[HN Gopher] RPCEmu is an emulator of classic Acorn computer systems
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       RPCEmu is an emulator of classic Acorn computer systems
        
       Author : andsoitis
       Score  : 59 points
       Date   : 2025-03-31 05:28 UTC (17 hours ago)
        
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       | anthk wrote:
       | Now that we are talking about RiscOS... how's the wireless
       | support on the RPIB+ now that the OS was opened under a libre
       | license?
        
       | ochrist wrote:
       | Another piece of news about RISC OS:
       | https://www.riscosopen.org/news/articles/2025/03/28/moonshot...
        
         | ajb wrote:
         | Discussed here (well, a bit):
         | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43519100
        
         | fidotron wrote:
         | I think the truth is the future is emulation.
         | 
         | In the unlikely event someone does manage to replace the
         | assembler with something portable it would be somewhat ironic
         | that RISC-V targets would start to be viable.
         | 
         | I grew up on RISC OS, and even I'm mystified as to quite why it
         | has persisted in some quarters for so long.
        
       | piltdownman wrote:
       | Looking forward to the TAS of Granny's Garden!
       | 
       | Now if we could only emulate a late 80s British Supermarket,
       | complete with the 'computers for schools' vouchers, we'd have the
       | full Pinter-esque kitchen-sink mundanity of the UK
       | microprocessor/RISC computing scene captured.
        
         | fidotron wrote:
         | Needs the Concept Keyboard!
        
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