Arthur

E356802

Arthur was a graphical operating system developed by Acorn Computers for its Archimedes line of ARM-based personal computers.

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Arthur canonical 5

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf graphical operating system
operating system
company Acorn Computers Ltd
linked to: Acorn Computers
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
developer Acorn Computers
developerCountry United Kingdom
distributionModel proprietary software
includedWith Acorn Archimedes A305
linked to: Acorn Archimedes

Acorn Archimedes A310
Acorn Archimedes A410
Acorn Archimedes A440
intendedFor educational computers
home computers
kernelType cooperative multitasking
nameOrigin pun on "ARTHUR" and "RISC OS"
notableFeature cooperative multitasking desktop
desktop-style WIMP interface
icon-based file manager
operatingSystemFamily RISC OS family
linked to: RISC OS
platform ARM-based personal computers
Acorn Archimedes
predecessor Acorn MOS
releaseStatus discontinued
replacedBy RISC OS 2
linked to: RISC OS
runsOn Acorn Archimedes series
successor RISC OS
targetHardwareArchitecture ARM
ARM2
linked to: ARM
usedIn British schools
userInterface graphical user interface

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Acorn Archimedes operatingSystem Arthur
subject linked to: Acorn Archimedes in 1987
RISC OS originalName Arthur
RISC OS predecessor Arthur