archive requests • Re: Archimedes/RISC PC-era Look and Read games
For anybody who has not seen the "Is Through the Dragon's Eye - Storyboard available?" thread (and my message there) yet, thirteen copies of that title (which was developed by RESOURCE for BBC...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S25 -...
I've been plugging away at this game every day as I quite like it, but I've not come close to breaking my score and nowhere at all close to the score I got the last time we played this.It's no...
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Lady Bug
Looks like you have added A.I. Ha it does Every time I look at this game, it looks more beautiful Thanks Tricky Statistics: Posted by lovebug — Sun Jun 08, 2025 12:16 am
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Using BASIC keywords & tokens in BASIC...
There isn't one, but you'd always have the possibility of ending up in a situation anyway, if there's no BASIC ROM in the machine, or if your ROM is a language ROM and it's running in the 6502 2nd...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Please help me make this A310 live again
Not Sure where to take this next. it sounds like I really need to validate the main chips. This will probably go on hold until I can find a spare board or someone with a similar board that's willing...
View Articlemiscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Acornsoft Maze v2 (BBC Master...
I shall give this a try. Thanks for putting this out. It's given the original game a whole new lease of life, I can't wait to see the campaign mode.Statistics: Posted by sa_scott — Sun Jun 08, 2025...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • ABUG Dev night #95, Thursday...
On Thursday there will be an ABUG Dev night at 7.30pm (BST) on zoom.This involves a group of us getting together virtually to demo and discuss our current Acorn-related projects - software and...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Dev night #95,...
(Sorry, I don't think I can get to this one. Have a good session!)Statistics: Posted by BigEd — Sun Jun 08, 2025 6:32 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Model C20K - a new "Beeb"
Just a thought, as this is a WIP, could you use the upper, unused nybble of ROMSEL to do some fancy paging? In theory you could maintain a table of persistent "ROMs" and then switch out the remainder...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: Opus DDOS: Interesting seek behaviour
I think this is the cause of the Challenger ROM issuing an occasional Bad Track Format error on b2. It initiates a seek with data register=255, and cancels it pretty much straight away (within a few...
View Article32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Saloon Cars Deluxe Extra Courses...
Jon, I am afraid I can't offer any help... but I would love to. I have been hunting for Saloon Cars Deluxe! Thank you very much for all that you are doing in preserving this awesome game. I was...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Help! My Model B died in its sleep!
the CARD? error is because its looking for the SD card interface module on the user port, assume you don't have it plugged in.Is it in fact a BBC model B, 32 Kb ram and fully populated?Thanks Vanekp,...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Beeb in a suitcase
Did anyone have one BITD?Statistics: Posted by acornist — Mon Jun 09, 2025 9:04 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Beeb in a suitcase
No, but I am intrigued that it was an Antler product. I bought some luggage at their factory/mill shop many years ago, and the building still stands by the side of the M66, although the Antler signage...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S25 -...
Errr, yeah...And which level set are we even meant to be playing on??? Statistics: Posted by Cybershark — Mon Jun 09, 2025 10:30 pm
View Articleother events + general event chat • Re: TNMOC ECONET LAN PARTY JUNE 7 & 8...
Hi all,Thanks to everyone that helped put on the event, it was a great weekend!Statistics: Posted by marrold — Mon Jun 09, 2025 11:43 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • NMIs and Exile Loader
Hi,I recently created a patched version of Exile to run over Econet, which has been working fine until a few days ago, when I ran into an issue where the loader does not always detect SWR banks. In...
View Articlegeneral • Re: looking for MUSE BBC BASIC learner booklet
User gavinlew has it in their collection: BASIC on the BBC Micro - but no full scanStatistics: Posted by scruss — Tue Jun 10, 2025 2:07 am
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Latest version of Atomulator for Linux
The one issue which remains is that there are no menues. I would appreciate any advice as to how to fix this.Does pressing F11 work?Statistics: Posted by hoglet — Tue Jun 10, 2025 11:17 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Please Help me identify these bits and pieces
Thanks Mark its driving me mad not knowing what that chip is for?IStatistics: Posted by Sir_Frank_Spencer — Tue Jun 10, 2025 11:25 pm
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