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  • Acorn RiscPC: Upgrades Part 1

    Acorn RiscPC: Upgrades Part 1

    Now that the RiscPC is working well, I’m starting to install upgrades to it. The first few have arrived and been installed, so this is the first blog post covering them. Read more

  • Acorn RiscPC: Restoration Part 4

    Acorn RiscPC: Restoration Part 4

    Now that we have things running properly in part 3, I figured I should work on the casing a bit. Especially since the current postal strikes in the UK mean that parts I have ordered are getting heavily delayed. Read more

  • Acorn RiscPC: Restoration Part 3

    Acorn RiscPC: Restoration Part 3

    In my last post I got the RiscPC to a working state, but there was still some work to do so that it can become usable. This has been more work than I anticipated. Read more

  • Acorn RiscPC: Restoration Part 2

    Acorn RiscPC: Restoration Part 2

    In my last post I got as far as finding and clearing up some corrosion. Now for some diagnostics. Read more

  • Acorn RiscPC: Restoration Part 1

    Acorn RiscPC: Restoration Part 1

    After my recent restoration work for the Acorn Archimedes A3010 I thought I should try something in that range that is a little beefier. The RiscPC is one of the last machines in the Archimedes range and has some interesting features such as the capability of installing a 486 CPU co-processor to run DOS and… Read more

  • Acorn Archimedes A3010: Restoration Part 4

    Acorn Archimedes A3010: Restoration Part 4

    This is (hopefully) the final part of the restoration. All the parts have arrived, time to get cracking. Read more