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by westi 460 days ago
Some great memories here.

Somewhere in my parents attic is my RISC PC 600 and 486 Co-Processor card. Not sure if they also have the A3000 we had before that.
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xyzzy3000 460 days ago
If possible, get the batteries removed from the motherboards - the leaks cause immense damage.

Rechargeable AA batteries in a battery holder are a sensible replacement.

If the hard drive has packed in then a SD to IDE/PATA adapter is available.

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simonjgreen 460 days ago
My secondary school was full of these in the computer labs. Great bits of kit :) The dual boot between architectures blew my mind at the time, and frankly is still pretty extraordinary. And unlike most boxes of the time, they even looked good!
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xyzzy3000 457 days ago
School lab RiscPCs tended not to look as good as this one though - the 'Rocketship RiscPC' with integrated pizza oven and kitchen sink: https://web.archive.org/web/20050305122925/http://www.d1.dio... https://web.archive.org/web/20050207161844/http://www.worldo...
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