Date   : Sat, 06 May 2006 13:48:24 +0100
From   : Jon Ripley <jon@...>
Subject: Re: [Off-Topic] Acorn Reborn!

Ian Wolstenholme wrote:
 > Jon Ripley wrote:
>> It seems like a lot of the news sites, and the organisers of the trade 
>> show are completely oblivious that this company trading under the name 
>> 'Acorn Computers Ltd' bears no relation to the former Acorn Computers 
>> Ltd who are still trading under a different name.
>> 
>> Check out:
>> http://www.iconbar.com/comments/news698.html
>> http://www.drobe.co.uk/riscos/artifact1594.html
 >
> Yes, I'd be very dubious about it all.  It looks to me like a company
> using the Acorn brand to flog machines which have no connection
> with the history of the company.  One site said they would be
> using Intel processors in their new machines.  Why would any true
> Acorn successor use Intel over ARM?

I know this isn't what you meant but Intel and ARM are not altogether 
incompatible.  Intel have manufactured StrongARM and XScale processors 
for several years and both currently manufactured 'real' RISC OS 
machines use Intel XScale processors.

IIRC even the original Acorn sold x86 machines pre-installed with Windows.

Regards,
Jon
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