other vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: Apple 2 euro plus
ah yes, Booti went from closed source to completely unobtainable after the developer went in a huff with someone on Facebook. It was a decent cheap card if you didn't expect too much of it - or why...
View Articleoff-topic • Roobarb
Via twitter ( https://x.com/UKPRES1/status/1848394378126962816 ) 21st October 1974 17:45 was the initial broadcast of Roobarb.And I bet you all have the theme tune stuck in your head now!Statistics:...
View Articleoff-topic • Re: Roobarb
A friend of mine texted me the same thing at around 0930 yesterday - as a result of that, I was humming the theme all day. I've just seen your post, and it's back in my head, and will no doubt be...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Joystick Test Program
It's a very odd program in a lot of ways. Pressing SPACE also restores the sound, but the instructions don't say that, and anyway the test for SPACE is skipped if the sound has been turned off, so...
View Articletrickysoft (new bbc micro games) • Re: New version of Astro Blaster (was: I'm...
Thanks Tricky. I've just given this a quick test, but it's gone and overwritten the SWMMFS ROM image on my ROM / RAM board that was being used to load the game. The SWMMFS bank needs to be Write...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: FileStore E01S RTC Running Erratically
There's a problem with the floppy interface. This in fact has probably been the case for some time. During this recent testing period, this second E01S has only ever recognised the disc in drive 5. I...
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Introduce Yourself • Re: /me waves
Welcome and good luckStatistics: Posted by lovebug — Wed Oct 23, 2024 2:05 am
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Feasible?
Awesome thanks I'm not too worried about aesthetics of it, and a gotek would be the easiest way to get software onto the machine.VGA adapter - awesome. The most I'd run it in is wimpmode 36 so should...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: RiscPC doesn't boot past initial text banner
The most surprising thing that I've learned from working on this machine is the way that RO4 seemed really unhappy during boot unless a floppy drive was plugged in. Seems weird, and I don't recall the...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: In development: Plus 1 Mini
Thanks! Your minus one project was partially the inspiration for this As always I'm running late. More information, pictures of the production units and the order thread will be up probably at the...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Dead RiscPC #2 - beeps but that's all
Sounds like it's all working apart from the video output.Try using a non-Strong-ARM if you can and fitting a diode on the post header to force a POST result code on the floppy LED.(from the a540 SM,...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: SAA5070 LUCY Tantel and...
This all sounds very interesting and helpful. I have been searching for the SAA5070 datasheet for some time and thanks to this forum, I've now got them. I am hoping to revive a Tandata Tantel Data...
View Articleother events + general event chat • Re: London Show returns on Sat 26th Oct 2024
Reminder - it's this Saturday!Statistics: Posted by helpful — Thu Oct 24, 2024 4:43 am
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Red appearing as brown on A3000 over scart
Thanks for the reply! I will give this a go and see what happens.Statistics: Posted by montythegreat10 — Thu Oct 24, 2024 10:31 pm
View Articlemiscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Elite Compendium (BBC Micro +...
I just happened to notice this in the manual:In use, the two RAM sockets (14L and 14H - logical socket 14/&E) are only active when accesses come from on the ROM board.This matches what tricky...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Question for those with 3D Printers
Seconding OpenSCAD for people who want to try a more programmatic approach. It's kind of a weird language, though: it looks a lot like C, but it's statically evaluated like Lisp or other functional...
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S23 -...
Good old Scramble, the logic remains the same, hug the landscape within a pixel of death and carpet bomb everything I do far, far better in Moon Raider than I do in Rocket Raid - partly because of a...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Elite II source discs: initial findings
Last month Ian Bell released the source discs for Elite II on the BBC Micro (with a 6502 co-pro). I've been poking through the contents, and thought you might be interested in some very early...
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Elite II source discs: initial...
That's really cool! You did far better than me - I managed to get it to fail to build, then load a bit of the ship's display before hanging Statistics: Posted by iainfm — Fri Oct 25, 2024 10:26 pm
View Articlescanning of books, magazines, ads and letters • Re: New Advanced User Guide...
Is this an error? There is a discrepancy between the NAUG and BeebWiki on the assignment of the CPU Type codes in ROM type byte of the ROM header. The NUAG, on page 285, has CPU type code 3 as 6800...
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