Acorn Archimedes and RISC PC

Good morning one & all.

I have an original RISC PC, and an Acorn Archimedes, as well as BBC Models B & BBC Master(s?) lying around. I also have a 2nd Processor card (Maybe Torch Z80 I think) quite [possibly with the software & manuals somewhere, too). I had the Acorn C/C++ compiler too – quite possibly still have, as I was an Acorn Registered developer for years. I wondered whether there is any interest in these items, or whether they are worth anything?
I have no idea whether they will work now – they haven’t beenturned on for at least 15 years, but they all worked perfectly at the time they were turned off.

They are all in storage, but I think that they may be in their original packaging.

One other thing, if I may: I purchased a Raspberry Pi 3B compatible SD Card with Risc OS onboard. But it is not compatible with the Raspberry Pi 4. Is there a Pi 4 upgrade available for this ?

Many thanks & best wishes,

Kenneth Spencer

The first thing I would do is open them up and make sure that the batteries haven’t leaked all over them.

Old Acorn / RISC OS equipment can still fetch a tidy sum on ebay.

You can update your SD card with an image from the downloads section of this very site.

Depending on price, I’d possibly be interested in a Master.

https://heyrick.eu/blog/ – email address is shown at the top of the page…

I purchased a Raspberry Pi 3B compatible SD Card with Risc OS onboard. But it is not compatible with the Raspberry Pi 4. Is there a Pi 4 upgrade available for this ?

If you have a PC (or Mac) and an SD card reader, you can do it yourself. Full instructions are on this page.

Failing that, ROOL sell SD cards with RISC OS 5.28 preinstalled.

You could offer the 8 bit kit (and even the 32 bit stuff) over on Stardot: https://stardot.org.uk/forums/index.php