8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Exile: the disc incompatibility bugs
Hi Cris,Sorry for dragging up an old thread...- Exile_D1S1_80T_HG3_2066CA7D_1.hfeBelieved to be the v1 release.Contains a disc protection system whereby the catalog is hidden. Even !BOOT is hidden via...
View ArticleEconet in all its guises • Re: List all created users on PiBridge
It's been a good few years since I used these SJ utils, and never with PiFS before tonight. I had even forgotten that Sysadm (which is BASIC by the way, even though it lives in the Library, as SJ...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: SDC timing constraints question
Oops my bad. I've made the sdram-primer-25k repo public. I'll hold off on the 65816 one as I want to sanitise it before publishing. You should be able to access the stuff using the alanD core now. Is...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: I2C 4 U
Regarding the MOS 3.50 incompatibility, note that this is my updated build of MOS 3.50 (https://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewtopic.php?t=28879), with a bunch of code rearrangements and a few new...
View Article8-bit acorn software: other • Re: Updated Master MOS versions
Thanks - I think it'll be the use of $60...$6f which will be the problem. MOS 3.50E uses this region for some of the Tube handling code, which I'd forgotten about. (MOS 3.20E doesn't.) I expect that...
View Article8-bit acorn software: games - high scores • Re: High Score Challenge - S24 -...
For those with "real" Beebs, you're going to need sideways RAM to play this.Funny, I was just wondering the other day if Master/enhanced Beeb games are fair game as challenge submissions...Doesn't...
View Articleacorn atom and acorn system series • Re: Bugs in MAME System3/5 emulation
Strange because waiting for a keypress and then waiting until the key is released works ......Code: ;======================================================================; PRSKEY; Wait for keypress...
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32-bit acorn hardware • A300 box and keyboard diagram for dust cover
Hi,I’m working with “sew ready” on eBay to try and create dust covers for the keyboard and box for the a300/400 and I’m wondering if anyone has a detailed diagram of the measurements they could share?...
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new projects in development: games • Re: Zezito and the Lost Stars - Electron...
After some optimization, gained bytes at the cost of a little code speed though but now I have 948 bytes free Statistics: Posted by Iapetus — Wed Jan 22, 2025 11:01 pm
View Articlenew ideas wishlist & general chat • Re: Dino
Thanks, seems I have a lot more reading to do.Statistics: Posted by fizgog — Thu Jan 23, 2025 12:07 am
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general • Re: Blasted StarDot cookies
I mentioned before that I've always used a bookmark to jump straight to the forum. This bookmark has always been the 32bit hardware section - https://www.stardot.org.uk/forums/viewforum.php?f=16 - but...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: Model B keyboard problem [fixed]
Well, this has been very weird.I desoldered and cleaned the offending keys. No change.After a few minutes testing, the sound went out completely. No sounds whatsoever from any app.I gently removed the...
View Article8-bit acorn hardware • Re: SCSI2SD Util Not Running on Ubuntu
I presume that this wiki page is about the same software, and there are details of the git repositories towards the end of the page.Statistics: Posted by paulb — Thu Jan 23, 2025 11:33 pm
View Article8-bit acorn emulators • Re: quite failing to do WAV → UEF (linux)
Beautifully high quality tape sample, by the way. No repairs required. If only they were all this good.Code: Odd runs (before fix): (data 0/1): 0/0; (squawk 0/1): 0/0. Odd runs (correction): Inserted...
View Article32-bit acorn hardware • Re: Philips CM8833 MK1 Repair advice
Anyone got any ideas ?Statistics: Posted by L4nder — Fri Jan 24, 2025 12:22 am
View Article8-bit acorn software: classic games • Re: Exile - Unprotected Disc Images
Very interesting! I wonder where the differences between the official release and level7's disassembly come from. I imagine it's possible they started from a memory dump of the game, and so these...
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Introduce Yourself • Re: Hello All!
I would attach a picture of the PSU caps, but I only seem to have IMG link, no way to upload /You'll need to sign up for an image service like imgbb and then post the link to the image between the IMG...
View Articlearchive submissions • Re: DFS 2.45 Rev 1101
I had a quick look at this ROM this evening as it had been on my list for a while. Looks like it is DFS2.45 plus one of Andrew Benham's DFS patches (https://www.adsb.co.uk/bbc/dfs.html), diffs as...
View Articlecommunications • Re: the Night Owl BBS
Awesome to see the Communicator in action! Is it just using the built-in terminal ROM? I already saw your serial connector thread.Statistics: Posted by paulb — Fri Jan 24, 2025 11:02 pm
View Article32-bit acorn software: RISC iX • Re: Wanted: A680 vmunix or complete disk image
I’ve been trying for years to get my A680 to boot RiscIx.I have 1.21c on multiple other machines, and have creatwd a scsi drive for the A680.The A680 needs a different vmunix to the production Arcs.I...
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