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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Master goes "Beeeeee...." and no video...
I've never actually used it, but this might be of some help - section 7:Looks good. A lot of that I've already done though, alas - as far as the RAMs.This machine's in a physically bad way, with lots...
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other events + general event chat • Re: London Show returns on Sat 26th Oct 2024
YES! Finally a show down the road from me That was my thought, too... (about 10 mins walk in my case, so really no excuses available!)Me too lol Look forward to seeing you tomorrow! (err, nearly...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Master white screen
This would include handling VDU 7. I can’t remember if it still works if the configuration is not set to a language though.Yes, on the Master if the configured language isn't a language ROM, you get...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: FileStore E01S RTC Running Erratically
I've heard you all asking me (silently and telepathically) about the "ingenious solution" to the broken drive door sensor I mentioned three days ago so here it...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: 5.25 Discs - HD change to DD
I'm not sure what's going to happen if you try to write a 5.25" DD disc in an HD only drive. It's a bit more straightforward with 3.5" discs as they have an extra HD hole so the drive can detect DD vs...
View Article32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Sim City 2000
The only patch I used was from the R-Comp Krisalis Gold Collection that I boughtIn that case, no need to send it as I already have it. Incidentally JASPP hold the rights to that CD, I've just never...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: best hardware for Acorn demos
The A3010 should run most if not all demos. But if you really want them running on the Pi...You could probably get some working on the Pi with ADFFS, by wrapping the !Run with "GOARM3JIT 0" /...
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new projects in development: games • Re: Star Trail for the BBC Micro and...
Added closer maze pieces. Plenty more code (and text... ) to go and ~2K free but I think the screen looks significantly better like this. More maze plot to work on then to actually draw what's on...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Elite II source discs: initial...
This thread is absolutely fascinating, thanks for all your work on this Mark! Flying down to the surface of planets was certainly something I wanted to be able to do when playing the original Elite,...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: Decoding Podule IDs
Well, I’ve studied the lists and had a go at writing a little application (very rusty, haven’t touched BBC BASIC for probably 25 years and all of that was on a BBC B), to decode the headers in all the...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: "Modern" RISCiX development...
The EtherLAN 100/200/500 driver was specific to the acorn26 port rather than shared between ports like many others were, so once that port was removed in 2018, the port-specific drivers were removed...
View Articlesoftware preservation • Re: cassettes with music
I recorded/archived these around 20-25 years ago.http://stairwaytohell.com/music/bonustracks.htmlStatistics: Posted by Arcadian — Mon Oct 28, 2024 1:45 am
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: UMI 4M
I believe Mr. Naiff is alive and well and posting videos of some very accomplished piano playing on youtube! You could always try reaching out.https://www.youtube.com/@diretonic/videosStatistics:...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S23 -...
Ok, starter score for me using Voltmace joysticks. Frankly I'm better with the keys but don't like any of these key combos.....RR-1.pngStatistics: Posted by KarateEd — Mon Oct 28, 2024 5:22 am
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: A superfast 3D maze shooter for the PDP-11
DIV has implementation-specific results when the result overflows, but the custom divide10 code specifically never overflows, it either divides &0000nnnn by 10, which will never overflow the...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: b2 - new emulator
There's a new release on GitHub: https://github.com/tom-seddon/b2/releas ... 41-a8b4f2a Add native Apple SiIlicon build, targeting macOS 13+ Add support for 32+ KB ROMs: Inter-Word, Inter-Base,...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Simultaneous 2 player games
Rumble - excellent game for 2 to 4 players. This was a joy to play with 4 friends crowded round a Beeb, two using keyboard, two using joysticks. The laughs we had, especially when using guided...
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Introduce Yourself • Re: Hello everyone! o/
Welcome, you'll love it here Statistics: Posted by sa_scott — Mon Oct 28, 2024 11:02 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S23 -...
OK, I'll go first up. Pretty slick, great fun game. My only gripe is that you can be wiped out by a spider appearing at the same time as you in the box at the start of a level. Happened to me...
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archive requests • Re: Aztecs & Time Detectives
How you doing , I’ve got both the 8 disk Aztec game fully complete with posters etc & ive got the time detectives game aswell all disk complete with all paperwork everyrhing fully complete &...
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