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In message <fsidnWai8qaY7GLTnZ2dnUVZ7rCdnZ2d@bt.com>
 on 31 Dec 2011 Brian Watson wrote:

> 
> "Matthew Phillips" <spam2011m@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message 
> news:eb8bef4952.Matthew@sinenomine.freeserve.co.uk...
> > In message <Leydnco1eJy222PTnZ2dnUVZ8nSdnZ2d@bt.com>
> 
> >> You asked me "how about the Amstrad's Locomotive BASIC?" but I understand
> >> the plan is that it will be very Linux-friendly.
> >
> > It is hoped that RISC OS will also be available at the outset, or shortly
> > after.  This is the operating system (still in development) which was
> > produced originally for the Acorn Archimedes, as a successor to the BBC B.
> > It comes with BBC BASIC, which may be of interest if you like BASIC.
> 
> Excellent news, although other forums are quoting Linux as being the front 
> runner.

Well, they're not going to release it without a Linux distribution, that's
for sure.  But if the licensing issues can be dealt with, and the USB support
and various other things can be written in time, then RISC OS may be there as
an option too.

> Will the OS and BASIC be on board do you know, Matthew, or will there just 
> be a hardware call to an input device such as a disk drive?

The Raspberry Pi boots from an SD card.  I'm not sure whether you would
switch SD cards to boot from another OS, or whether there would be a boot
menu allowing you to select the OS.

> I wonder if the Pi will get Richards Wildey and Fairhurst programming
> again.

Well Richard Fairhurst is certaibly still programming.  He is "one of the
main developers for OpenStreetMap's map editing software, Potlatch 2".  See

http://www.systemed.net/carto/

His interest in maps has certainly not gone away!

-- 
Matthew Phillips
Durham

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