programming • Re: Weekend coding challenge: filled circles
Lovely picture, what is the TV set in the background top right? I know all 1980s TVs look the same but it does look suspiciously like a suspected Ferguson Teletext TV set I have here now, but I am...
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8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S28 -...
I think there's no danger of me encountering the score wrap around just yet. Statistics: Posted by fwibbler — Mon Oct 05, 2026 3:01 pm
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: [FULL - WAITING LIST...
I might pop in as a visitor on Sunday, if OK? Of course, no problem! Thanks for letting me know.Statistics: Posted by kieranhj — Mon Oct 05, 2026 2:56 pm
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new projects in development: games • Re: Ant Attack [AI]
Your game uncovered a few problems in Beebium, particularly in double-height text support and non-interlaced SAA5050 modes. It's now fixed and seems to work well with Ant Attack. I haven't released...
View Article32-bit acorn emulators • Re: A web based RISC OS 3.71 experience
I'm of the opinion that with a lot of human review it might be able to write the code, but there'd have to be a lot of careful thinking and planning to set up the architecture, and a very good test...
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acorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG NL 2026 booking thread
Hi, we all had (as always) a great time... Again I made a little slide-show / Time-lapse video: iframe but this time also a more Atom related version with just Atom pics: iframe Statistics: Posted by...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: 6502 RDY line
Pin 2 should be held at a logic high level ... As you have noticed, the schematics from Acorn don't show pin 2 or any details of where it connects to. Acorn appear to have followed the convention (not...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: RiscPC almost working but not quite
The two TL074s get warm, but Q1 and Q4 are almost uncomfortably hot to touch. Plus the sound doesn’t work, so something must be amiss even if the heat is normal. The capacitors are not shorted though....
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A3020 battery and mods
Or it seems patching my RISC OS 3.11 with Wizzo... not sure how to about that though tbh - are the stock RISC OS ROM's programable? I recommend this highly. No, ROMs are not programmable - and not big...
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scanning of books, magazines, ads and letters • Hybrid ELITE Christmas card 1991
Here's a scan of the ELITE-themed Christmas card that Hybrid sent out for Christmas 1991, following the release of Archimedes Elite. It looks like this: Very festive! Mark Hybrid Xmas card.pdf...
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Introduce Yourself • Re: Hi from a newbie who may just be out of her depth
Welcome, hope you enjoy this forum as much as I do. Statistics: Posted by Drobell — Sun Oct 04, 2026 1:37 pm
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archive submissions • Hybrid ELITE Screen Saver for Archimedes Elite
I've not seen this mentioned anywhere before. It's a screen-saver disc that was supplied to journalists along with review copies of Archimedes Elite when it was released in 1991. (This is the copy...
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Introduce Yourself • Hi from a newbie who may just be out of her depth
I was for a while thinking about going back to a Speccy and properly learning Z8O machine code. The current x86 has WAYYYY too many registers for me to concentrate on. Anyway, the keyboard always put...
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off-topic • Re: AI insanity - basic logic failure
With a different thing, I similarly got very poor results, until I advised it to use python to check its work. So maybe I might add that advice to these kinds of questions. (I know a human person who...
View Articlesoftware preservation • Re: Looking for Acorn !Stream v1.10 (SCSI Tape...
There are a couple of matches for SBackup on the spludlow search https://cat.spludlow.co.uk/?search=Sbackup Though whether they lead to what you want is your adventure.Statistics: Posted by...
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software preservation • Looking for Acorn !Stream v1.10 (SCSI Tape Streamer...
Hi everyone, I’m currently putting together a vintage SCSI tape backup setup on my 26-bit hardware and I am hunting for a specific version. I currently have a copy of !Stream v1.06. However, I...
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32-bit acorn software: other • Re: A5000 network configuration
@a5k, I am also trying to get an Atomwide Ethernet V board working on an A5000 running 3.11 - and I think I've hit similar problems. I have a few questions 1. What jumper settings were required on the...
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general • Re: A list of all official Acornsoft and BBC Micro badges
Oh and did you know there was both large and mediums-size versions of the Arcadians, Rocket Raid, Monsters, Snapper and Starship Command badges? Ah, I didn't know this! Fantastic, more badges to...
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: [HALF TABLE REMAINING]...
Thanks all. Just a note that we're now full for main tables unless anyone can bring additional tables or some existing attendees are willing to share. Please continue to add your interest to the...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: A tale of two spigots - more digits of pi,...
The guy (who I mentioned in my post afore) has created a very fast implementation of the Pi calculator based on Machin's algorithm - https://zx-pk.ru/threads/25783-vychisle ... ost1228137 - it...
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