The Acorn Archimedes was the first general-purpose home computer based on the 32-bit ARM RISC CPU from Acorn Computers Ltd. The term 'Archimedes' is also commonly used to describe Acorn computers that were not officially called Archimedes, but were based on the same architecture. It was first released in the UK in 1987, and used an operating system called ARTHUR, allegedly standing for "A Risc-based operating system by THURsday" (later versions were named RISC OS). The current version of RISC OS is version 4, and it runs on the RISC PC.
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- VirtualAcorn The commercial version of the Red Squirrel emulator for Windows 2000, XP or Vista. Includes FAQs, order details and product news.
- Riscose A RISC OS emulator that runs under UNIX.
- Wocki's Acorn-Site Includes downloads, pictures of box covers and a message board. Home to ArcDisc and ArcGB front-ends.
- ArcEm An A4xx-series emulator for UNIX/Linux, RISC OS and Windows. Source code is available, as are ports for Mac OS X, GP2X and Amiga OS4.
- Arculator Arculator, an open source Archimedes emulator for Windows.
- Beginners Guide to Arcimage Basic operating instructions for, and download of, Arcimage - a DOS based program that allows the reading and writing of Acorn format floppy discs on a PC.
- Arculator for Mac Mac port of Arculator, a freeware Acorn Archimedes Emulator.
- RPCEmu for Apple Mac Mac port of RPCEmu - an open source RiscPC emulator
- Acorn Antiques General Acorn Archimedes emulation, offering games, applications, and the emulators themselves. It has an interface much like a real Archimedes.
- RPCEmu Open source Risc PC emulator for Linux, Mac OS, and Windows.
- Red Squirrel An emulator of ARM-based Acorn machines for Windows 98/ME/2000/XP. Website no longer extant, download available from here.