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  • 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

  • Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 2

    Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 2

    In my previous post the machine was disassembled and the battery removed. Since then I’ve been coming back to this machine on and off over the last week. In this post we dig a bit further to see if we can get the machine running. Read more

  • Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 1

    Schneider Euro PC: Restoration Part 1

    At the end of my keyboard PC blog post I mentioned that I really wanted a Schneider Euro PC. Finally, a couple of weeks ago, a Euro PC in a sorry state popped up on eBay at a reasonable price. So, I went ahead and bought it. Knowing it was a bit of gamble whether… Read more