8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Electron RS232 (or is it 432) link to modern machine
What I've been after for some time is an "Econet NAS" i.e. something which would connect to my home LAN NAS and allow me to pull down images from there - saving the faff of USB sticks either with...
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off-topic • Re: Acorn Art Thread
Driveway Statistics: Posted by pixelblip — Fri Sep 25, 2026 1:14 pm
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Help needed to fix a Beeb with the continuous tone...
As we are fairly certain that IC21 is misbehaving, unless you are good at desoldering, I would suggest that you cut the pins of the existing chip near where the pin enters the chip. The chip can then...
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic adventure games • Re: Write your own adventure...
Hadn't seen that before, I have downloaded them all (using DownThemAll Firefox extension, which was slightly more successful than attempting to download the sum total of Pi1MHz Domesday the other day,...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Electron RS232 (or is it 432) link to modern machine
Hi all I had an idea for a (presumably) reasonably simple project: using an Elk as a vt100(?) terminal to remotely control a Linux box. I run a small parallel cluster at home (mainly old PCs or...
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miscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Crystal Castle 40th...
Evening Toby. Just wondering, did you ever release the source for this? I am still working on it. It's taking a little longer than I thought Watch this space. Hi Toby, no pressure, I was also...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Killed an Electron, Plus 1 and AP5 - Detailed fix...
Finally found time to look into the total failure of a German Electron (<< Note) Open up and poked around with the 'scope - Dead Address and Data lines e.g., no activity Checked the 16Mhz - OK...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Updated BASIC Editor
I just noticed in the latest version of this updated BASIC editor that all error messages prompt an immediate return to BASIC rather than to the command mode within the editor. Is there any particular...
View Articlemiscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Cleo for BBC Micro/Master
No joy here with my BBC machines or the C20K - is there a requirement for a specific type of sideways RAM? My machines should all have sideways RAM in even sockets, unlocked and accessed by poking...
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development tools • Re: Introducing Baron - the spiritual successor to BeebAsm
I just released Baron 0.4.0, which addresses some of the issues and feature requests: https://github.com/waitingforvsync/baro ... tag/v0.4.0 I also updated the VSCode extension to support the new...
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miscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Mr. Run & Jump
Based on the Atari 2600 game. Now available for the BBC Model B/B+ and Master series, includes redefine-able keys and joystick support. VideoNuLA supported 7 levels 84 rooms in total, can you reach...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Playing .wav file into BBC Micro cassette port
Older cassette players were designed to drive high impedance crystal earpieces, typically in the megaohm range.No -- the earpieces used with cassette players were low-impedance magnetic types, driven...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: What is this Atom add-on board?
The PCB looks like it was made by a PCB manufacturer, as home made PCBs don't have the silver tinning layer. And looking at the soldiering, it was either bought as just a PCB, or as a kit and...
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8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Raspberry Pi Co-Processor - 80286 Emulation
Thanks Wiggy - I have that book and there it is on page 72 hiding in plain sight I think what threw me is that on page 74 is the CHKDSK command and it clearly lists applicability for DOS+ version 2.1...
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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG NL 2026 booking thread
Let give a bumb-up Pardon?! Statistics: Posted by IanJeffray — Wed Sep 23, 2026 10:50 am
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: BBC secondary video system
U32.1 and U38.3 form chip select logic so the U15 SRAM is only enabled if the BBC PGFD is active or the Video system is currently active U32.3 and U38.4 provide the same function for the U16 SRAM I...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Help needed to fix a Beeb with the continuous tone...
Feels like IC20 failure, pins #4, #5, #6 & #7 cannot be low simultaneously Careful... The traces are not simultaneous - and the effect of scope triggering will tend to highlight transitions. I'm...
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acorn atom and acorn system series • What is this Atom add-on board?
Hi folks. When I opened my Atom to try and repair it, I found the add-on board in the photo. I don't remember if I built it or bought it ready made or what it does. It has one wire connected to the...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Problem with Acornsoft Termulator
Same result with *TERMULATORStatistics: Posted by Macbeeb — Tue Sep 22, 2026 11:21 am
View Articlenew projects in development: games • Re: [AI] Starting a Paradroid port
Thanks for sharing Keiran I'm kind of heartened and kind of disappointed to hear your experiences with documentation. The only thing I really want to get an LLM to do on my retro projects is to...
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