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		forinti on Dec 20, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Acorn Archimedes and the first ARM processor Most 8 bit micros were designed to be just as cheap as possible. The Beeb was a really well designed machine (both the hardware and the software). You could only expect the next step to be a great machine.

mannykannot on Dec 20, 2020 [–]

Even so, going from designing computers using off-the-shelf components to creating your own processor design with an innovative architecture was a bold and risky bet. Not many computer manufacturers took this route.

rbanffy on Dec 21, 2020 | [–]

It mostly killed Acorn. Olivetti acquired them.

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