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Laukev7

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Has anyone here used RiscOS?
« on: 29 June 2003, 10:05 »
I briefly played with it with the Red Squirrel emulator for Windows (there's ArcEm for Linux and MacOS, but I never tried it), and I find it quite good, especially for the year it was created. Many say that it sports an excellent interface. Anyone can give his opinion on RiscOS?

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Has anyone here used RiscOS?
« Reply #1 on: 2 July 2003, 16:30 »
i have never used it but it sounds great, the only problems are that it is hugely expensive, and needs a hugely expensive computer (which is incompatible with other systems) to use it, and it is closed source. even if i could afford it, the closed source nature deters me, i am not too keen on gambling
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Has anyone here used RiscOS?
« Reply #2 on: 2 July 2003, 21:12 »
That much? Where do you get your figures? Castle Ltd. sells RiscPCs for prices as low as

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« Reply #3 on: 3 July 2003, 10:33 »
i know, but i live on the other side of the pond

i would love to play around with a risc os/arm machine. but i dought ill get my hand's on one. im stuck with too much x86 junk to begin with.

now i have heard that it boots fast and is quite user friendly, but since i don't have a box sitting here, i would'nt know for sure
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