32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Buyer's Guide (arcwiki)
Buyer’s guide a splendid idea!Statistics: Posted by BigEd — Sat Mar 29, 2025 12:23 pm
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Online #100 :...
I d like to attend this via Zoom if possible..Have a basic Bridge with my Beeb and Master on it.Hoping I can learn about more prior to the LAN Party in June.Statistics: Posted by brianmartin_2001 —...
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new projects in development: games • Re: Lady Bug
I hope this latest mod doesn't ruin things and I would love to hear your thoughts on this collision code change if possibleThank you Honestly not sure if it's the right change or not. It maybe does...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Online #100 :...
Just a quick note for everyone - as of tomorrow morning the UK will be switching to BST (GMT+1) so if you’re in another time zone, you may wish to adjust your joining time accordingly. The meeting...
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Possible 3D Maze Game
Indeed it does. Going with solid textures then, or still undecided? Another possibility, of course, is losing the vertical bands but keeping the top and bottom border lines on walls.Statistics: Posted...
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new projects in development: games • Re: 🦇 Batman
Looking at this there seem to have been two movie tie in games released. A NES version that you're referencing above and a C64/Spectrum/CPC version. They appear to be independent although the same...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A3000 repair - any help would be much appreciated
Forget the cmos checksum error - that just means battery out - del-power-on will solve. The RAM control line error is the real issue and is unusual on A3000 because it usually manifests due to...
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off-topic • Re: LOL DESCRIPTION
‘Fully working’ https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/276989421690?Buyer beware!Statistics: Posted by IanJeffray — Sat Mar 29, 2025 6:11 pm
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: I broke my A3020/3010 SCART lead
It seems nobody knows what the 15-pin video output on RISC machines looks like, so I had to do my own research.I found the details here. In my case, the yellow wire was indeed the sync and connects to...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: b2 - new emulator
Hey Tom. You might have missed my last question. Do you think it possible to add Music 5000 support to it and even Music 5000 midi?Beeb-em is cool and that don't get me wrong.....it's nice to have...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Pi1MHz Software
Just to check you are expecting a harddrive @ &FC40 . Also there has been a change to the drive configuration file. Can you post you drive config file and I can change it.Statistics: Posted by...
View Articleoff-topic • Re: The rise of AI....
There's an old maxim about code being much easier to write than it is to read. I feel like there is going to be rather too much of a temptation just to let the LLM write code and then fail to vet it...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Atom power socket
This website has the same sockets as the original Atom ones https://richelectronics.co.uk/product/d ... ces-om0868Statistics: Posted by davidjlloyd — Sun Mar 30, 2025 3:15 pm
View Articlecommunications • Re: the Night Owl BBS
Hi BrianI've just been fiddling getting my WiFi modem working with my Beeb. I've been able to browse on BeeBS properly today, so I'm hoping to be able to visit the Night Owl this evening, if you'll be...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Memory diagnostics in UEF format
Sorry - I meant to say in my original post that, weirdly, I can open the UEF files using beebem but not on the "real" machines.How are you getting the UEF file into the real hardware BBC?Statistics:...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Iyonix and Samba
It's probably just that the version of OmniClient is too old as I mentioned. That said, could you post the version numbers just for comparison?It’s version 2.34 (Aug 23).As I say, it works flawlessly...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Keyboard Routine Help
How is it "not working"? The first thing that stands out is you're doing DEY:BNE which means you'll miss the code in keytable+0. You should use DEY:BPL.The actual keycheck routine looks ok. The MOS...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Dead RiscPC #3 - no sound
It wouldn't have been relevant anyway, but I didn't change C53. I note that it's in the reset circuit. Just for my education, why might that have been a possible cause? It probably wasn't, though it...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Buyer's Guide (arcwiki)
"Acorn machines are not generally subject to the same capacitor issues that affect eg Amiga or Macintosh"I now think this needs caveats. The statement is true in general EXCEPT for A4, which I believe...
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new projects in development: games • Re: Lady Bug
Math was never my strong point and this actual distance using squares is not going to workI got the calculator out and with this setup of ladybug at top left and enemy 6 pixels belowladybug 0,0 enemy...
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