32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: New: fully documented source code...
If anyone has any suggestions on getting this working properly on a Pi, that would be great. It's not a platform I don't know much about...It runs correctly on a Pi with just a little configuration......
View Article32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: !Lander's weird control scheme...
Also would be fun to see it with a lot more tiles now RISC emulators are so much faster.Check out this post and the surrounding thread, which is about exactly that topic - !BigLander with 64x64 tiles...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: DEC VT-101 Flyback...
I had to pause this work until the middle of March.It may be the case that the snubber diode in your flyback is bad too.Depending on the failure mode, it may have taken down the drivers on thevideo...
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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland #4 - Thu...
Yeah, great evening. Thanks @Tosk for organising, and for the piece of cake, which I nabbed at the end .I also had a rather frustrating evening - trying to get reliable Econet comms between any of my...
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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: file won't run in ADFS
*CONFIGURE NOSCROLL stops the program moving up one line on a BBC Master. Good call Tom. However, my A5000 has *CONFIGURE SCROLL set yet does not scroll. Now one is really confused. Statistics: Posted...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Incompatibility between MMFS 1.45 and Speech! 1.03
If this works, then we just need a way to peek the memory from basic to check for the presence of the Speech! ROM, then use that above command to disable it. Anyone wanna try editing !boot of the...
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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Pics of the event
Good to see a range of activities and projects in action!Ken wrestling with Econet comms. Note the numerous Raspberry PI boards scattered across the desk (more back at his home) = why the world...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Electron ULA socket repair info please
Hello, new here. I recently puchased an Electron to relive my first days of computing as a child. This is an issue 4 board that had I found had an intermittent booting problem that became permanent....
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A4 econet - opensource project
the mini DIN socket I'm using appears to be marginally on the tall side, so when you come to push the cover into position the top of the mini DIN5 socket makes contact with part of the main case,...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Citadel Item Randomiser 0.4 (updated)
Thanks, I'll bear these issues in mind if I ever get round to doing another release.First of all, thanks very very much for the randomiser (and the source code too)! Citadel is one of my favourite...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Acorn machines in the movies / TV
If anyone's interested, I'm developing a list of all the times that the BBC Micro was used to provide graphics for Doctor Who, along with some notes on when it looks like the Beeb might have been used...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Electron ULA socket repair info please
They’re not so hard to find, just not particularly cheap nowadays. First eBay result for 68pin LCC socket:https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134792191427 ~£15Do shop around though, I’ve never used that seller...
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Ghostbusters (Activision)
They are 4 bit samples at about 7Khz. All three channels being used for the same volume. "Ghostbusters" and "He slimed me" add up to about three seconds duration. These are conversions of recordings...
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development tools • Re: BeebEm Custom Keyboard Mapping
This is the problem I'm trying to solve, typing tilde, '~'So, Caret '^' and Tilde are on the same key.And on a regular keyboard Caret is Shift-6 and on mine Tilde is Shift-#I've mapped PC-Shift to...
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off-topic • Re: Anyone in France?
Thanks to Rob, my hand controller works again Many thanks to Rob and all who replied. This really is a great community.Statistics: Posted by RobC — Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:08 am
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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: SAVE THE DATE! ABUG...
Room is booked at The Ely Hotel, let's goooo!!! Statistics: Posted by 0xC0DE — Sat Mar 02, 2024 11:20 am
View Articlegeneral • Re: AGON LIGHT- 'access denied' when saving BBC file
It will be nothing to do with BASIC - all BASIC does is make a call to the host's file load code. .....To confirm the initial reported problem, confirm it exactly. Check what this does, if the issue...
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S22 -...
New high score.Statistics: Posted by MatthewThompson — Sat Mar 02, 2024 12:34 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Model B voltage sag and low impedance
Have you checked that the -5V is connected and has -5V on it? I fixed up a Beeb recently that had everything on the -5V rail destroyed. I'm not sure how that happened, I know it is not regulated and...
View Articleintroduce yourself • Re: Hello from Birmingham
@vela025:No, only one of the keyboards was attached. I initially thought the veroboard gubbins may have been some sort of remote keyboard circuitry, but I would have thought that would connect to the...
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