8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC secondary video system
U32.1 and U38.3 form chip select logic so the U15 SRAM is only enabled if the BBC PGFD is active or the Video system is currently active U32.3 and U38.4 provide the same function for the U16 SRAM I...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Help needed to fix a Beeb with the continuous tone...
Feels like IC20 failure, pins #4, #5, #6 & #7 cannot be low simultaneously Careful... The traces are not simultaneous - and the effect of scope triggering will tend to highlight transitions. I'm...
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acorn atom and acorn system series • What is this Atom add-on board?
Hi folks. When I opened my Atom to try and repair it, I found the add-on board in the photo. I don't remember if I built it or bought it ready made or what it does. It has one wire connected to the...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Problem with Acornsoft Termulator
Same result with *TERMULATORStatistics: Posted by Macbeeb — Tue Sep 22, 2026 11:21 am
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: [AI] Starting a Paradroid port
Thanks for sharing Keiran I'm kind of heartened and kind of disappointed to hear your experiences with documentation. The only thing I really want to get an LLM to do on my retro projects is to...
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Introduce Yourself • Re: Hi from Denmark/UK
Congratulations on recovering from so long on the Dark Side. Adelaide A3010 is desirable only because of the ability to desolder the ARM2, fit a socket, then an ARM3 upgrade, which makes it a truly...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Elite (disc version): removing the...
Thank you for the update - I've rolled this tweak into the latest release of the Elite Compendium, and I've also updated the build option in the project repository. MarkStatistics: Posted by MarkMoxon...
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off-topic • Re: Acorn Art Thread
Delivery Statistics: Posted by pixelblip — Mon Sep 21, 2026 12:56 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic adventure games • Re: Write your own adventure...
Hi All, I just signed up to this forum purely to say that this book 'Write Your Own Adventure Programs' by Usbourne triggered my interest in computers and is responsible for my entire career. I must...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Looking for people with >45MHz Clocked Archimedes
Interesting, I have heard for example of people who never power down a hard drive for fear of it never spinning up again but my policy is always to turn off anything not currently being used. I was...
View Articlenew projects and releases: demoscene • Re: There is Zero G in Disco -...
So pleasant to see new stuff! And the ones not in 256 colors are evene more rare! Worked very nicely on my original SA RPC (with 4.02) Congrats! ArmOric/Arm's Tech (with many FX from 1999 on my HD,...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: VIDEONULA questions
Hello I'd be interested in buying one videonula for the bbc master 128 next time your making some please.Can you add me to the list of people wanting the nula?Can you PM me? ThanksStatistics: Posted...
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: (new) Citadel for Windows -...
Bug here. I've entered into the wall and cannot get out. Just run the source code through Codex. That will find and fix the issue within 5 minutes.Statistics: Posted by 6502 — Sun Sep 20, 2026 1:05 pm
View Articlemiscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Cleo for BBC Master
Wowsers! Looks excellent!Statistics: Posted by danielj — Sun Sep 20, 2026 12:13 pm
View Articlemiscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Cleo for BBC Master
A first release of Cleo, a J2ME game that I wrote many years ago with Nick Lee, ported to the BBC Master with some assistance from Claude. I think this is a really nice illustration of how hard you...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Help needed to fix a Beeb with the continuous tone...
So, I think that means that the adress line connectivity checks out OK for the OS ROM, yet ealier you had the BASIC ROM occupying address space that is supposed to be occupied by RAM. Does the OS ROM...
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new projects in development: games • Re: Real Time Strategy Game
Excellent detective work, Chris! Statistics: Posted by 0xC0DE — Sun Sep 20, 2026 10:42 am
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S28 -...
I'm gradually edging closer to @Snuggsy187 score, but Level 19 (which is Level 3 with birds) is very tough. For me, this is the most enjoyable game we've had this season... I've always liked Chuckie...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: MMFS Version 2
I have tried SHIFT+BREAK on another Electron with the same MMFS2 Printer Port v1.55 rom and it works. The working machine has a standard Electron with an Acorn Plus1 but the non-working machine has an...
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: [AI] Starting a Paradroid port
That 10bn token headline figure is quite interesting - I'm quite interested in how that translates to rough power usage in kWh. I'm afraid it's a bit beyond me to figure this out but a rough figure...
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