Date   : Sat, 25 Oct 2008 19:34:37 +0100
From   : mfirth@... (Michael Firth)
Subject: A500 development ROMs

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From: "Jules Richardson" <jules.richardson99@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2008 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] A500 development ROMs


>
> Oh, and to quote him on Brazil: "Brazil was the name for the earliest ARM 
> 2nd
> processor OS AFAIR, written by Roger." - so Michael may well be right 
> there,
> and some ARM copros had non-Brazil ROMs...
>
>From the date codes, the non-Brazil ARM Eval systems appear to pre-date the
Brazil based ones - from the screenshots the Brazil unit is dated 8th August 
1986,
while the non-Brazil ROM is dated 6th June 1986.

I guess it may still have had the Brazil codename, but just not had it 
visible on the
code that was intended for external use.

Alternatively, Brazil may have been the name for the earliest Archimedes OS, 
and
the Brazil ARM Eval is another stepping stone in the line (between the 
non-Brazil
ARM Eval systems, and the Brazil based A500 2nd Processor)

Michael