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« Thread started on: Dec 20th, 2016, 2:39pm »
Take a look at this Tweet from @windowsdev which links to a video:

https://twitter.com/windowsdev/status/806927464572166144

Just found the same video on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_GlGglbu1U


Read more about it here:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/08/qualcomm_snapdragon_windows_10/

Unless I'm mistaken, there is now a very real possibility that BB4W programs will run pretty well on systems running ARM-based Windows 10, thanks in large part to what appears to be very efficient (and transparent) emulation. Of course, since emulation is involved, performance is going to take a hit, but then ARM chips seem to be getting faster by the month! Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 looks to be quite a beast.


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« Reply #1 on: Dec 21st, 2016, 12:34am »
Don't forget that the raspberry pie (from the UK) is based on ARM tech and is a micro controller and a pc all in one.

It is dirt cheap also.

I have seen a video of a person utilizing it with BBC Basic
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« Reply #2 on: Dec 21st, 2016, 01:06am »
on Dec 21st, 2016, 12:34am, michael wrote:
Don't forget that the raspberry pie (from the UK) is based on ARM tech and is a micro controller and a pc all in one.

It is dirt cheap also.

I have seen a video of a person utilizing it with BBC Basic


Indeed, I am the proud owner of a Raspberry Pi 2, running the 'RISC OS Pi' operating system, although it's been many months since I last booted the thing up.

It will be of limited interest here, but here is my web page of programs written in (mostly) ARM BBC BASIC V for the R-Pi 2:

http://www.proggies.uk/riscosstuff/index.html


And here's two YouTube videos of some of my programs in action (all run on the R-Pi 2):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjYfqd9PbCI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB4ZX8XqO3Q


Anyway, running BB4W under Windows 10 on an ARM-based device, despite the inevitable performance hit due to emulation (although I don't know how severe the penalty will be), is an interesting development IMHO.


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