21 May
2001
21 May
'01
12:47 p.m.
On May 21, 20:45, Mark wrote:
I picked up an Acorn RiscPC 600 base unit the other
day, my first
Archimedes-
type Acorn machine.
Nice find :-) I'm still looking for a Risc PC. I left Acorn about the
time of the A540/R260 and those are the latest Acorn machines I have.
Anyway, I have a few questions. Perhaps someone can
point me to a decent
web
site about the Acorn machines?
The FAQ is still updated and is at
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/acorn/faq/part1/
- I'm assuming the RiscPC 600 uses an
Archimedes-type mouse. This should
not
be a major problem, as a simple pin-to-pin adapter
should allow a
three-
button Amiga mouse to be connected.
- Can I use a PS/2 type PC keyboard, or is a custom Acorn keyboard
needed?
I can't remember for sure when the changes were introduced, but I'm fairly
sure the Risc PC uses a PS/2 keyboard but an Acorn mouse. If so, the
keyboard connector will be 6-pin miniDIN (the older Acorn proprietary
keyboards are also 6-pin miniDIN, though) and the mouse connector will be
9-pin miniDIN.
- Before powering it up, I want to remove the hard
disk and create an
image
file of its contents. The CD-ROM drive needs to be
removed in order to
get
to the hard disk. I can't see how to do that.
Any ideas?
Sorry, I don't know. I assume you mean how to remove the CD-ROM, not how
to get the case open? I vaguely recall someone asking a similar question
ages ago on comp.sys.acorn (or possibly comp.sys.acorn.hardware) so
searching DejaNews (er, groups.google.com these days) might help.
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Network Manager
University of York