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by uncledave 1938 days ago
We did actually but Acorn canned it https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe_(computer)
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guerrilla 1938 days ago
That's not what he means by PC. He means an open standard that anyone can build against with comparability between products.
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uncledave 1938 days ago
That’s exactly what it was. Two other vendors were going to launch as well.
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STRML 1938 days ago
The Phoebe's launch OS (RISC OS 4) was codenamed "Ursula". Unfortunately, shortly into its development, the Phoebe went on an (indefinite) break.
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rbanffy 1938 days ago
In 1998, it would be an excellent opportunity to use Linux. At the time, I was playing with Apple's MkLinux on PowerMacs.
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guywhocodes 1938 days ago
Very interesting, the reason for cancelling seems to largely hold true today.
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