherboard, an old prototype processor, and got the company I worked for to shell out for the OS ROMs after they made me work late.
		I then tried to modify a Phoebe case to take a RiscPC without dumping the motherboard in sideways, which required cutting away a lot of metal work, and that was going to be replaced with the Lego I'd just bought framing sheets of clear perspex.
	www.houseofmabel.com /puters/RPC (1442 words)

	About Acorn
		The Acorn RiscPC is not to compare with any other computer, especially the common ones.
		The RiscPC takes between 20 and 40 seconds until he is operational, it depends on how many applications are started with the booting.
		The RiscPC has the multitasking-system at its disposal, this system makes it happen that even more processes can be executed in the same time without the processor getting into a sweat, without a crash of the system.
	www.arcsite.de /hp/mary/acorn.html (1281 words)

	RiscPC from FOLDOC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The RiscPC 700 had an ARM710 processor and RISC OS 3.6, and the SA had the StrongARM processor and RISC OS 3.7.
		Castle Technology Ltd later introduced the IYONIX pc with the 32-bit X-Scale processor and USB sockets.
		RiscPCs are among the most energy efficient home computers.
	foldoc.org /?RiscPC (135 words)

	TopixWEB - Acorn World '97 Transcripts
		But one of the things which really make the RiscPC, where its name came from, the PC part of its name, was the ability to run what other people intend to call, "industry standard" applications.
		RiscPC II The other thing which we need to do, this is the other thing which we are looking at at the show, is how we improve the desktop performance.
		One of the key things that we've done on the second generation RiscPC, RiscPC II as we still call it, one of the main things which we're going for is make it as fast as we possibly could.
	www.dnd.utwente.nl /topix/texts/aw97.html (6402 words)

	Re: Debian testing/unstable on RiscPC ?
		Since this problem has gone unnoticed for over a year, and RiscPC support has always been kind of sketchy in any case, I'm kind of inclined to just declare that Debian will no longer support ARMv3 processors from Sarge onwards.
		There is some precedent for this in other architectures: the SPARC port has dropped sun4c in Sarge, and the x86 port has likewise dropped i386.
		Nobody has shown a great deal of interest in implementing debian-installer for RiscPC, which also suggests that there are not very many users on this platform any more.
	www.mail-archive.com /debian-arm@lists.debian.org/msg03661.html (252 words)

	IYONIX pc News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Once current RiscPC supplies have been exhausted the RISC OS market will be based on the Acorn A7000+ and IYONIX pc, both produced exclusively by Castle, and other RISC OS machines from independent manufacturers.
		The RiscPC was announced by Acorn early in 1994 and went on sale in the spring of that year.
		Given the short lifespans of so many other computers it is a striking affirmation of Acorn's original design for the RiscPC that it has remained at the centre of the RISC OS world for nearly ten years.
	www.iyonix.com /iyonix/news/riscpc.shtml (428 words)

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		As standard they have two processor slots, one is normally occupied by an ARM processor card (the primary processor), and the other is free allowing the addition of a second ARM, Intel, Motorola or other secondary processor.
		While the design of the primary processor card may be relatively simple the second processor card must incorporate a certain amount of arbitration logic to enable it to share the bus with the primary processor.
		The Hydra card interfaces with the RiscPC via one of the processor slots and duplicates both of the original slots and combines additional slots with the necessary arbitration logic to support a further four ARM processor cards.
	www.chiark.greenend.org.uk /~theom/riscos/docs/simtec-hydra-api.txt (2424 words)

	RiscPC 10 Years Old Today - RISC OS News, Software and Information
		To the London event hosted by Acorn, were invited various RISC OS enthusiasts, who were encouraged to post to Usenet, including this detailed report by David Ruck.
		The RiscPC, although remaining essentially the same, underwent significant performance and functionality changes via processor and RISC OS upgrades from Acorn, and the plethora of expansion cards, PC cards, memory upgrades from other parties.
		This was aided by its novel, yet infamous and often cursed, slice system, allowing the case to be easily expanded, but often also, items in the lower of the machine became hard to reach without taking the whole machine apart.
	www.drobe.co.uk /riscos/artifact1027.html (3446 words)

	Processor Types
		The first 'first' was full 32 bit addressing, and the second 'first' was the opening for a new generation of ARM based hardware.
		Now as the new generation of ARM processors drop the 26 bit 'emulation' modes, we RISC OS users are faced with the option of getting ourselves sorted, or dying.
		The StrongARM took the RiscPC from around 40MHz to 200-300MHz and showed a speed boost that was more than the hardware should have been able to support.
	www.heyrick.co.uk /assembler/proctype.html (2333 words)

	RiscPC Modifications
		If you have a RiscPC with the second generation motherboard, the maximum video bandwidth displayed is about one half of what it should be.
		I took my Oct '94 RiscPC and a mid '96 RiscPC to an electronics lab, and with the help of a test program (1K), looked at the signals coming out of the video connector using a Hewlett Packard spectrum analyser.
		The RiscPC's elegant lines are achieved with a roll-front door cover that's held open or closed by a spring.
	www.jrmiller.demon.co.uk /rpc/mods.html (1462 words)

