I too was thinking that a few spuds wouldn't supply the current necessary, especially with the inefficiency of the DC-DC convertor. What really gave it away though: the motherboard power connectors are reversed! It's black wires in the middle, guys.
Ah! This brings back memories.... none too pleasant ones. The days when GUIs were written in BASIC will not be missed. Of course if you're hankering for that Archimedes feeling there's a pretty decent emulator up at this guy's page. Most games and demos run, but sadly there's no sound yet.
... before we can play discs recorded in this on standard DVD players? Reading the article it looks like the machine uses DVD-RW discs... so it's going to be more than a firmware upgrade to read it on older players.
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I too was thinking that a few spuds wouldn't supply the current necessary, especially with the inefficiency of the DC-DC convertor.
What really gave it away though: the motherboard power connectors are reversed! It's black wires in the middle, guys.
> Still, long live Arthur!
Ah! This brings back memories.... none too pleasant ones. The days when GUIs were written in BASIC will not be missed.
Of course if you're hankering for that Archimedes feeling there's a pretty decent emulator up at this guy's page.
Most games and demos run, but sadly there's no sound yet.
... before we can play discs recorded in this on standard DVD players?
Reading the article it looks like the machine uses DVD-RW discs... so it's going to be more than a firmware upgrade to read it on older players.