About 15 years ago I used to have an old Acorn 4000 (think that's what it was) Although this as long since gone (Burgled) I still have lots of disks from it. Forward 5 years I was walking round a Car Boot and spotted a A3000 for a good price so I bought it but it didn't come with anything just the computer. I took it home and did what I do with most of the stuff I buy from Car Boots and stuck it in the loft!
Forward to present day, I've been up in the loft this last couple of weeks resurrecting an Amiga 1200 i had up there and came across the A3000 I completely forgot about so I decided to try it. I could only use Mono (composite) to TV and I don't even have a mouse So the only thing I new how to do was switch it on while holding down "Delete" and it worked Trouble is without a mouse there's nothing else I can do (is there a way to move the pointer with keys)
I have now been bitten by the Archimedes bug and would like to get this machine up and running. I'm going to need a RGB scart lead and a mouse but can't find them anywhere, Does anyone know where best to look or even make my own Scart Lead and modify a USB/PS2 mouse (have solding iron / will mod!)
Or maybe a better option would be to buy a more complete setup of either a A3000, A3010 or A3020? (which is best) I would like to eventually end up with an Archimedes with 4mb memory and a Hard Drive (maybe a CF to IDE). It will just be for Nostalgia, tinkering and classic gaming.
Would really appreciate Advise, Info and opinions
Thanks
Forward to present day, I've been up in the loft this last couple of weeks resurrecting an Amiga 1200 i had up there and came across the A3000 I completely forgot about so I decided to try it. I could only use Mono (composite) to TV and I don't even have a mouse So the only thing I new how to do was switch it on while holding down "Delete" and it worked Trouble is without a mouse there's nothing else I can do (is there a way to move the pointer with keys)
I have now been bitten by the Archimedes bug and would like to get this machine up and running. I'm going to need a RGB scart lead and a mouse but can't find them anywhere, Does anyone know where best to look or even make my own Scart Lead and modify a USB/PS2 mouse (have solding iron / will mod!)
Or maybe a better option would be to buy a more complete setup of either a A3000, A3010 or A3020? (which is best) I would like to eventually end up with an Archimedes with 4mb memory and a Hard Drive (maybe a CF to IDE). It will just be for Nostalgia, tinkering and classic gaming.
Would really appreciate Advise, Info and opinions
Thanks
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