computer The final addition to
Acorn's
Archimedes family of
personal computers, released in April 1994. The RiscPC allowed a second processor, e.g. an
Intel 486 or a second
ARM, to share the
bus, memory and
peripherals with the main processor. It also had full 24-bit colour graphics support.
The Risc PC 600 (the first to be launched) had the new ARM600 processor and
RISC OS 3.5. The RiscPC 700 had an
ARM710 processor and RISC OS 3.6, and the SA had the
StrongARM processor and RISC OS 3.7.
Castle Technology Ltd later introduced the IYONIX pc with the 32-bit X-Scale processor and
USB sockets. USB and StrongArm can also be retrofitted to earlier RiscPCs.
RiscPCs are among the most energy efficient home computers.
Acorn Computer Museum (https://pages.zoom.co.uk/acorn.computer/riscpc.html).
(2004-09-21)