32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: GUILE (Acorn Computing MegaDisk 1992)
That brings back memories. It was quite a difficult game if I remember correctly.Statistics: Posted by omx5o — Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:37 pm
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Hex Islands (working title)
When creating a new message, scroll down to the Attachments tab, then simply add your image file. No need for external hosting Statistics: Posted by Cybershark — Thu Apr 18, 2024 10:51 pm
View Articleprogramming • Re: Econet Immediate Operations & BeebEm
Yes. It is. I started some further tests Berben to BeebEm. This was one of those. Poke to BeenEm BbC from a BeenEm Master worked. Reading back the poked values with a peek, didn’t.Ok, again that's...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A5000 Gone for good? :0
What's the full Postbox output please? Just seen it above. Check your RAM links. In another post with similar postbox output it's suggested that the ram isn't being seen at...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Required spec for Electron 8146 DRAM? 150ns?
DRAM manufacturers specially designed the 7 bit 128 cycle, 2ms refresh types to maintain compatibility with existing systems that were designed for 4116 DRAM chips. For example, Z80 systems and other...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Olivetti Prodest 128s
The only difference I found on the motherboard is that the SAA5050 (Mode 7) chip is a smaller chip on a daughter board, but no difference in use.That's different, haven't seen that smaller version...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S22 -...
I've never played this one before either. It's fast and loud and colourful, brilliant stuff! One of the levels reminds me a bit of Positron.My starter score ... 9380Statistics: Posted by chrisn — Fri...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Beeb Tube & Master Internal 2nd CPU Interface
Hi all,Quick question does anyone know of have knowlege of a product that used the following:-1. IRQ Interface of the Tube Port,as no 2nd CPU I can find uses it, they have a jumper just in case to...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Thoughts on a suitable EPROM Eraser
Couldn't resist this. I've always wanted a Lawtronics eraser. Had a 'good' one in the '80s/'90s but don't know what happened to it when I left in '94.Package was delivered fast! On testing the lamps...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Beeb Tube & Master Internal 2nd CPU Interface
Thks I had a WE copro years ago that sort of went missing, so I decided to make a pimped up version, with A0-A6 lines, The IRQ is required direction that is only required it Parrsite to Host I think...
View Articledevelopment tools • Re: py8dis - a programmable static tracing 6502...
Thanks for the feedback.The change you suggested for the duplicate comment() line issue worked well. I didn't realise you could split a function over several lines like you did.And the...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Econet Immediate Operations & BeebEm
Is there any special reason why NFS 3.34 is being used? It works differently to NFS 3.40 and later, as it still has the concept of "privileged" stations with numbers 240 to 254, which can't be...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Football Director
If you use the Hex Dump format, it looks like each team name is padded to 14 9 characters with trailing spaces and then terminated with an &0D CR and the file may have some code from &C00...
View Article32-bit acorn emulators • Re: Hey, you, Reptons!
Oh wow, a new Archie emulator well done!!! Just a suggestion, you might get more responses to questions if you maybe change the title of this post, because the last thing I expected to see when...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A5000 Gone for good? :0
That looks like the power supply is still coming up, It only makes sense to be looking at these signals after the reset signal.Can you monitor the reset signal and kin? You could even measure it afer...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: BOOKING THREAD: ABUG...
What . . . You didn't catch Covid this time? Things are looking-up - Davev H.Wellll... I can't pinpoint it to the ABUG weekend and I haven't tested for Covid, but I had (and still have) a more than...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: How much can an Electron power?
See here.So 1.8A is the maximum current draw at switch-onDave H.Thanks for assuming I’m sufficiently non-clueless to understand a word of that, or its implications! Your faith was not well-founded. My...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: ArcDVI, Archimedes DVI/HDMI output
Any chance of this working on an A5000 or will it have the same clip-on issues?Statistics: Posted by pir — Mon Apr 22, 2024 11:27 pm
View Articlemiscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Ghostbusters
Great to finally read the instructions It's been fabulous to watch this one come together, and the enhanced version is the icing on the cake. Hadn't actually seen the NuLA in action before but this...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A310 SCART cable
Thanks for input. Someone has "loaned" me an "A310 SCART cable" which came with an "A3000" adapter dongle. I'll give it a go when I can find a few minutesStatistics: Posted by a1exh — Tue Apr 23, 2024...
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