There is modern new QL-compatible hardware on sale today, which still amazes me, 4 decades later.
But saying that... If one were so inclined, which I am, one could argue that the entirety of the Arm platform, including the modern Mac I'm typing this on, is an extension and development of the Acorn Archimedes.
It doesn't run the Acorn OS, but neither do modern x86 PCs. And anyway, the original OS is alive and well and runs on modern hardware:
It doesn't use the original GPU, but nor do PCs. It doesn't use the same RAM layout or anything, but nor do PCs.
But it's a compatible, extended, modernised version of the self-same CPU architecture, just like PCs are. It can emulate the old environment so you can run the old OS, just like PCs can.
Any current Arm64 device, phone or tablet or laptop or server, is every bit as much an Acorn Archimedes as a modern multicore x86-64 computer is an IBM PC.
I have written about the ST continuation efforts:
https://www.theregister.com/2022/12/05/new_atari_display_dri...
And the modern QL OSes:
https://www.theregister.com/2024/01/16/ql_legacy_at_40/
There is modern new QL-compatible hardware on sale today, which still amazes me, 4 decades later.
But saying that... If one were so inclined, which I am, one could argue that the entirety of the Arm platform, including the modern Mac I'm typing this on, is an extension and development of the Acorn Archimedes.
It doesn't run the Acorn OS, but neither do modern x86 PCs. And anyway, the original OS is alive and well and runs on modern hardware:
https://www.riscosopen.org/content/
It doesn't use the original GPU, but nor do PCs. It doesn't use the same RAM layout or anything, but nor do PCs.
But it's a compatible, extended, modernised version of the self-same CPU architecture, just like PCs are. It can emulate the old environment so you can run the old OS, just like PCs can.
Any current Arm64 device, phone or tablet or laptop or server, is every bit as much an Acorn Archimedes as a modern multicore x86-64 computer is an IBM PC.