8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
Haven't (legitimately) beaten that level yet, but was aware that there's only one more level to go after it.Still, I managed to hike my own score a bit there: 103800crystal7.jpgStatistics: Posted by...
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acorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Atom and UM6502A
Did some more tests tonight.....I've now fitted a RAMROM and a Colour board, both of which have modern faster SRAM on them.And now the UM6502A works with the original 8255 in it, so now I'm beginning...
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new projects and releases: demoscene • Re: Ray Caster Demo
That is outstanding to see, running in full colour - at real time - on an unexpanded machine! Statistics: Posted by Cybershark — Tue Feb 11, 2025 9:17 pm
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG NL 2025 (booking...
Whole weekend please. I'll only need half a table.Statistics: Posted by markdryan — Tue Feb 11, 2025 9:22 pm
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8-bit acorn emulators • Re: B-Em Config per game
This was why I wrote the emulator launcher. It is a very simple launchter with screen shots that took which keys to map the joystick to from a .csv as well as which emulator to launch. There are...
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programming • Re: Assembling large code
Yeah, something about it is off. This stack manipulation code always gives me a headache so without really going in deep I'm not 100% sure, but it seems like the second store should probably be STA...
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stardot FORUM • Re: Forum Maintenance Scheduled: Friday 21st Feb, PM.
Thanks for the heads up, I hope the new prosilver dark theme survives Statistics: Posted by lovebug — Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:09 pm
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acorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Colour video on Atom.
What Roland said... Statistics: Posted by Multiwizard — Wed Feb 12, 2025 10:24 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Serial connector, replace with 9 pin din
Check out the Wikipedia article on RS-232: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RS-232 and, in particular the section "RTS, CTS, and RTR"The use of RTS on the BBC Micro is RS232-E, where it is properly...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: sampling interrupts during phi1 instead of phi2
It feels to me that, in general, interrupts come asynchronously so if the CPU reacts one cycle late (or early) shouldn't break anything. Exceptions being perhaps cycle-counted demo or game code, of...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Acorn's 40th birthday / CPU Ltd
I can imagine that the group of people working together in some place found themselves magically working for (being paid by) a company called Acorn when the previous month they'd been paid by CPU. In...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
And a little further again... yay not second last!Score: 36030CrystalCastles_2025.PNGStatistics: Posted by FourthStone — Thu Feb 13, 2025 10:34 pm
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: RO 3 issue at boot...
When I go to the cli and type drive 4, dirSystem say bad drive..... As at boot, so I guess the issue is hereI really can't imagine how you've managed to get in to this situation if all you've done is...
View Articleprogramming • Re: no room error problem with getting this program to work
Thanks is shadow memory available for a BBC B?There were a number of boards back in the day that did this. SWEH already mentioned an offering from Solidisk. I think the first was from Aries, designed...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: BBC Sound Demo / Bananarama
I also remember this! From memory it was called !ArmaDemo I think, presumably referring to the Armadeus sound sampler? I had a copy back in the day at school but last time I dug out my A3000 a few...
View Articledevelopment tools • Re: BeebAsm
At the moment, the only way to get zero page addressing for an undefined label is to assemble the code in page zero, but that's not very helpful.Thanks anyway, good to know the limitations.Statistics:...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: New Oric Atom owner
Thanks guys! That sounds promising (and reassuring!).Any ideas what the function of that switch is?Statistics: Posted by rayek_elfin — Thu Feb 13, 2025 11:38 pm
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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: PunyInform and Ozmoo
Hi Steve,I've just noticed that the ADFS builds are not loading correctly if a co-processor is active. Specifically, if I've got a co-processor active, and I try to load the game in mode 7 it hangs....
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econet in all its guises • Re: BeebEM error connecting to PiEconet Bridge
Hmm, "AUN MAP NET 192 ON 192.168.0.0 PORT FIXED AUTO NONE"I don't think AUN can handle anything except /24 so if you're using a /16 then you might have problems. Remember it's the last octet that...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Switching to tape.
*TAPE, though I'm not sure how well switching FS works, certainky not as sophisticated as a beeb. (Or was it *COS??)Stondard Atom OS only did 300 baud. Many toolbox type roms did 1200 baud. FAST COS...
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