Archie A3000 inbound

[rubber_jonnie]

Nice, what FTP client did you use?

!FTPc, version 1.54.

I now have an issue with the Archie, but I guess its due to the Ultra VIDC...

Once the machine booted, screen randomly goes black but most of the time, when booting, it displays 3 or 4 different colours and then doesn't go further.

Have to remove the Ultra VIDC and check.

Sounds like we're in a similar boat with our Archies!!!

[HigashiJun]

Sounds like we're in a similar boat with our Archies!!!

Yeah, it seems contagious...

[rubber_jonnie]

Sounds like we're in a similar boat with our Archies!!!

Yeah, it seems contagious...

[HigashiJun]

Checked my machine today and the culprit is not the UltraVIDC but the RAM expansion.

There must be a bad contact somewhere.

When there's no contact, the screen is weird but the machine beeps then boots to a blank screen.

When there is no problem with the contact, the screen is normal and the Archie beeps then boots to the usual desktop.

Not a big issue at all as I was expecting a more serious trouble...

Anyway, I was planning to remove the old onboard RAM and the RAM expansion in order to fit a new 8MB RAM expansion, but I also wonder if it is not worth trying this:

Acorn Archimedes A3000 Replica PCB

[Badwolf]

Anyway, I was planning to remove the old onboard RAM and the RAM expansion in order to fit a new 8MB RAM expansion, but I also wonder if it is not worth trying this:

Acorn Archimedes A3000 Replica PCB

Wow! How does he offer that for under £70?

That looks amazing value.

My A3000 hasn't been out for over a year, but that's extremely tempting anyway because who know if I got all the corrosion last time?

BW

[HigashiJun]

Wow! How does he offer that for under £70?

That looks amazing value.

My A3000 hasn't been out for over a year, but that's extremely tempting anyway because who know if I got all the corrosion last time?

BW

Really don't know, but some folks on the Stardot forum were really impressed by the quality of this replica board.

Seems that Bob's doing great stuff.

Mine is already ordered.

[alexh]

Yes you can buy them partially populated for that price. It's a lot of work to build it (like the H5 builds) but if you have a dead A3000 due to battery leakage and you are fairly good at soldering then it is no longer terminal. I think the build cost (BOM) is quite high and you need a donor A3000 obviously so the overall price is not cheap.

I posted on StarDot in February when they first came out and HW guru their Ian Jeffray posted pictures of his build

https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=418432

[HigashiJun]

Something nice has just arrived today:

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Now have to find time to populate everything, but it's another story...

[stephen_usher]

That's a lot of soldering!

[alexh]

Yes too much for me.