8-bit acorn hardware • Re: W27C512-45Z EEPROMs
I've been buying these for several years - never had any issues in dozens used in arcs and beebs. My last purchase was from eBay - 20 parts at £1.35 each including postage. Not new parts - full of...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: 3.5mm headphone jack socket for the beeb
Hi. Does anyone have a spare speaker/headphone mod cable they would be prepared to sell for say £20 to £25, please? Ideally with a variable resistor as a volume control.Yes, I could make one, but I...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A7000, 32MB RAM 512MB CF Best OS ROMS?
Sounds like maybe get 3.71 for now if I can find any at a good price. I don’t really want to go for longer file names as having the current setup works well for econet compatibility with the bbc...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Archimedes a3010 keyboard drive LED
This is what I tried to explain, sorry, I was not precise enough. He actually told me that it's not driven by the microcontroller at all. His adapter don't take care of the LED.Statistics: Posted by...
View ArticleIntroduce Yourself • Re: Hello World, from California!
Welcome! I'm in the Bay Area; there's a handful of other Stardotters up here too.Statistics: Posted by myelin — Tue Jan 21, 2025 6:27 pm
View ArticleEconet in all its guises • Re: List all created users on PiBridge
*NETCONF +MDFS will switch on the MDFS passwords file, so I have modified it to read both if they exist, as I found different users in the two. In the MDFS file, the user blocks are 64 bytes starting...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Master 512 2 button mouse schematic
After a broken wire which is easy to test for with a multimeter, from the connector to the PCB, then the next most common thing is the encoder which usually means it's beyond repair unless youre lucky...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • RISC PC SIMM Slot Problem
I have a RISC PC (running 3.7) with an annoying issue. Anything fitted in SIMM slot 0 (SK6, the one nearest the VRAM) works fine. However, fitting another SIMM in SIMM Slot 1 (SK7) gets the RISC OS...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Econet NIC issue on A7000 RiscOS
I have run a *rmreinit econet at the command line and can now login and change directories, list files etc but have no icon in the dock for the network.Dock? Iconbar!at an F12 * prompt, try *wimptask...
View Articlecommunications • Re: the Night Owl BBS *NOW*
Night Owl BBS is now up for the evening..ThanksBrianStatistics: Posted by brianmartin_2001 — Tue Jan 21, 2025 7:06 pm
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: RISC PC SIMM Slot Problem
As you know that slot 0 is working, have you tried putting the other SIMMs into that slot?Or tried the 32MB SIMM in slot 1?Statistics: Posted by geraldholdsworth — Tue Jan 21, 2025 7:11 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: SDC timing constraints question
“ What we're constraining is all the paths between registers inside the t65 cpu not the clock enable. The clock enable should be in the fast clock domain and last for a single cycle of the fast clock....
View Articleother events + general event chat • Re: RISC OS North Show Saturday 29th...
The Wakefield show isn't running this year but Richard Brown and Andrew Rawnsley have picked up the baton and replaced it (and the Bristol show) with this new one in Warrington:...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Time & Config.
Here are my ideas for alarms, which I've been thinking about from time to time:APIOSWORD 14,6,n read time of alarm n, and return as 7 BCD bytes. Unspecified values are &FF.OSWORD 15,4,"Ann="...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: I2C 4 U
The error i get is "bad syntax" for 2nd and subsequent I2CQUERY callsI thought you said previously that it locked up the machine? The bad syntax message is from the I2C rom so I’m a little confused as...
View Articleprogramming • Is it possible to reload the DFS into &E00 after overwriting?
I'm guessing the answer to this is no but it would simplify my game design if possible.I'm working on a mode 2 game and am moving code at initialization from screen memory down to &E00 before...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Question about RISC 3.11 app icons
Let's say I have two applications: (1) !my_app, and (2) !my_app. They are each in a different directory. Is it possible for each of those applications to have different icon sprites despite them...
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acorn atom and acorn system series • Re: GoSDC-Atom
hmmm it was showing 60,000.00 on the website but now its showing 60.00 Statistics: Posted by lovebug — Thu Jan 23, 2025 6:59 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Fault finding index
BBC Model B Issue 4. Weird keyboard issue: pressing keys produces a low buzz (like error sound); key repeat-rate is all over the place; some keys have trouble registering.Cleaned keyboards and checked...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Model B keyboard problem
Thanks guys, I have posted the entry in the fault finding index.The broken pins on the sound chip were 4 (READY) and 8 (GND).Hope this helps ! Cheers.Statistics: Posted by DDT — Thu Jan 23, 2025 7:22 pm
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