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2023-08-16
My Acorn Archimedes A3020

Released: Sept 1992Purchased: Sept 2019 (eBay)Processor: ARM250 32-bit RISC @12MHzOS: RISCOS 3.11 I had memories of having used my uncle's A3010 (same machine, but without on-board IDE and with green Fn keys) way back when. Archies are rather unique British machines, now famous for being the first production computers to use Acorn's ARM processors. Condition […]

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2023-08-14
Setting up an Acorn Archimedes from scratch

Growing up with an Acorn Electron (the cut-down version of the more famous BBC Micro), I've always had a soft-spot for Acorn machines. There's a wonderful community out there for these computers, but it took me a while to put together all the pieces to get my eBay-acquired A3020 up and running. I'm writing this […]

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