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  • Acorn Archimedes A3000: Restoration Part 2

    Acorn Archimedes A3000: Restoration Part 2

    In the first post of this series I removed the leaky battery and cleaned up underneath. Now it is time to see if this machine boots and if there are any hardware issues before going further. Read more

  • Acorn Archimedes A3000: Restoration Part 1

    Acorn Archimedes A3000: Restoration Part 1

    After restoring an Acorn Archimedes A3010 and a Risc PC, I really wanted to try my hand at the A3000. This was the last Acorn computer to carry the BBC branding, it was in many schools and as such holds a special place in people’s hearts. The problem with that is they are often very… Read more

  • Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 5

    Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 5

    After the magic smoke incident in the last post I decided to replace the capacitors and go from there. Read more

  • Acorn RiscPC #2: Restoration Part 1

    Acorn RiscPC #2: Restoration Part 1

    Another RiscPC recently hit my saved searches on eBay and given that it had a second slice to it I thought it would be good to maybe use parts of this machine to upgrade my own. There should then be enough left over to build a full second RiscPC which I can sell to acquire… Read more

  • Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 4

    Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 4

    In my previous post I had everything running to a satisfactory level, but I was still running from a bench power supply. Time to sort that out… Read more

  • Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 3

    Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 3

    Last time I got as far as the Euro PC showing tons of BIOS errors on the screen, which is a good first step. This time I try to get a little further… Read more