miscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Elite Compendium (BBC Micro +...
I'll try a few different variations tonight, but it does look like running the editor is not enough. I have to actually launch and then hyperspace somewhere for it to do whatever it's doing to make...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: ArcArc.nl giving errors?
Agreed. Whilst not everyone might fully agree with what ArcArc are doing, from a purely preservation perspective, I hope the majority can see the benefit they provide.I don't agree with making stuff...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: ATOM DVI-D video and SID Audio adapter
Interesting - do you think "DOS mode" might refer to MS Windows on a PC?!I thought it meant the older style BIOS screens and similar that were predominantly low resolution text screens, but who...
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other events + general event chat • Re: TNMOC ECONET LAN PARTY JUNE 7 & 8...
I've grabbed my ticketsI'll bring some kit along to emulate some phone lines and provide modem access to Telstar, TheNightOwl and some other Viewdata systems / BBSs, so if you want to experiment,...
View Articledevelopment tools • Re: BeebAsm
I agree this would be a good idea. I was going to have a go at implementing it and then I started to think it might turn into a can of worms.I made a start yesterday at implementing it just to see...
View Articlesoftware preservation • Stairway UEF Mirror
I took the liberty of uploading my copies of all of the Stairway to Hell UEF files that I downloaded years ago:https://beebstuff.uk/f/acorn/STH-UEF/Or grab the entire mirror in a single file (~25...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A3000 keyboard cleaning / repair
Doh! The keys not working were the cursor keys (all 4), 0, 1 and 4 on the numeric keypad. Because they were in the same physical area I'd assumed that there was some problem there in the membrane...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S25 -...
After numerous attempts - this is my best score so far.Statistics: Posted by MatthewThompson — Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:08 pm
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Repairing Quantun SCSI drive in Nexus server.
I'd not heard of BlueSCSI.Shame on you I did a whole 'series' on here, testing BlueSCSI on (at least) 8 different Acorn SCSI cards : viewtopic.php?p=386193#p386193Thanks for the link. That is so Cool!...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Nightshade protection [technical]
How about the disk drive to video cable?'Freespin'... one of my favourite demos.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zprSxCMlECAStatistics: Posted by Kevin Edwards — Tue Apr 15, 2025 9:51 pm
View Articleprogramming • Re: Faster BPUT for file of indeterminate size
Are you using flow control on the serial port to prevent the far end sending data when you're not ready to receive it? (TCPSER seems to support at&k3 to enable flow control). That might help...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • GSX under Z80 CP/M
Has anyone ever experimented with GSX under CP/M on the Z80 second processor? I took a quick look at the drivers (DDBBC0.PRL / DDBBC1.PRL) this evening. They seem quite clunky, with not many functions...
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Lady Bug
Build 25.106.0228 HSC.09I just noticed that the map editor editor.bas actually uses G% for screen positioning but this conflicts with menu.bas which uses it for game mode selection so I replaced G%...
View Articlegeneral • Re: Dupont style crimp connector
In a good quality crimping tool, the point of the ratchet is to ensure that the crimp is fully and properly crimped so that the wires are squeezed to the correct pressure. The risk with a tool that...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Keep your fr-IRQs close, but keep your NMIs closer
Fair point. Doesn't look like it. I'll shut up now.But testing in b-em with a read breakpoint set to the FDC range, does show that Watford DDFS 1.54T does not read the FDC until the first disc...
View Articlemiscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Elite Compendium (BBC Micro +...
Really appreciate you looking into this. Thanks.Here's the manual.BestStatistics: Posted by SgtPepper — Thu Apr 17, 2025 12:31 am
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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Strykers Run crashing on Master Compact?
We don't have Stryker's Run, so an SCP / HFE would be welcomed!I'll have to check whether I've got a working 3.5" drive, but checking the google drive link, i've got a few that aren't in the list It's...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Joystick / sound etc questions (turned into...
I'd be interested on opinions of this revision - ignore the scuffed up led display it's been through a lot of prototypes. The previous one was a 12mm button on textured plastic, I found the texture...
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Introduce Yourself • Re: Hello new BBC Model B Owner
Elite! !YaY! ...and on a Model B as well. Double !YaY! Statistics: Posted by myno — Thu Apr 17, 2025 3:27 am
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Master NFS?
I found a link to the master et roms here containing the anfs romhttps://mdfs.net/System/ROMs/AcornMOS/MasterET/Statistics: Posted by lovebug — Fri Apr 18, 2025 1:20 am
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