Date   : Mon, 06 Jul 1998 08:57:30 +0200
From   : Robert Schmidt <rsc@...>
Subject: Re: Acorn Achemedes

Dave C wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> Used to have a A420/1 with a 20mb HD and 2mb RAM
> 
> Could you help me. I am interested in finding some kind on emulator that
> will run RISC OS applications, eg Pendown 1stword plus etc
> 
> Also is there any way in which I could view acorn discs on a PC
> 
> Thanks allot
> Dave

Hi, Dave!

On the emulators page of "The BBC Lives!" (http://www.nvg.ntnu.no/bbc),
three ARM emulators are listed.  I think you will find that we have
still a year or so until Archimedes emulation becomes useful.

ArcEm 0.2 by David Alan Gilbert (of BeebEm fame) sounds like the most
complete emulator, but it's probably still too slow for practical use.

Archie sounds like a good work in progress.  Read more about it on its
home page.

ARM2 is an experimental emulator capable of running RISC BASIC in text
mode only.

About reading Acorn discs - I don't have a clue.  I've forwarded this
reply to the BBC micro mailing list, so can anybody of you guys help
Dave?

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