"A software emulation of 32-bit ARM would be needed, with perhaps a 10x performance drop."
Well, my Archimedes was 8Mhz, and my Pi is 1500Mhz, so we have some room there perhaps?
Well, my Archimedes was 8Mhz, and my Pi is 1500Mhz, so we have some room there perhaps?
A rusty Amiga 2000, with Internet connection could handle like 80% of the stuff I use my 2009 laptop for.
> Then a rewrite of RISC OS for 64-bit ARM chips would require a 32-bit emulation layer for old apps to run -- and very slowly at that, when ARM chips no longer execute 32-bit code directly. A software emulation of 32-bit ARM would be needed, with perhaps a 10x performance drop.
https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/files/56078084/...
I am glad to hear it. I like this little OS and I want to see it survive!
I have RISC OS running on a Pi, and it's not the first one I've had, either.
https://twitter.com/lproven/status/1310304554395860996
http://blog.tynemouthsoftware.co.uk/2015/12/day-8-zx-spectru...
I don't just make this stuff up, you know. :-)
I still have my A305, too, and an A5000 as well.