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  1. Re:Another example of prior art. by figleaf · · Score: 1 · on Steve Jobs Patents "The Dock"

    Arthur OS 1987 is another example of prior art.

  2. Re:SetSlower != SetsLower by Tune · · Score: 1 · on Who Needs Case-Sensitivity in Java?

    >It always cracks me up when people invoke these languages that never occur outside of an academic setting.

    I guess I should have learned Cobol, right? Leaving C/C++ out, for the sake of the argument, I did two years of coding in Perl + Prolog at a full-text retrieval software company. Currently employed at a supply chain & logistics software company using a blend of C++ & Sicstus + constraint logic programming module.

    OK. I've never seen a mature OS written in Modula (some parts in Arthur appear to be, but that could harly be considered a mature OS, right?) and Haskell, Gofer, Miranda are probably just too hard for the average MSCE drone. But please stop whining about not being able to find a job that's more challenging than writing ASP, VB, Java, C#, PHP, Perl, Cobol... interfaces to some SQL database. If you feel your graduate diploma was a waste of time, please look around: There lots of good paying interesting jobs out there.

    --
    There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make is so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. -- C. A. R. Hoare

  3. Acorn? BBC? by chiller2 · · Score: 1 · on Re-Opened Computer History Museum Explored
    The museum does not seem to cover much history outside of the USA. Although understandable as it is a US site, it would have been nice to see some of the excellent machines produced by Acorn Computers (UK) from 1979 to ~1997 featured.

    What am I talking about you might ask?
  4. Re:Which computer? by ryants · · Score: 3, Informative · on Digital Domesday Rescued By Emulation
    BBC Micro == Acorn == Acorn BBC Micro.

    See here

  5. Re:Similar Questions: ARM-powered Desktop? by chiller2 · · Score: 3, Informative · on Build Your Own PowerPC?
    A number of companies from the Acorn scene (yes there are still a few) are working on newer ARM based hardware.

    You should check the following links out...

    Castle Technologies (UK) - The Iyonix PC. It runs RISCOS 4 but can use ArmLinux/etc if you want it to. They've also brought out a USB podule for older Acorn systems. Castle site

    Aleph One have a line of StrongARM based evaluation boards, and ARMLinux related info. Lots of info for ARM developers.

    Uffenkamp (DE) sell Acorn/ARM hardware and software and I guess would be easier for you to get to. See their site.

    RiscStation (UK) have their own RISCOS/ARM based systems you can check out. See the RiscStation homepage for more info.

    You can get a good idea of the ARM hardware out there by following the Acorn/ARM news sites. There is a lot more but that should be enough to get you started :) chiller2
  6. Re:Dynamic Recompilation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1 · on Dynamic Cross-Processor Binary Translation
    There are many examples of this, with source code, at http://www.cybervillage.co.uk/acorn/emulation/dynr comp.htm

    So far nobody's sued for patent infringement, and there should be plenty of prior art if anyone does. Of course, that won't stop assholes like TechSearch from harassing people anyway.

  7. why a "mediatic" box ? by mirko · · Score: 2 · on Where are the "Internet" Appliances with Ethernet Cards?

    The first Network computers were produced by Acorn and were equiped with either a modem or a network card.
    They were booting amazingly quickly, provided perfect television display (with the nicest anti-aliasing ever) and were damn quick at displaying HTML (NCFresco).
    If you can still buy a cheap one on the Net, there are other alternatives still being produced and featuring lots of goodies like a RiscStation or some Oregan product.
    The latter supports lots of features includinf Java, but no CSS, though.
    --

  8. Re:Name *ONE* technology Microsoft's developed by Gid1 · · Score: 1 · on Apple Gets Testy About GUI

    Just took another look at Arthur:

    http://www.cybervillage.co.uk /acorn/emulation/arthur/

    I'm not sure whether that thing at the bottom could really be called a taskbar. It was more of a launcher. It's a close call.