Acorn Atom
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Sat Jan 05, 2013 4:23 pmby matsondawson
http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/vint ... 758588.htmI bid $300 on it last time, now I'm not interested for some reason.
I found on ebay at the time I could get a better quality boxed for about the same.
Re: Acorn Atom
Posted:
Sat Jan 05, 2013 8:45 pmby YetiSeti
I was (wishfully) keen but am not up for another few hundred dollar auction for at least another few months. I also find it hard to get enthusiased by auctions with prices above international market prices even when factoring in sky high shipping prices. I think I saw the same auction back then as well.
Watching this ("Micro Men")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIcAyFVK0gE may help revive an interest in getting an Atom.
Re: Acorn Atom
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Sun Jan 06, 2013 9:43 amby kevman3d
I see that there's also an Acorn CRT there in case you wanted an official screen to go with the computer - still sitting at $1 reserve, but its pickup only in Chch.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/computers/vintage/auction-549485864.htm
Re: Acorn Atom
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Sun Jan 13, 2013 11:09 amby falco
Just a word of warning - pretty sure that Acorn monitor is a standard VGA, I think multi-scan, probably would do from standard VGA up to 1024x768. Wouldn't be happy on an Atom without some kind of composite to VGA bridge. I suspect Matson knows already, but just dumping my two cents in.
Re: Acorn Atom
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Sun Jan 13, 2013 5:23 pmby Carcenomy
falco wrote:Just a word of warning - pretty sure that Acorn monitor is a standard VGA, I think multi-scan, probably would do from standard VGA up to 1024x768. Wouldn't be happy on an Atom without some kind of composite to VGA bridge. I suspect Matson knows already, but just dumping my two cents in.
Correcto, looks like it's Archimedes/RiscPC era - not quite the droids for an Atom.