Acorn Archimedes A420/1: I’m starting to love this machine

It’s been a while since I fired up my Acorn Archimedes 420/1. The thing has a fault that makes it really annoying to use, so in this video I’m going to try to fix the issues and really pump this machine out.

The Archimedes playlist:

Part 1 First try: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvv06jKcMtE
Part 2 Archimedes 120v conversion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5xuJwQhANQ
Part 3 Logitech to Acorn mouse conversion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgzbDmQwgvI
Part 4 Gaming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_8RgfIjFzk
Part 5: This part!

— Links

Aleph1 PC Expansion:
https://chrisacorns.computinghistory.org.uk/docs/Aleph1/Aleph1_PCExpCardUGIss5.pdf
https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/49436/Aleph-One-486-PC-Expansion-Card/

Risc OS 3.1 files:
https://www.riscos.com/ftp_space/310/index.htm

!FTPc:
https://ftpc.iconbar.com/

Podule brackets: (thanks to IanS for pointing me to the post)
https://github.com/simoninns/Acorn-Archimedes-Podule-Brackets
https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=255781#p255781

Adrian’s Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbtwi4wK1YXd9AyV_4UcE6g

3D printable brackets for the podules: (Thank you IanS)
https://stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?p=255781#p255781

Support the channel on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/adriansdigitalbasement

My GitHub repository:
https://github.com/misterblack1?tab=repositories

— Instructional videos

My video on chip removal without damage:

— Music

Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino

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