general • Re: Today I received.....
Today I finally received my second Acorn machine…A BBC Master.Great to try out some games and other software that I’ve not been able to try on real hardware before - like the excellent Prince of...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Dead RiscPC #5 - intermittent video fault?
This one's really frustrating! It's a board that is very clean, with no visible battery damage. Initially it gave a POST code indicating Virq errors plus CMOS unreadable. I fixed a very minor track...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Building Ultimate BBC Micro B
I got your PM and have responded. Let me know if you havent received it and I will drop you an email as an alternativeAll good. I've responded.Statistics: Posted by KenLowe — Fri Apr 11, 2025 12:16 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Extra Extra! corrupt clipart disc
hi billcarr2005as far as i have read the manual the package consisted of 2 discsbut if you also have the fonts disc I would be welkomin any case this is more than i had hoped forthanks in any case so...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: RISC PC strange boot
CheersGetting somewhereI seem to need to press shift-del-* when its been powered down for a while to get any response but then it boots to RISCOS with the empty window. I probably need to install a...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Help Needed with Acorn A3020 Boot Issue
Hi Ian, I have now purchased a scope, can you advise a good place to check. I looked at the address lines between the SOC and the RAM with the scope, can see rapidly changing square waves on each. Can...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Repton 2 longplay (BBC version)
I forgot about this before but I actually discovered an infinite points glitch in BBC Repton 2. In order to be able to beat the game, you have to visit the status character with 0 transporters and 0...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge...
Here's my 3...Commando : https://bbcmicro.co.uk//game.php?id=2412Hopman (yes, it's inufuto but the scrolling's okay and there aren't any extra lives in this one) :...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Joystick / sound etc questions (turned into...
beebjoy1.3.JPGFinal PCB version - removed some useless components, cleaned up pin headers, added a header for joystick wires in addition to the 9 pin connector (for different installation styles)....
View Articleprogramming • Re: Create a MODE7 reader to display a formatted txt file
The thing is, if you just want a routine to display text in MODE7 - without too many bells & whistles - then is it essential to load the data on the fly? You have around 25k of free memory in that...
View Article32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Unreleased games
Following an excellent ABUG south event, with a lot of help have managed to access some versions of games I had worked on, including this demo of Bombshell. Originally designed as a bomberman clone,...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Dead RiscPC #5 - intermittent video fault?
Point taken, but I was pretty sure it was an issue with getting battery power to the IC. Had a close look this morning, and yes that's it. There's a 47 ohm resistor in the trace which supplies power...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Independent power for 5.25 floppy
It's just one wire link to switch it on. If you cant to that then you should step away from the other stuff.I haven't come across one that needs the minimum load for years.They are cheap and...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: March 2025 (beta.5) Master OS 3.5
I've based my question on experience on the earlier version of BeebEm (before Apple updated their OS which stopped it working). With that you loaded BeebEm (with the Master 128 configured to ADFS) and...
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general • Re: Today I received.....
Today I picked up this generous gift... Statistics: Posted by Multiwizard — Sat Apr 12, 2025 6:59 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: GSINIT and GSREAD
A late thought on this thread. I noticed ages ago, but only just got around to thinking about it. GSREAD returns V set if the decoded character is a 7-bit control character, ie &00-&1F or...
View Articlecommunications • Re: the Night Owl BBS *Sat 12th*
Night Owl BBS Host is up for the evening ..An encouraging 4 callers yesterday, thanks to those who visited.Much appreciated guys.BrianStatistics: Posted by brianmartin_2001 — Sat Apr 12, 2025 7:26 pm
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: [COMPLETED] BOOKING...
A short taster video of the event: https://youtu.be/mcb9qGUFxL8Very nice video indeedStatistics: Posted by TimoHartong — Sat Apr 12, 2025 7:41 pm
View Articleother events + general event chat • Re: TNMOC ECONET LAN PARTY JUNE 7 & 8...
Ticket booked but I hope to be on shore and that will be the surprise.Statistics: Posted by TimoHartong — Sat Apr 12, 2025 7:53 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Strykers Run crashing on Master Compact?
Is it just me or does this game crash shortly after arriving at the title screen and playing the music on a Master Compact?Statistics: Posted by !FOZ! — Sat Apr 12, 2025 8:48 pm
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