off-topic • Re: AliExpress . . . New and Original . . . Buyer Beware . . . !
The objective with the complaints procedure on Aliexpress is to sort out problems and not to spend time dwelling on them.You may find that if you let the facts speak for themselves with suitable...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Plug lopping
Two 560pF capacitors (in parallel) from a 240V 50Hz mains supply, should not leak more than 85µA combined.MarkI'm suspecting the Faraday shield on the switching transformer is the source of the...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: ATOM DVI-D video and SID Audio adapter
Oops! Yes they are fighting. But I think it might be OK and it does actually work.Because the pico can sink considerably more current than the 74LS04 can source, the pico wins. This is the reset code...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: New model B owner - joystick / sound etc questions
IMG_20250327_002745.jpgVIdeo:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUfuMVO7qcYStatistics: Posted by system11 — Thu Mar 27, 2025 1:10 am
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new projects in development: games • Re: 🦇 Batman
It's the kind of game I'm absolutely terrible at, but I think that test screen looks amazing! Great work Its only a screenshot of the nes game with the palette changed to 4 colors but thanks I've...
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miscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: AreGo : Deep Sea Rescue
Wow! Somehow this release slipped by me - only happened to notice it when I visited bbcmicro.co.uk. I had, previously, seen your "looking for sound advice" thread but not the other dev thread. Think...
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
Arrrrrgggghhhhh! I am really struggling with this one. Ah well, it is a break from Wavestation fiddling Statistics: Posted by maniacminer — Thu Mar 27, 2025 10:47 pm
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Nidd Valley DIGIMOUSE - replacement ball success
Thanks for that.I have a digimouse with a sticky ball.Back in the day, as a poor hard up student, I sold my mouse driver to them.Ate well for a month Statistics: Posted by shakesc — Thu Mar 27, 2025...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: ePROMs??? What am I doing wrong? Or at...
Okay. Let's see if I can answer all these in order.-- Tom1) Yes, I am getting my images from here: https://tobylobster.github.io/rom_library/ Also, I'm going for the ones with the little green check...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Acorn's 40th birthday / CPU Ltd
Unfortunately, you've posted the Acorn link twice and missed the CPU Ltd link in your above post about companies house, and I've not been able to find the right one.Thanks for spotting that, I've...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Why didn't Acorn use rigid LED mounts on the BBC...
It's back on sale again. It looks to have had some "plastic surgery" - maybe the keyboard surround is holding the machine together? It looks to have been glued using the sodium bicarbonate and super...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: [ONE SPACE LEFT] BOOKING...
PSA:For folks coming from the South West, please be aware the M3 is closed that weekend from about 7pm Friday until Monday morning between Junctions 7 (A30) and 6 (A339, A33), both ends of...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A3000 repair - any help would be much appreciated
That keyboard connector definitely seems suspect.Could silver impregnated paint resurrect it?Maybe, I'm not sure as I've never used it before. I thought i would get some advice before i did anything...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Viglen BBC Model B - Sideways RAM Questions
The Beeb will never report that extra memory on startup. It'll either say 16K or 32K. And it only says that on power up or control-break; on a normal break it won't report size at all.That's an...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Pi1MHz Software
Do you have serial port connected ? If so could I have the debug output?Statistics: Posted by dp11 — Fri Mar 28, 2025 10:32 pm
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acorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Does the hardware commission still...
That was for practical reasons, less modifications on the controller board since the “designers” of the mod did not want to mirror the controller like it does in the original configuration.With all...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Bugs in MAME System3/5 emulation
Kees, which floppy image should I use for testing, or is there a more recent version you can post? I'd still like some clarification from my previous questions, namely what do ESC and BACK SPACE...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A5000 keyboard causes some games to return to...
I tested using a spare A5000 keyboard, and the issue persists, so I don't think it's a hardware issue.It’s a hardware ‘issue’. All keyboards, not just acorn ones, have limited ‘n key...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
I've reached a bit further.164200.PNGStatistics: Posted by Rod C — Sat Mar 29, 2025 11:24 am
View Articlenew ideas wishlist & general chat • Re: M.U.L.E. and Master
It's funny, I just stumbled on this thread because having just acquired an Atari 800, it's sat next to my BBC B running M.U.L.E and I was wondering if there had ever been a port to the Beeb.Did this...
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