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Charlie · 04 October 2008, 21:36

Just a quick thought:
Who here has heard of RiscOS?
In a nut-shell it's a very low overhead, mature, easy-to-use, ARM-based OS. It would potentially make a wonderful defaco OS for this little box both for use as a 'small hand-held' and as a good enviorment in which to develop software specifically for it.
Better still, both main branches of RiscOS (5 & 6) are no-longer chipset dependant so making porting a doddle-ish...
...did I also mention RiscOS 5 is now itself OpenSource?

I'd absolutely buy one if it could run RiscOS - and develop software for it!

04 October 2008, 21:36	#71
Charlie . . Mouse . . Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Nowhere Age: 55 Posts: 1,792	Just a quick thought: Who here has heard of RiscOS? In a nut-shell it's a very low overhead, mature, easy-to-use, ARM-based OS. It would potentially make a wonderful defaco OS for this little box both for use as a 'small hand-held' and as a good enviorment in which to develop software specifically for it. Better still, both main branches of RiscOS (5 & 6) are no-longer chipset dependant so making porting a doddle-ish... ...did I also mention RiscOS 5 is now itself OpenSource? I'd absolutely buy one if it could run RiscOS - and develop software for it!