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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
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
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
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
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
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
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