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The "Not Quite Amiga but still computer related category" => Alternative Operating Systems => Topic started by: MikeCarter on June 17, 2006, 05:26:23 PM

Title: The Great RISC OS
Post by: MikeCarter on June 17, 2006, 05:26:23 PM

Does any one here, use or used to use RISC OS full time?

Title: Re: The Great RISC OS
Post by: InTheSand on June 18, 2006, 12:36:36 AM

Not sure about "full time", but I certainly used it lots when at college many moons ago! This was at the time when educational computer rooms in the UK were still mostly full of BBC Masters and had the odd few Archimedes.

Unfortunately, the Archimedes were usually found running BBC BASIC programs or text-mode PC applications via the Acorn-supplied PC emulation software.

RISCOS did get some use though, via native applications such as Pro-Artisan (graphics) and Impression (DTP).

I still have a couple of Archimedes, but they don't get used much! There are a couple of emulators available for Windows if you're feeling nostalgic!

 - Ali

Title: Re: The Great RISC OS
Post by: cv643d on June 18, 2006, 12:56:30 AM

I saw some screenshots of RiscOS with antialized a couple of years ago and thought it was a good looking OS. Never heard of the computer or OS before though. Antialized fonts seemed to be standard and looked great. There where also x86 compatible CPU cards available so you could run windows in a window I think.

Title: Re: The Great RISC OS
Post by: uncharted on June 18, 2006, 04:44:33 PM

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InTheSand wrote:


RISCOS did get some use though, via native applications such as Pro-Artisan (graphics) and Impression (DTP).

Artisan was the program that got me into graphics and eventually into the Amiga, brilliant bit of software.

Title: Re: The Great RISC OS
Post by: InTheSand on June 18, 2006, 08:35:51 PM

Yeah, it was pretty good for the time, and nice when running on the Archie's 256-colour screenmodes on a multisync monitor.

I also remember using "!Translator" to convert lots of Amiga IFF pictures to the Artisan format, and wrote a very rudimentary converter in AMOS to go from an Archimedes uncompressed sprite file back to IFF. Ah, those were the days!

 - Ali

Title: Re: The Great RISC OS
Post by: MikeCarter on June 18, 2006, 09:05:49 PM

So how long you guys been using Amiga?

Title: Re: The Great RISC OS
Post by: InTheSand on June 19, 2006, 01:06:32 AM

Me personally? Since 1989, when the Amiga A500 dropped to a reasonable price in the UK.

What sort of Amiga stuff do you own? Which country are you in? Do you own any other "vintage" stuff? I guess you might have an Archimedes seeing as you've mentioned RISCOS...

 - Ali

Title: Re: The Great RISC OS
Post by: MikeCarter on June 19, 2006, 09:28:00 AM

Well im kind of new new amiga, so iv not amiga kit.

I live in England.

I dont have an archimedes (though I used them in school) but I do have a RISC PC.