8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Fault finding index
BBC Micro Issue 4 - factory disc interface fitted. Everything was OK until I added Econet, then the Beeb wouldn't start up, just a flashing cursor at the top left hand corner of the screen. Looking at...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Model B no boot continous Beep
Well done! IC14 is a "wear" part and is a very common reason for continuous tone/random lock-ups etc. it was so common, Acorn put it in a socket, I bet that saved a lot a messing around! If you have a...
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introduce yourself • Re: Hello from Sheffield
Hi Jez,welcome to this great Forum... Greetings from my little Dutch Atomic Attic, Wim... Statistics: Posted by Multiwizard — Wed Feb 14, 2024 6:24 am
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A3020 EtherLan 210
Thanks Daniel and others. I finally made some MAUs, and I have a few spares — PM or see the trading forum if you'd like one.Statistics: Posted by MattBlissett — Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:56 pm
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Micro NMI spamming
If the clock is being received cleanly, then there's only a very limited part of the circuit that is specific to the data, so this should be quick to resolve.Worth checking that your...
View Articlearchive submissions • 1986 HIBASIC?
I was pointed at gtoal's site, as he's got some Arabic ROM stuff on there, and noticed one of the files was a second processor BASIC ROM: https://gtoal.com/acorn/files/arabic2/Library.cbIt says (C)...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Mini Econet Module
PM sent.Statistics: Posted by KenLowe — Thu Feb 15, 2024 1:29 am
View Article32-bit acorn software: RISC iX • Re: Hard disc image of RISCiX backup on...
reviewed machines had 30MHz parts, only for Acorn to settle on slower parts in production machines due to yield, stability and FPA compatibility issues.26MHz was PGA, 30MHz/33MHz was QFP. Have you...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: Model Master 128+Acorn Z80 Second Processor
Here is a single assembler source file, for tpasm, which generates HDBIOS.SYS file and gives a binary identical result to the file distributed by JGH. This may make it easier to follow what is...
View Articleintroduce yourself • Re: Hello from East Kilbride
Welcome - from this ex-Newton Mearns Canadian ...Statistics: Posted by scruss — Thu Feb 15, 2024 4:08 am
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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: A new MENU system for MMC/Gotek
Thanks so much for producing this I’ll give it a try. I had found that the “drive only needs to be spinning” for the &80. If you’ve changed that to a &00, then it will spin up and change disks...
View Article32-bit acorn software: other • Re: The palette converter for the Archimedes
@paulb Thank you very much. I didn't know about these Cromenco machines and the graphic cards for them. However my article is about more mainstream stuff.Statistics: Posted by litwr — Thu Feb 15, 2024...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: UK101 Cegmon dump request
I've done a brief comparison of the CEGMONs posted recently and found the following:Cegmon0.rom posted by Osi:This is 48x16 and unsurprisingly the major differences concern the screen dimensions but...
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development tools • Re: Building BASIC4 source
What's the easiest way to execute an OSBYTE call and see register A, X and Y contents afterwards?I was thinking a little BBC BASIC + ASM program would do the trick.. but I wouldn't know where to start...
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other events + general event chat • Re: Retro Computer Exhibition 14th-17th...
Hi,Good to meet you yesterday and chat Beebs and ARMs! Hopefully see you on Monday night for a drink (see sig) The display of machines is really good - I encourage people to visit it if they get a...
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introduce yourself • Re: Hello from Ireland
Hi,welcome to this great Forum... A very interesting beeb you have... Greetings from my little Dutch Atomic Attic, Wim... Statistics: Posted by Multiwizard — Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:20 am
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Meteors++ (Enhanced Acornsoft...
That looks great! The funny thing is, I don't have much recollection of it being that bad. The main thing that stood out to me about Electron Meteors was the way it wasn't in colour (like the BBC...
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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: MMBEEB Games Menu
Magnificient!My computer's desktop looks like this:Not really being much of a programmer, I was in a haze of confusion about comprehending and converting that VB script which processes MMBEEB Games...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: HOWTO: An alternative tripler for Microvitec CUB...
I thought I would write an update to this story. As Jonathan mentions above, we have been having trouble with these triplers. In fact we have fitted 13 of them and so far 10 have failed. Most have...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Music 500, "Work" (and Acorn's...
but I think someone might need to explain the Music 500 element, because I'm not really getting it.The link to the IA has a quote “for computer-operating pianist or pianist with tape” which,...
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