8-bit acorn emulators • Re: b2 - new emulator
I've been using the new b2 on my 2023 MacBook Pro, which is also Apple Silicon. I haven't attempted a build myself, just the available dmg file.I'm confused over save states, they don't appear to work...
View Article32-bit acorn emulators • Re: Arculator command line ?
Yes I can start the OS automatically with the following command:Code: Arculator.exe A3000But then I have to insert the game disk manually which doesn't suit me...You might investigate autobooting...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: ADFFS on a 5th Column ROM?
The second problem is you'd have to add a module which adds !ADFFS (and I assume the one disk image you'd be able to fit) to ResourceFS. Nah, that podule (I have two...) appears as a FS on its own -...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Fitting an Atomwide 4-8MB RAM Upgrade to an A5000...
Not too concerned about the tool TBH. It might actually come in useful again one day! It's decent for clipping wires / connectors in awkward positions.Statistics: Posted by wmd — Tue Nov 12, 2024...
View Articleprogramming • VBCC or the Motorola 6845 skipping some VDU commands?
When compiling my games with VBCC I am experiencing some random behaviors with VDU commands.Sometimes VDU commands are missed depending on the optimization options selected with the VBCC.It looks like...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: Importing external binary data into BeebEm
Unbelievable, I installed Strawberry Perl on Windows and then I saw the debugger trick!That teaches me a lesson. Anyway, for future search-engine visitors, here is what I successfully did:Opened the...
View Articleprogramming • Re: VBCC or the Motorola 6845 skipping some VDU commands?
I think your mental model is wrong; the 6845 doesn't process VDU commands. The MOS processes them and changes OS state. (Under some circumstances you can write to the 6845 registers, but that's not...
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off-topic • Re: My Weird Music :P
Cool, I do like background stuff like this. My cat went full saucer and puffed up, then walked slowly across the room fully stretched out then leapt about a metre up in the air for no reason I could...
View Articlearchive submissions • Re: DOSPlus with Econet
A bit better with FileStore:vlcsnap-2024-11-13-00h29m04s557.pngIt doesn't fall over, but it still mangles the filename inside Drive_D as was happening with the PiFS (which is DRIVEDFILE by the...
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32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Bought Crystal Maze from ebay but...
As with other Games that have Manual or wheel/chart based protection, the ADFFS script (!ADFFS.Obey.F1009601 which is for v1.02) removes the protection.Ah yes, I see:Code: | Remove manual protection...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Flaky Filestore E20 PSU
Yikes, leaky Y safety capacitors, another reason to replace RIFAs before powering up old gear and replace with a good brand e.g. Panasonic or NichiconStatistics: Posted by maniacminer — Wed Nov 13,...
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S23 -...
After the round was over, I was curious to play this with save states, and see a bit further into the game - not that there's any sort of variation worth seeing Turns out that the second carrot level...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Line jammed on econet
"Line jammed" usually means "the line appears to be stuck in the non-idle state".Measuring resistances in circuit is hit-and-miss: in this one you will be seeing a lot of resistors in parallel, and...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: "Best" acorn machine
PS I don't know if anything that runs on the B but not the B+ ...Usually things that expect to fiddle (probably for copy protection) with an 8271 as most (if not all) B+ were built with 1770's as the...
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Did/does your copy of Flip!...
analyse flip! program : not flip2after relocate to &e00 from &1900&e10= *fx200,3 WITH 2 in location &01 what is this for BASIC ??&e1c = *fx11,0 disables auto-repeat...
View Articlemiscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: 9 new games for the BBC Micro...
Thanks @Dave_E ! I still need to study how to generate an ssd per game with a script in order to integrate it in my framework.P.S.: There is a little typo in the name of Shuriken ("Skurike" should be...
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
I can't get anywhere near my score today!Well, you did set the bar pretty high straight off! A little progress here.233531.PNGStatistics: Posted by Rod C — Thu Nov 14, 2024 12:00 am
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: [DONE] BOOKING THREAD:...
But sod's law of course demands that the time I don't bring it, 10 jobs will turn up that need it!It's a rather interesting point. Between the whole room, do we really need more than one or two...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Softel SE-3010 Teletext Editing Terminal
I can run the ROMs in emulation that were posted in the other topic:0000.pngCuriously it's configuring the CRTC for 250 lines, so it's not interlaced. The ROMs are V4.4 from 1987 whereas yours are...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A3000 storage options?
Doh! How did I miss that when searching! PM sent to IanS.Statistics: Posted by cjed — Thu Nov 14, 2024 11:25 pm
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