Talk:Risc PC

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Are you certain its official name was RISC PC? It is almost always called the Risc PC or RiscPC. Crusadeonilliteracy 03:59, 23 Mar 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Better illustration required? 2 PC card 3 How many podules were supported? 4 pc possibly for sale

[edit] Better illustration required?

The clipart-like image looks suspiciously like an ad for RISC OS 4, which is an optional, non-Acorn component released long after Acorn's disintegration (and can be used on machines other than the RiscPC).

Wouldn't it be better to use a photograph of an actual Acorn-manufactured RiscPC, which demonstrates the key features of the machine?

eg. a photo of a four-slice system as shown on the promotional ads back in the day. Obviously not THOSE photos exactly, but ones LIKE them.

I'll take some photos of my RiscPC with various numbers of slices. Anything is better than that clipart...

[edit] PC card

i'm sure both the risc pcs we had at a school i used to go to had a second processor card with a 486 on it. Should this be mentioned in the aricle and if so does anyone have any more info on this card? Plugwash 23:41, 19 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] How many podules were supported?

presumablly there was a limit or could you just keep adding slices to get more bays?

I think the maximum addressable number of podules was 16. Whether this was a software or hardware limit I dont know though.

[edit] pc possibly for sale

My father-in-law still as acorn computer in full working order. where would he sell it and how much is it worth —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.205.69.62 (talk) 22:48, 7 September 2007 (UTC)