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Looking around the source you’ll find numerous references to Acorn’s internal project codenames. Some are given here, with approximate release dates (or development dates if they were never released). Those in need of confirmation are marked with question marks.
Hawk | System One | 1979 | |
Project A | ARM | 1983-87 | |
Project B | BBC Master | 1986 | |
Atom | (self referential) | 1980 | |
Proton | BBC Microcomputer | 1981 | |
Neutron | 16032 based BBC machine-like microcomputer | ||
Electron | (self referential) | 1984 | |
Aberdeen | Electron’s ULA | 1984 | |
Squirrel | Intel i860 workstation | ||
CONTROL RISC | 1988 name for spinning off ARM | 1988 | |
Anna | MEMC1 | 1987 | |
Arabella | VIDC1 | 1987 | |
Albion | IOC | 1987 | |
Spider | FPA11 | ||
Avon | A3000 | 1989 | |
Perth | A4 | 1992 | |
Brisbane | A5000 | 1991 | |
Fox | A540 | 1990 | |
Adelaide | A3010 with mezzanine board | 1992 | |
Heron ‘C’ | A3010 with ARM250 | 1992 | |
Heron ‘E’ | A3020 | 1992 | |
Roadrunner | A4000 | 1992 | |
Darwin, Victoria | RISC PC project code names prior to Medusa | 1994 | |
Medusa | Risc PC | 1994 | |
Aquarius | C/C++ programming environment | 1995 | |
Project Black | RISC OS 3.60 | 1995-6 | |
Phileas | The first generation of the Acorn web browser, Bookworm | 1995 | |
Phoenix | The second generation of the Acorn web browser, Browse | 1996-8 | |
Omega | First-generation NC hardware by ANC division | 1996-7? | |
Spinner | First-generation NC software by ANC division | 1996-7? | |
Kryten | A7000 | 1995 | |
Morris | A7000+, RISC OS 3.71 | 1997 | |
Phoebe | Risc PC Mk II | 1997-8 | |
Skynet | Multi-tasking Acorn Replay, multiple codecs for it etc | 1996 | |
Ursula | RISC OS 4.00 (crippled developer release retroversioned as 3.8, see branch Ursula_RiscPC) | 1997-8 | |
Rachel | StrongARM processor card for Phoebe | 1997-8 | |
Chandler | IOMD2 for Phoebe | 1997-8 | |
Monica | PCI bridge for Phoebe | 1997-8 | |
Gold | RISC OS on microkernel | ||
Galileo | The next generation operating system that never was | 1997-9 | |
Buxton | SA1501 | 1996 | |
Impala | DSL startup | ||
ALARM | the processor that became Firepath | ||
Lazarus | Internet TV | 1999-2000 | |
Tungsten | Iyonix PC | 2002 | |
Blue | RISC OS 3.5? | 1992 | |
Buffy | RISCOS Ltd RISC OS 4? | 1999 | |
Customer | Generic phrase replacing confidential names that cannot be released to the public | Any |
Mostly based on Matthew Hambley’s page , and with additions.this Usenet thread with additions.