Do you have evidence?
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Steve Revill (20) 1361 posts |
Do you have documentary evidence of RISC OS being sold into the US in the early 90’s? Ideally somewhere around the RISC OS 3.6 era. We’re looking for adverts in US magazines, copies of invoices for sales, that sort of thing. If so, please get in touch! |
Steve Revill (20) 1361 posts |
And before anyone asks, no we’re not on the receiving end of a law suit! |
Clive Semmens (2335) 3276 posts |
Are you on the other end of one, then? 8~) |
Steve Revill (20) 1361 posts |
ROOL isn’t in the business of bringing law suits! |
Clive Semmens (2335) 3276 posts |
8~) I didn’t think you were, really 8~) |
David Glover-Aoki (1562) 22 posts |
Just RISC OS? Or Acorn computers in general? |
Robert Hampton (1923) 57 posts |
Possibly some RiscPCs sold specifically to run Sibelius? What about NCOS, did any actual systems based on Acorn’s design get released? |
Chris C. (2322) 198 posts |
I only remember late 90’s with the RISC OS 4 logo. Can’t remember the machine but it looked like a PC case. Not like the RISC PC. I remember looking into it and not having the money at the time. I’m curious to see what surfaces. |
Mike Carter (36) 51 posts |
Yes, my school library were using them. |
Steve Revill (20) 1361 posts |
We’re specifically after proof of RISC OS sales into the US in the early 90’s. |
Andrew McCarthy (3688) 607 posts |
No proof of actual sales but, as you might know, there are references dotted about:-
Have you considered Twitter – tweeting this question or speaking to CJE, etc? |
Steve Pampling (1551) 8182 posts |
I’m thinking it’s a precedent / grandfather rights thing. |
David Feugey (2125) 2709 posts |
A7000/A7000+? |
Anthony Vaughan Bartram (2454) 458 posts |
I understand, that DavidS is a RISC OS user in the US who lived in California, first had an Archimedes with a US keyboard and has used almost every version of RISC OS since then: He describes his history as a RISC OS user on the thread above. If DavidS is David Cagle (See Copyright at base of page https://asmfun.riscos.fr/downloads.html) then I have an e-mail address for him. I don’t know if he still has the purchase paperwork – but could be worth reaching out to him. Hope this is useful. |
Alan Robertson (52) 420 posts |
Looks like Sibelius themselves, had an American office where they sold whole RiscPC solutions with their software on it. An interview with one of the Finn Brothers who created Sibelius – https://www.scoringnotes.com/news/an-interview-with-ben-finn-part-1/2/ |
Tim Rowledge (1742) 170 posts |
I was living in Silicon Valley in the early 90s til 2004. So at least for one person, RISC OS was sold in the US. Maybe I don’t count for your purposes since I was a registered developer? |
Paul Biggs (4834) 12 posts |
Byte Magazine, September 1992 p72 has a review of the A4 with an address for Acorn Computers Canada Inc. in Ontario. |
Steve Revill (20) 1361 posts |
If we can find another page like that which has a US address in it, that’d be super helpful. |
Alan Robertson (52) 420 posts |
The archived Acorn website shows that there were Dealers for Acorn PC’s in the USA, but unfortunately did not archive the actual webpage. |
Chris Mahoney (1684) 2166 posts |
I found a copy of the “Acorn International Distributor List” from June 1995 but it doesn’t have the US. Given the link in the post above, it seems that US dealers came along some time between mid-1995 and early 1998. Now we just need a name… |
Alan Robertson (52) 420 posts |
Well, it seems that in early 1998, the USA Office in Palo Alto re-opened focused on Sales. http://www.apdl.org.uk/riscworld/volumes/volume9/issue1/blast10/index.htm |
Alan Robertson (52) 420 posts |
More Info below on RiscPC Sibelius Turnkey solutions being sold into the USA, via Sibelius’ own Los Angeles office in January 1997(maybe earlier).
Sibelius was not launched on non-Acorn platforms until 1998, so these together show that Acorn RISC OS systems were being sold in the USA at least from January 1997. |
Alan Robertson (52) 420 posts |
Canada and USA Sales
So this all points to Acorn Systems being sold in the USA. |
Steve Revill (20) 1361 posts |
Thanks all. For the avoidance of doubt, Canada is not the USA. :) Finding evidence of sales in Canada isn’t much use in this instance. It’s direct evidence of US sales in the 90’s we’re looking for. In that respect, Comspec look like an interesting avenue to investigate. |
Steve Revill (20) 1361 posts |
Does anyone know anyone who was working at Sibelius in the 90’s who might have access to sales paperwork of the sort we’re looking for? |
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