PipeDream on the Acorn Archimedes

(stonetools.ghost.io)

35 points | by msephton 1 hour ago

5 comments

tomduncalf 8 minutes ago
The screenshots of RISC OS bring back fond memories of playing with it in our school computer room (which was mostly BBC Micros but had a few RISC) - mostly playing Lemmings as I recall! It felt pretty cool at the time though
fidotron 9 minutes ago
The "Icon Tray" here is actually the "Icon Bar" and discussed so widely it's the name of the main Risc OS forum to this day.
Pipedream always was spectacularly odd, even at the time.
Kim_Bruning 1 hour ago
My browser had this down as a phising site? The actual content seems fine though.
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- themadturk 26 minutes ago
  The site is fine. Doesn't show up as anything bad on Firefox on Mac. I've been reading the site for months, never had a problem.
- ochrist 31 minutes ago
  Same here (Firefox on Windows). But when I opened it in Firefox on my Android phone, it seems fine.
- LargoLasskhyfv 1 hour ago
  Confirm via uBo. Didn't bother with content because of that.
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  - Kim_Bruning 1 hour ago
    Actually parts of the content aren't loading, probably also due to it being listed? Strange though! I wonder what happened?
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    - nateb2022 33 minutes ago
      Looks like the source is on PhishTank: https://www.phishtank.net/phish_detail.php?phish_id=9419370
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      - msephton 1 minute ago
        Interesting, the source is (a subdomain on) the Ghost blogging platform.
junto 52 minutes ago
Brings back good memories of playing fun games with my siblings.
Our first computer was an Acorn BBC B Microcomputer.
repelsteeltje 9 minutes ago
In some ways Archimedes' RiscOS was ahead of its time, in some ways it was a disappointment. It never matured due to lack of momentum, market share.
I suppose that most of all, it reminds me of time when actual, real innovation in UI design was still on the menu.