On: Acorn Archimedes – A Technical Introduction (1987) [video]

[the-dude]

This is the origin of the ARM microprocessor, which at the time stood for Acorn Risc Machine IIRC.

[leoc → the-dude]

Later the ARM architecture had a big breakthrough when Apple selected it for its groundbreaking mobile device: I refer of course to the Newton. :)

[pjmlp → leoc]

It could have been even more groundbreaking, had it used Dylan instead of NewtonScript and C++.

[StringyBob → leoc]

You might be interested in this presentation from ARM to Apple from 1992 https://youtu.be/ZV1NdS_w4As

[sys_64738 → leoc]

John Sculley was a visionary who was 20 years ahead of even Steve.

[chipotle_coyote → sys_64738]

While I don't think I'd go that far, I think Sculley often gets an undeserved bad rap in Apple history, mostly because people think of him only as "the guy who pushed out Steve Jobs" rather than looking at what Apple did under his leadership.

[the-dude → leoc]

I my sibling comment I referred to the mid-80's.

In this particular library, we had touchscreen terminals to acces the library's index.