RISC PCs in 2023
NancySadkov (10280) 34 posts |
There are enough proper ARM MBs available: So I’m curious does anyone build RISC PCs today? |
Steve Pampling (1551) 8170 posts |
RISC PC was a model rather than a generic. Various recent hardware around, based on Pi boards, iMX6, Titanium board. All depends on the size of your budget vs. the CPU power you actually need. |
Michael Stubbs (8242) 70 posts |
Nancy: The RiscPC was a mighty fine machine in its day and some are still going even now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Risc_PC These days I have a Raspberry Pi 2B, which is several models behind the latest version and is something like 700Mhz. It’s pretty much everything I wished my RiscPC was twenty years ago. The RiscPC, in its later years, was hampered by low bus speeds and only 2MB of video RAM. I’d recommend a Raspberry Pi if you’re just trying RISC OS out, or contacting someone like RComp http://www.rcomp.co.uk if you want a pre-built desktop machine or a RISC OS laptop. |
Michael Stubbs (8242) 70 posts |
Just thought… If you were referring to a modern RISC OS motherboard in a RiscPC case, then no, nobody is doing that. RComp, CJE Micros and RISCOS Bits build full systems but not RiscPCs as such. |
Steve Fryatt (216) 2105 posts |
Here’s (most of) the hardware options for RISC OS these days: https://www.wrocc.org.uk/risc-os/a-guide-to-risc-os-hardware There’s no mention of the Compute Module 4, because no-one at WROCC appears to have had the time to update the page since systems became available. |