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Galileo / Turbo Nutter / RiscPC II (1994) [pdf]

3 pointsby xyzzy3000almost 2 years ago

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xyzzy3000almost 2 years ago
Some background - Galileo was announced as Acorn&#x27;s successor to RISC OS, although I don&#x27;t think it was ever demonstrated. A press release from 1997 can be read here: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.poppyfields.net&#x2F;acorn&#x2F;news&#x2F;acopress&#x2F;97-02-10b.shtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.poppyfields.net&#x2F;acorn&#x2F;news&#x2F;acopress&#x2F;97-02-10b.sht...</a><p>Acorn ceased producing workstations in 1998, and the Phoebe 2100 (RiscPC 2) was never released.<p>&#x27;Turbo Nutter&#x27; seems to be a somewhat radical vison for what the Phoebe 2100 could have been. Notably, the Acorn engineers responsible for this document are using the name &#x27;Galileo&#x27; to refer to something other than the OS, as Taos is mooted here as the choice of OS for the RiscPC 2.<p>&#x27;Phoebe&#x27; was named after the character in the 1990s US sitcom &#x27;Friends&#x27;, which was popular at the time.
xyzzy3000almost 2 years ago
The &#x27;Business Case&#x27; document to accompany this: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.4corn.co.uk&#x2F;archive&#x2F;misc&#x2F;galileo2_Redacted.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.4corn.co.uk&#x2F;archive&#x2F;misc&#x2F;galileo2_Redacted.pdf</a>