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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: RGB to HDMI using a Pi Zero and a small CPLD

Hello,First of all thank you for this awesome project! I just added a PPUDigitizer + RGBtoHDMI to my Famicom and it looks super crisp!I saw that the CPLD used by RGBtoHDMI reached EOL, is there a new...

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Introduce Yourself • Hello from (near) Cambridge

Hi everyone — I've come across StarDot a few times over the years while browsing, and finally decided to sign up as I'm to get more ambitious with my retro adventures. I first got an Electron for...

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acorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Yarrb Mini

I made the foolish mistake of not researching compatibility with the YARRB Mini before I built my Econet board for Atom. I don't think having the Econet ROM in SK24 works with the YARRB Mini. Is it...

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Introduce Yourself • Re: Hello from (near) Cambridge

Hi Rob,welcome to this great Forum... Greetings from my little Dutch Atomic Attic, Wim... Statistics: Posted by Multiwizard — Sat Jun 07, 2025 9:16 pm

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32-bit acorn software: other • Re: where to find Arcol ?

viewtopic.php?t=21106Found hereCheersLaurentStatistics: Posted by dimebag — Sun Jun 08, 2025 4:25 pm

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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Model C20K - a new "Beeb"

https://github.com/kgl2001/IntegraBv2- ... PROMs/ROMsFrom Kens github repo.Thanks, I'll take a look. I'll probably have to tweak to work with the particulars of the EEPROM chip but every clue is...

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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Using BASIC keywords & tokens in BASIC...

There isn't one, but you'd always have the possibility of ending up in a situation anyway, if there's no BASIC ROM in the machine, or if your ROM is a language ROM and it's running in the 6502 2nd...

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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Please help me make this A310 live again

Not Sure where to take this next. it sounds like I really need to validate the main chips. This will probably go on hold until I can find a spare board or someone with a similar board that's willing...

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miscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Acornsoft Maze v2 (BBC Master...

I shall give this a try. Thanks for putting this out. It's given the original game a whole new lease of life, I can't wait to see the campaign mode.Statistics: Posted by sa_scott — Sun Jun 08, 2025...

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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • ABUG Dev night #95, Thursday...

On Thursday there will be an ABUG Dev night at 7.30pm (BST) on zoom.This involves a group of us getting together virtually to demo and discuss our current Acorn-related projects - software and...

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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Dev night #95,...

(Sorry, I don't think I can get to this one. Have a good session!)Statistics: Posted by BigEd — Sun Jun 08, 2025 6:32 pm

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8-bit acorn emulators • Re: Opus DDOS: Interesting seek behaviour

I think this is the cause of the Challenger ROM issuing an occasional Bad Track Format error on b2. It initiates a seek with data register=255, and cancels it pretty much straight away (within a few...

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scanning of books, magazines, ads and letters • Re: Watford Electronics Micro...

An ad from 1982 when electronics was still their main line.Statistics: Posted by acornist — Mon Jun 09, 2025 7:59 pm

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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Help! My Model B died in its sleep!

the CARD? error is because its looking for the SD card interface module on the user port, assume you don't have it plugged in.Is it in fact a BBC model B, 32 Kb ram and fully populated?Statistics:...

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acorn atom and acorn system series • Re: ICE T65/Z80/6809

Do you by chance have a link to one of these boards ?Statistics: Posted by bprosman — Mon Jun 09, 2025 8:11 pm

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8-bit acorn emulators • mame4droid

Thought I woud reminisce about when Ichad a System 1 and tried mame4droid withe the System 1 bios.Got the app to boot into a System 1 screenScreenshot_20250609-201347_MAME4droid (Current).jpgTried all...

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other events + general event chat • Re: TNMOC ECONET LAN PARTY JUNE 7 & 8...

Thanks to everyone who organised or just attended all of which made it a great weekend. I’m very proud that my Commander Cookie was such a successful trader although her 4th place in kills was...

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8-bit acorn hardware • Beeb in a suitcase

Did anyone have one BITD?Statistics: Posted by acornist — Mon Jun 09, 2025 9:04 pm

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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Beeb in a suitcase

No, but I am intrigued that it was an Antler product. I bought some luggage at their factory/mill shop many years ago, and the building still stands by the side of the M66, although the Antler signage...

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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S25 -...

Errr, yeah...And which level set are we even meant to be playing on??? Statistics: Posted by Cybershark — Mon Jun 09, 2025 10:30 pm

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