8-bit acorn hardware • Re: merry christmas and a big thank you to all
pj techhhhStatistics: Posted by Cruxinc — Mon Dec 25, 2023 7:27 pm
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: ZIDEFS - transferring files
Thankyou!!Statistics: Posted by Lamaman1971 — Mon Dec 25, 2023 8:05 pm
View Articleprogramming • Re: VCCC2023: Christmas Challenge
Well, now the deadline for entering is past, am I OK to say that if you wrote the size of the lookup table I ended up using as a decimal number and doubled it, then read it as a hex number, that was...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Chuckie Egg 2023
Just downloaded both .ssd and .adl version of the game to try on my real Master, but on the point "Initializing" is on the screen it stops.And this also happens on b2.Any suggestions? Or did I miss...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S21 -...
OK folks, this round is finished, today I don't have time to update this thread or put up the new game but I will give you the link to download and play it...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: B-Em
I had a little sleep and then decided to take another look at the codeI got the -fullscreen option to work, the only issue im facing is that if the settings -> video -> borders menu option is...
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: BBC Micro Elite... with music! (BBC...
Well, the first step is to get Elite-A working on a Master (as you’re right, it doesn’t work yet), and then to add full flicker-free, music and bug fixes. Adding colour should be possible, but that...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Assembly wierdness with integer vars
You're not stomping on &400-&4FF at all, are you?Statistics: Posted by julie_m — Tue Dec 26, 2023 6:51 pm
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8-bit acorn hardware • An interactive navigation for MMFS(2)...
With a new Beeb build I decided to explore the workings of MMFS, having focused on GOTEK exclusively till now in my other machines. I was immediately drawn to the MMFS2 version as it works more like...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Floppy Disk Transfers DOS - A3010
This in a way is a negative contribution.My Windows 10 PC uses a USB floppy drive. I use HD discs (1.44Mb) and these read perfectly on my A3010, A3020, A4000 and A5000 machines as well as the PC. In...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Pronouncing the system call names
OZ, including "Risk Oz", despite the Acorn canon being clunky "Oh Ess" : https://youtu.be/oreS2h4mZJ8?t=35OS_GBPB is pronounced "Oz grub pub".Statistics: Posted by IanJeffray — Wed Dec 27, 2023 8:45 pm
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: PiBridge 2.1-dev pushed to github
I think the desktop / opening issue is expected behaviour because RISC OS uses an FS Call to get the directory which is hard limited to 10 characters The display issue on a Beeb is because it prints...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Video ULA equivalent schematic?
More google suggests the photographs are of Tube ULA check plots not Video ULA and they can be found elsewhere on stardot. That explains why I wasn't able to find them again!Statistics: Posted by...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Teletext Cheese Wedge Idea
I wonder if the teletext adapter functionality could be added to the Pi1MHz and it be fed a carousel for each of the four channels which it could feed in such that the regular Teletext ROM could...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Econet to AUN bridge on Raspberry Pi - released
If you cd into the PiEconetBridge directory and then do a "git pull" you'll get updates merged into the current tree.Cheers Stephen - and I'm guessing then a 'make install-hp' again .....
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introduce yourself • Re: Hello from Belgium!
Welcome, sounds like a great collection.Hope one of the acorns makes it into the cave Yes, both are. So far, only spare parts and spare computers are on the attic. Only the larger computers like an...
View Article32-bit acorn software: RISC iX • Re: Configuring RISCiX
Simply pressing F3 opens up the terminal setup screen (Ops Guide p39). You can set the arrow keys in there to be non-Acorny, but then they just display control codes when pressed, so I guess something...
View Articlegeneral • JGH's TREECOPY and READ ONLY Directories
Hi folksI'm trying to copy the contents of an ADFS harddrive to my Econet (PiBridge) I'm using TREECOPY as it seems to be about the only recursive copier I can findHowever when it copies the folders,...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: B-Em
Thanks and I'll check it outStatistics: Posted by lovebug — Thu Dec 28, 2023 8:58 pm
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: The palette converter for the Archimedes
(I just happened to read a note about using blue noise to help. See perhaps here and here. Amusing note in the first one about the original use of "dither")Statistics: Posted by BigEd — Thu Dec 28,...
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