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miscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Crystal Castle 40th...
The tale of this game in the user guide is wonderful, really gives a feel for the lifetime of work that has gone into it. A fascinating read too, that has given me ideas for project #2. I love the 0...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Acorn A5000 w/backward SMD caps
I'm reminded of this recent article about a single cap on an old Mac being installed backwards : https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/11 ... hobbyists/.Apple folks have nothing on Acorn!Statistics:...
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other events + general event chat • Re: TNMOC ECONET LAN PARTY 2025 - SAVE...
There are lots of paths and cycle routes in and around Milton Keynes. But Bletchley Park is the older area just outside of Milton Keynes.When I stayed in Milton Keynes many years ago, I walked. Can’t...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Electron Plus 3 - how best to invert drive identity
There are some ideas in this thread, plus Mark's instructions on how to make a drive ribbon cable which allows a choice of 4 drives to be switched in as drive 0 and drive 1 in any combination, which I...
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Introduce Yourself • Re: Hello, new (old) guy introduction
Hi Rob,welcome to this great Forum... Greetings from my little Dutch Atomic Attic, Wim... Statistics: Posted by Multiwizard — Sat Jan 18, 2025 5:50 pm
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8-bit acorn emulators • Re: b-em Mac OS Build Instructions
Been battling away getting b-em to compile on my M4 with no luck. The ./configure script stops when it cannot find allegro5/allegro.h on the include path. From various googling seems this (and likely...
View ArticleEconet in all its guises • Re: Poorly again E01S (now it's the PSU)
I've done a bit of digging...There's 300-ish V going into the transformer.There's 0-ish V coming out.Hopefully, it's a short on the low-voltage side and not the transformer...Statistics: Posted by...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Replacement 16 mhz oscillator?
The "8445" number is a date code. 84 means 1984 and 45 means week 45 of that year. The weeks normally count from January up to December.The -65 is a number for ULAs that go up with new production...
View Articlecommunications • Re: the Night Owl BBS **Host UP**
Early start tonight , Night Owl is now waiting for calls.thanksBrianStatistics: Posted by brianmartin_2001 — Sat Jan 18, 2025 6:21 pm
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new projects in development: games • Zezito and the Lost Stars - Electron 32K...
Hello guys,Finally I have a sprite engine I am completely happy with and to commemorate it I have started a new game project. I also need to revisit my old game projects as this engine solves some...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: ZIDEF IDE Interface - any "gotchas" to...
Unfortunately my ZIDEFS podule doesn't have the 40-pin socket fitted so I can't fit a second DOM onto it. I have found this:https://www.cjemicros.co.uk/micros/indi ... e=4D-IDE16Is the 44-pin...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Updated Master MOS versions
I would like to see a screenshot of the start-up banner please, and the output of *FX0 and *HELP OS or *HELP MOS.Cold boot and *FX0 - there's little difference between the versions here:boot.png*HELP...
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new projects in development: games • Re: Zezito and the Lost Stars - Electron...
...yes it has been a long time I have been fighting the hardware to do what I want and I think I am starting to get some fruits out of my labour.Do be aware that you don't have to work in a vacuum!...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Introducing the Retro Hardware Plus 2 for the...
Note: NOT compatible with the AP6!Can I ask, what's the consequence of attaching the Plus 2 to a Plus 1 with fully populated AP6? Will the ROMs in the Plus 2 simply take priority over those in the...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A7000 with a V1.8 OSSC adapter
now that is interesting...I thought they were very rare and didn't realise there was a modern equivalent. That would be a much better option for me.A final option is to do both. If you don't need the...
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
Congrats Ed. You really turned things around after a slow start I'm happy enough with the score I submitted. Ultimately, when a game simply comes down to being a pure endurance test, then I lose...
View Articlecommunications • Re: the Night Owl BBS **UP**
The Night Owl BBS Host is now waiting for your calls.2 new callers last night, hope to see you return again soon ..Thanks to all who called inBrianStatistics: Posted by brianmartin_2001 — Sun Jan 19,...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Time & Config.
FS and PS can be set by calling the relevant OSWORD &13 call. See https://beebwiki.mdfs.net/OSWORD_%2613I wondered about this, but the documentation seems to imply that they (or at least FS) can...
View ArticleIntroduce Yourself • Re: Hello, new (old) guy introduction
Do you mean the W27C512-45 EEPROM chip that was made by Winbond?There's a topic on here about these here. These have been obsolete and out of production for some time.The generic numbers 27512 and...
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general • Re: RISCOS user destroying AI results?
Ai gets things confused, but not to that extent (IME)Are you aware there actually is/was a "unix-alike" called RISC/OS ? I suspect this may have caused some of the mess....
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