programming • Implementing *CONFIGURE FS
I've been reading through a disassembly of NFS 3.34 with a view to implementing configurable default fileserver and printserver, as part of my Time & Config. project.NFS is very lax about shared...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Implementing *CONFIGURE FS
I would have thought the way to do it, using the sideways ROM associated with the real-time clock and configuration memory, would be some code to issue the OSWORD &13 call to set the file server...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Another BBC Master 128 Bad-Boot
Hi All,Just when I thought it was save to screw the roof on this Master 128, I acquired an Econet card.Inserted it, added the ANFS 4.25 ROM and put it all together.When I connected it to the Econet...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: ARchimedes must have
Since you're apparently from Avignon, or thereabouts, you should perhaps check out Ballarena, made by some people near Montpellier, which was certainly a very distinctive and polished game for the...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Getting Up And Running After Master CMOS Reset
For generic information on the normal configuration settings search using "bbc master configure". This web page is very useful.Did you do a CMOS power in reset (hold R when turning on). A switchable...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
I used to have this game 30 years ago and I remember it being tough but now 30 years on it seems insanely hardattempt02.pngStatistics: Posted by lovebug — Tue Feb 18, 2025 11:56 pm
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new projects in development: games • Re: Possible Pinball game for the BBC Micro
Enjoyed hearing all about its development this evening in the Virtual ABug thanks Tricky and glad you've picked this one up again! Statistics: Posted by Arcadian — Wed Feb 19, 2025 12:26 am
View Articleeconet in all its guises • Re: *DATE PiEconet bridge
I would have to look up the day of the week manually since I can't get the Pi to tell me!The date command will tell you.eg 19th Feb 2080 is a Monday.Code: % date -d "19 Feb 2080"Mon Feb 19 00:00:00...
View Articlenew projects and releases: demoscene • Re: Ray Caster Demo
Yes, totally agree that the "correct" way is to shoot rays at non-equally spaced angles (they end up more spaced out at the centre and more bunched up at the edges). I don't know how much difference...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: PiTubeDirect troubleshooting
It does sound like you horizontally mis-aligned the level shifter in the Tube socket. Because of the layout of the power pins on the Tube port, this will result in a short between 5V and GND. That can...
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Dino
Thanks,For the time being I've switched to a full screen hardware scroll, until I can master timings and be able to split the screen without it going weird on meManaged to do a bit of optimisation on...
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View Articleprogramming • Re: Type-in challenge - landing Christopher Evans on the Moon
Sorry to resurrect this thread after a few years, but as pointed out in this article https://galacticjourney.org/january-26- ... uary-1969/ the velocity at 0 feet suggests it was an unsuccessful...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: 01-A680B-0000156 - investigating an A680 !
Decided to use a RaSCSI as it's easier for throwing images at. ls of the start of an iX drive produces junk as I expected But this shows the SCSI interface is working to some degree at least. Phew....
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new projects and releases: demoscene • Archimedean Echoes - RISC PC+ 256...
Hello,here is a 256 bytes intros i did for Lovebyte 2025, it require a RISC PC+ 3MB+ (it is a slideshow on Archimedes, could be fast with some adaptation)download:...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Why none of the 65c02s gained a 16bit stack pointer, given...
You've already identified the 65802, a variant of the 65816, which is a continuation of the 65C02 with a 16-bit stack pointer and a direct page register, which means the advantages of zero page can be...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
I will correct this later tonight CS. That's why I ask people to double check their score. I'm getting older, 75 almost so it's easy to miss stuff.Statistics: Posted by KarateEd — Fri Feb 21, 2025...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
Froze on this screen. I'm getting some kind of keyboard roll over that's freezing the game. Is that happening to anyone else?No freezing for me on BeebEm 4.19.Statistics: Posted by FourthStone — Fri...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Acorn atom flashing lines on screen...
Hello t.d.69There are also some software solutions, in one of the Atom toolboxes (the GAGS ROM v2.3) there is a statement "NOSNOW" and also "SNOW", see a.o. Atom Nieuws 1984 number 6 page 28 et...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: B-Em Tape Overhaul v3 (SAVE support, autotests)
On automated testing, I have pushed another branch to GitHub, based on the theadfix branch, that gives a choice of paste mechanism: the current way of intercepting the OS keyboard buffer remove and...
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