Retro

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

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. (more…)

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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,…

2 years ago

This PC keyboard hides an interesting secret…

I found this keyboard on eBay recently, although it wasn't quite the one I was looking for I still think…

3 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…

3 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…

3 years ago