Splitting the Acorn Atom | Trash to Treasure (pt1)

🛠 Check out PCBWay at https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs! 🛠 Acorn's first foray into the pre-built, wedge micro world was the Atom in 1980. Going head to head with Sinclair's ZX80 it was an interesting debut which balanced cost with features, and gave us a glimpse into the computing magic that the company would go on to conjure up in the years ahead. Today we take a broken old Atom and learn all about it in our quest to turn Trash to Treasure. 🏆 Your support is what keeps our museums and preservation efforts alive. Patrons create a reliable monthly income that help us achieve this. If you'd like to support The Retro Collective and become part of our community of supporters then please visit: https://www.patreon.com/TheRetroCollective ● Visit The Retro Collective Come and visit the channel! Book a visit at https://retrocollective.co.uk ● Subscribe Please take a moment to subscribe to the channel http://www.youtube.com/@TheRetroCollective?sub_confirmation=1 ● Episode Links https://pcbway.com for all your PCB needs! 🛠 ● Chapters 00:00 The British Micro Industry in 1980 04:52 Enter the Acorn Atom 06:03 PCBway.com are ATOMIC 06:31 Atom continued 07:19 Splitting open the Atom 14:57 The Atom's reception ● Join our chat community Discord: https://discord.gg/theretrocollective ● Shop for our museum and electronics products The Cave: https://caveshop.co.uk Heber: https://shop.heber.co.uk ● Subscribe to our This Week in Retro podcast Video: https://youtube.com/thisweekinretro Audio: https://anchor.fm/thisweekinretro ● Music Thanks to Wallsy1703 for the music used in this episode. Other music is licensed from Epidemic Sounds, sign up at https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/o2y1uw 🧠Take care of your Mental Health, visit https://www.mind.org.uk for information and support.🏆