Acorn

Acorn Archimedes A5000: Restoration Part 2

In my previous post I managed to get the A5000 to reliably boot. But due to battery damage it cannot…

1 year ago

Acorn Archimedes A5000: Restoration Part 1

I recently acquired a new Archimedes for my collection, the A5000. It was bought mostly working, but needs a little…

1 year ago

Retro addons: Big box o’ SCSI part 3

Previously I tested and failed to get the SyQuest drive working. Now, I have got a lot further... (more…)

1 year ago

Retro addons: Big box o’ SCSI part 2

In my previous post I mainly focused on the Cumana proTeus drive. Today I'm going to turn my attention to…

1 year ago

Acorn RiscPC #2: Restoration Part 2

With the battery gone, it is time to test the PSU, boards and drives for this RiscPC. Got fingers and…

1 year ago

Acorn Archimedes: Running PC Software

It is the early to mid 90s and you just forked out for an Acorn Archimedes or RiscPC machine, which…

1 year ago

Acorn Archimedes A3000: Restoration Part 4

After a lot of work I did in parallel for my previous post, almost everything is done. Now we need…

2 years ago

Acorn Archimedes A3000: Restoration Part 3

I last left this machine in a state where it boots RISC OS 3.11 when using a bench power supply,…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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.…

2 years ago