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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Extra colours

This was pointed out on a discord that I am a member of: https://mastodon.me.uk/@bbcmicrobot/112886509993182906Which does show that dithering (sort of) can look very pretty.land_and_sky.pngIs this the...

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new projects in development: games • Re: Apache Valley - possible new...

You can always port it, I'm sure several of are would love to take a look Statistics: Posted by tricky — Sun Oct 06, 2024 9:08 pm

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8-bit acorn emulators • Re: MAME: How to ... ?

It doesn’t matter. Don’t worry about it.I do appreciate the questions and feedback, just have very little time and motivation to do anything about them at the moment.Statistics: Posted by Pernod — Sun...

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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: CUB Monitor Image

Thanks Mark,I've put a multimeter across the output to the degauss coil and sure enough no voltage when switching the monitor on. Its a T432, any recommendations for where I can find a...

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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Electron ISO-Pascal

That seems like a very solid thread that I managed to overlook, or it didn't appear prominently in the search results that I saw. As for recollections of problems, I find that there can be a...

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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: The BBC Micro ROM Library

Chrome is telling me that the tab is using 2.9GByte. That's a lot!Statistics: Posted by BigEd — Mon Oct 07, 2024 9:50 pm

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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Music 5000 problem

Note the discussion in this other thread: https://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewt ... 50#p217350Statistics: Posted by Coeus — Mon Oct 07, 2024 11:05 pm

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communications • Re: Terminal emulator for BBC Micro with separate...

It's not a complete solution, but if you're hacking something up yourself, you might find some value in my STEM terminal emulator ROM.This essentially gives you a VT102 or VT52 terminal emulation...

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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S23 -...

Had a couple of goes tonight. I still struggle with the timing. It's like my reflexes are too fast for the game, and I have to deliberately slow down my key presses, which is really unnatural. That...

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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: IntegraB IBOS ROM Updates, Bug Reports and...

Hi Jonathan,Thanks for all the feedback...[*]Implement new software Write Protect & Write Enable commands, *SRWP & *SRWE. These commands will only function on V2 hardware. They will generate a...

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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: PC Card ACA56 - Voltage Regulator replacement

Thanks Wiggy, very helpful! Shame RS don't have it, there's a branch up the road, they don't have a minimum order / silly postage if I collect.Statistics: Posted by Zaspath — Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:22 pm

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Econet in all its guises • Re: Econet to AUN bridge on Raspberry Pi - released

KenThe econet bridge looks fabulous. I’m very keen to buy one. Kind regards PaulStatistics: Posted by Y84485TYSO — Tue Oct 08, 2024 9:31 pm

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off-topic • Re: UK eBay seller fees changes

I presume Paypal are still charging sellers for receiving the buyer's money?You're a little behind the times, as ebay handle all payments themselves now - PayPal are no longer used.That rolled in at...

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8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Programming challenge - biggest octahedron...

(Just to note, something IanS pointed out to me, in Matt Parker's video we are told that Grace's shape was proved in 1970 to be a global maximum - Grace was only able to note that it was the best...

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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: MMFS2 and Keyboard buffer

Does the swmmfs+ work in B+ 64K?I might see if that behaves any better.Another issue I noticed is that AstoBlaster fails with an MMC fault at line 450 *R.AstroBL, but if I then *RUN AstroBL it runs...

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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC spacebar key issues

Sent you a PM Chris...Statistics: Posted by HHH — Wed Oct 09, 2024 10:16 pm

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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: RGB to HDMI using a Pi Zero and a small CPLD

Thanks IanB, they came from Farnell, so I'm assuming they're OK. I will try the manual reprogramming, but if that fails I'll order some more and replace this one.Statistics: Posted by cjed — Wed Oct...

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programming • Re: Writing to Screen Memory in Mode 135

You have to do it from machine code:https://beebwiki.mdfs.net/Paging_in_video_memoryIf you do it from BASIC you are likely to have the BASIC program itself being paged out - which is the entire point...

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32-bit acorn software: other • Re: !HForm on a3020

Thanks so much for all the answers. I just discovered i was using an older version of !HForm 2.19.I ve a gotek running now but i need to create a ADF image first. Do you know which software to use for...

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programming • Re: Wonky Columns With PRINT,

You're right, it's the bit size of COUNT. When it wraps past &F??????F a newline will be printed. The solution is to use the columnar print formatter correctly, viz: PRINT 1; not PRINT...

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