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Steve Fryatt
<744878c750....@brferris.orpheusmail.co.uk>:
> I'm surprised there hasn't been much discussion regarding this?
> http://acorncomputers.info/
To be fair, the domain only seems to have been registered yesterday
lunchtime...
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Vince M Hudd
> On 10 Dec, Brian wrote in message
> <744878c750....@brferris.orpheusmail.co.uk>:
> > I'm surprised there hasn't been much discussion regarding this?
> > http://acorncomputers.info/
> To be fair, the domain only seems to have been registered yesterday
> lunchtime...
http://www.iconbar.co.uk/forums/viewthread.php?threadid=11281#comments
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Ste (news)
Vince M Hudd <sp...@softrock.co.uk> wrote:
> Steve Fryatt <ne...@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote:
> > On 10 Dec, Brian wrote in message
> > <744878c750....@brferris.orpheusmail.co.uk>:
>
> > > I'm surprised there hasn't been much discussion regarding this?
> > > http://acorncomputers.info/
>
> > To be fair, the domain only seems to have been registered yesterday
> > lunchtime...
>
> http://www.iconbar.co.uk/forums/viewthread.php?threadid=11281#comments
It looks like hand written HTML to me. I've looked at quite a few RISC OS
web sites but none use that coding style:
* Iyonix.com
* RISCOS Ltd
* CJE Micro's
* VirtualAcorn
* ST Developments
* MW Software
* Qercus (Finnybank)
* Drobe
* The Iconbar
Of course, that doesn't tell us much but it'd be a good hint if we did find
a RISC OS company with a website implemented in HTML of the same style.
Steve
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Peter Naulls
> I'm surprised there hasn't been much discussion regarding this?
> http://acorncomputers.info/
>
Was posted almost immediately:
Chris Evans
> Steve Fryatt <ne...@stevefryatt.org.uk> wrote:
> > On 10 Dec, Brian wrote in message
> > <744878c750....@brferris.orpheusmail.co.uk>:
>
> > > I'm surprised there hasn't been much discussion regarding this?
> > > http://acorncomputers.info/
>
> > To be fair, the domain only seems to have been registered yesterday
> > lunchtime...
>
> http://www.iconbar.co.uk/forums/viewthread.php?threadid=11281#comments
I wonder if it will be a nostagia site for ex employees? (and customers?)
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M Harding
> Was posted almost immediately:
You mean - there really /is/ a Santa Claus?
Michael Harding
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Ste (news)
Ste (news) <st...@revi11.plus.com> wrote:
> It looks like hand written HTML to me. I've looked at quite a few RISC OS
> web sites but none use that coding style:
>
> * Iyonix.com
> * RISCOS Ltd
> * CJE Micro's
> * VirtualAcorn
> * ST Developments
> * MW Software
> * Qercus (Finnybank)
> * Drobe
> * The Iconbar
>
> Of course, that doesn't tell us much but it'd be a good hint if we did find
> a RISC OS company with a website implemented in HTML of the same style.
In fact, the HTML looks suspiciously like that if www.riscos.info - which
might explain how they were so quick at spotting the new site!
Ta,
Ste (news)
Ste (news) <st...@revi11.plus.com> wrote:
> In fact, the HTML looks suspiciously like that if www.riscos.info - which
> might explain how they were so quick at spotting the new site!
Oh no it doesn't! False alarm.
Peter Naulls
> In article <50c7940...@revi11.plus.com>,
> Ste (news) <st...@revi11.plus.com> wrote:
>> In fact, the HTML looks suspiciously like that if www.riscos.info - which
>> might explain how they were so quick at spotting the new site!
>
> Oh no it doesn't! False alarm.
>
> Ta,
>
> Steve
Remonstration with accusations about protesting too much ;-) Anyway,
riscos.info is machine generated. Plus any HTML I wrote would usually
have quite strict indentation.
The reason it was spotted quickly is that Eric and I check TIB and other
sources quite often for such random items.
Ste (news)
Peter Naulls <pe...@chocky.org> wrote:
> Remonstration with accusations about protesting too much ;-) Anyway,
> riscos.info is machine generated. Plus any HTML I wrote would usually
> have quite strict indentation.
Yes, amusingly I was looking in the wrong window when comparing the two. It
was only when looking on another machine I saw what your HTML really looked
like...! :-D
Theo Markettos
> You mean - there really /is/ a Santa Claus?
Get your Phoebe orders in now! (*)
(*) Estimated delivery 25th December 2248
Theo
Vince M Hudd
> In article <gemini.kufvmf0...@softrock.co.uk>, Vince M Hudd
> <URL:mailto:sp...@softrock.co.uk> wrote:
> > http://www.iconbar.co.uk/forums/viewthread.php?threadid=11281#comments
> I wonder if it will be a nostagia site for ex employees? (and customers?)
