Retro

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

Design of the GoFloppy Drive

A couple of months ago I released a product called the GoFloppy Drive. It is the result of a long…

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

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…

2 years ago

Acorn Archimedes A3010: Restoration Part 4

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

2 years ago

Acorn Archimedes A3010: Restoration Part 3

Just when I thought I had all the issues discovered, another one happens. (more…)

2 years ago

Acorn Archimedes A3010: Restoration Part 2

In my previous post I managed to get the Archimedes A3010 to a point where it could boot up. But…

2 years ago

Acorn Archimedes A3010: Restoration Part 1

Back in May of 2021 I managed to acquire a faulty Acorn Archimedes A3010 complete with a mouse, monitor, printer…

2 years ago