Acorn RiscPC 600 (OT - only 5 years old)

From: Pete Joules <peter_at_joules.enterprise-plc.com>
Date: Tue May 11 16:04:16 1999

Sorry for the post about a machine too young for the list but it is the
first of its kind in my collection. The chips seem to be from 1994 and the
RiscOS (v3) splash screen also says 1994.

This machine came to me as a box only having been an insurance write off
because it jumped downstairs but there only seemms to superficial damage.
It boots OK but the mouse which appears to be necessary in order to use the
OS is missing and appears to have a proprietary connector. Can anyone tell
me either if the mice are available? Alternatively is it possible either to
persuade it to work with a serial mouse or to wire in a PS/2 socket in
place of the original one so that I can use a PS/2 mouse?

it seems to have 4M of RAM as 1 72 pin SIMM and 1 other memory board which
looks like a miniature DIMM. It also has a HDD with 59 Mb used and 159Mb
free so it must be about 220Mb altogether, this make windows look a bit
bloated as there appear to be some apps there as well - it also seems to
boot very fast compared with modern machines.

Does anyone know what processor it has and how fast it is?

Thanks
Pete
Received on Tue May 11 1999 - 16:04:16 BST