Path: csiph.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn.advocacy Subject: Re: Virtual Acorn and UAC Date: Sun, 07 Feb 2016 07:50:11 +0000 (GMT) Organization: None Lines: 40 Message-ID: <554e11f9fcnewsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk> References: <5534fde7adbob@sick-of-spam.invalid> <553508b0d3Spambin@argonet.co.uk> <553518e7f2Spambin@argonet.co.uk> <55351dae0ddave@triffid.co.uk> <553afea7ccdave@triffid.co.uk> <9ef205a4-8627-4570-b45f-2882e02ed3c1@googlegroups.com> <554dbe57c0newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 1FrPs910iwyA6NpdmWzQTg.user.gioia.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Pluto/3.14 (RISC OS/4.39) NewsHound/v1.52-32 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.acorn.advocacy:34 In article , Steve Fryatt wrote: > On 6 Feb, John wrote in message > <554dbe57c0newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk>: > > In article , > > Krzysztof Staniorowski > > wrote: > > > > > Does it really make sense to use RISC OS on top of > > > Windows? If I had to dedicate a PC for virtual RISC > > > OS I'd use GNU/Linux. > > > > It can be done by using RPCEmu but, in my limited > > experience of that emulator, it is not nearly as > > polished nor as easy to install as VRPC from Virtual > > Acorn. > I don't know what current versions of VA are like, but > I'm finding the current RPCEmu + RISC OS 5.23 more stable > than post-Iyonix native hardware at present. I can't comment on the stability of RPCEmu because I've never got it to point where I could rely on it to be my main machine. For me, VRPC is very reliable. Once in a blue moon cmos.ram gets corrupted but this is easily recognised and corrected. Thanks to colleagues in the Midlands User Group, I have instructions on how to install it onto Linux. When I find the time I shall see how I get on with it but, while I have VRPC working well, it will remain an academic exercise. John -- John newsmcc@blueyonder.co.uk j dot mccartney atte blueyonder dot co dot uk