8-bit acorn emulators • Re: BeebEm for RG350 (Retro Handheld)
I can’t get beebem running on my RG350M. it doesn`t create the dir structure after the first start.I’ve put the roms in /media/data/local/home/.beebem/roms in both cards and it still complains that it...
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introduce yourself • Re: Hello from Stockholm
Hi Ulf,welcome to this great Forum... Greetings from my little Dutch Atomic Attic, Wim... Statistics: Posted by Multiwizard — Wed May 08, 2024 10:30 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Who else is building a Beeb from scratch?
The RGB2HDMI won't give me a stable MODE7 on these new PCBs. I noticed an issue in the original BOM for the board where C48 is specified as 220pF but the Service Manual gives it as 270pF. I'll pop...
View Articledevelopment tools • Re: BBC Basic COLOUR statement
COLOUR purely and simply sends VDU 17,n to OSWRCH, and NOTHING ELSE. It is *ENTIRELY* the job of the VDU drivers to decide what to do with that VDU sequence and ***NO*** business of any foreground...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Can anyone program some EPROMs for me
Yeah, I saw that thread. Oddly, I've used the same IC, I've never had Vcc up to 6.25V (the absolute maximum is 7V over VIL) and then there's the VPP that needs to spend some time at VIH before jumping...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: DEC VT-101 Flyback...
Heard back from Lotharek. They said that they cannot guarantee that Medussa will work but that it likely will given that the Sony PVM does and that normal composite video devices display a shifted...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Will changing VC1 fix my colour problem?
I think I'll just forget about that idea and get a Scart splitter. It's £50, but will split the RGB for me. That should work well.I assume you mean £5? Do you have a device for recording that takes an...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Econet: Line jammed!
I just had a freshly made Beeb with "Line jammed" and found I had inadvertently bent pin#3 on the 68B54 underneath the IC. I checked all over the analogue circuitry and couldn't find the problem, then...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Atom with missing C11
This looks like a supereasy solution ....... great find Dave.GreetingsKeesStatistics: Posted by oss003 — Thu May 09, 2024 10:44 pm
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programming • Re: Timers and interrupts problem in BBC assembler
You're welcome, I'm chuffed my wild guess was right for once. Glad you got it sorted.Statistics: Posted by SteveF — Thu May 09, 2024 10:54 pm
View Articleprogramming • Storing data without using RAM
I've got a dead B+. It doesn't work with my usual diagnostic tool (viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14849), but I got some useful leads thanks to Tricky's test ROM (viewtopic.php?f=2&t=10268#p139467)....
View Articleprogramming • Re: Storing data without using RAM
Clever stuff!I can't think of anything that good, but on a Master (but not a B/B+), could you use &FE30 to store data? I don't know how wide it is, but I suppose it must be at least 4 bits.If you...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: New Raspberry Pi to 1MHz bus interface
I wondered if the M500x emulation used the PWM outputs for audio? The PiZero can be made to output analogue stereo audio by adding the parts the Pi Foundation decided not to install....
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S22 -...
Played through to the end without any problems. Thanks Mick, for fixing that my OCD had forgotten about it Statistics: Posted by maniacminer — Fri May 10, 2024 11:51 pm
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: PiBridge 2.1-dev pushed to github
On the plus side, authenticated TRUNK works. Yey. I've noticed what appears to be rather a shortcoming of the trunking though. And it wasn't obvious until I stumbled on the following comment in the...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Yet another partly dead A5000
After randomly reading on here about the dreaded battery ick I pulled my A5000 out of storage. I've had it since new in the '90s.It's an A5000 alpha, 4Mb, 33Mhz. It has a simtec 4Mb -> 8Mb upgrade...
View Articleintroduce yourself • Hi from London
Hi all,I've used everything from BBC micros, Masters, A310 and up to owning an A5000 since 1994 and my mother (CS teacher) had a RiscPC. It's been a long time since I've done anything with Acorn kit...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Yet another partly dead A5000
It has a 72MHz CPU xtal in it to be running at 36Mhz rather than 33Mhz, this never caused any issues. I My experience trying to overclock Alphas is to the negative - they don't, at all. YMMV, but I'd...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: PunyInform and Ozmoo
I've just tagged up 14.22 alpha 54. This tweaks the !BOOT file to avoid showing CHAIN "LOADER" so prominently - I am 99% confident this change won't break anything but would appreciate any testing,...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Obsolete, but not gone: The people who won't give...
I wouldn't mind, but I have to go into the loft to get crates of CDs down for perusal that I ripped to the NAS about 20 years ago and can just be played via Sonos or the Music streaming service I pay...
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