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		smcl on Dec 28, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Ultimate Acorn Archimedes talk [video] It runs doom: https://itrunsdoom.tumblr.com/post/102407771718/the-acorn-ar...

Lio on Dec 28, 2019 [–]

As I understood it the R-Comp port of Doom required > ARM 3 processor not the original ARM 2 as released in ‘87.

alexisread on Dec 28, 2019 | [–]

The link here is for an arm250 (12mhz) same as the original '87 arch bar the 50% extra speed. I think it's running on a VGA monitor so it'd run faster on a TV.

https://youtu.be/jXo6BtmuZkc

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