archive submissions • Re: 30th Anniversary BBC and Electron Collection
Hi, Just when I thought it was safe... I have taken another more in-depth look into a few of my discs - starting at the beginning. The instructions for Free Fall on Disc004 in Section 1 are quite...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: [HELP NEEDED] - FLOPPY ISSUE SOLIDISK 1770/8271 BOARD
Hi, Keep forwarding in my repair. I replaced all 74LS157 (x3) that were faulty and also 74LS174 that was dead too. I replaced also the 74LS136 wich appears to be ok. I changed the underside ic support...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Watford Electronics Office Mate &...
Does anyone have a link to Office Mate which has the complete set of 4 modules, the one missing from the link above doesn't contain the word processor function?Statistics: Posted by RonT — Tue Sep 29,...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Found: Office Software
Standard 40 track disks Just exploring these SSD images and noticed that whilst the Office Master appears to be complete, the SSD for Office Mate doesn't have the word processor option. A look at the...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Internal 32016 Coprocessor
At the risk of asking the blindingly obvious, have you also put the FPU in, if you’re now running 2.0!Statistics: Posted by Boydie — Mon Sep 28, 2026 2:14 pm
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new projects in development: games • Re: New port of Missile Command to the...
I tried to write down the colours and use them, but think I started at the wrong offset and so it goes off the end and gets rubbish! Maybe I'll go back and check Statistics: Posted by tricky — Mon Sep...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Help needed to fix a Beeb with the continuous tone...
Remember the 6845 (IC2) is a very flexible devices and its behaviour depends very much on what has been programmed into it by the OS. If that programming hasn't happened you may see some random stuff...
View Articledevelopment tools • Re: oaknut-disc : DFS, ADFS and AFS0 (L3FS) tools for the...
It seems there is more than one variant to the Level 3 file server code. I haven't looked at the MMBeeb 1.26 variant in detail but the one I am currently using is a slightly modified variant of...
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Can the Electron disk version of...
The tape version won't load on any emulator I use, is there an .SSD or .ADF version anywhere? I don't want to buy an entire DVD for one file Statistics: Posted by SuperFella — Sun Sep 27, 2026 2:09 pm
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: Microvitec Cub Monitor:...
Sorry to hear about the magic smoke. After a few hours of use, my cub seems to have calmed down. I'd recapped from stock that I'd had on the shelf for about 18months, so I should really have reformed...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A3020 battery and mods
I think i could remove the turn pins, off the board or try to remove off the ram chip - i am super worried about damaging the board and/or the ram chip at this point. Am I being to paranoid as usual?...
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off-topic • Re: LOLPRICE
They are all at it! This one is recently down from around 3K. I messaged to ask if they were serious about the price and got this: So, yes, they were.Statistics: Posted by Lardo Boffin — Sun Sep 27,...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: What is the view on using AI assistance in...
Go for your life. If people don't like it they don't have to read your thread. As per the other threads/comments on this topic you'll see that we don't have any desire to judge or police this beyond...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Pi1MHz Software
I have also been playing around with the BeebSID on my recently acquired Pi1MHZ add-on. The SCSI disk emulation seems to be working fine, but when playing some SID tunes (Monty on the Run is a good...
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: New port of Missile Command to the...
Just found out about this and it's absolutely terrific, in almost every way indistinguishable from the coin-op, but the degree of inertia on the controls is the fly in the ointment once you're more...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: RiscPC 600 OS 4.02 - how to change the screen...
Would some kind soul please explain how to change the screen resolution on RiscOS 4.02? When I try the Display Manager in the Task Bar, all of the options are greyed out and 256 is selected: You need...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • A5000 floppy blanking plate
I'm looking to 3D print an A5000 floppy blanking plate as I seem to have lost one. Has anyone already created an STL for this? (My search hasn't turned up anything but apologies in advance if it's in...
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acorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Alignment of sockets on Oddys System...
I've just noticed the 6502A I ordered is just labelled as a 6502. I wonder will the System 5 6502A board still be testable with that? Also still waiting for Verotec enclosure parts to turn up before I...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Rpg games?
I don’t think there was much of that genre on the Beeb, presumably due to lack of RAM. Even the Spectrum 48k port of Bards Tale was a multi loader. Someone did post a game on here they had written...
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S28 -...
Meanwhile, back down at the bottom of the barrel, I feel a sense of pride at having (finally) reached the score table Statistics: Posted by fwibbler — Sat Sep 26, 2026 9:31 am
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