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Can you put up a list of replacements for this and the a3020? It'll save reinventing the wheel?

Have you a different power supply to me? The one I have is this: IMG_0665.jpg No X caps and no PFC caps! I've got an almost complete list that I'll post in the morning. Most caps are up-close-and-personal so I've had to take care in choosing! Dave H :D Mine says "Issue 4" on the label. I'm going to...

sP1d3r wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 10, 2020 9:56 am

They all disintegrated when I removed them.

Leaky?

sP1d3r wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 10, 2020 8:43 am

I've refurbished an A3020, mostly thru' hole with a few SMD.

Were any of the SMDs on their way out?

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Are there parts list's for all the Arch's out there for the normal Electrolytics' and SMC's?, and do we need to start re-capping these machines now for their future survival?. There are a few machines that genuinely need their motherboards recapping - the leaky amiga A600s/A1200s, and ZX Spectrums ...

You need to have a word with SimonI who's mounted a gotek in his old arc!

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You'd have to make a new cable and power extender. I think drive 1 is tracked out on the 3010? Yes, it is possible to swap drives around in software (steve3000 put some code together to do it). More seriously though, why an 3010? You should consider everything from A3x0/4x0/2x0/5x0 through A30x0, A4...

Gotek is easiest. You could use a parallel zip drive too. It will also read PC format disks, but you need to ensure that the files are ZIPed on a RISC OS system as there is additional filetype information that will be lost if it's just done on a PC. Beyond that you can use ethernet if you can get ho...

anightin wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:21 pm

BTW, does anyone know if there are RiscPC electrolytic cap kits available for the Motherboard variants? Most of my machines are recapped now except the RISC PCs

No, but doing a list of replacements is somewhere on my list of to-dos. Have you ever done the A3020?

drfloyd wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 09, 2020 12:07 pm

CJE, yes... they reply me that they have a A3010 for £500 ! My god.

Unfortunately the days of the £35 A3010 are long gone

Kazzie wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 09, 2020 10:11 am

CJE lists 70W, 103W, and 150W models for sale.

That 150W is a bodge-job.

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The standard was a lower wattage - P/N 0196,110/T - 70W, and the 103W was P/N 0197,010/T

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Dave, quite possibly if you're getting the parts for the 103watt one?

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thecellartroll wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 09, 2020 8:02 am

A3010 lacks on-board IDE, but it does have joystick sockets. If it were a choice between A3010 and A3020 I'd take whichever had less green gunge dripping out.

This.

Also worth noting that 4MB upgrades for the A3010 are often more expensive than for the A3020.

Best bet is probably to get a multios from retroclinic unless you have a desire to use the original without y2k fix etc? That'll do as mentioned above, letting you switch between different OS versions.

It would genuinely just say "look at the wiki" - there seems little point in repeating the information here? If someone wishes to write something I'll happily pin it though.

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There is someone selling whole shebang on ebay: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/313130818883 , but no one's selling the parts AFAIK. You'll just have to find the bits and make. All are available from RS/Farnell/eBay?

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You generally end up with "new look" that gives you 3d window title bars.

I've used these in mine, work perfectly (I have a gotek as the second drive). I'll try and print a set today - no cost! Although I fear postage might be a bit steep?

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I think you'll find people here would prefer to have the challenge of completing the game rather than worry about reading the code

Welcome Bill!
Change the X2 capacitors in the PSU not because it's not working, but because they'll just randomly explode and stink the place out. I can't recommend doing this enough if it hasn't been done already.

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IanS wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 06, 2020 3:03 pm

That listing pre-dates this dicussion. I mentioned it on the 1st June.

Indeed you did - just goes to show how much attention I pay (or more, how poor my memory is!). I, of course, didn't re-read the top of the thread before posting.

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Evidently this discussion has been monetised... Not convinced by the soldering job, mind...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/303577253501

Depends how the contributions come in I guess, it doesn't happen that often. Depends on whether you want to strongly encourage people to share their code too?

Mode should be RGBS for these, and according to page 17 of the manual pdf: https://media.extron.com/public/downloa ... 052009.pdf

It's the "H" BNC connector for composite sync. If still not working start playing around with sync polarity etc.

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Well, different stickers is as good a reason as any to split the lots and make more ££s

Looks to be the same physical model as the A5000 keyboard too...

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If it's not in a socket it definitely needs to be desoldered and a socket needs to be fitted

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Chris, unfortunately I didn't get to see your talk but just skimmed the slides and watched the demo video - that is brilliant

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Rapid told me to get knotted a year ago, CPC were fine
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I have one of these in my 480Z:
http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/9511/index.html