	My RiscPC
		For the princely sum of ~£190, I bought myself a RiscPC from CJE Micro's.
		The 515Mb drive and the CD-ROM are both connected to the RiscPC's IDE expansion.
		The RiscPC is supposed to be fairly fussy with what SIMMs work, and apparently not able to use those SIMMs with memory on both sides (you know, like the one I'm using...) but it seems fine.
	www.heyrick.co.uk /assembler/myriscpc.html (2295 words)

	Parts and spares for Acorn computers
		These drives are modified to work on early RiscPC 600 and other machines where standard drives with ID set to 1 do not work.
		A single slice machine can only have a two slot backplane but a machine with ywo or more slices can have a four slot backplane (although you can still fit a two slot if you don't want to fit more than two expansion cards).
		A set of four feet for the RiscPC to allow it to stand on it's side like a 'tower' PC so it takes up much less desk space.
	www.apdl.co.uk /parts.htm (700 words)

	Chris's Acorns: RiscPC & A7000
		I guess Acorn needed to provide prototype RiscPCs to their 3rd party hardware and software developers, so that they could test existing hardware and software on a RiscPC and modify it if necessary, and ensure the products were available at launch and certified to run on a RiscPC.
		In April 1994 Acorn launched the RiscPC 600, their first major hardware change since the launch of the A540 and the ARM3 CPU in 1990.
		In July 1995, with the launch of the RiscPC 700, the RiscPC 600 was upgraded to use a 33MHz ARM610 CPU, 16bit sound and RISC OS 3.60,.
	acorn.chriswhy.co.uk /RiscPC.html (1391 words)

	ROUGOL: RiscStation R7500 Lite Reviewed
		The computer I'm comparing it with (as it's the only other RISC OS machine I have used) is my StrongARM'd RiscPC, the full specs of which are at the end of this review.
		I've just tried a 56K PDF file on both of my machines and I would say the RiscPC is 3 or perhaps 4 times faster than the RiscStation but this was subjective, I didn't actually time it I just counted.
		The next thing I'll be doing is sharing the printer connected to my RiscPC and then installing the Ant Server Suite(Client) onto this machine to give this machine access to the network via my RiscPC.
	www.jellybaby.net /rougol/R7500.html (1525 words)

	The Stuart Tyrell Advantage 6
		It was arranged that the new computer would be delivered direct to me from Stuart Tyrell, and my customer would then leave his old machine with me so that I could undertake the transfer and also make backups 'just in case'.
		To put this in some sort of perspective that's about the same height and slightly more than half the width of a two slice RiscPC or a bit wider but about half the height of the average PC 'midi' tower case.
		In almost every respect it's faster than a Strong ARM RiscPC, often significantly so, and I'm comparing it with a 287 Mhz machine, not a 'vanilla' 202 or 233 Mhz.
	www.riscworld.co.uk /ONLINE/A6/INDEX.HTM (1693 words)

	ARMedslack \| Unofficial port of Slackware Linux for ARM
		ARMedslack is an unofficial port of the Slackware® Linux distribution to the ARM architecture.
		In particular I want to release a Linux 2.6 kernel for the RiscPC (my RiscPC is already running Linux 2.6 but it needs some more fixing and testing and I also need to make some changes to the Slackware scripts).
		Also, Jim Hawkins is now devoting more time to the project, using his expertise to fix broken RiscPC device drivers, and continuing to fix other weird build problems.
	www.armedslack.org (1212 words)

	RiscPC Power Supplies
		We can supply either fully overhauled 103 watt power supplies for the RiscPC or our own higher rated rebuilt power supplies with new internals in either 140 watt or 200 watt versions.
		Note that the old single fan is removed and replaced by two separate fans positioned to give better airflow distribution.
		Your existing power supply must be complete and in good physical condition, no dents or holes in casing, etc. We can normally arrange to send the new unit in advance so that if it is still working you don't need to be without your computer.
	www.apdl.co.uk /psu.htm (346 words)

	LRTC - Computers - Acorn & RISC OS - Current RISC OS Computers
		Castle Technology now have the licence to develop the A7000+ and RiscPC range once developed by Acorn.
		RiscPC 233T CD This machine also uses the Acorn RiscPC case, and includes: StrongARM, RISC OS 4, 16MB FP RAM, 2MB VRAM, 4GB HDD, 40xCD.
		The Kinetic is a RiscPC with a add-in card that allows bus speeds above 16Mhz (to 66Mhz) and includes: StrongARM, RISC OS 4.03, 70MB SDRAM, 10Gb HDD, 40xCD.
	homepage.eircom.net /~lrtc/computers/acorn_ro/ro_comp/index.html (812 words)

	About the Acorn RiscPC - The World Of Wibble
		About the Acorn RiscPC - The World Of Wibble
		One of the main features of the Acorn RiscPC is its generous expandability - including its case.
		Any mistakes on these pages are intentional and are there to make these pages funny.
	www.worldofwibble.com /aboutriscpc.html (189 words)

