Sinclair Spectrum v Commodore 64
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The Commodore 64 was the best out of the two computers but the Spectrum did have a nice programming side. Look at some of the new demos for the Commodore 64 and see how far they've come along. I owned both the C64 and the Amiga 500/1200 AGA but I have to admit that Acorn made the best computer when they bought out the Archimedes especially the A3010 with RISC OS which was far better than the competition. Check out how amazing Starfighter 3000 was on the Archimedes back in the day. RISC OS can still be used today on a Raspberry Pi and it looks great. I think it's such a shame the Archimedes gets ignored by Commodore, Atari and Sinclair fans.
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People don't bring the Archimedes to the comparison because it is a different class of computer.
Same as comparing a Cray super computer to a laptop.You would have to compare it to an early Amiga or x86 IBM clone, in which case it still stood its ground as a useful PC
:whistle: I can't help myself MoonDawg, you can take me out of the class, but you can't take the teacher out of me :dry:
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The Archimedes would have to be compared to the QL, Amiga or the similar Atari ST - it's a different era from the C-64, Spectrum. Atari 400/800 or the old Apple IIc or TRS CoCo. The C-64 won in the "home computer" era, just as the IBM PC won the next era - whether or not either should have. (I suppose you could add the TI 99/4 as a competitor in the "home computer" era, though unfortunately it was somewhat late.)
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Yes I'm well aware of the power of an Archimedes and yes it should be compared with an Amiga and an ST but please don't imagine a QL coming anywhere in the running. I'm just sad that this beast of a machine from Acorn never got any credit. Look at Starfighter and how silky it was for the time, I only found out about recently and I was disappointed I never knew about it before. We had an Archimedes at school and I always remember how silky Zarch was compared to all the versions of Virus including the Amiga. The days were very fun when we had Spectrum and C64s and a lot of that has been lost. Have all of you watch the film Micromen which highlights the battle between Acorn and Sinclair? I've added it below along with Zarch
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In one sense, Acorn won. Updated versions of its CPU, the Acorn RISC Machine or ARM, are used in mobile electronics everywhere. Unfortunately I don't think we ever saw an Archimedes (or even a BBC Micro) "on this side of the pond".
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In one sense, Acorn won. Updated versions of its CPU, the Acorn RISC Machine or ARM, are used in mobile electronics everywhere. Unfortunately I don't think we ever saw an Archimedes (or even a BBC Micro) "on this side of the pond".
Yes the RISC technology lives on to this very day from the cell phone to the raspberry pi. I believe Russia will be utilizing some ARM technology in its new in-house processors. I hope Russia can make a secure processor so we can get away from GCHQ and NSA spy chips from hell. The Micromen film was fun to watch and brought back fond memories. In my opinion the BBC Micro was trash but the Archimedes was a beast.
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