Gammitin (Ben) 💾 on Nostr: Ok, so why did I buy this? Because this thing runs a modified version of RiscOS 3.6, ...
Ok, so why did I buy this?
Because this thing runs a modified version of RiscOS 3.6, it has the same ARM processor as the Acorn A7000, has 8MB EDO RAM and is a great little hack project. It is possible to get a RiscOS desktop running on it, here's the main board:
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