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ARX (operating system)

ARX
DeveloperAcorn Computers Ltd.
Written inModula-2+
OS familyUnix-like
Working stateDiscontinued
Marketing targetLow cost paperless office computing workstation
Available inEnglish
PlatformsARM
Kernel typeMicrokernel
Default
user interface		Graphical user interface[1] and special keyboard keys[2]
LicenseProprietary
Preceded byMOS
Succeeded byArthur, renamed RISC OS

ARX was an unreleased Mach-like operating system written in Modula-2+[3] developed by Acorn Computers Ltd in the Acorn Research Centre (ARC) United Kingdom (UK) and later by Olivetti—which purchased Acorn—for Acorn's new Archimedes personal computers based on the ARM architecture reduced instruction set computer (RISC) central processing unit (CPUs).

  1. ^ "Acorn History (untitled)". Retrieved 2010-12-26.
  2. ^ "Chris's Acorns: Acorn A500 (prototype)". Retrieved 2022-12-19.
  3. ^ Bruce, Cockburn. "Aha—what about Modula-2?". Usenet post to comp.sys.acorn detailing the relationship between ARX and Modula-2

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