8-bit acorn emulators • Re: BBC Master Welcome disk
Been playing around with it a bit. I've nearly fixed it. The reason the pointer doesn't move is that it's expecting a joystick or mouse to be connected so I previously added "*KEYS" to the loader to...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Running a Program from ROM / Sideways Rom
The big question here is "Do you have the source code?"If you do, although a service ROM has an additional layer of complexity over a simple assembler program, in that it needs a header and a routine...
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programming • Re: Function causing Beeb to crash
ProgTip: I managed to wrangle some code together to do left-shifts on pre-32bit BASIC:((num%AND&3FFFFFFF)*2)OR(((num%AND&40000000)<>0)AND&80000000)I thought I'd done a similar right...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A5000 boot issue
I think you've lost a clock, or the Genlock connector isn't jumpered correctly.(If you don't care about the reasoning behind this - skip down to the underlined text "QED" below)SIRQ comes from the...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Scotland #3 - Thu...
Sounds good Chris - the Z88 will be interesting to see. I wonder how the MODE statement copes with it's limited sized screen?Incompatibly, but it still does something:MODE n: MODE statementThe MODE...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Bad FS Map
Try Disc Image Manager:I do use Gerald's tool (plus my own less friendly one for scripting images). However, this is a physical SCSI drive...and I can't image it. I could pop it out and bung it in a...
View Articleother vintage hardware, software and languages • Re: OSI Superboard II repro...
Oops, bit of a value judgement there, sorry!Lol, no worries.Statistics: Posted by Ronin47 — Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:37 pm
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: "A very nice, compact SWRAM/Flash board"
OK, I put the order in at JLCPCB so I got 100 for the price of 25 with half price shipping, works out about 25p per board inc. shipping, taxes and the annoying scam of being shown an invoice in GBP...
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S22 -...
LOL this is one of those early Acornsoft games I don't care for much, I prefer shooters. Saying that though, Space Panic (what Monsters is a decent clone of) isn't that great either, but it is 1980 I...
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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Master MOS disassembly
If I get to the stage of needing to update 3.20Z/3.50Z/5.10Z, I'll think of something.3.21A, 3.51A, 5.11A ?I think I'll wait and see how it's looking by that point, if I get there. It's possible that...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: (Tomorrow) ABUG Scotland...
Sorry folks, it’s been a brutal week of trying to get work finished so that I can go on holiday. I’m still coming tomorrow but I’ll only be bringing the Pi400 with RISC OS.Statistics: Posted by...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Acorn A3000 - how to get software onto IDE?
Wouldn't it be cheaper to recap you current PSU ?Statistics: Posted by HigashiJun — Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:08 pm
View Article32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Were there any Archimedes game...
Thanks to flaxcottage then!Did Micro User only do sub-only discs, or did they do cover discs as well? Are the ones on the arcarc.nl archive cover discs or sub discs?Statistics: Posted by wmd — Wed Jan...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Mini Econet Module
I guess that once the computer case is closed, you won't notice any difference whatever the brightness of the leds is... These computers have lids??? Statistics: Posted by KenLowe — Wed Jan 17, 2024...
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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: SAVE THE DATE! ABUG...
Evening all!I've not attended a meet before, so I reckon it's about time I did Looking at the threads for past ABUG South events, it seems most people arrived on Friday afternoon — is that effectively...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Xilinx CPLDs are to be axed by AMD
Well, it's the end of an era. Goodbye XC9572XL and all of its derivatives. AMD is pulling the plug on the whole lot. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-indus ... cquisition Whilst laying a wreath for...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Xilinx CPLDs are to be axed by AMD
Well, it's the end of an era. Goodbye XC9572XL and all of its derivatives. AMD is pulling the plug on the whole lot. https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-indus ... cquisition Yeah. Gutted when I saw...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Dunjunz is the greatest game of all...
Have you tried playing the BBC version? We established in a previous thread that it is more challenging in some places (notably level 24).Statistics: Posted by joachim — Thu Jan 18, 2024 11:58 pm
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: 8MB A3000
Nice work Ian, I'll definitely be interested in one of these, as and when you're ready!I won't be making these, as a rule. Whilst this works, there's probably too much work required on the motherboard...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Are the keyboard keys interchangeable between all...
maybe someone just swapped the keys?Almost certainly that.Statistics: Posted by IanJeffray — Fri Jan 19, 2024 12:15 am
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