I have other projects to keep me occupied. My next RPi project may well be to install RiscOS on an RPi 4 just out of interest. My first serious introduction to computing was using my fathers BBC micro model B in 1982 which was later replaced with an Archimedes A3010 (using a Acorn Risc Machine processor - which later became ARM).
I have fond memories of these machines (as does my father) and so I am wondering how close the modern experience would be.
I would say set up a new thread and we will try and help you through it like Torben.
There will be roadblocks but they can all be gotten over without any issues.
A bit of patience is required and following some directions (sometimes several times).
I have some fond memories of playing Elite and fully rendered 3D on my friends Acorn Archimedes back in the day. It was way more powerful than my Sinclair QL which was itself a very interesting machine.
I never played Elite on the Archimedes - but I (mis-)spent many hours in the microprocessor lab at univerisity playing Elite on the various BBC Micro’s (mostly Master 128’s) that they had available complete with analogue joysticks. I managed to get my Commander Ranking up to ‘Dangerous’ (or was it ‘Deadly’ - the one down from ‘Elite’) and thoroughly enjoyed a good ‘Thargoid hunt’.
I don’t think that this was the intended purpose of the BBC micros but it was always worth cultivating a good relationship with the lab staff
I, and a very few of my friends, also managed to get hold of a CPM copy of Wordstar from the said staff which we could run on the Z80 micros in the lab which meant that I could secrete myself away in the micro processor lab to write project reports on their CPM machines rather than having to compete with 2000 other undergraduates for the ~20 word processor machines available. That saved an awful lot of frustration.
Both the BBC micro’s and the Z80 machines were provided because it was very easy to design and build hardware addon’s for them for project work but they were unofficially avialable for other purposes provided that the user was prepared to yield the machine for ‘legitimate’ work.
I only mentioned Elite on the Archimedes as few people got to sample it and it truly was a glimpse of the future at that time, to see the jump in power that was going to be coming.
Fully textured space ships and all written in Basic if I remember it correctly. That machine had an insane amount of processing prower for the time. Sadly my family was too poor for me to afford one(and even then stealing one felt wrong ), but visiting a friend was free
(I Sense @Carl might want to break this out to a nostalgia thread)
I built the Acorn Atom in '81 or '82, sold it, and bought the model A, which I upgraded to the model B. I wish I kept it, but I had to spend a small fortune on my first IBM PC.
My current ingoing project is a Ryzen 8 based homelab running Ubuntu Server with Pods and KVM for Windows and Ubuntu desktop.
Windows gaming, including streaming to a Steam Deck, work well with hardware passthrough. However, I’ve not had much success with an NVR, and I’m yet to dabble with Home Assistant and a replacement for Alexa.
I too have fond memories of Elite on the BBC platform, it was groundbreaking at the time. I didn’t have a BBC at home but I had some friends with them. Then when I got my first PC, the Amstrad PC1512 with a black & white monitor and only 5.25 floppy disks for storage, I had to get Elite. I have very clear memories of sitting there dreaming of being able to connect with other players in a multiplayer environment, at the time it was just a pipe-dream. Fast forward to modern day, and I watch my 13 year old playing the modern incarnation of Elite, Elite Dangerous, which has evolved and modernized into a massive open environment other players. It is now everything I imagined it could be, and then some.