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'''Arthur''' is an early [[GUI]] [[Operating system|operating System]] (OS) that was used on [[Acorn, Ltd|Acorn]] [[ARM|ARM]]-[[processor|cpu]]-based computers from about [[1987]] until the much-superior [[RISC OS|RISC OS 2]] was completed and made available in April [[1989]]. It was the operating system of the earliest [[Acorn Archimedes|Archimedes]] ARM machines. |
'''Arthur''' is an early [[GUI]] [[Operating system|operating System]] (OS) that was used on [[Acorn, Ltd|Acorn]] [[ARM|ARM]]-[[processor|cpu]]-based computers from about [[1987]] until the much-superior [[RISC OS|RISC OS 2]] was completed and made available in April [[1989]]. It was the operating system of the earliest [[Acorn Archimedes|Archimedes]] ARM machines. |
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<div style="float:right;text-align:center;padding-left:5px">[[Image:AcornArthur110desktopsmall.png]]<br>''The Arthur desktop''</div> |
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The desktop is very primitive. It features a colour-scheme typically described as "technicolour". Its earlier revisions were very [[computer bug|buggy]], and was only really meant to be a placeholder until RISC OS 2 (a name chosen instead of Arthur 2) was completed. The "Arthur" name was supposedly dropped from version 2 because of the release at the time of a movie called ''[[Arthur 2: On the Rocks]]''. Arthur is said to actually stand for "<b>A R</B>isc-based operating system by <b>THUR</B>sday". Supposedly Arthur was put together in break-neck speed because a revolutionary operating system they had under development ("[[ARX]]") wasn't going to be ready in time. |
The desktop is very primitive. It features a colour-scheme typically described as "technicolour". Its earlier revisions were very [[computer bug|buggy]], and was only really meant to be a placeholder until RISC OS 2 (a name chosen instead of Arthur 2) was completed. The "Arthur" name was supposedly dropped from version 2 because of the release at the time of a movie called ''[[Arthur 2: On the Rocks]]''. Arthur is said to actually stand for "<b>A R</B>isc-based operating system by <b>THUR</B>sday". Supposedly Arthur was put together in break-neck speed because a revolutionary operating system they had under development ("[[ARX]]") wasn't going to be ready in time. |
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Revision as of 17:51, 11 June 2003
Arthur is an early GUI operating System (OS) that was used on Acorn ARM-cpu-based computers from about 1987 until the much-superior RISC OS 2 was completed and made available in April 1989. It was the operating system of the earliest Archimedes ARM machines.
The Arthur desktop
The desktop is very primitive. It features a colour-scheme typically described as "technicolour". Its earlier revisions were very buggy, and was only really meant to be a placeholder until RISC OS 2 (a name chosen instead of Arthur 2) was completed. The "Arthur" name was supposedly dropped from version 2 because of the release at the time of a movie called Arthur 2: On the Rocks. Arthur is said to actually stand for "A Risc-based operating system by THURsday". Supposedly Arthur was put together in break-neck speed because a revolutionary operating system they had under development ("ARX") wasn't going to be ready in time.
External links
- "Arthur Lives!" - a guide by Ben Jefferys
- Arthur OS Emulator