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aa-jv 9 days ago

Minor correction in the article: The Oric-1 did ship with 16K RAM initially, but was widely available not long after in the 48K (really, 64K) configuration, and users could easily upgrade their 16K Oric-1's to the beefier RAM, and also conversions to Atmos-level Orics' were available widely as well.

The Oric-1, however, did far better than the Jupiter Ace on the market - which isn't to say it was successful, just that it didn't quite flop as hard as the Ace did. The Jupiter Ace definitely has its quirky appeal, meanwhile, as a FORTH Machine - but it should be noted that the Oric-1/Atmos machines get far, far better software written for them, even today .. and some of the new stuff is just great.