8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Updated Master MOS versions
I have a vague recollection there's already something in the ROM for a double break...There was in OS 0.1 I think - that was the old "hard break" mechanism. Yep, quite right - just tried this out in...
View Articleeconet in all its guises • Re: *DATE PiEconet bridge
Attached is the source of the various SJ time-related utilities, in case they are relevant to this discussion. All are BASIC assembler programs.Statistics: Posted by arg — Tue Feb 25, 2025 9:56 pm
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32-bit acorn software: other • Re: BBC Sound Demo / Bananarama
This is a wild guess; the demo requires screen mode 12. In 1989, that would have been the most common option on the desktop - the full resolution of your 15 kHz HSync monitor, using just 80 KiB of RAM...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Finding a break in an Electron Power Supply Lead
#2 for breaking at the strain relief, I had one like that. I was going to go all in with the Toneohm and as soon as I broke into the PSU it was obvious. The strain relief was straining the copper and...
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Dino
Starting to work on the other parts to the gameAnyone know what causes the graphics glitch on the left of the screen and the best way to fix it?Screenshot 2025-02-25 at 23.01.12.pngCurrent ssd file,...
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stardot FORUM • Re: DoS again?
Code: SQL ERROR [ mysqli ]Too many connections [1040]Still ongoing Statistics: Posted by IanJeffray — Wed Feb 26, 2025 10:22 pm
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acorn atom and acorn system series • Re: ATOM DVI-D video and SID Audio adapter
A quick update...This is now fully working with DVI-D output into an HDMI monitor plus analogue SID sound.Also, I got a bit carried away and coded up a teletext version as well. Did the Atom ever have...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Experimenting with the BBC Master cartridge port?
There is already a Gotek designed for the master that connects to the floppy controllers (unpopulated) internal connector, and then the usb and screen can be fitted into a cartridge slot, it doesn't...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Another Bush internet.tv mod thread
I wonder whether anyone has the ROMs from an Acorn Stork? Looks like that supported floppy over parallel. Could be interesting to try on an IBX box and see if anything works.There appears to be a...
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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Available ram with disk loading ?
thanks everyone, I'll do some experiments Statistics: Posted by lovebug — Wed Feb 26, 2025 11:37 pm
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new bbc and electron games from 'retro software' • Re: Apache Canyon for...
Out standing! Statistics: Posted by Highland_Squirrel — Wed Feb 26, 2025 11:42 pm
View Articleprogramming • Re: What memory below &E02 Can I use for sprites/code?
Soft function keys can be disabled with the following calls:Code: *FX 225,0 (function keys)*FX 226,0 (function keys+SHIFT)*FX 227,0 (function keys+CTRL)*FX 228,0 (function keys+SHIFT+CTRL)replace 0s...
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
Fourth time around, been trying to break 100k... so close Score: 98000DonkeyKongJnr_2025.jpgStatistics: Posted by FourthStone — Thu Feb 27, 2025 9:29 pm
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Sound problems on a Risc PC
Yup, tried with both 8bit and 16bit. Given that VIDC20 doesn't seem to be producing anything on the L & R channelsOr is clamped. I can't recall hearing of such total VIDC failure before though so...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Basic's square root algorithm
I plucked this program from Jeremy Ruston's Compendium (page 65): (owlet link) Code: 10 REM via archive.org/details/BBCMicroCompendium/page/6420 REM SQR demonstration30 REM Filename:SQRT (c) 1983...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: SONY MSX HB-75B Video Issue
Hello AgainDo you mean pin 13 of the LM1889? I could see how that works.If that is the case the regular signal is possibly getting lost somewhere around Q9, 10, 11, 16 & 28Bottom of page...
View Articlenew projects and releases: text and graphic adventures • Re: Text Adventure...
Attached is a replacement build of Aural Quest for the Electron. I've only had time to play a few moves, but the "bad program" issue has been corrected.Looks to be working fine on my machine,...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BeebSID
For the original Issue 2, you’ll find the parts list buried in the BeebSID megathreadathon here but do have a read of the linked post and maybe a few pages beyond just in case anything came up that I...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Basic's square root algorithm
The naïve method for extracting a square root in binary involves setting each bit in turn in the putative root, from highest to lowest; squaring it; comparing with the radicand; and if smaller or...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: B-Em
I unplugged a joystick yesterday while running B-Em under valgrind, which reported this NULL dereference:Code: ==65957== Invalid read of size 1==65957== at 0x4F141B0: __strstr_sse2_unaligned...
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