VirtualAcorn is the brand name of several commercial emulators of Acorn Computers computer hardware platforms.

Development

VirtualAcorn is developed by Graeme Barnes and Aaron Timbrell. It is a commercial version of the

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emulator

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, developed by Barnes. In 2004, supply of the software was moved to Timbrell's company 3QD Developments.

Virtual A5000

Virtual A5000 is an emulator of Acorn Computers A5000 computer. It included a copy of RISC OS 3.11. Virtual A5000 was released at

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2002 and stopped shipping in 2004.Drobe - VirtualRiscPC upgrades to Adjust
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VirtualRPC

VirtualRPC is an emulator of Acorn Computers'

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computer. Initially VirtualRPC was only available bundled with the

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Alpha range of PC laptops, but was later made available as a standalone product for sale. In 2003, the developers reached an agreement with RISCOS Ltd to license its OS. VirtualRPC comes in four versions, with support for emulating ARM7 or ARM7 and StrongARM each coming with either RISC OS 4.02 or RISC OS Adjust 4.39.

Hardware bundles

Initially VirtualRPC was included on the MicroDigital Alpha range of PC laptops, and it has also been shipped by Advantage Six on the A5 series and by R-Comp in their RISCube/SpaceCube/RiscBook range.RISCube Homepage
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References

External links

* http://www.drobe.co.uk/riscos/article.php?id=1600&nc=17 * http://www.drobe.co.uk/article.php?id=799 Drobe - Virtual License {{RISC OS Windows emulation software MacOS emulation software Cross-platform software RISC OS emulators Proprietary software