32-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Acorn Archimedes game recomendations
No mentions of Apocalypse? I enjoyed this weird 3D space tank game.Statistics: Posted by jimmoores — Wed Jan 15, 2025 11:51 pm
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: ABUG Online #96 with...
The QA portion from Paul's interview with Colin Hoad is now online on Youtube...VABug.250107_InterviewWithColinHoad_Part2_With2pxBorder.pnghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPPLRia_C8Statistics: Posted...
View Articleother events + general event chat • Re: Please subscribe to the ABug YouTube...
Part 2 of the interview with Colin Hoad (the QA section) is now online, on Youtube...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjPPLRia_C8Statistics: Posted by Arcadian — Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:17 am
View Articleacorn & bbc micro user group (abug) events • Re: Booking thread: ABUG...
Only one unidentified picture:ABugJan2025-9.jpgWhat is it?Statistics: Posted by BeebMaster — Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:44 am
View Articleother events + general event chat • Re: TNMOC ECONET LAN PARTY 2025 - SAVE...
Marvellous.Statistics: Posted by growntree — Thu Jan 16, 2025 11:04 pm
View Articlescanning of books, magazines, ads and letters • Re: LISP on the BBC...
I think this implementation originated on the Apple II. The ROM contains a credit to Owl Computers in 1979.Seems correct. Former head of Acornsoft David Johnson-Davies maintains uLisp, and from his...
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miscellaneous new bbc and electron games • Re: Crystal Castle 40th...
The game is available via the link below, along with a 'User Guide' containing information about the game, the controls and the history of the game. The original 1984 game is also available there.That...
View ArticleEconet in all its guises • Re: Issus with the E01
Apart from head parking and as long as you have copy write check turned off in the CMOS and you don't try to format it the read and write commands between the Ro652 and the ACB4000 are the same and a...
View ArticleIntroduce Yourself • Hello from an old Acorn game developer from sunny...
I've actually been on *. for many years, but never introduced myself or said hello properly.HELLO!My first introduction to computers was a Commodore PET 2001 - the one with a chiclet ( calculator...
View Articleprogramming • Re: can i read disk sectors in basic?
On the 8-bit machines, OSWORD &7F is the general purpose FM (DFS) read and write function and OSWORD &72 the general purpose MFM (ADFS) read/write function.I'm not sure exactly what is meant...
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: B-Em Tape Overhaul v3 (SAVE support, autotests)
Everything loads I think. The Music System was quite stubborn but I eventually found a bug in the way I'd implemented 300 baud.Code: T246:prot-beebjit:Arcadians ok (bp0)T247:prot-beebjit:Arcadians w/o...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Updated Master MOS versions
I'd forgotten about DFS 2.29, but it's a good point. The MOS 3.20 version should definitely include that. I hadn't really thought about the distribution in any detail, but the prebuilt ones could be...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Good Price?
Hey guys, I have found this on eBay, https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256775375626 I am thinking of making an offer but would you say that this is a good price, considering what comes with it? Acorn...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Good Price?
I'd say try for 300 settle for 350/370Statistics: Posted by Ukwebb — Fri Jan 17, 2025 11:51 pm
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
Thought I was going to test the 100k digitry but no luck and just fell short, about 3 maps.....MrWiz-16.pngStatistics: Posted by KarateEd — Sat Jan 18, 2025 12:06 am
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8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Running Exile from Econet
I'll upload ... the BeebASM file to github shortlyOk, so I've finally got around to it!BeebASM file has been uploaded to my github page:https://github.com/kgl2001/Exile-LoaderThere are a few...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Please Help. 3010 Power Cable Connector Question
One more question please?Does anybody know which pin the 'factory bodge wire' to the floppy box connector is supposed to go to please? I have put it on pin 8 but there is a trace on the other side of...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: ZIDEF IDE Interface - any "gotchas" to...
Quick question about the 16-bit ZIDEFS podule - is it OK to have 2 in use at the same time? I have 1 fitted, and also a CF card via IDE, but the CF card has started to randomly report Disc Error 23...
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new projects in development: games • Re: Zezito and the Lost Stars - Electron...
Thank you guys for all the support ! For those interested in the subject, what I didn't like in my old sprite engines was that in 'heavy' modes(mode 1 and 2 for example) some sprites couldn't overlap...
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32-bit acorn hardware • Re: A sick RiscPC 700 (Now fixed)
This thread is a happy tale Thank you, It's also a tale of "having the right bits" to start with!The OSSC was a massive part of moving forward with this, the VGA->HDMI adaptor I had just didn't...
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