If this is confirmed. Does it deserve being part of the "mandatory fixes" for Falcon030?

While you've got it open?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126347797875

Homebrew only of course

exxos wrote: ↑Tue Apr 09, 2024 2:37 pm We couldn't see it in the UK I think

I think Scotland got a Partial eclipse.

I noticed that parts in the store are mis-spelt ASCI instead of ACSI

Welcome. I would read this thread about Mandatory Fixes https://www.exxosforum.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1585 You're going to want a HDD. Exxos sold me a great external ACSI2STM clone which works great. (I don't see it in the shop, maybe sold out?) There is also the SidecarT https://sidecartridge....

I never owned an 8-bit Atari so I don't have any nostalgia about them but I'm curious to see if this is a more powerful SoC than say the Amiga Mini which struggles to run even 16-bit emulation with high accuracy.

rubber_jonnie wrote: ↑Thu Apr 04, 2024 2:36 pm I'd go gently as you suggested since I know on my A5000, even gentle cleaning cause bits to fall off!!

Yes the slightest touch with the soft cotton wool on my A5000 alpha was enough to knock off some "bird seed" SMT capacitors/resistors taking their pads with them.

My first computer was an Acorn Electron in 1982 and while I never owned their successor the Archimedes in the day I always had an affinity for them. You might have read that I managed to bag an Acorn Archimedes A5000 Alpha a few years ago but the battery damage was beyond my capabilities and it has ...

It doesn't give the same performance as 4 obviously. I think it's the same CPU setup as 3 only clocked slower. It should be good enough and help with the space requirements??

An RPi Zero 2W might be a better form factor?