I was shocked at what was keeping this Acorn Electron from working
It’s time for an exotic (for me) repair of a very interesting 8-bit computer from the makers of the BBC Micro. This Acorn Electric is dead and let’s see if we can bring it back to life!
0:00 Intro
0:52 Unboxing
4:33 Background and details on the Acorn Electron
12:24 New modern power supply
18:25 Troubleshooting and repair
46:27 Converting the Electron to NTSC
-- Links
ATX4VC PSU:
Acorn Electron:
BBC Micro:
BBC Literacy Project Archive:
4corn Acord schemtics and service manuals:
PlayUEF: (for loading projects over tape)
Adrian’s Digital Basement Merch store:
Adrian’s Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel)
Support the channel on Patreon:
-- Tools
Deoxit D5:
O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards)
Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe:
Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron:
Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope:
Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier:
TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro)
TS100 Soldering Iron:
EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter:
DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer:
Magnetic Screw Holder:
Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine)
RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI)
Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five)
Heat Sinks:
Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too)
--- Links
My GitHub repository:
Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group
--- Instructional videos
My video on damage-free chip removal:
--- Music
Intro music and other tracks by:
Nathan Divino
@itsnathandivino
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