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From: charles1@garfield.MUN.EDU (Charles Loader)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Talk about acorn computers
Keywords: ACORN RISC ARCHIMEDES
Message-ID: <5197@garfield.MUN.EDU>
Date: 20 May 89 14:04:35 GMT
Organization: CS Dept., Memorial U. of Newfoundland, St. John's
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This is a repost as the first attempt seemed to get nowhere.
Posted to ibm.pc because of interest that might exist in
the PC.EMULATOR.
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ACORN are not dead in Canada. In my department the are two US version
model B machines in constant use (and less trouble to use than PC-Clones)
I have an Acorn Archimedes at home that I have just upgraded with the
new RISC-OS. So far the new OS looks like healthy competition for
Apple MAC (640 x 512 in colour an Multisync) and others.

I would be interested in seeing discussion of the Arch on the net. 
Newfoundland is rather a long way from the UK and Toronto so I am
a little out of touch with other Arch users.

In Canada, the Archimedes is supplied by Olivetti (Canada) from
Ontario.

Now a question! Has anyone got the Hearsay communications package
working under the RISC-OS? C-Kermit works fine but Hearsay seems
unable to set the baud rate correctly. (David Pilling - where are you?)

                             Charles Loader
                             Chemistry Department
                             Memorial University of Newfoundland