Archimedes

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

Acorn RiscPC: Upgrades Part 4

What is likely the final batch of upgrades has arrived for my RiscPC. This is exciting stuff as I got…

2 years ago

Acorn RiscPC: Upgrades Part 3

This one could potentially fit in the restoration series as this is around a problem I found and how it…

2 years ago

Acorn RiscPC: Upgrades Part 2

A couple more upgrades have turned up, so I gave them a quick try. Not everything went to plan as…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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.…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

Acorn RiscPC: Restoration Part 2

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

2 years ago