	RiscPC
		It was sad to give the BBC back at the end of the two weeks, but within the month I has my very own BBC model B. I still have my PET in the attic - still works too.
		Then came the Archimedes 310, 410 and then the RiscPC 600, followed by the 700 in 1994 which I am still using.
		Touted to be 10x faster that the RiscPC with SA and 40x fasterwith XScale than the present fastest machines.
	uk.geocities.com /williestott@btinternet.com/pages/page3.htm (522 words)

	RISC OS :: RiscPC Emulation under Linux (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		When Tom Walker released the sources to RPCEmu, his RiscPC emulator for Windows in January, I was quickly able to turn around a port for Linux and much a bunch of other improvements - such is the nature of open source software.
		Now, this Linux port is very immature, so don't go asking me for a release All I will say is that it works, but needs lots of things done to it.
		There's a Linux/Windows/Other OS RiscPC emulator in the works, but it's likely to be some months before it reaches any kind of polished state.
	riscos.blog.com /606119 (368 words)

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		May be reproduced or modified for any non-commercial purpose as long as credit to the original author remains.
		This might be all very well if you have a cable modem like I do (or even better, a local Debian ARM mirror, which is 1.5Gb), but may not be a whole lot of fun on a dialup connection of any speed.
		RiscPCs use a bus mouse, similar to that on Sun machines.
	www.linux.org.uk /pub/linux/arm/people/chocks/debian/DebianBF.txt (5664 words)

	The Icon Bar forums: R.I.P. RiscPC
		Castle Technology have been unable to obtain a number of key components needed and are therefore unable to produce another batch of machines.
		Thus the RiscPC is now no longer available from Castle or RISC OS dealers.
		The RiscPC was the flagship machine for RISC OS users until fairly recently when Castle Technology launched their IyonixPC which comfortably put even the highest spec RiscPC firmly in its place.
	www.iconbar.com /R.I.P.__RiscPC/news374.html (552 words)

	NetBSD/acorn32 Frequently Asked Questions
		Acorn RiscPC computers may be suffering from a motherboard timing problem.
		This timing problem problem is due to an unnecessary capacitor on the board and can be provoked by heavy memory usage, since NetBSD is a much more intensive user of memory than RISC OS.
		At one point Simtec were taking orders from people to upgrade bugged processor to a newer revision.
	www.netbsd.org /Ports/acorn32/faq.html (1227 words)

	Delving inside a RiscPC emulator - RISC OS News, Software and Information
		Although VirtualRiscPC successfully emulates a RiscPC environment on PCs, its internals are rightfully protected as being commercially sensitive.
		Over a decade old, the technology inside the RiscPC is now old hat enough to the point where it can be more or less emulated with a handful of C source files.
		The RiscPC chipset is even more basic as no programs attempt to access it directly.
	www.drobe.co.uk /riscos/artifact1527.html (2727 words)

	StrongARM Cards
		For more than 3 years now, the StrongArm RiscPC has been the fastest, smoothest and most productive way of running RISC OS, and the applications which you know and love.
		When Acorn designed the RiscPC, it was built around a 33Mhz Arm610 processor, with the possibility of upgrading to a 40Mhz Arm710 in the future.
		Quite clearly, the best way to achieve this would be to design a new computer from scratch, but that would add to the expense, and also rely on major updates to RISC OS.
	www.riscworld.co.uk /ONLINE/SACARD/INDEX.HTM (2293 words)

	Deanesfield Primary School
		By using the VirtualAcorn patches the RiscPC versions can also be used on earlier RiscOS 3 machines with VGA/SVGA or multisync displays, and where indicated they will run on the VirtualAcorn A5000 emulator on the PC.
		Emperor enhanced for the RiscPC and older systems with multisync monitors, using SVGA graphics and outline fonts.
		King Arthur enhanced for the RiscPC and older systems with multisync monitors, using SVGA graphics and outline fonts.
	www.deanesfield.connectfree.co.uk /softw/downl.html (1011 words)

	Comp.Sys.Acorn FAQ List Posting (Part 4/5) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		RiscPC machines, by adding a 486 processor card, can fully emulate a PC.
		However if you have a PC card in your RiscPC it is possible to run Executor 2.0 under the PC Emulation to then emulate a Mac.
		There is also a commercially available BBC emulator, called 6502Em, available that works on the RiscPC range and boasts improved compatibility, mostly with games, over the Acorn effort.
	omicron.felk.cvut.cz /FAQ/articles/a3688.html (3742 words)

	Chris Cowdery Global Presence
		Sadly in the intervening 10 years, the RiscPC has stayed around the same (for lack of processor upgrade path) whilst the dreaded Wintel alliance has banged out quicker and more power hungry kit.
		Web standards have moved on considerably too, with the advent of CSS etc, so the poor old RiscPC is basically obsolete.
		This is because I'm not so brainwashed by the hype surrounding PCs that I feel that they are the answer to all my problems.
	www.cowdery.org.uk /computer.php (379 words)

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