On 07/01/2019 14:06, Sevan Janiyan wrote:
- History of Acorn Archimedes/NetPC/Rics PC computers
A look at the line of ARM CPU based computers and thin clients by Acorn Computer Ltd
Speaker Bio TBA
1) Brief history of Unix-like operating systems on Acorn hardware
Stephen Borrill first encountered Unix while working for a PhD in Psychoacoustics and as a long-term Acorn user, his Acorn RiscPC was his hardware of choice to run it on.
While finishing his PhD, Stephen started a part-time job at Acorn Computers working in technical support. This led to full-time employment at Acorn and Xemplar (an Acorn and Apple joint venture focussed on UK education) during which he developed products based on BSD Unix on Acorn hardware which were sold nationally.
In 1999 he founded Precedence Technologies who took over support and development of the products he worked on at Acorn and Xemplar. He continues to with the products 20 years later.