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Unch
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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2005-07-12, 19:50

That was done in the 90's. Acorn had RISC PCs which had a slot for a x86 CPU that would work alongside the ARM6 main processor. It allowed you to run Windows in a, um, window on the RISCOS desktop.

I should also point out that the x86 card had access to memory on the motherboard and other resources, it wasn't a complete system on a card like say the Bridgeboards on the Amiga.

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Last edited by Unch : 2005-07-12 at 19:54.
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