32-bit acorn hardware • Re: 16-Bit podules on an A4000
Very cool. And yes, I totally agree that the A4000 was unnecessarily crippled by using the same mainboard as the A3020. There is loads of space in that case for useful goodies.Statistics: Posted by...
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Improved Electron version of Elite
How far can sideways ram go? is it conceivable it could be adapted to add second processor type stuff too? details on planets? suns ?Edit: I misunderstood your question, new answer The two constraints...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Master MOS disassembly
I’ll add my thanks. I have your release of 3.20 and 3.50 working smoothly in my Master + ‘Turbo’ CoPro.Good to hear - thanks for the note!--TomStatistics: Posted by tom_seddon — Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:39 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: SOUND statement query
Sorry, I can't help as I never used anything remotely fancy to do with sound and drove the chip directly from asm. I wonder if beebwiki would help and I'm surprised that jgh hasn't been along to...
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S22 -...
And now 30k......Statistics: Posted by KarateEd — Sat Mar 30, 2024 4:51 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Extension cable to plus1
Don't do it . . . I tried one of Phil Pearson expansion boards with a short ribbon cable - Disaster - all sorts of problems.Dave H.Statistics: Posted by daveejhitchins — Sat Mar 30, 2024 5:26 pm
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland #5 - Thu...
Also having an interest in old calculators, I brought along my Curta Mark 2 mechanical calculator.Might bring it again for those who missed it...The Mk14 did work - and relatively recently too - I...
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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: BOOKING THREAD: ABUG...
hi kieran, just wondering as not sure, would it be £30 as its for me and parent or just £15 as im dragging them along (they wont be bringing anything)?thanks a lot!(also admins if you could email me...
View Articleoff-topic • Mechanical keyboards with a retro aesthetic
So Commodore fans are going to get a rather nice looking C64 themed 10 keyless mechanical keyboard courtesy of the people at 8BitDo https://www.8bitdo.com/retro-mechanical-keyboard-c64/This got me...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Music 500 -> Music 5000 and Music 500 ->...
After watching ladies and gentlemen perilously avoiding a nasty bout of E-coli infection, I spent a bit of time figuring out why two different DACs and two different sets of op-amps would give the...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • A310 2 faults 1 Not finding SCSI drive 2 Floppy drive
I will start with the floppy drive , I did not know this was faulty till I tried to find drivers for SCSI drive.I have tried another drive & that works OK (Not the right one for A310) .The light...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Simple Electon MMC Interface
And it works…Had to make up a printer port cable to assist in debugging…Then I realised I’d forgotten to RTFM and my card? error was as a result of me using sideways ram which was write...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Help with cassette loading errors
My recollection from bitd is that head azimuth is critical and often a reason for loading failure if you're playing a tape recorded on a different deck. If the deck has a speaker its fairly easy to...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: RGB to HDMI using a Pi Zero and a small CPLD
They are 1K in size and contain 256 32 bit words with the RGB + mono values for each of 256 colours.Each 32 bit word contains R (lsbyte), G, B + Mono (msbyte) with values 0-255 (Mono is used in mono /...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: HCR Micron Plus EPROM Programmer
Just written a Fairchild MBM2764 successfully as well - that's a 21V part.Statistics: Posted by atsampson — Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:46 pm
View Article32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: ADFFS on RiscPC
Do NOT put RISC OS 5 on a RiscPC! It was never designed for it and will create massive software and hardware incompatibilities.RO6 is the most advanced version you can put on there, but it came along...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Help with disk drive problem
Hi, after 40 years not having touched a BBC I recently bough a couple of Beebs, an Issue 7 and a B+.I've also bought a GOTEK from Mark which arrived this weekend. Fitted it to the B+, it didn't work,...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: 16-Bit podules on an A4000
Bounce up and down and shout wibble if an A3000 podule box can be adapted to work on an A3010 viewtopic.php?t=21592&start=30Statistics: Posted by AndyMc1280 — Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:54 pm
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introduce yourself • Re: Hello from Surrey
Welcome, Roxy. Statistics: Posted by flaxcottage — Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:56 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Advice needed on getitng a PCB "printed"
It's cheap, takes roughly two weeks to get to the UK... and UK customs don't check these packages too carefully, so 90% of the time you get away without paying import duty.My understanding is that for...
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