32-bit acorn software: other • Re: The palette converter for the Archimedes
(I just happened to read a note about using blue noise to help. See perhaps here and here. Amusing note in the first one about the original use of "dither")Statistics: Posted by BigEd — Thu Dec 28,...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Converting DFS disc images to ADFS disc images
You are a star.Regards RonStatistics: Posted by RonT — Fri Dec 29, 2023 6:30 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: New MicroSD card PCB for use with MMFS
Ok, I'll try and have a look at this over the next week...Statistics: Posted by KenLowe — Fri Dec 29, 2023 6:43 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Beeb FPGA port to Spectrum Next
Does the old BBC master core work with the XBerry Pi (issue 4G)? Its supposed to be 100% Next compatible as it uses the sparten 6 FPGA as per the issue 2 (KS1) boards i believe.You can get them from...
View Articleprogramming • Re: VCCC2023: Christmas Challenge
If anyone is interested, the data for the second challenge in fuzzel's post above is:Code: 100DATA 10,3,2,3,18,15,13,7,15,11,15,7,9,9,23,4688 110DATA 14,24,20,25,23,24,7,1,10,15,9,4,11,13,11,4828...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland #3 - Thu...
I've decided to come up although best part of a 2-hour drive for me, but have camper, will travel!Might being some non-acorn 6502 stuff and maybe a couple of re-capped PSUs for sale/exchange if...
View Article32-bit acorn software: RISC iX • Re: MEMC and RISC iX
I think that the focus on 32K page size as a topic of debate was a bit of a red herring. The real problem with R140 was not that the pages were too big, it was that there weren't enough of them. Sure,...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: PiBridge 2.1-dev pushed to github
Code: *HALTPIto put it to bed.*FINISH (SJ servers) or *FSMODE M (FileStore) would be commands historically used for this purpose.I was thinking more generic. *PICMD haltWhere 'halt' is just the...
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introduce yourself • Re: Hello from London
Welcome, Mark. Statistics: Posted by flaxcottage — Sat Dec 30, 2023 7:34 pm
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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Master MOS disassembly
first load up of 3.20NT and 3.50NT on real hardware - and it works a treat even after the y2k etc patchesI'm a bit torn on the year patch - On one hand it is 24 years ish now since we needed 19xx but...
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32-bit acorn hardware • A3000 to PC file transfer options
Hi, and season's greetings!Now that my A3000 is working great thanks to many helpful people here I'm on a quest to find ways to transfer files between it and my PC. My current process is CFCARD ->...
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off-topic • Re: Acorn Art Thread
The tracks of my tearsStatistics: Posted by pixelblip — Sat Dec 30, 2023 8:43 pm
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communications • Re: OBBS (without needing Pace Modem)
Hi Ed,couldn't send this through PM obviously so posting here instead.Hopefully you can get the remaining issues sorted soon but hopefully not long beforeanother BBS is out there... great stuff. Well...
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32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Were there any Archimedes game...
Also props to Dave for making a 256colour game ad in a 16colour game Statistics: Posted by IanJeffray — Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:02 pm
View Articleprogramming • Re: Random access files: Avoiding 'can't extend'
Long time since I DFS'ed - but think what I'd be tempted to do here is to create !INDEX as the temp file as you are doing, but set EXT# to zero. Then your subsequent application can still OPENUP for...
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off-topic • Re: 1996 the great retuning (Channel 5)
5th channel = money to the treasury....because you're selling a bit more spectrum off.Which is why HMG were so desperate to sell of 5G mobile frequencies. (because money)And then under the guise of...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Converting DFS disc images to ADFS disc images
Thanks beebmaster. I will have to put a fair amount of time and effort into testing out the numerous suggestions. Il will report back.Statistics: Posted by RonT — Sun Dec 31, 2023 8:56 pm
View Articleintroduce yourself • Re: Hello from Bristol
Welcome and enjoy your visits hereGreetings from the South of the Netherlands,RolandStatistics: Posted by roland — Sun Dec 31, 2023 9:09 pm
View Articlearchive requests • Re: Blind Access: Screen Readers and Magazines on...
1989-1991 Computer Talk magazines on cassettes all preserved here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/cg3q3pvg ... j4i7f&dl=0.Some early speech recognition items are discussed, as well as the BBC...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: BBC Micro Languages, use of low ZP addresses
It's really just $00 and $01 that affect me on this platform. That Forth memory map doesn't show ZP anyhow. I expect there is disassembly for some of the language ROMs at least. BASIC is the one...
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