Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: What to do with an Acorn?

  1. #1
    Far Superior To Meths EvilWeevil's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    London
    Posts
    936
    Thanks
    14
    Thanked
    8 times in 6 posts
    • EvilWeevil's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus P5W-DH Deluxe
      • CPU:
      • Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
      • Memory:
      • 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair XMS-2 PC2-6400
      • Storage:
      • 320GB Caviar, 320GB DiamondMax 10, 400GB Spinpoint, 1TB MyBook External
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Asus EAX1900XT
      • PSU:
      • OCZ GameXStream 700W
      • Case:
      • Lian-Li PC-G70B
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell 2407WFP
      • Internet:
      • Homechoice/Tiscali 8 down/1 up

    What to do with an Acorn?

    Matt1eD and I recently acquired two Acorn A7000+'s, stripped down to a network thin client. (RISC OS 3.7) Original plan was to stick in an HDD and CD Drive, to install ARM Debian on it. However our attempts have been foiled by a) denied access to boot config in the console (said it was protected), and b) HDD not recognised at all.

    Anyway, has anyone got any ideas as to how to either:

    Make progress with our project or

    Do something else worthwhile with it.

    My DeviantArt | tomhendriks.co.uk | Need something (reasonable) hosted? PM me!

  2. #2
    not posting kempez's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Location
    Basingstoke
    Posts
    3,204
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    0 times in 0 posts
    Two ITX otherboards with Via CPu's.

    Spray them nice and they'd make great HTPC's
    Check my project <<| Black3D |>>
    Quote Originally Posted by hexah
    Games are developed by teams of talented people and sometimes electronic arts

  3. #3
    Banhammer in peace PeterB kalniel's Avatar
    Join Date
    Aug 2005
    Posts
    31,025
    Thanks
    1,871
    Thanked
    3,383 times in 2,720 posts
    • kalniel's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra
      • CPU:
      • Intel i9 9900k
      • Memory:
      • 32GB DDR4 3200 CL16
      • Storage:
      • 1TB Samsung 970Evo+ NVMe
      • Graphics card(s):
      • nVidia GTX 1060 6GB
      • PSU:
      • Seasonic 600W
      • Case:
      • Cooler Master HAF 912
      • Operating System:
      • Win 10 Pro x64
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell S2721DGF
      • Internet:
      • rubbish
    Plant it and wait for the oak tree

  4. #4
    Far Superior To Meths EvilWeevil's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2005
    Location
    London
    Posts
    936
    Thanks
    14
    Thanked
    8 times in 6 posts
    • EvilWeevil's system
      • Motherboard:
      • Asus P5W-DH Deluxe
      • CPU:
      • Intel Core 2 Duo E6600
      • Memory:
      • 2GB (2x1GB) Corsair XMS-2 PC2-6400
      • Storage:
      • 320GB Caviar, 320GB DiamondMax 10, 400GB Spinpoint, 1TB MyBook External
      • Graphics card(s):
      • Asus EAX1900XT
      • PSU:
      • OCZ GameXStream 700W
      • Case:
      • Lian-Li PC-G70B
      • Monitor(s):
      • Dell 2407WFP
      • Internet:
      • Homechoice/Tiscali 8 down/1 up
    Quote Originally Posted by kalniel
    Plant it and wait for the oak tree
    Lmfao. Tbh probably more productive than anything we could do with them...

    *Goes to find "IDE-Spade" for computer burying*

    My DeviantArt | tomhendriks.co.uk | Need something (reasonable) hosted? PM me!

  5. #5
    Senior Member
    Join Date
    Jan 2005
    Posts
    712
    Thanks
    0
    Thanked
    1 time in 1 post
    Blimey.. Acorns. I've still got 3 RISC PC 600's kicking around at home somewhere. One of them complete with the original DX2-66 co-processor.. Mmmm... Nostalgia.

    However, I can't think of anything more interesting for you to do with your A7000 - sorry...

    S.

Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •