8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Hong Kong PSU
This is a very old thread so probably not being watched?I discovered one of my machines has the Hong Kong PSU in it when I came to recap and nothing matched.It is second hand but doesn't ever seem to...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Elliot’s coding projects
does anyone happen to know the graphical resolution of mode 17 on an archimedes? the user guide quotes it as being 1056x256 but when using graphics that only fills the bottom left. any help would be...
View Articlecommunications • Re: the Night Owl BBS *issues*
Night Owl is having issues again with a pest caller who I thought I had got rid of. This individual doesn't doany deliberate harm thankfully but deleted a post from my Blog and hogs the BBS preventing...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Spooksville
Excellent!I just checked two of my "black endings", and I throw right both times.I would think throwing right it the usual way people would do it, as you can wait for him to leave the room, drop down,...
View Articlecommunications • Re: the Night Owl BBS
Ah, that would explain why I couldn't get on, yeah. (After I made that post, I went to bed.)Good to know about the extended hours! That's really useful to know - I'll make sure I keep trying. I had...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: Atari 520ST with thermal...
Was this model equipped with the built in floppy drive?I am currently running a 520ST wedge with external floppy and a 520ST+ wedge. The non-plus one has a built in modulator and composite video out...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Can a BBC B 6502 CPU crash?
As a side note I recently fixed an Electron, and the CPU was showing signs of being frozen, but the cause was a bad OS/BASIC ROM that was causing the CPU to 'lock up'.If you can it may be worth...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: b2 - new emulator
If you have any other controllers, do they work?Unplugged the 8bitdo controller and put in the PS5 controller. Result OK:dualsense_ok.pngUnplugged the PS5 controller... and re-attached the 8bitdo...
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other vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: DEC VT-101 Flyback...
Nice Green monochrome monitors were rather more common, but I quite liked the amber monitors. Not heard of, let alone seen a red one though.MarkStatistics: Posted by 1024MAK — Sun Jul 14, 2024 10:57 am
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Another FPGA Atom techy question
If I do a simple *SAVE "TEST" 2000 3000 for example, then I get the RECORD TAPE prompt, but this immediately returns with the > prompt after pressing RETURN. No data is sent to the tape (scope on...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Hong Kong PSU
I meant schematic for thr Hong Kong PSU. I have found versions for the ASTEC type online.John.P.S. As ana aside, I see one of the diagrams I found for the 'standard' psu was yours with component...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • MZ80-K CRT Issue
Hi AllOne of my MZ80K computers has an issue with the screen output, the text characters at the bottom of the screen are squashed, I have tried adjusting the various vertical hold dials but that...
View Article32-bit acorn emulators • Re: Do any Archimedes emulators have debug tools?
It's also worth noting that I have tested Arculator's inbuild debugger and raised a list of additions it really needs to workaround problems caused by IRQ / SWI etc.I was after the Red Squirrel source...
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Econet in all its guises • Re: Econet Level 4
That would be really useful if you have time! Thank you Chris.I seem to be missing pages 57 to 59 presumably not very interesting since its is in part 3 "management tasks". I wouldn't want to be held...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Testers wanted for BBC BASIC (Z80) version...
Recently, Richard has updated this to include builds (and source) for the Acorn Z80 Second Processor specific version, which has access to all the usual BBC Micro capabilities over and above the...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: MZ80-K CRT Issue
heres the service manualsm80k.pdfon page 42 you'll find the schematic for the monitor, I would check the values of the preset itself and any resistors and capacitors connected to itI suspect dried out...
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programming • Re: Elliot’s coding projects: New Game
acorns.jpgI had a quick play on v2 of the game. Maybe we'll eventually see it on the High Score Challenge?You'll probably want to remove the flashing cursor from the display for this. I use...
View Articlescanning of books, magazines, ads and letters • Re: How many sold? German...
A5000 25MHz 4MB 120MB HDD 25-ALB24-1010574 (not mine)a5000.jpgStatistics: Posted by a1exh — Tue Jul 16, 2024 10:18 am
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: In need of Software recommendations
Check the filetype of the file on RISC OS. It should be set to "BASIC" to indicate that it is a tokenised BASIC program. If it has another filetype (e.g. "Text" or "Data") StrongED may try to process...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: JamSoftElectronULA: A no-frills Electron ULA...
Just finished enough of my board to try out the ULA.. and it works a treat. I just need to watch the height of one capacitor to the right of the ULA.20240716_091743 (1).jpgI've not put it through it's...
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