32-bit acorn hardware • Test A3010 4mb Ram Expansion
Hi,I have a 4mb ram expansion installed in my A3010. Fired up the a3010 recently having not used it for a few years and got POST errors00000000000000100000000101000001Ram control line fail I think is...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Building Ultimate BBC Micro B
The modification for switching between 8271 and 1770 is not something I have seen before. So I think it's a rather unusual modification.Only a small amount of software needs a specific disk filing...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Reverse engineering "Taipei" Micro User listing?
Here are the extracted sprites as PNG files.bamboo.pngcharacters.pngcircles.pngspecial.pngStatistics: Posted by RobC — Fri Apr 25, 2025 1:02 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Acorn 2201 part numbers
Hi,Can anyone verify that I'm referencing the correct part numbers here? particularly the 2201 codes?I have some pulls from non working machines and I want to make sure I've identified them...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: code archæology: how not to implement...
For each card in turn, choose a player to deal that card to, uniformly at random (or in the biased case, i.i.d. at random)If at any time a player has received more than 13 cards, invalidate the entire...
View Articlemodern implementations of classic programming languages • Re: BBCSDL as a...
Not that I know the internals well, but the assembler in BBCSDL is designed to develop code for the running system. All of the BBCSDL targets are at least 32 bit, so the older chips wouldn't be useful...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Test A3010 4mb Ram Expansion
Removed the 4mb, and replaced the original 2mb expansion and it boots just fine. Were the links correctly configured for 4MB? (They can differ depending on exactly the model of 4MB board) -- so you...
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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Master 512 Gotek files - Adding new files
Thanks for all the replies, lots to think about - ill report back Statistics: Posted by RonT — Fri Apr 25, 2025 1:59 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Acorn 2201 part numbers
From the 2201 records:2201,359/T MASTER IC CRTC MUX (VTI) SEMICUSTOM SPEC 1 44 AMR E3362201,360/T MASTER IC PCB (VTI) SEMICUSTOM SPEC 1 74 AMR E3362201,361/T MASTER IC MEM SW (VTI) SEMICUSTOM SPEC 1...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Should I buy a BBC B or Master 128?
How BBC compatible is a Master running the triple MOS ROM - ?? If it does give good Game compatibility, the the Master would really be the best option!I've just booted an original "This program is...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: My A3000 is dead
Success! Just for fun I changed the links to Vsync + Csync and I get a great, stable image.I need to set about repairing the original keyboard now.Statistics: Posted by rodders — Sat Apr 26, 2025 2:26...
View Articlenew projects and releases: text and graphic adventures • Re: Exploring...
Update.(This will be quite brief as I haven't been taking notes as I've gone along).I decided to assume sideways RAM is generally available and rather than cut features out to fit into available main...
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Astro Stash
"Astro Stash" would seem to be a great name for a game, if the alien "resources" the protagonist is taking where the aliens' stash of, er, "recreational pharmaceuticals".Just a random...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: ArcArc.nl giving errors?
Does anyone know what is in the latest update?Statistics: Posted by wmd — Sat Apr 26, 2025 3:21 pm
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Hang Seng
Yes! That was the article. Thanks alot. I actually didn't realise that Acorn RISC OS had a share of real world use and not just home and education / schools.I believe the BBC Graphics Department used...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: B-Em ARM7TDMI very slow
I managed to get BeebEm running under wine on the same linux box. This behaves more or less as I expectedBeebEm: set to 50FPS. Setting it at any speed seems to pull FPS close to 0 making it...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Should I buy a RISC PC?
Considering buying a RISC PC to relive my teenage years. My parents bought me an A4000 for my Christmas present in 1992. Not sure what happened to it but I think my mum threw it away.I always lusted...
View Articleeconet in all its guises • Re: Level 4 Fileserver not responding
The version installed on my machine is 1.00 (15-Feb-91)Where can I get a newer version?Statistics: Posted by roland — Sat Apr 26, 2025 10:28 pm
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Dead RiscPC #5 - intermittent video fault?
It's still not working, so time isn't a factor. Also, I tried slot 1, and that didn't change anything either. So I reckon there has to be a dry joint, somewhere around the processor slots ( that gets...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Disassemblies of BBC Micro Games
Does anyone know if there is an easy way to generate a beebasm version to allow easy modding?I'm guessing it will involve translation as the assembly doesn't have labels, unless I just missed them!I...
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