8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Old BBC Micro Hardware and Software
Hi, I can add some detail to what Alex did next.I was the electronics technician at the Gwyn, hired to work with Alex on his teaching. He brought with him OPUS, which was a precursor to Trekker, and...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Risc PC failing to start
I haven't left it 24 hours, but about 12 - would that make a difference?Probably not. But before tinkering with the board itself have you tried the board with an absolute minimum configuration? Just...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: RGB to HDMI using a Pi Zero and a small CPLD
If you have a board, how much would you need to ship one to NZ please?I have found some Amiga boards and have sent you a PM.Statistics: Posted by IanB — Sun Jun 15, 2025 4:28 am
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: Probable 3D Maze Game/Epsilon Protocol
Carrying on from the previous post I have been experimenting with the speeds and didn't like the feel of the inverted controls so they are staying as they were previously. I have however increased the...
View Articlecommunications • Re: GEM Terminal (80186 Co-Pro)
Guess what I found and no idea where it came from. No guarantee that it will work though.I have a Master 128 with a floppy drive but I need to connect up my Gotek to boot up.I don't have a real PC...
View Articlearchive submissions • Re: 30th Anniversary BBC and Electron Collection
Hi,Yes, Disc100 has had no new changes.As I move forward and check the newer discs, it is likely that some, if not most, may not need any changes.Other than a few missing inlays or extra bits added,...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Model C20K - a new "Beeb"
Regarding JLC and PTH vs. NTPH - were the holes explicitly marked as NPTH? Can you specify certain holes are non plated through?I though they still electroplated the holes across the whole layer to...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Latest version of Atomulator for Linux
For reasons which might mean that I am crazy, I wanted to re-compile Atomulator in order to see if I can modify it to allow as much RAM as possible for program space, possibly including moving the...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S25 -...
And now for a huge point increase and no, I did not use the cheat.....Just so you know, screen 4 has the same cheat issue on the bottom right.....Nice progress there, Ed!I think, perhaps you mean the...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Beebug A3000/3010 IDE podule
I've acquired this card and have tried to use it in a A3010 (running ROS 3.11). It reports itself as "Risc Developments' A3010 IDE Interface (0.02)"Although the ROM onboard is labelled 1.02...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland Day Event...
Thank you all for your responses to which Saturday dates you were available.I've now set the date to Saturday July 19th and booking is now open (see link above)!Statistics: Posted by Tosk — Mon Jun...
View Articleoff-topic • Re: Acorn Art Thread
Mum and sonStatistics: Posted by pixelblip — Mon Jun 16, 2025 12:33 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: JamSoftElectronULA: A no-frills Electron ULA...
Hi there,I appreciate it has been a short while since the last post on this thread. I just wondered if replacement ULAs were still available and, if so, whether I could order a prebuilt unit?I...
View Articlemiscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: 9 new games for the BBC Micro...
Hi,I believe they all need *RUN commands instead of CHAIN.When I last checked, just one did not work correctly which was HORDE which seems to have no keyboard control for some reason (at least under...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC Model C20K - a new "Beeb"
Seemingly not, no. I've had to fiddle about with a few of the footprints having stupid drill/pin/pad sizes since I've moved to KiCad 8. I'm not sure if that's a fault introduced when they upgraded the...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland Day Event...
That's me signed up...DerekStatistics: Posted by walkerworks — Tue Jun 17, 2025 11:08 am
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Netlists?
Ok this is the output from the Python script for the M128 - not yet checked it properly.ThanksStatistics: Posted by JonnoW — Tue Jun 17, 2025 11:23 am
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: I think I killed my PiTube level shifter
I wouldn't expect you necessarily to have damaged the level shifter, in the absence of any smell or smoke.But as you've tried two host machines and two pis, maybe that's the right conclusion.Does this...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Running DFS on an issue 2
Hi all,I've recently acquired an issue 2 BBC Micro, with the upgrades necessary to use a disc drive.Originally, with a DFS rom installed, it would not boot, but this was fixed by unbending one of IC...
View Articleprogramming • Re: Decoding 9's complement properly...
(Maybe you have a typo on line 60?)This seems right to me:Code: 10 FOR x=0 TO 920 IF x<5 PRINT;x: ELSE PRINT ;x" "FNnine(x)30 NEXT40 END50 DEF FNnine(A%)60 = -(9-A%)or perhaps preferablyCode: 10...
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