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Archimedes
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The world's first RISC microcomputer, available only in the British
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Commonwealth and Europe. Built in 1987 in Great Britain by Acorn Computers,
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it was legendary for its use of the ARM-2 microprocessor as a CPU. Many a
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novice hacker in the Commonwealth in the late 1980s or early 1990s first
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learnt his or her skills on the Archimedes, since it was specifically
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designed for use in schools and educational institutions. Owners of
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Archimedes machines are often still treated with awe and reverence.
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Familiarly, archi.
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