8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
Just got a nice boost up.Scared you, did I?Statistics: Posted by KarateEd — Sun Mar 23, 2025 9:19 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: CUB monitor quirk
That's normal cathode ray tube behaviour. If there is a potentiometer somewhere on the board labelled V-LIN (for Vertical LINearity) or F-LIN (Field LINearity), or labelled with an icon like =, you...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Crystal Castles update (including...
Sorry, I thought I'd replied to your message, no idea hwat happened to it.To answer your question: None of the emulators support RGB2HDMI, because it's only on the output from the computer, I guess it...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • spotted on ebay
communicator boxed unused and working, is it true that these have a 65816 cpu ?https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356649194932not sure what this one is all about, I get the arabic stickers on the keyboard but...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: spotted on ebay
communicator boxed unused and working, is it true that these have a 65816 cpu ?https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/356649194932Yes.not sure what this one is all about, I get the arabic stickers on the keyboard...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Ten Reptons games and utilities disk
Ah, we've tracked this down before. It transpires that there are two versions of the vanilla Repton 3 engine -- to clarify, this was the case before any expansion packs showed up.There's a thread on...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: New starter - help needed!
Thanks for that - there are a lot of apps that are not games on arcarc.nl, so a shame not be able to access those, as ADFFS seems only to be games.Think of it this way - there are lot of Win16 (16bit)...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: System5 MPAGD port
This looks mint. When I get my system 5 back or off the cupboard this will be on the todo list!Statistics: Posted by dominicbeesley — Mon Mar 24, 2025 11:47 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: 177x Disc Controller Module for Beeb
Excellent! Thanks for the feedback.Statistics: Posted by KenLowe — Tue Mar 25, 2025 10:16 pm
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programming • Re: Accepting parameters in 6502 assembly?
What I'd suggest doing is, jumping out early, back to the BASIC prompt, and having a look at memory to see whether your program is behaving as expected so far. First, look at your assembly listing...
View Articlemiscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Game Release: Infinite...
A game play video at highest difficulty:https://youtu.be/IZR8XR8UUekStatistics: Posted by alecb — Tue Mar 25, 2025 10:46 pm
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Possible 3D Maze Game
From the 3 ssd examples, I much prefer the solid walls over the other 2Statistics: Posted by fizgog — Tue Mar 25, 2025 10:58 pm
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: CUA High Resolution...
Hi Peter,I have just downloaded the PCB images and will try and Rev-Eng it soon.I remember a lot of the mods being on my board when it arrived, I think there may have been production errorsthat these...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Printing from an Acorn Atom
I have been working on getting my Atom to print correctly for around 2 weeks, today a new cable arrived and it finally worked as expected.I added an 8th bit to the printer output and with the help of...
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acorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Building a Replica Acorn System 5...
Building a Replica Acorn System 5 Computer System - Part 2a, The 40 x 25 VDU (Teletext ) Video PCBThis is the 40 character by 25 line text card based on a SAA5050 Teletext chip. It can show normal...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: The BBC Micro ROM Library
Thanks Sazhen86, added.https://tobylobster.github.io/rom_libra ... %20ToolkitI've been looking into the various versions of this and put some notes here about the differences between them:...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Issue 1 questions
The Acorn System Floppy Disc Controller PCB Circuit Diagram is dated 17-1-80 (drawn) and 7-2-80 (issue 1). There are later issues. Namely, issue 2, 3 and 4. I think the issue 4 was produced for the...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: [ONE SPACE LEFT] BOOKING...
Anyone with Econet kit interested in trying out a new 10 player card gaming running over Econet? Aiming to have it finished for the TNMoC Econet LAN Party in June, but just as keen to get some real...
View Articleoff-topic • USB drive surprise
I quite recently bought a USB 3.0 drive with multi- connectors for under £15 from Banggood because it's less bother than Bluetooth for transferring files between devices with different USB connectors,...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Today I received.....
The cat is keen to have a go :)it's looking for the mouseStatistics: Posted by Diminished — Thu Mar 27, 2025 12:21 am
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