software & utilities for the pc, mac or unix • Disc Image Manager 2
Thought I'd start this thread to document the developments of the new version of Disc Image Manager, imaginatively entitled Disc Image Manager 2. There is a GitHub respositary for it, although not...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC B ROMs and PSU problems
Is a battery replacement available for the WE ROM board?Can I use the 32k RAM (WE?) chip straight onto the mbrd?I don't think you have any RAM on the ROM board for the battery to power, it's...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Bugs in MAME System3/5 emulation
I got the System 5 emulator with an extra VDU40x25 board working now.The timer works but the keys do have the same problem as mentioned above...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Another unwell Risc PC
I guess you were mistaken about lacking refclk to VIDC?I think that was because I have a different board from the schematics, and the refclk signal comes from a different gate in the same...
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programming • Re: Enhancement to MMB_Utils ?
Three weeks with your mother - It's a long time since I did that I went for case-sensitive because files extracted to the target OS (Mac, in my case) are case-sensitive i.e. as the target would tread...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: "Arcflash" A3000/A3xx/A4xx/A5xx/A5000...
Oh dear... my poor neglected project :/....I see the world has changed somewhat since I last looked at electronics, and now JLCPCB can place things like Arcflash's flash chip and the 10M08 FPGA I used...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: New Electron Pro
This is great work..and looks stunning.I'm currently trying to squeeze the MRB onto my board which still uses 74 series chips so takes up a lot more space.Looking forward to seeing an all new...
View Articlescanning of books, magazines, ads and letters • Re: Computer Shopper 1991...
There is one system, called Pipedream, which made a brave attempt to do something new with the Archimedes, but it was too advanced in concept and retarded in presentation to make an impact.Sometimes I...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: MASTER 128 Startup issues : UPDATE STILL ISSUES
It was a new chip yes, but the old one exhibited the same issue.Statistics: Posted by Gelpack — Tue Jan 07, 2025 6:09 pm
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Online #96 with...
Could I have the link please this the first time on the Linux laptopStatistics: Posted by TimoHartong — Tue Jan 07, 2025 6:24 pm
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archive submissions • Re: 30th Anniversary BBC and Electron Collection
Hi all,Just re-posted Disc167 in Section 28 as I have now added the last build (25.005.1445) of Lady Bug.Mick. Statistics: Posted by daveejhitchins — Tue Jan 07, 2025 7:02 pm
View Articlecommunications • Re: the Night Owl BBS **Host UP**
Four callers all at the same time last night when there's been no trafficfor weeks. Only one caller got in before the rest gave up.Nevermind , Night Owl is up for tonight so if youbombed out last...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Decca Colour Viewdata monitor
Hi,That green liquid inside the monitor does look nasty. I had an issue with the CRT in a Pericom terminal where some brown/black liquid came out from what I think was the coating used to attach a...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: Rubber-keyed wonder
It's also confirmed elsewhere that the emulator's author is Chris Smith, the author of The ZX Spectrum ULA: How to Design a Microcomputer and therefore probably the single most trustworthy person to...
View Articledevelopment tools • Re: py8dis - a programmable static tracing 6502...
I have created a pull request with a fix. It was not quite as trivial as I thought, but I think it should work now.Sorry, I got a bit side tracked with other work. That seems to be working nicely now....
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: NOW FULL! Booking...
Could I be added to the reserve list, for Saturday as I can't make the reset of it.Statistics: Posted by crowly — Wed Jan 08, 2025 6:51 pm
View Articleoff-topic • Re: Music 10000
This is the latest.You can now create beats using the 'Random' button and also make fills using the 'Fill' button - and you can select genres. Bit like a Casio synth.Save and Load works.I've sampled...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: VC2069
Can't make out any BBC unused gates in the schematic, so might have to add an IC to invert the signal.Statistics: Posted by JonnoW — Wed Jan 08, 2025 7:18 pm
View Article32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Untouched high score file request...
Spobbleoid / Spobbleoid FantasyOn disc 2, replace Disc2.Spobble.Data.HighScores with the attachedStatistics: Posted by sirbod — Thu Jan 09, 2025 4:19 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
Well, still not loving the controls but it definitely plays differently in spite of how it looks.....MrWiz-3.pngStatistics: Posted by KarateEd — Thu Jan 09, 2025 5:13 pm
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