It's a newly registered limited company, and the web page says at the bottom
"We hope to bring support, add-ons and software for the Classic Acorn
systems. We also hope to produce new systems (Using both ARM and Risc OS)"
One thing this tells us is that it's someone who insists on spelling RISC OS
as Risc OS :p
(It's also "Risc OS" further up the page, FWIW)
Whoever is behind it, the company they used to register the limited company
(Duport Associates Ltd) is based very near me[1] - and companies that handle
company registrations are quite common. So I'd speculate that whoever is
behind this latest Acorn may also be based in this region - otherwise, why
not use someone more local to them to register the company?
Of course, it could easily be that Duport came up high in their search
results when searching the internet - but if it was me, even when searching
the internet, I'd still opt for someone local for this sort of thing.
[1] The actual street is a residential one AFAICR, so Duport is actually
running from a home office. In fact, ISTR calling in on an accountant who
ran his home office on that very street, sometime in the mid-late 90s. For
all I know, that accountant might very well be the same guy who runs Duport
Associates.
Michael Gerbracht
Brian <brfe...@orpheusmail.co.uk> wrote:
> I'm surprised there hasn't been much discussion regarding this?
> http://acorncomputers.info/
There is also the sentence "We are from the Acorn Community FOR the Acorn
community" - so it does not sound like a company. Maybe someone who plant to
put the beagle board into a nice box and sells it with pre installed RISC OS?
I just cannot belive somebody is developing new ARM hardware by themselfs.
Michael
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trevj
> [1] The actual street is a residential one AFAICR, so Duport is actually
> running from a home office. In fact, ISTR calling in on an accountant who
> ran his home office on that very street, sometime in the mid-late 90s. For
> all I know, that accountant might very well be the same guy who runs Duport
> Associates.
There are 2 listed with the BS9 3BH postcode here:
http://www.ukcities.co.uk/Bristol/Financial_Services/Accountants/
...one of which is also here:
http://www.icaewfirms.co.uk/directoryresults.asp?searchtype=location_text_uk&firmcounty_uk=0&firmtown_text_uk=&firmpostcode_uk=BS9+3BH&submit=Search
Vince M Hudd
> On 10 Dec, 20:55, Vince M Hudd <s...@softrock.co.uk> wrote:
> > [1] The actual street is a residential one AFAICR, so Duport is actually
> > running from a home office. In fact, ISTR calling in on an accountant
> > who ran his home office on that very street, sometime in the mid-late
> > 90s. For all I know, that accountant might very well be the same guy who
> > runs Duport Associates.
> There are 2 listed with the BS9 3BH postcode here:
> http://www.ukcities.co.uk/Bristol/Financial_Services/Accountants/
One of which has the same address as Duport.
That doesn't help me remember the actual accountant I visited, though. It
could have been either of them - or just as easily neither of them; the
mid-late 90s was a long time ago. People move.
Kevin Wells
Michael Gerbracht <nos...@cityweb.de> wrote:
>In article <744878c750....@brferris.orpheusmail.co.uk>,
> Brian <brfe...@orpheusmail.co.uk> wrote:
>> I'm surprised there hasn't been much discussion regarding this?
>> http://acorncomputers.info/
>
>There is also the sentence "We are from the Acorn Community FOR the Acorn
>community" - so it does not sound like a company. Maybe someone who plant to
>put the beagle board into a nice box and sells it with pre installed RISC OS?
>I just cannot belive somebody is developing new ARM hardware by themselfs.
>
>Michael
>
I think some one a couple of weeks ago mentioned on these news groups
about supplying Beagle boards with RISC OS pre installed?
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Theo Markettos
> I think some one a couple of weeks ago mentioned on these news groups
> about supplying Beagle boards with RISC OS pre installed?
Someone has stepped forward and admitted responsibility:
http://www.acornarcade.com/forums/viewthread.php?threadid=11281&page=2
if not actually revealed what they're going to do.
Theo
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Lots of discussions, I'm sure. But all a waste of time. Just wait and see
what they do. Judge not by gossip, but by results.
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Terry
Vince M Hudd <sp...@softrock.co.uk> wrote:
> One thing this tells us is that it's someone who insists on spelling RISC OS
> as Risc OS :p
> (It's also "Risc OS" further up the page, FWIW)
A welcome and positive move, but no cigar.
The obvious (best) answer is RiscOS.
Just about explainable (in under a fortnight) to the uninitiated.
WINDOWS OS anyone?
Joking? - who told you that??
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