VirtualAcorn

VirtualAcorn is the brand name of several commercial emulators of Acorn Computers computer hardware platforms.^[1]

VirtualAcorn
Original author(s)	Graeme Barnes Aaron Timbrell
Developer(s)	3QD Developments
Initial release	2002 (2002)
Operating system	RISC OS
Platform	ARM architecture
Licence	Proprietary commercial software
Website	www.virtualacorn.co.uk

Development

VirtualAcorn is developed by Graeme Barnes^[2] and Aaron Timbrell.^[3] It is a commercial version of the freeware emulator Red Squirrel, developed by Barnes.^[2][4] In 2004, supply of the software was moved to Timbrell's company 3QD Developments.^[4]

Virtual A5000

Virtual A5000
Operating system	Microsoft Windows
Type	Emulator
License	Commercial
Website	http://www.riscos.com/

Virtual A5000 is an emulator of Acorn Computers A5000 computer. It included a copy of RISC OS 3.11. Virtual A5000 was released at BETT 2002^[5] and stopped shipping in 2004.^[6]

It is now commercially available again from riscos.com^[7] with the latest version dated 2014.

VirtualRPC

VirtualRPC
Windows XP running VirtualRPC, which is in turn running a ZX Spectrum emulator
Operating system	Microsoft Windows, macOS
Type	Emulator
License	Commercial
Website	http://www.virtualacorn.co.uk/

VirtualRPC is an emulator of Acorn Computers' Risc PC computer.

Initially VirtualRPC was only available bundled with the MicroDigital Alpha range of PC laptops,^[8][2] but was later made available as a standalone product for sale.^[9] In 2003, the developers reached an agreement with RISCOS Ltd to license its OS.^[10]

VirtualRPC comes in four versions, with support for emulating ARM7 or ARM7 and StrongARM^[11] each coming with either RISC OS 4.02 or RISC OS Adjust 4.39.^[6]

Hardware bundles

Initially VirtualRPC was included on the MicroDigital Alpha range of PC laptops, and it has also been shipped by Advantage Six on the A5 series^[12] and by R-Comp in their RISCube/SpaceCube/RiscBook range.^[13]