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From: torbenm@diku.dk (Torben [gidius Mogensen)
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Subject: Re: MIPS, Compaq and Microsoft in bed - NYT story
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Date: 12 Feb 91 16:36:29 GMT
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sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) writes:


>Is there a market for a "hobbyiest's RISC?"
>Is anyone building a "Hobbyiest RISC?" Dunno. 

Acorn Computers build hobbyist machines using their ARM RISC
processor. The smallest model costs around 600 pounds in England.
It is a one-box machine with a 3.5" floppy similar in design to an
Amiga 500, but having 1MB of RAM plus .5MB of ROM.

As for the market, Acorn has passed the 100.000 machines sold mark,
probably making the ARM the second-most sold RISC processor (after
SPARC).

	Torben Mogensen (torbenm@diku.dk)