8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Panos Attempted Install Woes
It would appear so. I've not tried opening the InstDFS file on the second drive to see if it is in fact a script. I'm not sure how the rif/cmd/etc are represented on dfs drives. Is it C. R. something...
View Articlemiscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Cleo for BBC Micro/Master
I haven't done any debugging, but this version fails on my emulator where the 4 banks model B version worked fine. I'll do some debugging later and see what is happening.Statistics: Posted by tricky —...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: 6522 VIA: many variants, possible behavior...
Sorry, no exotic 6522s out at the moment! I think one missing test is how many cycles it takes a write to a timer counter or latch to get into the timer. Assuming that reading is immediate it should...
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Ant Attack [AI]
I think you should be able to use a single short line but move the hsync to compensate and then fix it up again at the bottom but haven't really thought it through!Statistics: Posted by tricky — Thu...
View Articlegeneral • Re: USER MANUALS FOR THE VINTAGE UMI 2B AND 4M MIDI SEQUENCERS
I have fed the UMI 4m Manual into Claude and created this: https://github.com/fordp2002/music2xxx/ ... I4M-Manual Feedback and corrections welcome.Statistics: Posted by fordp — Thu Oct 08, 2026 3:01 pm
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Introduce Yourself • Re: Hi from a newbie who may just be out of her depth
Thank you all for your warm welcome and suggestions. Here we go.... Now which forum for poorly Beebs Statistics: Posted by Jayne — Wed Oct 07, 2026 3:50 pm
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development tools • Re: oaknut-disc : DFS, ADFS and AFS0 (L3FS) tools for the...
Interesting. I'll recheck my physical PanOS disks. I know one had a bad track which was repaired from somebody else's disks, but I didn't specifically look at the physical catalog content. Statistics:...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Acornsoft Logo documentation
thats great - thanks for posting that information achetonStatistics: Posted by b_b_c_m_i_c_r_o_2 — Wed Oct 07, 2026 2:37 pm
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: RiscPC MK3 (1208.000), sound issues
Link to an updated version of this schematic: Updated schematicStatistics: Posted by jms2 — Wed Oct 07, 2026 2:15 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Help needed to fix a Beeb with the continuous tone...
Apologies for not following up on this earlier - I was elsewhere over the weekend and have had my mind on other things. We appear to be going around in circles slightly, but - interestingly - not...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: RiscPC almost working but not quite
Here's the updated schematic, including the Kicad files if anyone wants to improve it further. RiscPC1208Sound_RevB.zip Statistics: Posted by jms2 — Wed Oct 07, 2026 2:14 pm
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: Beebium
Beebium 0.8.0 is released. This one is all about MODE 7. Teletext with the interlace off This wasn't previously tested properly, and in fact I'm not sure I ever tried to use it. However, it turns out...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Killer Gorilla remake in 3D
Would you consider making a video of the game play through the 4 main levels, to show it all off? Or/and add a level-skip feature?Statistics: Posted by mike12f — Tue Oct 06, 2026 2:24 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Panos Attempted Install Woes
I'd quite like to start with the DSDs too but I'm struggling to get B-em or DiscImageManager to accept them. Are they a funny format? They look like standard interleaved DSDs in the Hex editor...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: [AI] Chuckie Egg 2
The SSD is on the GitHub itself, but I'll get a proper link for you! https://github.com/mattgodbolt/chuckie- ... -egg-2.ssd should do It I think?Statistics: Posted by Matt Godbolt — Tue Oct 06, 2026...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Weekend coding challenge: filled circles
Lovely picture, what is the TV set in the background top right? I know all 1980s TVs look the same but it does look suspiciously like a suspected Ferguson Teletext TV set I have here now, but I am...
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S28 -...
I think there's no danger of me encountering the score wrap around just yet. Statistics: Posted by fwibbler — Mon Oct 05, 2026 3:01 pm
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: [FULL - WAITING LIST...
I might pop in as a visitor on Sunday, if OK? Of course, no problem! Thanks for letting me know.Statistics: Posted by kieranhj — Mon Oct 05, 2026 2:56 pm
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new projects in development: games • Re: Ant Attack [AI]
Your game uncovered a few problems in Beebium, particularly in double-height text support and non-interlaced SAA5050 modes. It's now fixed and seems to work well with Ant Attack. I haven't released...
View Article32-bit acorn emulators • Re: A web based RISC OS 3.71 experience
I'm of the opinion that with a lot of human review it might be able to write the code, but there'd have to be a lot of careful thinking and planning to set up the architecture, and a very good test...
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