Archimedes emulator Arculator updated Tom "RPCEmu" Walker has updated Arculator, his Acorn Archimedes hardware emulator for Windows users, to version 0.99. It now features A3010 joystick emulation, ICS IDE interface emulation and numerous improvements and tweaks. 3 comments, latest by Pete on 20/8/09 11:37AM. Published: 16 Aug 2009
Classic Archimedes technical bible republished online A PDF conversion of the Van Somerens' formidable "Archimedes Operating System - A User's Guide" has been uploaded to the internet. Originally published in 1991, the 320-page tome revealed how the internal gubbins of the Acorn Archimedes and its operating systems (including an early RISC OS) worked - all in an easy to follow guide for novice and advanced programmers and computer hardware enthusiasts. 7 comments, latest by JohnR on 30/1/09 12:30PM. Published: 26 Jan 2009
Get an Archimedes pin badge for Xmas - for 25 quid It's mind-boggling what you can find on online auction house eBay - and in this instance, we've stumbled across this classy pin badge with the Acorn Archimedes logo on it. A snip at just 25 quid the last time we looked. Do you have any old Acorn memorabilia that could be flogged on eBay? Let everyone know in the comments below so we can compare our Acorn World plastic bags and such materials. 3 comments, latest by TonyStill on 11/12/08 9:45PM. Published: 10 Dec 2008
Maudlin over RISC OS Martin Hansen brings one of his old apps up-to-date while reflecting on the past 27 years of using Acorn and RISC OS kit 31 comments, latest by jlavallin on 08/06/08 08:17AM. Published: 3 Jan 2008
South West 2009 show report Martin Hansen describes his time as both a punter and an exhibitor at this year's annual RISC OS event held in the south west of the UK. While there were no major announcements ahead of the show, the otherwise friendly and mildly busy atmosphere was coloured by Friday's tragic loss of Paul Vigay. 3 comments, latest by mosschoppers on 1/3/09 8:15PM. Published: 23 Feb 2009
Star Fighter 3000: The Next Generation review Star Fighter 3000: The Next Generation was born from the 3D0 version of the original SF3K that was ported back to RISC OS and this year freed from programmers' hard discs for the platform to enjoy, writes Andrew Weston. In this review Andrew weighs up much-improved graphics and sound against playability and stability. 19 comments, latest by AW on 9/12/08 8:45PM. Published: 17 Nov 2008
Emulator fun this Christmas Could Father Christmas give you Cybertron Mission for RISC OS? An A400 in Mac OS X? We think not. 9 comments, latest by Dougal on 14/1/03 10:54AM. Published: 24 Dec 2002