On 22/07/2016 10:04, "Pete Turnbull" <p...@dunnington.plus.com> wrote:
> On 22/07/2016 00:33, Adrian Graham wrote: >> On 22/07/2016 00:07, "Liam Proven" <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>>> There were only a few >>>> made. They were used internally during development - hence the podule to >>>> connect it to a Beeb, which provided the I/O early on - and in the later >>>> stages before the Archimedes launch in 1987, several were loaned to >>>> software >>>> developers. >>> >>> This is the machine Dick Pountain reviewed, I think. >> >> Pretty sure I've got 2 of those, the keyboards are made of Dark Matter. I've >> never dared power one up though. > > If you have those, I would strongly recommend you arrange an offsite > backup. Say, about 170 miles north via the A14/A1 :-) I remember why I've never fired them up, this is the label on the one with the Beeb connecting podule: http://binarydinosaurs.co.uk/acorna500label.jpg Of course 'smoke' in these PSUs just means the mains cap has blown but I'm not sure about the fizzing. -- Adrian/Witchy Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer collection?