I was shocked at what was keeping this Acorn Electron from working

It's time for an exotic (for me) repair of a very interesting 8-bit computer from the makers of the BBC Micro. This Acorn Electric is dead and let's see if we can bring it back to life! 0:00 Intro 0:52 Unboxing 4:33 Background and details on the Acorn Electron 12:24 New modern power supply 18:25 Troubleshooting and repair 46:27 Converting the Electron to NTSC -- Links ATX4VC PSU: Acorn Electron: BBC Micro: BBC Literacy Project Archive: 4corn Acord schemtics and service manuals: PlayUEF: (for loading projects over tape) Adrian's Digital Basement Merch store: Adrian's Digital Basement ][ (Second Channel) Support the channel on Patreon: -- Tools Deoxit D5: O-Ring Pick Set: (I use these to lift chips off boards) Elenco Electronics LP-560 Logic Probe: Hakko FR301 Desoldering Iron: Rigol DS1054Z Four Channel Oscilloscope: Head Worn Magnifying Goggles / Dual Lens Flip-In Head Magnifier: TL866II Plus Chip Tester and EPROM programmer: (The MiniPro) TS100 Soldering Iron: EEVBlog 121GW Multimeter: DSLogic Basic Logic Analyzer: Magnetic Screw Holder: Universal ZIP sockets: (clones, used on my ZIF-64 test machine) RetroTink 2X Upconverter: (to hook up something like a C64 to HDMI) Plato (Clone) Side Cutters: (order five) Heat Sinks: Little squeezy bottles: (available elsewhere too) --- Links My GitHub repository: Commodore Computer Club / Vancouver, WA – Portland, OR – PDX Commodore Users Group --- Instructional videos My video on damage-free chip removal: --- Music Intro music and other tracks by: Nathan Divino @itsnathandivino